Pun Bai case expiry does stir discontent
As the statute of limitations on the Tak Bai murder case expires today, officials worry that bad-willed groups may cause new turmoil in the heavy South.
Lt. Gen. Phaisarn Nusang, captain of the 4th Army Region, reported yesterday that a House committee looking into peace efforts to end the fight in the three southern provinces had asked him how to deal with any potential turmoil in the area once the statute of limitations for the event expires.
Lt. Gen. Phaisarn expressed concern about” third-party” organizations that are intended to cause turmoil and claimed to have asked local authorities in the deep South to be vigilant.
As the case’s statute of limitations expires, he said,” Security companies are now tasked with keeping peace and order in the deep southern,” but they may have to tighten security procedures.
Anutin Charnvirakul, the interior minister, claimed he had instructed provincial rulers and local government in Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat, the three southern provinces, to make emergency plans for any possible upheaval.
” All parties involved should concentrate on the prospect and collaborate to reduce crime.” The region is moving in the right direction. Unity among the people will help improve foreigners ‘ confidence”, said Mr Anutin, who is also a deputy prime minister.
More than 80 people are alleged to have died as a result of the protests that took place on October 25, 2004, in Tak Bai city, Narathiwat, and their following transportation to a military service in the neighboring state of Pattani.
Before the distribution, the demonstrators had been demanding the transfer of six prisoners. The Dapat Bai horror occurred while Thaksin Shinawatra, the then prime minister, was in office.
The Thai Sang Thai Party’s head, Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan, demanded yesterday that the government bring the case against all offenders in the Tak Bai murder case before the statute of limitations is up.
Despite the incident occurring a long time ago, Thai Sang Thai Party deputy leader Chaowalit Wichayasut added that the government should apologize to the victims ‘ families. The Tak Bai murder resulted in 14 offenders being identified.
Seven of these, including Gen Pisal Wattanawongkiri, then chief of the Fourth Army Place, Pol Lt Gen Wongkot Maneerin, next secretary federal police commander, and Maj Gen Chalermchai Wirunpeth, then chief of the 5th Infantry Regiment, have been indicted by the Narathiwat Provincial Court in a case filed by the patients ‘ people. They have been issued arrest permits for them.
However, two attacks occurred tuesday.
A bomb detonated in a stolen pickup in Pattani, causing injuries to two defense volunteers and property damage to the city of Panare shortly after midnight yesterday.
Around 12 o’clock in the morning, an explosion occurred on a path close to the city company and the Panare police station.
The fire damaged the police depot, the region office, near state vehicles, and other property. Two active members of the defense service were hurt. The tambon Ban Nam Bo management organization’s pickup truck, which contained the bomb, was located in the Panare area.
About 10 people raided the regional administration business, tied up the four people present, and stole the pick at about 11pm on Wednesday.
Another weapon attack injured three men in Rangae area, Narathiwat, on Wednesday evening. As a group of men passed by, an explosive machine was hidden in an underground drainage tube.
Prior to the request for an executive order to extend the statute of limitations on the situation involving the 2004 Tak Bai murder, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra recently declined to comment.
The idea was first made at a public platform by law professor Thammasat University associate professor Prinya Thaewanarumitkul, who on Sunday urged the government to think about issuing an executive order in accordance with Section 29 of the law.