Showing 1-10 of 25 results
-
Soldier fired in 'self-defence' in Lahu death
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/03/2017
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) has insisted the extrajudicial killing of a Lahu activist, who they say was linked to drug trafficking, was carried out in self-defence.
-
2103op-PostBag
News, Published on 21/03/2017
» Prachatai.com on Sunday reported that Chaiyapoom Pasae, a 17-year-old Lahu activist, was summarily killed by soldiers who claim he was a drug suspect and that he resisted arrest in Chiang Mai's Chiang Dao District.
-
PM orders probe into Lahu activist's death
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/03/2017
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered a probe into the extra-judicial killing of a Lahu activist after human rights activists slammed cabinet ministers for defending the soldier who shot him.
-
Chaiyapoom case deserves truth, justice
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 22/03/2017
» A short-film producer, a song writer and an advocate of the rights of stateless people, Chaiyapoom Pasae was still an adolescent when he was killed by a soldier in Chiang Mai last Friday aged 17. But security officers described him as a suspected armed, illicit drug trafficker, and said that his extra-judicial killing was an act of "self-defence and unavoidable".
-
Police claim slain activist was drug dealer
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/03/2017
» Police claim they have a witness and solid evidence which includes a bank account receiving regular money transfers and a car, to prove Lahu activist Chaiyapoom Pasae, who died in an extra-judicial killing in Chiang Mai last Friday, was an active drug dealer.
-
Justice for Chaiyapoom
News, Editorial, Published on 23/03/2017
» Finally, the government has agreed to set up a probe into the extrajudicial killing of a Lahu activist who was gunned down by a soldier in Chiang Mai last week. An army spokesman pledged to clear up the case and ensure justice is served. Yesterday, a panel was formed under the 3rd Region Army to investigate the case.
-
Activist's drug ties 'go back a year'
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 24/03/2017
» The army has revealed the Lahu activist who was fatally shot by a soldier last Friday in Chiang Mai was involved in the drug trade for more than a year.
-
Tale of activist's 'stupidity' hard to swallow
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 24/03/2017
» Chaiyapoom Pasae must have been really stupid. He was a local Lahu boy. He knew where the military had set up their semi-permanent checkpoint. He had with him 2,800 tablets of ya ba, a knife and a hand grenade -- all stuff that could put him in jail.
-
Army take on Lahu killing chills to bone
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 25/03/2017
» This is the quote of the week, a line that should be emblazoned on T-shirts with the boldest font and distributed to all conscripts. Defending the hotly contested extra-judicial killing of the Lahu activist, 3rd Region Army chief Vijak Sriribunsop said: "Firing one shot at him was reasonable. If it were me, I might have put the [machine gun] on automatic mode."
-
The Big Issue: Shot fired, man down
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 26/03/2017
» Artist and activist Chaiyapoom Pasae, a Lahu, was shot and killed by a soldier at a drug checkpoint. That is the complete set of facts everyone agrees on.
Your recent history
-
Recently searched
-
Recently viewed links