{"id":1094,"date":"2010-10-26T14:41:03","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T07:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wgjp.org\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2010-10-27T14:44:49","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T07:44:49","slug":"bombs-serve-as-reminder-of-tak-bai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/justiceforpeace.org\/?p=1094","title":{"rendered":"<!--:en-->Bombs serve as reminder of Tak Bai<!--:--><!--:th-->Bombs serve as reminder of Tak Bai<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en--><\/p>\n<div id=\"heading-panel\">\n<div>One person has been killed and 18 injured in a  spate of bomb attacks across the three lower southern provinces Monday,  the sixth anniversary of the Tak Bai incident.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Narathiwat was the hardest hit province with bomb and arson attacks  blamed on separatist groups at 12 locations in eight districts from  3.30am to 10am. The attacks took place in Rangae, Rueso, Yi-ngo,  Sukhirin, Si Sakhon, Muang Narathiwat, Sungai Padi and Cho Airong, in  that order.<\/p>\n<p>Col Banpot Poolpian, spokesman for the Internal Security Operations  Command&#8217;s 4th Region, said the coordinated attacks were intended to be a  reminder of the Tak Bai, Narathiwat, incident of Oct 25, 2004, in which  85 Muslim-Malays died, most of them while in army custody.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the deadly attacks on Monday involved the use of booby trap  bombs and took place in rubber plantations owned by Thai Buddhists.<\/p>\n<p>The landmine-style bombs were buried under rubber trees and targetted rubber tappers who start work in the pre-dawn hours.<\/p>\n<p>One person died in Narathiwat and 15 others were injured, three of them security officers.<\/p>\n<p><!--:--><!--:th--><\/p>\n<div id=\"heading-panel\">\n<div>One person has been killed and 18 injured in a  spate of bomb  attacks across the three lower southern provinces Monday,  the sixth  anniversary of the Tak Bai incident.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Narathiwat was the hardest hit province with bomb and arson attacks   blamed on separatist groups at 12 locations in eight districts from   3.30am to 10am. The attacks took place in Rangae, Rueso, Yi-ngo,   Sukhirin, Si Sakhon, Muang Narathiwat, Sungai Padi and Cho Airong, in   that order.<\/p>\n<p>Col Banpot Poolpian, spokesman for the Internal Security Operations   Command&#8217;s 4th Region, said the coordinated attacks were intended to be a   reminder of the Tak Bai, Narathiwat, incident of Oct 25, 2004, in  which  85 Muslim-Malays died, most of them while in army custody.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the deadly attacks on Monday involved the use of booby trap   bombs and took place in rubber plantations owned by Thai Buddhists.<\/p>\n<p>The landmine-style bombs were buried under rubber trees and targetted rubber tappers who start work in the pre-dawn hours.<\/p>\n<p>One person died in Narathiwat and 15 others were injured, three of them security officers.<!--:--><!--more--><!--:en--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Editorial: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/opinion\/opinion\/203065\/the-outrage-of-tak-bai\">The outrage of Tak Bai<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most of them sustained serious leg injuries, while some lost their legs from the impact of the blasts.<\/p>\n<p>Police identified the person who died  as Aree Chaisongkram, a female rubber tapper in Rueso where most of the  attacks occurred yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Rawpee-ah Arwae, 50, one of two rubber  tappers hurt by the militants&#8217; home-made bombs in Pattani&#8217;s Kapho  district, was reported to have lost both of her legs after stepping on a  bomb while working in her rubber plantation.<\/p>\n<p>In Yala&#8217;s Raman district, a 70-year-old man was badly wounded when he also stepped on a bomb.<\/p>\n<p>Security and medical officers who went  to help the injured or inspect various bomb sites were on high alert  for ambushes by militants after three officers were injured by bombs  while examining the blast scenes in Rueso.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice for Peace Foundation  yesterday released a statement to mark the sixth anniversary of the Tak  Bai incident. In it, the foundation condemned the Thai justice system  for not being sincere about bringing an end to the conflict in the lower  South.<\/p>\n<p>It said the problems could not be  solved until the authorities offered true justice to southern people,  especially the families of those who died in the Tak Bai incident.<\/p>\n<p>No official had been made accountable for the incident, the foundation said.<\/p>\n<p>The Tak Bai affair is one of the most notorious incidents since the southern insurgency began anew in early 2004.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct 25, 2004, six local men were  arrested and accused of supplying defence force weapons to insurgents.  Villagers organised a protest at Tak Bai police station, demanding that  police release the accused. In the afternoon, police, fearing a riot at  the station, called in army reinforcements who used tear gas and water  cannons on the crowd and seven people were killed.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of local citizens, mostly  young Muslim men, were arrested. Their hands were bound behind their  backs and they were loaded on to trucks to be taken to an army camp.  They were stacked on top of each other in the trucks, and after a  three-hour trip to the camp, 78 men were found to have suffocated in the  heat.<\/p>\n<p>From: http:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/news\/security\/203202\/bombs-serve-as-reminder-of-tak-bai<!--:--><!--:th--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Editorial: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/opinion\/opinion\/203065\/the-outrage-of-tak-bai\">The outrage of Tak Bai<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most of them sustained serious leg injuries, while some lost their legs from the impact of the blasts.<\/p>\n<p>Police identified the person who died  as Aree Chaisongkram, a female  rubber tapper in Rueso where most of the  attacks occurred yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Rawpee-ah Arwae, 50, one of two rubber  tappers hurt by the  militants&#8217; home-made bombs in Pattani&#8217;s Kapho  district, was reported to  have lost both of her legs after stepping on a  bomb while working in  her rubber plantation.<\/p>\n<p>In Yala&#8217;s Raman district, a 70-year-old man was badly wounded when he also stepped on a bomb.<\/p>\n<p>Security and medical officers who went  to help the injured or  inspect various bomb sites were on high alert  for ambushes by militants  after three officers were injured by bombs  while examining the blast  scenes in Rueso.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice for Peace Foundation  yesterday released a statement to  mark the sixth anniversary of the Tak  Bai incident. In it, the  foundation condemned the Thai justice system  for not being sincere  about bringing an end to the conflict in the lower  South.<\/p>\n<p>It said the problems could not be  solved until the authorities  offered true justice to southern people,  especially the families of  those who died in the Tak Bai incident.<\/p>\n<p>No official had been made accountable for the incident, the foundation said.<\/p>\n<p>The Tak Bai affair is one of the most notorious incidents since the southern insurgency began anew in early 2004.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct 25, 2004, six local men were  arrested and accused of  supplying defence force weapons to insurgents.  Villagers organised a  protest at Tak Bai police station, demanding that  police release the  accused. In the afternoon, police, fearing a riot at  the station,  called in army reinforcements who used tear gas and water  cannons on  the crowd and seven people were killed.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of local citizens, mostly  young Muslim men, were arrested.  Their hands were bound behind their  backs and they were loaded on to  trucks to be taken to an army camp.  They were stacked on top of each  other in the trucks, and after a  three-hour trip to the camp, 78 men  were found to have suffocated in the  heat.<\/p>\n<p>From: http:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/news\/security\/203202\/bombs-serve-as-reminder-of-tak-bai<!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One person has been killed and 18 injured in a spate of bomb attacks across the three lower southern provinces Monday, the sixth anniversary of the Tak Bai incident. Narathiwat was the hardest hit province with bomb and arson attacks blamed on separatist groups at 12 locations in eight districts from 3.30am to 10am. 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