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Thais in Myanmar get 7 years

Published: 25 Aug 2012 at 21.23
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A court in Myanmar has sentenced eight Thai detainees to seven years each in prison on charges of possessing war weapons, Thai authorities said on Saturday.

They were among the 92 Thais, including 10 women, caught by Myanmar soldiers last month for illegal entry on land opposite Ranong's Kra Buri district and for farming there without a permit.The eight were also charged with possessing war weapons, a crime with a maximum penalty of 20 years in jail.The court in Kawthaung resumed the trial of the eight Thais on Friday morning and delivered its ruling in the afternoon, according to officials of the Thai-Myanmar border coordination committee.The eight included two men from Prachuap Khiri Khan province – Sanguan Kladsang, 53, and Somporn Kladsang, 29 – and two from Surat Thani: Seksan Wongasa, 40, and Nipon Tippakdi, 60.The four others convicted were...

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Silkpit
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Discussion 4 : 26 Aug 2012 at 08.024
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Laws are to be upheld, and perhaps it's time for thailand to acknowledge that!
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Discussion 3 : 26 Aug 2012 at 00.383
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I sometimes dont understand why Thais dont respect others, remember Cambodia, quarrels at Mae Sot where they tried to move the border and Myanmar shut the border afterwards, now this and so on. A very interesting place are also almost all roads, there is a fight of everyone against everyone resulting in one of the highest rate of road fatalities in the world and the best example was this story about this fatal shooting at Uthai Thai the other day. I guess the people get a totally wrong education in the schools because this behaviors are rooted there and with the parents (six kids under 6 years of age on one motorcyc etc a normality and not possible without the consent of the parents). Combining this with commercials of motorbikes and cars in the TV suggesting "road warriors" its a totally irresponsible behavior teaching the people real bad stuff. I guess the government never heard about this? What are they occupied with? everyone know it!
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Discussion 2 : 25 Aug 2012 at 23.052
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Given the hysterical outpourings of outrage about Thaksin's wag-the-dog war Cambodian/Thai war in 2011, and the sycophantic adoration of Yingluck's fence mending, I will be very interested to see how the usual red shirt supporters spin this into a success story for Peua Thai.
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Discussion 1 : 25 Aug 2012 at 22.391
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Its a shame, as the Thai's know that the law in Thailand means nothing, but unfortunately it does mean a lot in other countries.
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