In wake of the issuance of a 4-page statement by the information department of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional on October 12 regarding the preliminary peace talks between the government and Mara Patani and a subsequent statement from the spokesman of the Internal Security Operations Command on the following day,

Although the rate of violent incidents in the Deep South as stabilized, there is a tendency that violence will increase in the month of December.

The headline which reads "Watch out, MARA Patani may be a deception" is not intended to discredit this movement which is made up of six groups of government opponents intent to hold peace talks with the government.

The fatal shooting in which four Malay Muslim villagers were shot dead and five others injured by paramilitary rangers in Tambon Pulo Puyo of Nong Chik district, Pattani on Sunday night could become a “drop of honey” which might cause widespread resentment and deepen mistrust among the Malay Muslims toward government officials, especially the military.

That was the big question raised by quite a few people when Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra suddenly visited the violence-prone deep South on April 29.