Most people don't even think about where their money is going when they buy a delicious bowl of curry or a plate of freshly grilled satays. Some may even assume it is being used to pay for things like the the staff's salaries, water and electric, or other expenses of running a restaurant.
On November 21, 2006, prime minister Surayud Chulanont claimed that the main source of insurgent funding came from a chain of Thai restaurants operating in Malaysia, which sold Thai spicy shrimp soup.