According to the applicant who exposed the history, criminal charges are necessary in addition to military discipline.
PUBLISHED: 8 Aug 2024 at 17: 59
Army officials who are found using harsh and humiliating punishments are being charged with criminally violating the Ministry of Defense.
Ekkaphop Luangprasert, who recently exposed the abuse on the Sai Mai Tong Rod Facebook site, submitted a petition to the House committee on military matters.
One of the testicles at an army base in Chiang Mai’s younger sister informed Mr. Ekkaphop that her brother and others had been brutally beaten and given instructions to walk naked for more than five hours in the rain.
The event occurred in March at the 25th Cavalry Battalion of the 4th Cavalry Regiment, King’s Guard, in Fang area of the northern territory.
When the Royal Thai Army learned of the case this quarter, it ordered an investigation. Two non-commissioned soldiers were subsequently , put in a martial prison for 45 days and had their one-time annuity payment cut. But, no legal costs have been laid.
No military organizations, according to Mr. Ekkaphop, have actually helped victims of unlawful punishment bring criminal charges against the offenders.
He urged the army government, through the House council, to acquire suspending any military officials accused of fraudulently punishing their employees. He claimed that this would effectively discourage aggressive officers from making allegations of misconduct.
Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn, chairman of the committee, said he had stressed to the government that if warriors are suspected of breaking the law, legal action may become pursued against them, no immoral or harsh punishment.
He claimed that this helps to prevent abuse from going against the Criminal Code and the legislation prohibiting forced disappearance and abuse, which stipulate that a suspected wrongdoer’s supervisor must get a third of the penalty.