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12 youths remain jailed under emergency decree
BANGKOK, July 14 - Thailand's Juvenile Observation and Protection Department on Wednesday said 12 youths are still detained for violating the emergency decree imposed during the country's political chaos in May.
Director-General Thawatchai Thaikiew said there were 164 youths arrested and detained for violating the emergency decree and committing arson.
Among them were 12 girls and 152 boys from 14 provinces, most of whom were arrested for gathering in groups of more than five people, which is prohibited under the emergency decree. These youths joined the protest with their parents.
Mr Thawatchai said 152 of them were later bailed out, while the remaining 12 are still detained while under the jurisdiction of the courts.
The 12 youths remaining incarcerated are locked up because their parents refused to bail them out. They claimed that their children had disobeyed them but were instead were susceptible to other influences, so they wanted them to be trained and cared for by the department, he said, adding that incarceration at a detention home and refusing bail must in every case be examined by the court, which could otherwise allow a temporary release to young wrongdoers not deserving an apprehension.
Mr Thawatchai on Wednesday visited youths who participated in the anti-government protest of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) and charged for violating the emergency decree, at two detention homes in the capital.
Six youths are in custody at both places, one of whom is a 14-year-old boy charged with committing arson in Bangkok's Din Daeng. The boy is left at one of the detention home, for authorities could not get through to his parents, but only to his cousins who joined the Red-Shirt protest with their gang from Pattaya. Five children are detained in Nonthaburi, and the other youth is in Ubon Ratchathani.
Concerning collecting data on the youngsters' motivation to commit crimes, the director-general said the department has begun doing so but the information cannot yet be disclosed publicly, as it is evidence for the cases of the alleged youthful wrongdoers.
Those violating the emergency decree by assembling in groups of more than five persons or inciting violence in areas the decree is imposed are to be punished with no more than a 2-year imprisonment, or a fine of no more than Bt40,000 (about US$1,200), or both. (MCOT online news).
Director-General Thawatchai Thaikiew said there were 164 youths arrested and detained for violating the emergency decree and committing arson.
Among them were 12 girls and 152 boys from 14 provinces, most of whom were arrested for gathering in groups of more than five people, which is prohibited under the emergency decree. These youths joined the protest with their parents.
Mr Thawatchai said 152 of them were later bailed out, while the remaining 12 are still detained while under the jurisdiction of the courts.
The 12 youths remaining incarcerated are locked up because their parents refused to bail them out. They claimed that their children had disobeyed them but were instead were susceptible to other influences, so they wanted them to be trained and cared for by the department, he said, adding that incarceration at a detention home and refusing bail must in every case be examined by the court, which could otherwise allow a temporary release to young wrongdoers not deserving an apprehension.
Mr Thawatchai on Wednesday visited youths who participated in the anti-government protest of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) and charged for violating the emergency decree, at two detention homes in the capital.
Six youths are in custody at both places, one of whom is a 14-year-old boy charged with committing arson in Bangkok's Din Daeng. The boy is left at one of the detention home, for authorities could not get through to his parents, but only to his cousins who joined the Red-Shirt protest with their gang from Pattaya. Five children are detained in Nonthaburi, and the other youth is in Ubon Ratchathani.
Concerning collecting data on the youngsters' motivation to commit crimes, the director-general said the department has begun doing so but the information cannot yet be disclosed publicly, as it is evidence for the cases of the alleged youthful wrongdoers.
Those violating the emergency decree by assembling in groups of more than five persons or inciting violence in areas the decree is imposed are to be punished with no more than a 2-year imprisonment, or a fine of no more than Bt40,000 (about US$1,200), or both. (MCOT online news).
