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THAI-INDONESIAN RELATIONS
Trawler crew eyed for murder

The Nation

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BANGKOK: -- POLICE ARE eyeing 12 fishing boat crew members, including the boat captain, for their alleged role in the killing of two Indonesian marines in Indonesian waters last week.

Pol Lt Gen Jakthip Chaijina said Indonesia would also be asked to re-open its waters to Thai fishing boats as the fishing industry was losing as much as Bt30 million daily due to the closure.

Jakthip is an aide to the national police chief and leader of the investigation team in this case.

After meeting related agencies, the boat owner and the Indonesian consul general in Songkhla, Jakthip said the investigation team should have completed the gathering of evidence in three days. Also, police would hold back two of the 12 suspects as witnesses.

A source in the investigation team revealed that these two members of the Nattaya 7 crew had reportedly provided details about the killing of the two Indonesian marines. According to their account, Nattaya 7 left Songkhla to fish in Indonesian waters in December. On the night of March 8, a group of Indonesian marines stopped the trawler so they could search it.

Then the marines decided that the trawler needed to dock in Indonesia for further inspection, and left two marines behind to ensure the boat captain followed the instructions.

However, the crew on the fishing trawler allegedly killed the two marines and flung their bodies into the sea.

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-- The Nation 2014-03-25

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Incredible nerve of the crew members to kill these two men, knowing that they were Indonesian military. How could they expect to get away with it?

shitload of drugs stashed on board ? indonesian death sentence for trafficers ??

kinda makes sense when the 12 guys knew a thorough search would land them all death sentences to throw two

navymen into the water and sail like hell back to thailand ...............

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Incredible nerve of the crew members to kill these two men, knowing that they were Indonesian military. How could they expect to get away with it?

Past experience in killing the inconvenient?

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Incredible nerve of the crew members to kill these two men, knowing that they were Indonesian military. How could they expect to get away with it?

They don't think that far ahead.

Problems is marines on board. Kill them go home. If any problem, then deal with it.

That is very much the Thai attitude to problems. No connection between cause and effect.

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Wish they would investigate the slavery going on with thai trawlers.

Yes, it would be nice to think they would investigate the numerous accounts of foreign workers being dumped over board by their wonderful Thai employers. Sadly there is bugger all chance of that happening in LOS.

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Hundreds of Thai trawlers keep ashore as Indonesia closes its waters
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SONGKHLA, March 25 -- Some 500 Thai trawlers from the country's central and southern regions kept ashore today as Indonesia closed its waters to Thai vessels in response to the death of two Indonesian navy personnel were reportedly killed by crew of Thai fishing boat.

The Thai National Police Bureau has coordinated with Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok on the allegation and informed the latest development of the case to Indonesian authorities to show Thailand's serious effort in solving the case.

The Provincial Police Region 9 Deputy Commissioner Pol Maj Gen Chawalit Sawaengpuet led the investigation team and said that the investigation was almost completed and that questioning the suspects is progressing.

Police could identify seven of the 12-man crew and has questioned two of then. The police were seeking the other 10 crew for questioning.

Meanwhile, the Thai authorities were holding talks with Indonesian authorities on reopening Indonesia's waters for Thai trawlers.

Lack of access to Indonesian waters would affect the price of seafood and related industries would eventually be impacted.

Meanwhile, Royal Thai Police spokesman Pol Maj Gen Piya Uthayo said that police are investigating the incident that reportedly occurred on March 9.

According to the report, he said, the Thai crew killed two Indonesian navy personnel before returning to Thailand at Songkhla on March 14.

He said Pol Lt Gen Jakthip Chaijinda, Assistance to National Police chief was assigned to supervised the investigation.

Gen Piya said that while waiting for the Indonesian Embassy in Thailand to formally file a complaint to the Thai government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Provincial Police Region 9 was ordered to complete information gathering within three days.

According to the initial investigation, he said, the captain and 11 crew members were aboard the fishing boat and that 10 men were involved with the case.

More time is needed to investigate the nationality of the crew and the motive behind the case. (MCOT online news)

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-- TNA 2014-03-25

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Please Indonesia DO NOT open your waters to Thai fishing - they will only polute the area more, become more involved in illegal activities - send them home to fish in their own dirty Thai waters !!!

I'm pretty sure that the Thai pleas will be ignored so you don't have to worry. Like any government is going to allow the murders of two of it's finest by nationals of another country to become anything less than a diplomatic incident. I don't think so. Just look at what happened when two Italian marines (I think they were marines?) were accused of killing 2 Indian fishermen recently. The incident became a huge diplomatic one that could have gone out of control. And the Thais have the audacity to request that the Indonesians re-open their waters to Thai fishermen? Are they nuts?

Much like another issue, although completely unrelated to this one relating to Thai motorcycles entering Laos. Not that long ago, a Thai motorcycle caravan crashed in Sayabouli province, killing a local villager. The compensation was inadequate and the Thai rider(s) involved fled. Late last year a couple of Thai riders entered Laos at Beung Kan and refused to do any paperwork for their bikes, and then sped through another checkpoint, Muang Ngern back into Thailand at Nan. The stupid actions of these idiots means that Lao customs are now refusing Thai motorcycles at some checkpoints altogether, and in general only big bikes driven in small groups across the bigger and busier checkpoints can make it across now. In all other instances a tour must be arranged.

Thailand could complain about that too, but the reality is that Laos doesn't care. It was the idiocy of some Thai riders that screwed it up. If you can't ride, then you don't enter another country and kill somebody! In the latter case, not doing documents smacks of ignorance and just sheer stupidity.

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Maybe the Thai trawlers can set up some sort of Indonesian blockade.

Try to stop them acting like a country lightyears ahead of Thailand.

I suppose you have already signed up to the Thai attitude of supremacy over the entire world and everything in it.... knob.

There is no way those waters will be opened back up to Thai vessels at least until the Thai fishermen (all of them) have been extradited from Thailand to Indonesia for court hearings and trials.

Those found guilty will certainly face execution by firing squad which is their method of dispatch.

The Thai government will have to really mull this one over.... Do they have the stuff to hand over their citizens? Or do they just have to get used to the idea that they can just forget about Thais fishing in Indonesian waters for decades to come.

This is an international incident, and it can get out of hand, this could start a cold war between the 2 countries. These were Marines, a very bad decision on the part of the Thai crew.

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Maybe the Thai trawlers can set up some sort of Indonesian blockade.

Try to stop them acting like a country lightyears ahead of Thailand.

I suppose you have already signed up to the Thai attitude of supremacy over the entire world and everything in it.... knob.

There is no way those waters will be opened back up to Thai vessels at least until the Thai fishermen (all of them) have been extradited from Thailand to Indonesia for court hearings and trials.

Those found guilty will certainly face execution by firing squad which is their method of dispatch.

The Thai government will have to really mull this one over.... Do they have the stuff to hand over their citizens? Or do they just have to get used to the idea that they can just forget about Thais fishing in Indonesian waters for decades to come.

This is an international incident, and it can get out of hand, this could start a cold war between the 2 countries. These were Marines, a very bad decision on the part of the Thai crew.

"This is an international incident, and it can get out of hand, this could start a cold war between the 2 countries"

A cold war between 2 tropical countries...lol, I know what you mean, just taking the pish

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Incredible nerve of the crew members to kill these two men, knowing that they were Indonesian military. How could they expect to get away with it?

Because they are Thai. and think they can do anything! And get away with it.

with high stakes the issue..it was kill or be killed...if something fishy was on board...555

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