Deputy Democrat leader Jurin Laksanavisit has voiced support for concerned security and legal agencies' ruling against the idea to issue a special law to handle unrest in three southern border provinces.

On Friday, Deputy Prime Minister Visanu Krue-ngarm announced after a meeting of security officials and legal experts that the plan to issue an executive security decree to quell southern violence was scrapped because existing security-related laws like those covering detention of suspects and telephone tapping were more than sufficient for the task.

Mr Jurin said the problems in the South did not stem from poor legal enforcement but it was the government's improper policies that had led to implementation mistakes and problem-solving failures.

Mr Jurin said the government was still not doing a good job in seeking cooperation from all parties concerned in the South after the closure of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre, saying more sincerity and serious action was needed.

Meanwhile, a rubber sheet plant of Wadah Cooperatives Group in Yala's Raman district was slightly damaged in an arson attack at 7pm yesterday.

Villagers helped put out the fire before firefighters arrived. A bomb-like object was found affixed to a pillar in the plant. Bomb experts removed the object.