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Campaigners dispute Black May repor
- Subject: Campaigners dispute Black May repor
- From: suriya@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 23:49:00
Subject: Campaigners dispute Black May report
Local & Politics
Campaigners dispute Black
May report
ACTIVISTS yesterday disputed the
summarised report on the Black May probe
results, which blamed the violent incident on a
third party.
Adul Khiewboriboon, chairman of the
Committee for the Relatives of the May 1992
Heroes, said that there were only two parties
involved in the incident: the ruling government
of the time and the protesters.
''We don't know which group of people the
report refers to as the third party. But it
appears they have put the blame on the
protesters. The people on Rajdamnoen
Avenue during the incident were all on the
opposite side of the powers-that-be,'' he
said.
Adul's son was killed by security forces in a
crackdown that followed a mass protest
against coup-maker Gen Suchinda
Kraprayoon's rise to the premiership. Scores
of protesters were killed and many others
injured.
The eight-page report summarises the
findings of an investigation conducted in 1992,
shortly after the incident, by a Defence
Ministry team headed by privy councillor Gen
Pichit Kullavanija.
Speaking at a panel discussion held at the
Royal Hotel, Adul said he believed the military
crackdown on protesters was intentional, and
not to the contrary as stated in the probe
report.
Dr Sant Hatirat, one of the protest leaders,
told the meeting that he believed it was ''the
first party'' -- those who ordered the
suppression on protesters -- that was
responsible for the incident.
He said the torching of a police station and
other government agencies near the protest
site was well planned to serve as an excuse
for the powers-that-be to order the
crackdown. The report blamed the fiery
events on the third party.
Chaturon Chaisaeng, secretary-general of the
New Aspiration Party, said at the discussion
that the blame on a third party could distort
history, just like similar incidents in the past.
He called on the government to unveil the full
version of the investigation report.
The Nation