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Originally Posted by Frankenstein
I'd like to know where the 'half of those executed in the war of drugs were innocent' claim comes from as well. Everyone knows there were extrajudicial killings and in some cases, even children, but I've never heard the figure 50% or more before. It is a bold claim, let's see some references.
Surayud Chulanont half-heartedly set up a commission to investigate the drugs war nearly a year after the coup, but it had the effect of absolving the Thaksin administration.
Still however the committee found that about 1,370 of those deaths were related to drugs, while 878 were not. Another 571 people were killed for no apparent reason, according to the panel, and police investigated just 80 of those cases.