Bangkok, April 29 -- The Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) has expressed strong disapproval regarding Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong's suggestion to adopt a governance model for Thailand's three southernmost provinces that is akin to that of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, as reported by The Nation.

ISOC spokesperson Maj Gen Thammanoon Maison argued that likening Thailand's southern border provinces to Xinjiang is both misleading and improper.

Thammanoon emphasized Article 1 of the Thai Constitution, which declares that "Thailand is one and indivisible Kingdom." He insisted that any form of autonomy or self-governance that implies separation from the Kingdom contravenes the charter, as noted by The Nation.

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