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Army 'image' trumps the people's truth
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 30/07/2016
» Her uncle was beaten to death in an army camp and now she has been sued for revealing what happened. On Monday, Naritsarawan Kaewnopparat was arrested and charged for defamation and disseminating "false information" -- meaning the details of her uncle's harrowing death at the combat boots of his drill sergeants, who caned and kicked him from evening until past midnight back in 2011 at a Narathiwat barracks. Ms Naritsarawan, who has been fighting for a semblance of justice for six years, denied the charges and was released on bail.
The price of exposing military brutality
News, Nattharavut Muangsuk, Published on 30/07/2016
» Last Tuesday saw two separate incidents of civilians facing prosecution for charges brought against them by security officials for their exposition of torture acts in Thailand's security units. The two cases underline a lack of tolerance and respect for human rights in the police and the army.
New plan for the South
News, Editorial, Published on 27/07/2016
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday made a quick trip to the deep South. It was his first visit to the strife-torn region since he took the power in May, 2014. The trip indicates the prime minister is taking a different tack after unsuccessful attempts to end the country's most serious security threat.
The big issue: An interesting life
Alan Dawson, Published on 15/05/2016
» People say you should never speak ill of the dead, so let’s say of the recently late Masae Useng of Narathiwat that he was an interesting man. “Interesting” in the sense that security forces were interested in him, police and the army were interested in him, and the prosecutors and court system found him interesting.
South peace suffers blow
News, Editorial, Published on 02/05/2016
» On Friday night, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha unexpectedly brought up the situation in the South during his weekly address to the nation. He was terse and he was blunt. He called the 12-year war "a sad and terrible waste of lives", and in that one sentence criticised attempts over the past year and a half under his regime to renew peace talks with Malaysia-based separatists. Dialogue appears interrupted for the time being.
My only son to be drafted? Over my dead body...
News, Michael Ruffles, Published on 10/04/2016
» So it has come to this: Army chief Teerachai Nakvanich has told his subordinates not to murder or torture each other. That this even needs saying is a national disgrace.
Cycle of reprisals point to peace plan flaws
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/04/2016
» A rash of insurgent attacks in the deep South in the past months attest to the fact there are flaws in the military strategy and measures to achieve peace in this restive region.
The big issue: Belgian waffles
Alan Dawson, Published on 03/04/2016
» At a time of universally sapped morale, the forces of evil and enemies of decency have gained a temporary upper hand, while the forces of decency and enemies of evil are wondering if they can grab a victory somewhere from the jaws of setbacks.
Latest attacks show BRN's new strategy
News, Anthony Davis, Published on 29/03/2016
» Coming just less than two weeks apart, the recent car bomb on the outskirts of Pattani city and a major insurgent assault that invaded a hospital in Narathiwat indicate that beneath the surface of the violence sputtering across the southern border provinces the ground is shifting.
A strong voice from the South speaks up
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/02/2016
» Like many others in the South, Tuwaedaniya Tuwaemae-ngae had no inkling the then Yingluck administration would launch a peace dialogue with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) three years ago.