Bangkok: A lawyer for the victims ‘ families announced on Friday ( Aug 23 ) that seven officials will stand trial for the deaths of scores of Muslim protesters who died in Thailand’s deep south almost 20 years ago.
The event on October 25, 2004, is still one of the deadliest in a revolution by Malay Muslims against the decision Thai position, which had colonized the provinces bordering Malaysia over a decade ago and is known as the” Tak Bai murder” in the insurgency-sprained south of the kingdom.
After being arrested and stacked on top of one another in the backs of Thai military vehicles, 78 people suffocated.
The officers will also be tried in connection with the shooting deaths of seven others who were shot while protesters chanted for the transfer of some prisoners.
The attorneys representing the victims ‘ families, Ratchada Manuratchada, told reporters that the south’s Narathiwat court on Friday accepted a petition submitted by the victims ‘ families asking for seven officials to be charged with murder and attempted murder.
Twenty years after the incidents, the case’s statute of limitations will disappear two months before the decision is made.
” The court has agreed to take the situation to trial”, Ratchada said after the court choice.
” This case in our country will determine whether or not the government treated residents fairly.”