Narathiwat Prison Under Siege As Inmates Take Control

[TAWP]

Time for Prime Minister Yingluck to take control and show the nation what she's made of.

Is the Prime Minister elect personally responsible for the behaviour of every inmate in every prison throughout Thailand?

Hope not. So unrelated posts could be removed from the topic.

[nurofiend]

why are you so concerned about the unrelated posts? maybe cause it makes Yingluck haters look petty

i'm sure you'd explain it differently though

[cdnvic]

Stop bickering both of you. (4 posts removed)

[webfact]

Narathiwat prison riot brought under control

By The Nation

Rioting that erupted in Narathiwat Prison on Thursday night were brought under control yesterday afternoon with officials now guarding the prison inside and outside.

The riots followed a search of the cells for drugs and illegal items.

Three injured inmates were sent to hospital.

Corrections Department chief Chatchai Sutthiklom said they would not immediately investigate the cause of the riot. Also, they will avoid moving the leading demonstrators to other prisons, for fear that violence might erupt again.

The Region 4 Internal Security Operations Command chief, Maj-General Akara Thiproj, said that officials had brought the situation under control and they would have to negotiate with the inmates not to create a riot again.

Akara said that if the inmates tried to create chaos again, the command was ready to help the provincial governor, who has the authority to decide and tackle a prison riot.

A meeting was held at 9am yesterday, which was attended by Chatchai, Justice Ministry deputy permanent secretary Thawee Sodsong, Narathiwat Governor Thanon Vechakornkanont, human rights advocates and related officials. About 300 officials continued to surround the prison and all four roads leading there were blocked.

Thanon said they aimed to end the riot as soon as possible without using violence, as the inmates had stopped destroying things or behaving violently. The negotiations also resulted in inmates asking for drinking water and electricity supply and letting officials deliver food to female inmates at around 11am.

At 12.30pm, officials also arranged for an ambulance to transport three inmates injured during Thursday's riot. The injured men - Thai Muhamaromli Navi, 21, Burmese Juan Din, 37 and Malaysian Mohammad Chalizal, 33 - were taken to Narathiwat Rajanakarin Hospital.

The riots at Narathiwat Prison, the second in the past two months, erupted on Thursday and turned violent, after some 10-15 inmates acted against a search by guards and police to suppress drug dealing from inside the prison walls.

The Narathiwat Prison holds a total of 1,064 male and 94 female inmates. Up to 150 convicted insurgents are also imprisoned there.

-- The Nation 2011-08-13

[Scott]

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