Army chief apologises to southerners

Published: 23/03/2011 at 04:18 PM
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Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha on Wednesday apologised to a group of about 600 people from the three troubled southern border provinces for two major incidents which caused a large number of deaths in 2004.

He was speaking to people from Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat provinces who are undergoing occupational training organised by the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) in Bangkok.

Gen Prayuth said he was deeply sorry for the deaths of 32 Thai Muslims killed during the Krue Se Mosque siege in Pattani on April 28, 2004, and for the deaths of 78 young Muslim people at Tak Bai Narathiwat on Oct 25, 2004.

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ricefield
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Discussion 4 : 23/03/2011 at 11:56 PM4
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"What's the period of limitation for crimes against humanity?"

The lifetime of the perpetrator/perpetrators. Argentina just tried one of their dictators and found him guilty and sentenced him to life without parole.
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Discussion 3 : 23/03/2011 at 11:41 PM3
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What's the period of limitation for crimes against humanity?

In a state under the rule of law, it would not be too late to bring those responsible for those gruesome slaughters to justice.
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Discussion 2 : 23/03/2011 at 10:28 PM2
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Overthrowing an elected government is also against the constitution, that hasn't caused him any lack of sleep.

The problem is, and it's just not the military, everyone uses the constitution where it seems to give them an advantage and scream blue murder when it does not.
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Discussion 1 : 23/03/2011 at 07:52 PM1
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"No matter what, the three provinces cannot be separated or given self-rule because that would be against the constitution," he added.

Well, that's not the best of explanations in a country where the constitution has been amended so many times - not least by the army!
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