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Thailand South Border Problem Fact 9 - The Anglo-Siamese TreatyThailand South Border Problem Fact 9 - The Anglo-Siamese Treaty
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Fact 9: Fast forward to 1900-1909. The Anglo-Siamese Treaty (in which the Malays were not represented) effectively dissected these Malay states into two equal, imperfect parts: Pattani, Narathiwat, Songkhla, Satun and Yala remained under Siamese hands with Kelantan, Trengganu, Kedah and Perlis reverting to British rule. The British logic for sanctioning the continued Siamese occupation of the remaining northern half of the Malay lands was the perceived value of Siam as a friendly buffer against the French in Indochina. Sensing this British greenlight, Siam quickly annexed Pattani and the rest in 1906. The last Raja of Pattani, Tengku Abdul Kadir Kamaruddin, was dragged to Bangkok, jailed, humiliated and died a broken man. The royal palace was looted and a symbolic object of Malay pride, the huge cannon known as Sri Negara, was siphoned off to Bangkok as war booty and placed until today in front of the Thai Ministry of Defence Complex.
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For more about the problems on Thailand's southern border, please see our page with over 10 facts about the problem at Thailand's Southern Border Problems .
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