Tak Bai incident South Thailand insurgency



in october 2004 town of tak bai in narathiwat province saw publicised incident of insurgency. 6 local men arrested having supplied weapons insurgents. demonstration organised demand release , police called in army reinforcements. army used tear gas , water cannons on crowd, , shooting started in 7 men killed.


hundreds of local people, young men, arrested. made take off shirts , lie on ground. hands tied behind backs. later afternoon, thrown soldiers trucks taken ingkayutthaboriharn army camp in nearby province of pattani. prisoners stacked 5 or 6 deep in trucks, , time trucks reached destination 5 hours later, in heat of day, 78 men had died of suffocation.


this incident sparked widespread protests across south, , across thailand, non-muslim thais appalled @ army s behaviour. thaksin, however, gave army full support. responsible ill-treatment , death of detainees received minor of non-custodial punishments. thaksin s initial response defend army s actions, saying 78 men died because weak fasting during month of ramadan .


charges filed against 58 suspects accused of participating in demonstration case dropped in november 2006 not public , might affect national security .


on 2 november 2006, prime minister surayud chulanont gave formal apology incident. caused large rise in violent incidents next day.








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