Rights groups hopeful court will accept Tak Bai case, deadline looms

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PUBLISHED: 22 Jul 2024 at 15: 57

A newspaper page with a report on the Tak Bai massacre displayed at an exhibition in the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre on April 23, 2024, marking the 20th anniversary of the carnage. The headline says, "All five daughters now orphaned without father. Wife selling crisp rice bursts into tears". (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
A magazine article about the Tak Bai murder, which was screened at an exhibition at the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre on April 23, 2024, marking the 20th celebration of the destruction, was featured on the article. The article says,” All five sons then orphaned without parents. ” A woman selling cool rice tears up.” ( Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill )

Lawyers for the victims of the Tak Bai murder are hopeful that the municipal court will decide to proceed with the trial, which is scheduled for late August, and the case’s statute of limitations is about to expire. &nbsp,

The petition ‘ most recent move, according to attorney Pornpen Khongkachonkiet of the Cross Cultural Foundation, had “ensure&nbsp, the administrative system gives the event its attention,” she said on Monday.

She spoke following a Sunday online community that was broadcast on the Instagram page of the Muslim Attorney Centre Foundation.

The conference followed the Narathiwat Provincial Court’s news setting Aug 23 for its decision&nbsp, whether to take the case for prosecution. The hearing for the first examination approach was held on Friday next week, and the date was set for the meeting.

The two bases are the important players in helping 48 people sue nine senior officers in the Narathiwat city of Tak Bai for the death of 85 protesters who marched outside Tak Bai police station on October 25, 2004.

After authorities detained six defense individuals, about 1,300 frustrated individuals gathered in a protest. 78 people were crushed to death or suffocated after being arrested and stacked like files on top of each other in the back of military vehicles and transported to the Ingkhayutthaborihan station in Pattani. Six protesters were killed when security forces tried to stop the demonstration. Another died in clinics.

After hearing from the people and the nine accused leaders, Ratsada Manooratsada of the Lawyers Council of Thailand, who only became aware a few days after the horror, was also optimistic that the judge may hear the case.

” I am convinced the Thai jury will supply all events justice”, he said during Sunday’s website. ” The truth may be told”.

He praised the 48 people for standing up to and bringing charges against the government accountable for the tragic incidents. In the petition, they accuse the government of death, immoral confinement and wrongdoing.

The nine leaders ‘ brands have not been made publicly known. But, the Muslim Attorney Centre Foundation has said the titles are in the government’s personal fact-finding report.

Then, among the top officials named in the report, were the 4th Army Region Commander Lt. Gen. Pisan Wattanawongkiri and then the 5th Infantry Division Commander Maj. Gen. Chalermchai Wirunpeth.

The people have the right to file an appeal if the judge rejects the situation for trial on August 23 according to Abdulqahhar Arwaeputeh of the Muslim Attorney Center Foundation.

The Tak Bai destruction case’s statute of limitations expires on October 25 this month, 20 years after the tragedy. That means there can be no legal action following the murder.