PUBLISHED: 25 Sep 2024 at 04: 00
Tawee Sodsong, the justice minister, reaffirmed yesterday that he had never seen a warrant for the arrest of Pheu Thai MP Gen Pisal Wattanawongkiri, who is wanted for his role in the Tak Bai massacre in 2004.
According to House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, Pol Col Tawee claimed to have learned that the speech had previously responded to a letter from the Narathiwat court under Section 125 of the Constitution, which provides that judges have the authority to override this resistance.
According to Mr. Tawee, officers had track down and apprehend the suspect if the Narathiwat Court has now issued the arrest warrant.
” The police may understand this matter, particularly Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol, the federal police commander, or the chief of the Narathiwat Provincial Police, because if the jury issues an arrest warrant, it must be sent to the police”, he said.
Gen Pisal, 74, is a former chief of the Fifth Army Place and one of seven senior officers accused by 48 citizens who were either injured in the drama or are relatives of the victims.
Security forces staged a protest in front of the police station in Tak Bai city, Narathiwat province, on October 25, 2004, which led to the Sudah Bai tragedy. The protesters demanded the launch of six prisoners. Seven protesters died at the scene, and 78 people died from asphyxia or tissue loss after being loaded into military trucks and transported to a military hospital in Pattani’s Nong Chik area, which is 140 kilometers away.
Before the case’s statute of limitations expires on October 25, officers had bring all offenders to court.
But, Gen Pisal did not show up at a House meeting next year. It is reported that he took a vacation to go get medical treatment overseas.
Pol Col Tawee claimed that he had no idea whether Gen Pisal was or not in the nation. He said it was the officer’s obligation to check.
When questioned why the situation was still in its early phases when the statute of limitations was soon to expire, he claimed the Ministry of Justice had used all available means to support the event, acknowledging that the situation had had had an impact on the views of the neighborhood.