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Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has brought too little, and come too late, to the contested and perplexing mystery of why so many died in the political violence of April and May. Mr Abhisit said on the weekend that he has ordered the police and the Department of Special Investigation to get to the bottom of the deaths. He wants police to work faster, and the DSI to give more information. Mr Abhisit is correct that the public deserves this information, and quickly. But he has also set in motion events that ensure the truth will come out slowly at best, and perhaps never.
The final "dispersal" of the red shirt protest on May 19 resulted in numerous deaths, plus unprecedented property damage, mostly from arson. In the wake of that tragic day, the prime minister announced he intended to set up an independent commission to get to the bottom of the May 19 calamity: Who was responsible, what exactly happened, why there were so many deaths. To conduct the probe, the premier selected Kanit na Nakorn, a former attorney-general. Yesterday marked exactly two months since that black day of the final crackdown - and there has as yet been no hearing. . .
Between early April and May 19, someone killed 90 people - army officers and men, red shirt leaders and members, innocent bystanders and two foreign journalists. Mr Abhisit is not the only one who wants to know the truth about what happened. But so far, he has shown little urgency about this important matter."
The final "dispersal" of the red shirt protest on May 19 resulted in numerous deaths, plus unprecedented property damage, mostly from arson. In the wake of that tragic day, the prime minister announced he intended to set up an independent commission to get to the bottom of the May 19 calamity: Who was responsible, what exactly happened, why there were so many deaths. To conduct the probe, the premier selected Kanit na Nakorn, a former attorney-general. Yesterday marked exactly two months since that black day of the final crackdown - and there has as yet been no hearing. . .
Between early April and May 19, someone killed 90 people - army officers and men, red shirt leaders and members, innocent bystanders and two foreign journalists. Mr Abhisit is not the only one who wants to know the truth about what happened. But so far, he has shown little urgency about this important matter."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion...be-now-unlikely
