Weng wants ICC to probe 2010 riots

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Weng wants ICC to probe 2010 riots

Published: 15 Aug 2012 at 17.06
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Red-shirt co-leader and Pheu Thai Party list MP Weng Tojirakan on Wednesday submitted a petition asking Justice Minister Pracha Promnok to empower the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch an enquiry into the government's use of force to suppress red-shirt protesters in April-May 2010.

He said the the government of the time's action resulted in the death and injury of a large number of people.

In the petition, Mr Weng asked Pol Gen Pracha to recognise the ICC's jurisdiction to probe the bloodshed by notifying the court's registrar of the intention.

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bonzo
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Discussion 23 : 15 Aug 2012 at 23.4923
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Doesn’t Robert Amsterdam already have this on his ‘To Do’ list?
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Discussion 22 : 15 Aug 2012 at 22.4622
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Discussion 21 : 15 Aug 2012 at 22.4421
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Weng is so full of hate and a desire for revenge, as usual, that he hasn't thought this one through properly. His beloved Red Shirts will obviously be implicated. I wonder if he will then accuse the ICC of being in the pocket of the Democrats. Actually, the ICC will surely ignore his request and has probably ignored similar requests several times already as it's a domestic matter. I think this is just a smoke screen created by Thaksin to turn the rural people's attention away from the censor debate and the failings of his government.
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Discussion 20 : 15 Aug 2012 at 22.2020
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This discussion is useless. If Thailand has not ratified the treaty of Rome, the ICC has no jurisdiction to investigate. The UN security council has initiated proceedings for crimes against humanity, but we are far from this magnitude. Initiating such a process is far different to submitting a complaint to the ICC.
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Discussion 19 : 15 Aug 2012 at 22.0519
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These Red shirts love to snivel, try blocking streets and starting fires in any major American city and see how long it takes for you to be forcibly removed and arrested with whatever force is necessary, up to and including lethal force if you use weapons to resist. The only mistake the the Abhisit Government and the Army made was showing far too much constraint which was read as weakness and made the situation far worse. The owners of the properties that were burned and their insurers who will stand the loss have a legitimate grievance, not the rioters.
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Discussion 18 : 15 Aug 2012 at 21.4418
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The point will be what will Mr Weng do if the ICC say the Red Shirts wrong in what they did and all red shirts MP should go to Jail
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Discussion 17 : 15 Aug 2012 at 21.0917
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Let me save taxpayers the money for an inquiry .Thaksin got the UDD to take over Ratchprasong hoping the government would collapse and he could get his tax money back . It didnt so it used its UDD soldiers to incite the military who had already formed a perimeter to starve them out .When the military finally went in the UDD who had been shouting to fight till the death promptly gave up that bluff and proceeded to ignite what was The World Trade Centre which had already been stoked with propane canisters since the beginning .UDD soldiers shot into the retreating mob to have a needed body count to gain some sympathy for what was essentially a hostile take over of the city .
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Discussion 16 : 15 Aug 2012 at 21.0816
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Dear Mr Weng, I suggest you to submit a petition asking Army Minister to empower the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch an enquiry into the Red/UDD's use of force which has killed soldiers, policemen and passer-by in April-May 2010.
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Discussion 15 : 15 Aug 2012 at 20.5515
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Just open youtube and watch the video of how some ministers in the current government encouraged destruction
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Discussion 14 : 15 Aug 2012 at 20.5514
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It's a good idea to involve the ICC in searching the truth about the 2010 deadly riots. But it also a good idea to involve the ICC about Tak Bai massacre and the extrajudicial killings in the 2002-2003 "War on drugs". There are many events happened in Thailand whose Thai people don't know yet the complete truth which could come only from international organizations.
The same it should be said about the southern unrest where the involvement of UN and OIC should be requested in order to reach a peaceful solution which cannot be obtained with the policies implemented so far.
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