Thai authority closely monitored the situation in restive southern Thailand after the latest disturbance recently.

The National Security Council (NSC) Secretary-General Pol Gen Wichean Potephosree on Saturday flew to the South to inspect the situation in the restive southern province of Yala.

The NSC chief visit came after the symbolic insurgent movements were conducted on Friday in the southern border provinces of Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and a few provinces of Songkhla with dozens of both dummy and real bombs planted in several locations, with no casualties reported.

Gen Wichean said he has been assigned by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to follow up the situation in the southernmost provinces, as well as the progress of development strategy implementation and the installation of more closed circuit televisions, as Thai News Agency reported.

More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 8,400 hurt in the three southernmost provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat, since violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch -- an agency that monitors the conflict in the southernmost provinces.