Thread: Investigators fail to identify killers of foreign journalists

I don't see how crying to the UN will do any good.

There are a lot of problems with some of these groups in Thailand. I had some business with the Greenpeace office... exactly what you'd expect from monied up Thais, not what you'd consider Greenpeace to be about...

I've been in the offices of a few of these places down by Phra Athit, and it's yellow city down there. Former royal residences 'given over' to these various international bodies, and full of 'nice conected Thai families' milking them for all they're worth...

Yes the Thai NGOs are not neutral, nor are they acting on behalf of the disposesed. They are part of the elite system - that's pretty clear now. It's why the international NGOs have a problem here. They only have enough dosh to hire a "Thai local" as their spokesperson and director. Of course they need to have internationals here - as the locals are either pro-yellow, or too afraid to deliver what's expected, but the headquarters are either too stupid to understand the system here, or too cheap to pay for an international to do the job. So the system has been manipulated in true amart fasion. It's kind of like the Borg in startrek...you cannot escape the amart's grip

Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) was tasked with investigating the deaths of the two journalists and those of some 89 Thai nationals who also died in clashes and crackdowns between April 10 and May 19.

"From the autopsies we can conclude that both died from high-speed bullets," DSI Deputy Director General Naras Savestanan told a press conference.

"But we still don't know who killed them," Naras said.

Autopsies on 89 Thais, including 11 policemen and soldiers, confirmed that all had died from bullet wounds.

Both sides, soldiers and protestors, were using war weapons in the Bangkok street fighting, the bloodiest seen in the capital in decades.

13/10/2010

Somchai Hom-laor, another panel member, said he was told by the Department of Special Investigation that the autopsy results of the 89 people killed during the clashes in Bangkok were unlikely to establish how the killings took place and who was responsible for them.

Several pieces of evidence, such as bullet shells, had disappeared from clash sites, he said.

Bangkok Post : Red shirts get the blues in protest aftermath

Originally Posted by Tom Sawyer

Yes the Thai NGOs are not neutral, nor are they acting on behalf of the disposesed. They are part of the elite system - that's pretty clear now. It's why the international NGOs have a problem here. They only have enough dosh to hire a "Thai local" as their spokesperson and director. Of course they need to have internationals here - as the locals are either pro-yellow, or too afraid to deliver what's expected, but the headquarters are either too stupid to understand the system here, or too cheap to pay for an international to do the job. So the system has been manipulated in true amart fasion. It's kind of like the Borg in startrek...you cannot escape the amart's grip

LOL!
Just look at the AI Thailand chapter! Must have been a bit of an embarrassment to have third country chapters investigating the Thai chapter because they said all was hunky dory during the whole red shirt thing.

Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

An army unit commander who was summoned for questioning said he was only following orders.

This one never gets old, does it?

But...who gave the orders to massacre those folks in the temple that night?

Something's being planned.. The red menace exagerations, the attack on the Dems by the pro-PAD media (esp today's story in the Nation about trying to influence the Court and the video recordings), it's all too convenient to be a series of coincidences. The Dems aren't needed anymore - the Army handover was completed with the pro-PAD guy installed, the ridiculous budget handed the military safely passed and the Dem and coalition and their amart partners have received their cut of the corruption, there's no reason to keep the Government anymore.

The big question is what are the greedy evil b'tards up to now? I have a feeling we're about to find out soon.

http://www.tannetwork.tv/tan/ViewData.aspx?DataID=1036450

Defense Minister Clarifies Crackdown of Red-Shirt Rally

UPDATE : 22 October 2010

During the House session, the defense minister pointed out that the cracking down of the red shirt rally earlier this year was done lawfully and in accordance to the human rights standards, and that those injured have already been compensated.

Yesterday, the House inquired about the government's crackdown on the red shirt rally earlier this year.

Roi Et MP Niramit Sujaree from the Pheu Thai Party questioned how the government has been taking responsibility for the deaths and injuries from clashes between the security forces and the anti government protestors.

Niramit also claimed that the government should have used a peaceful means of resolving the dispute instead of using force which resulted in many losses.


The Roi Et MP also asked whether or not the government has been able to bring those responsible for the 91 deaths and more than 2,000 injured to justice.

Defense Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan responded that the government had operated under the Internal Security Act and the Emergency Decree after they were invoked to oversee security.

He said the government considered applying the extra measures deemed most appropriate at the time, and instructed the authorities to follow such laws strictly to avoid unnecessary losses.

For example, security authorities were instructed to exercise coordination and negotiations before using force.

The defense minister also reported that the government has already compensated each of the 25 deaths and 864 injured from the clash that took place on April 10.

Meanwhile, the property confiscated from the protestors will be returned to their rightful owners once the investigation has been completed.

Prawit also added that security forces did everything to ensure public security in accordance to the human rights standards.

He also pointed out that a number of government officials were also killed in the unrest and the matter is now being investigated by many appointed committees.

Meanwhile, the Department of Special Investigation is carrying on with investigations into the violent incidents.

During the House session, the defense minister pointed out that the cracking down of the red shirt rally earlier this year was done lawfully and in accordance to the human rights standards, and that those injured have already been compensated.

Since when is having live fire zones been in line with human rights standards? What a load of BS. Sorry we had to shot you. Here's a few baht for your troubles.

With all these centres of investigation, it's odd that no has found the killers of the journalists..

DSI may wrap up probes into 89 deaths this week: Tharit

The probes into the deaths occurred during the crackdowns on red-shirt protesters in April and May are about to be wrapped up son, the chief of the Department of Special Investigation said Monday.

DSI Director-General Tharit Pengdit said 12 investigative panels were about to wrap up the probes.

Tharit said if the investigations are wrapped up this week, the DSI would announce the finding's results on the case-by-case basis.

The probes would tell who were involved in the deaths, Tharit said.

nationmultimedia.com

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