As the clock ticks down on hopes for fairness, Paetongtarn is “deeply saddened.”
PUBLISHED: 24 Oct 2024 at 20: 48
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra apologized on Thursday for the 78 activists ‘ deaths two decades ago who were piled up in military vehicles, just before the statute of limitations on a situation in which no state official has ever been found guilty.
One of the most well-known incidents of a dissident insurgency that resurrected in the southern province of Narathiwat in 2004, the security crackdown on Tak Bai in 2004 claimed 85 lives overall and was one of the more well-known outcomes of a secessionist insurgency that had resurrected that same year and has since claimed more than 7, 600 lives.
Ms. Paetongtarn apologised on behalf of the government and expressed her regret for what transpired, promising to prevent a repeat of such occurrences.
The Tak Bai murder occurred while Ms Paetongtarn’s parents Thaksin was perfect minister. He apologised for the event two years ago, but he refused to accept any responsibility for what occurred.
78 people were killed or suffocated while being loaded onto bottom of one another in military trucks on a five-hour push from Narathiwat to an military tent in Pattani, which attracted widespread condemnation.
Thousands of Muslim defendants who had previously been detained after a demonstration outside the Tak Bai police station were among those who died. Around 1,200 people had gathered there to desire the release of six of their colleagues from confinement. A fight ensued and authorities fired into the throng, killing seven.
Every case against security officers involved in the incidents has failed, including two in the last two decades. Friday night at midnight, the statute of limitations expires.
A court in Narathiwat accepted a criminal lawsuit brought by survivors ‘ communities in August, including a retired general and a Pheu Thai MP, but they all failed to appear at a hearing. The attorney-general filed a separate case against eight other personnel last month, but it has n’t made any progress.
Ms Paetongtarn said the event should not be politicised, adding that the 20-year statue of limitations could not be extended because it would be a violation of the law, according to the Council of State, the president’s constitutional advisory body.
Thai authorities have claimed to be constantly tracking all 14 suspects and have distributed Interpol red finds.
” Although the situation is expiring, story and memories do not”, Ratsada Manooratsada a lawyer for the patients ‘ people told Reuters.
“( The families ) will never forget because the perpetrators were not brought to justice” . ,
Gen Pisal Wattanawongkiri, who was the captain of the 4th Army Region over the southern counties in 2004, is the most well-known figure in the first situation. He had been a long-time companion of Thaksin and had been claiming political immunity from having to appear in court. He was until recently a member of the Pheu Thai listing.
Gen Pisal, 78, reportedly traveled overseas for medical care and has stated that he will travel back to Thailand on October 30. He resigned from the Pheu Thai Party in a text and is no longer an MP.
The seven officials involved in issuing and carrying out the purchases that resulted in the deaths of the protesters are the first Tak Bai cases. The prisoners ‘ transport from Narathiwat to Pattani was handled by military truck drivers, along with Maj. Gen. Chaloemchai Wirunpetch, the 5th Infantry Division’s current chief. He is likewise given the initial event name.