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Thailand’s new hardline security chief eyes tough tests
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- General Chaipruak Doungprapat, a known military hardliner, is appointed Thailand's new secretary-general of the National Security Council (NSC) on October 1, returning the top security post to military control.
- He takes office facing significant national security challenges, including escalating border disputes with Cambodia and Myanmar, and a resurgence of separatist violence in Thailand's southern provinces.
- Chaipruak has a history of aggressive rhetoric, previously threatening to 'cripple' Cambodia's military capabilities and vowing to relentlessly pursue southern insurgents, indicating a firm approach to these threats.
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