Runda Kumpulan Kecil

Runda Kumpulan Kecil
Small Patrol Units
Participant in the South Thailand insurgency
Active c. 2000 (2000)[1] – present
Ideology Separatism
Islamism
Ethnic[2]
Leaders Rorhing Ahsong[1]
Area of operations

Southern Thailand

Size 500[1]
Opponents  Thailand
Battles and wars South Thailand insurgency

The Runda Kumpulan Kecil (translation: "Small Patrol Units", RKK) is a militant Islamic insurgent group operating in Southern Thailand.

RKK has been one of the most brutal and active violent groups of the South Thailand insurgency in recent years.

History

Areas where the group active is

This group was founded by young Salafi members of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional-Coordinasi that had received military training in Indonesia.[3] Therefore, it is still considered by some analysts as an offshoot of the Pejuang Kemerdekaan Patani connected to the BRN-C, and not as an independent organisation.[4]

The RKK outfit is based on well-trained, ruthless and effective commando-style groups, named 'small patrol unit' (Runda Kumpulan Kecil) after the description of their month-long military training course.[5] Estimates range of 500 RKK members,[1] have confessed to the Thai authorities that they routinely flee to Malaysia after carrying out violent attacks in Yala, Pattani or Narathiwat Province Although several RKK's members have been arrested or killed by the Thai military in the past decade, it is very difficult for those involved in counter-insurgency to penetrate the structure of the group owing to its secrecy and great mobility.[6]

Incidents

The RKK group has been involved in numerous arson, bombing and murder attacks in the past decade.[7] Seventeen suspects who were arrested by the Thai Police after the assassination of a Buddhist monk on 16 October 2005 claimed to be part of the RKK. The reports that followed the arrest stated that the insurgent group members had been trained at Muslim schools in Bandung, Indonesia.[8] On 13 February 2013, an armed group of 60 men attacked a military base in the southern part of the country, 16 of them were killed by the army.[9] On 4 April 2017, in Yala 12 police officers were wounded after an attack the group was blaimed by the security forces.[10] On 22 August 2017, a man who is in the 30s was arrested he was believed as a RKK member. The Thai media claimed he was a suspected as part of the raiders who attacked six trucks on 16 August 2017.[11] A top member of the group called Sobueri Jehe was killed by security forces.[12] Between c. 2000 and April 2018 did lost the group some 39 members.[2][11][9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK)". Tracking Terrorism. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Runda Kumpulan Kecil (Rkk)". START. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "A Breakdown of Southern Thailand's Insurgent Groups. Terrorism Monitor Volume: 4 Issue: 17". The Jamestown Foundation. 8 September 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Thailand: Islamist Insurgency with No End, Part 2". Islam Whatch. Archived from the original on 8 July 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "No one is safe" (PDF). Human Rights Watch. August 2007. p. 3. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "RKK member killed in Narathiwat". The Bangkok Post. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "State informant shot dead in rebel revenge attack". The Bangkok Post. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Thai army claims southern rebels got military training at Indonesian Muslim schools". Yahoo Groups. 29 November 2005. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Thailand: Killed 16 insurgents of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) rebel group during attack on military base in Narathiwat province". Wars in the World. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "12 police hurt in Yala bomb, gun attack". The Bangkok Post. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  11. 1 2 "Suspected RKK member held in raid, linked to truck robberies". The Bangkok Post. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Leading insurgent shot dead in shootout". The Bangkok Post. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.


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