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    Newin Alleges Thaksin Behind Reported Assassination Attempts

    in Thailand News

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    Thais even tell me that the whole arrest story is a setup. Having just come across a PPT story on the internet as to how Thai soldiers extracted "confessions" from some red shirt supporters in Bangkok by beating them and threatening to burn them alive then planting weapons on them and had them sign confessions to be used against red shirts in their propaganda war - now exposed by a human rights group in Bangkok

    Interesting stories... could we ask for the proof or links for all of that or are you trying to

    manipulate and infer until it looks like facts and the truth without a shred of evidence!

    Here it is

    Siam Voices blog

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    By Andrew SpoonerAs Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva heads to Europe in a further attempt to gloss over Thailand's increasingly poor human rights reputation, an account outlining torture, beatings and coercion by the Thai Army against Red shirt pro-democracy activists has emerged.

    The chilling account (published, exclusively, by Asian Correspondent) in which Mr. Krissana Tanchayaphong (34), Mr.Surachai Pringphong (19) and an undisclosed male minor (under 18), allege that masked Thai Army soldiers pointed rifles at their heads, beat them, threw petrol and oil over them, choked them until they almost passed out and repeatedly attempted to force them to sign false confessions, portrays a damning indictment of PM Abhisit's worsening human rights' record.

    The account, produced by both Mr. Krissana's legal team and the Social Move Assembly (สมัชชาสังคมก้าวหน้า), a Bangkok-based human rights group co-ordinated by activist Chaiwat Trakanratsanti, states.

    "Mr. Krissana Tanchayaphong, Mr.Surachai Pringphong [and the minor] were arrested by soldiers around 9pm on May 16, 2010.

    They left the Red Shirts demonstration at Ratchaprasong at around 8pm and first went to fetch their car which was parked at Pratunwan intersection and then drove to Soi Chula 12 (Prayathai Road). They were heading to Watchaimongkol, Rama I road where Surachai's residence is.

    Surachai and Krissana were members of an intellectual group that drew most of its support from university students and which backed the Red Shirts' call for Abhisit's govt to dissolve parliament."

    The account then states that the three men drove to Soi Chula 12 where they were stopped at an army checkpoint. After getting calmly out of the car they were suddenly surrounded by a large group of up to 20 armed soldiers who began searching them.

    "The soldiers seized their cameras and mobile phones and then tied their arms behind their backs. They were ordered to kneel down and face the wall."

    While kneeling a soldier asked "do you know anything about the Red Shirt demonstration?" , "Who is the core Red Shirt guards?", "Where the weapons have been hidden?" The account also alleges that during this interrogation a group of soldiers were pointing guns to the heads of the three men at all times. In response to the questioning Mr. Krissana told the soldiers that he didn't have such information; he was just an ordinary citizen who joined and supported the Red Shirt demonstration.

    It is at this point in the account that a masked Thai soldier appears and the questioning takes a decidedly sinister turn.

    "Then, after Mr. Krissana said he didn't have such information another soldier with a black mask on came into the room. The soldier was threatening them by saying if they didn't tell the truth, he would start choking them. But the three men still insisted they didn't have such information. The soldier with the black mask on then started to choke them. Mr. Krissanna also added that the solider used two fingers to choke him and he felt he was struggling to stay conscious. The other two men were also choked, kicked and soldiers walked on their backs. This lasted about 45 minutes in total ...and the soldiers also video recorded everything during the interrogation."

    The account goes on to state that another soldier then appeared who the other soldiers saluted as he walked in. Mr. Krissana assumed this soldier was a higher-ranking officer. The "higher-ranking" officer then soaked the bodies and faces of the three men in a liquid substance that Mr. Krissana assumed was either oil or petrol.

    "After [the "higher-ranking" officer] finished, he stepped back from the three men about one metre away and then lit the lighter."

    The account at this point makes very uncomfortable reading as it alleges that threats were then issued to the three men that they would be burned alive if they didn't provide information required by the soldiers.

    Obviously fearing for their lives, the three men were then forced to sign a confession that they were engaged in violent acts. The account then states that weapons were then planted among the three mens' belongings.

    On May 17, Mr. Krissana and Mr. Surachai, despite protesting their innocence in court, were sentenced to one years' imprisonment by the Patum Thani municipal court. They are currently incarcerated at Klong Prem Prison.

    The fate of the minor remains unknown.

    A full Thai version of this account is available here http://thailandsolid.../blog-post.html

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    Is this friction available in paperback?

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