Thai editorial: Keeping Somchai’s spirit alive

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Keeping Somchai’s spirit alive
By The Nation

 

An award in his honour is just one way of paying tribute to the rights lawyer, who paid with his life for the cause he espoused 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thirteen years ago, Somchai Neelapaijit, a prominent Thai Muslim human rights lawyer, was abducted in Bangkok by a group of police officers. 

 

The outspoken lawyer became Thailand’s most famous victim of forced disappearance. His fate remains unknown to this day, but Somchai is presumed dead. 

 

At the time of his abduction, Somchai was representing a group of men from Thailand’s Malay-speaking South who were accused of being  part of the insurgency. They were said to have been tortured by police who did not seem to realise that an accused person will confess to any crime to escape torture. They were probably more interested in closing their case with a “confession”.

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/opinion/today_editorial/30308809

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-03-13

 

[Mook23]

How's Billy the Karen doing these days ? ???

[yellowboat]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Thirteen years ago, Somchai Neelapaijit, a prominent Thai Muslim human rights lawyer, was abducted in Bangkok by a group of police officers. 

 

Protect and serve who ?  RTP's record is sad.

[TPI]

His wife and family have been harassed for years, the BiB know who the guys were but........?? No evidence?

[dcnx]

Somchai lives matter.