Thai intelligence agencies are accusing a Malaysian opposition party of fueling violence in Thailand's Muslim-dominated deep south, a local newspaper on Tuesday quoted a leaked report as saying.

The confidential report said the opposition Parti si-Islam Malaysia (PAS) is capable of mobilizing large number of Malaysian nationals to instigate violence in southern Thailand, said Thailand's English-language newspaper Nation, which acquired the document leaked by officials at Government House.

The report, based on information obtained at a seminar organized in Kuala Lumpur last week by PAS, has been forwarded to Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra last week, the newspaper quoted the official who leaked the document as saying.

The author of the report, however, did not say how the conclusion was made or explain how the PAS was carrying out or instigating the violence in southern Thailand.

On the other hand, the report was self-contradictory when it suggested that PAS "not very popular," though it accused the partyof being capable of mobilizing Malaysian nationals to instigate violence in Thailand's deep south.

Bordering Malaysia's northernmost part, Thailand's deep south has fallen into constant violence since the beginning of this year.

The Thai authorities said the violence was orchestrated by revived local separatists that are seeking an independent kingdom for local Malay Muslim ethnic.

The situation in the south has raised concerns of both Malaysiaand Indonesia when some 85 people died related to a riot.

Protests were held outside Thai embassies to Indonesia and Malaysia following the incident, during which 78 Muslim detainees died of suffocation when transported by military trucks for investigation.

The PAS last week organized a seminar open to the public, whichfocused on how the party should engage the Thai government in order to stop the violence in the three southernmost provinces.

PAS has its stronghold in northern Malaysia, which borders Thailand.

The seminar called on Malaysian nationals to assist the families of the 85 Thai Muslims, according to the newspaper.

Source: Xinhua