Southern border people show their power in the Tak Bai case

Today (25 October 67) is the 20th anniversary of the dispersal of the rally in front of Tak Bai Police Station, Narathiwat Province. People in the 3 southern border provinces gathered to ride bicycles to express their symbolic views. The protesters said that the reason for cycling to Ingkhayuth Camp today was to make a symbolic gesture. Meanwhile, the group of cyclists distributed dates to their fellow protesters to eat. The aim was to convey that eating dates, a high-energy fruit, would give power to the new generation to continue demanding justice in the Tak Bai case, even after midnight tonight when the statute of limitations expires, and the authorities would not be able to detain anyone to be punished according to the law. Ms. Pannika Wanich, a leader of the Progressive Movement, who joined the civil society's cycling procession today, expressed her opinion on the Tak Bai case, stating that the Prime Minister's apology and regret for the incident today was a good thing, but she viewed the Prime Minist er's actions as only intended to solve immediate problems and reduce pressure, because his words and actions were inconsistent. In the case of Gen. Pisal Wattanawongkiri, a former Pheu Thai Party-list MP who resigned earlier and is one of the defendants in the Tak Bai case, she viewed it as inappropriate and unfair to Gen. Pisal, because at that time, Gen. Pisal was acting as the commander of the 4th Army, so his actions were in his capacity as a state official. Therefore, if the government is sincere in solving the Tak Bai case, the government must have a clear mechanism to solve the problem, even if the case has expired. And if it denies that it is not possible to issue an emergency decree to extend the statute of limitations for the Tak Bai case, it is considered that it can be issued as an act using the mechanism through the parliament. Source: Thai News Agency