Abstract
At 3:30 a.m. on June 23, 2007, a group of ten police and army officials rattled the gate outside the house of M., a young father, Muslim, and Thai citizen living in Narathiwat. Along with Yala, Pattani, and four districts of Songkhla, Narathiwat is one of the southernmost border provinces of Thailand under martial law and emergency rule. Once M.- and his wife, mother-in-law, and two children-were awake, the officials asked him to open the gate and then for permission to search the house. After half an hour, the officials concluded that there were no illegal items or suspects present. They asked M. to sign a statement certifying this. M. signed, because there was nothing to implicate him in any wrong doing, and the officials seemed to agree. The police and army officials left, and the family went back to sleep.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Accumulating Insecurity |
| Subtitle of host publication | Violence and Dispossession in the Making of Everyday Life |
| Publisher | University of Georgia Press |
| Pages | 122-137 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780820339511 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0820338729, 9780820338729 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |