No executive decree to extend Tak Bai’s litigation period: PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO EXECUTIVE DECREE could be issued by the Pheu Thai-led government to extend a 20-year litigation period for 2004’s Tak Bai incident in the Deep South, said Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra today (Oct. 24). Paetongtarn told reporters at Government House the historic manslaughter of 85 southern protesters, 78 of whom […]
Read MorePM urged to apologise to the public over Tak Bai manslaughter
PRIME Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was today (Oct. 24) urged by Thai Sang Thai Party to apologise to the public over 2004’s Tak Bai manslaughter with the statute of limitations expiring tomorrow (Oct. 25), Thai Rath newspaper said. Party leader Sudarat Keyurapan said the stance of those in power over 2004’s manslaughter of 85 protesters […]
Read MorePisal resigns as Pheu Thai MP, ruling party off the hook over Tak Bai incident
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER SOUTHERN ARMY commander Pisal Watanawongkhiri has recently resigned as Pheu Thai MP, thus rendering the ruling party unaccountable for his previous acts involving the Tak Bai incident. Chief government whip Wisut Chaiyanarun confirmed today (Oct 15) that Pisal who was believed to have fled the country to evade arrest […]
Read MoreChuan blasts Pisal over Tak Bai case: ‘Why flee if you are not guilty?’
FORMER prime minister and Democrat party-list MP Chuan Leekpai lambasted Gen.Pisal Watanwongkhiri, who was in charge of the Fourth Army Region when the Tak Bai manslaughter occurred in 2004, for not showing up in court to fight the case saying this leads to people in the South believing he is guilty, Naewna newspaper said […]
Read MorePheu Thai shrugs off People’s Party’s censure move over Tak Bai case
PHEU THAI Party appears unconcerned by People’s Party gearing up to expand a case against its MP and former Fourth Army Region commander Pisal Watanawongkhiri believed to have gone abroad to escape arrest for his alleged involvement in 2004’s Tak Bai manslaughter into a no-confidence motion against the government, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon […]
Read MorePheu Thai MP still on the loose over Tak Bai manslaughter case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI MP PISAL Watanawongkhiri was believed to have gone abroad to escape arrest for his alleged involvement in 2004’s Tak Bai manslaughter, police said today (Oct. 5). The police today raided Pisal’s house in Pakkret area on the northwestern outskirts of the capital but the Pheu Thai MP who […]
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