ID :
142853
Mon, 09/20/2010 - 19:12
Auther :
Shortlink :
http://m.oananews.org//node/142853
The shortlink copeid
DSI urged to reveal autopsy results of Red Shirt deaths
BANGKOK, Sept 20 -- Relatives of those killed during the April-May protest rally by the anti-government Red Shirt group on Monday demanded the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) speed up its investigation to determine the cause of the deaths and reveal the autopsy results.
Representatives of the opposition Puea Thai Party led family members of those killed during the Red Shirt rally from April 10-May 21 to meet with DSI Director-General Tharit Pengdit to ask for progress in the investigation on the deaths of 89 people. They also questioned DSI authority in dealing with the autopsies.
Mr Tharit explained that the cases, classified as "special," were sent to the DSI by metropolitan police but details of the autopsies were inadequate.
The DSI and three other agencies--the Metropolitan Police Bureau, the Attorney General and the Central Institute of Forensic Science--have set up a working committee to conduct additional investigation within a 45-day timeframe and the work is underway, the director-general said.
Mr Tharit also called on the public and media who witnessed the incidents to give their accounts to the information centre which was opened to gather information relating to the deaths of demonstrators during the two-month rally.
The Red Shirts, the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), supporters of the ex-prime minister ousted in the 2006 coup, rallied in Bangkok during March, April, and May, calling for fresh elections.
As clashes between government security personnel occurred during the rally, and unidentified gunmen at the clash sites, more than 1,400 people were reportedly wounded and 89 people killed including Hiroyuki Muramoto, a Japanese cameraman, Polenchi Fadio, an Italian journalist and high-profile red shirt leader Maj-Gen Khattiya Swasdiphol.
The military operations to retake the protest site at the Ratchaprasong intersection on May 19 prompted the Red Shirt leaders to call off the rally, which was followed by arson at several locations in Bangkok. About 19 Red Shirt leaders are in jail for having key roles in the rally. (MCOT online news)
Representatives of the opposition Puea Thai Party led family members of those killed during the Red Shirt rally from April 10-May 21 to meet with DSI Director-General Tharit Pengdit to ask for progress in the investigation on the deaths of 89 people. They also questioned DSI authority in dealing with the autopsies.
Mr Tharit explained that the cases, classified as "special," were sent to the DSI by metropolitan police but details of the autopsies were inadequate.
The DSI and three other agencies--the Metropolitan Police Bureau, the Attorney General and the Central Institute of Forensic Science--have set up a working committee to conduct additional investigation within a 45-day timeframe and the work is underway, the director-general said.
Mr Tharit also called on the public and media who witnessed the incidents to give their accounts to the information centre which was opened to gather information relating to the deaths of demonstrators during the two-month rally.
The Red Shirts, the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), supporters of the ex-prime minister ousted in the 2006 coup, rallied in Bangkok during March, April, and May, calling for fresh elections.
As clashes between government security personnel occurred during the rally, and unidentified gunmen at the clash sites, more than 1,400 people were reportedly wounded and 89 people killed including Hiroyuki Muramoto, a Japanese cameraman, Polenchi Fadio, an Italian journalist and high-profile red shirt leader Maj-Gen Khattiya Swasdiphol.
The military operations to retake the protest site at the Ratchaprasong intersection on May 19 prompted the Red Shirt leaders to call off the rally, which was followed by arson at several locations in Bangkok. About 19 Red Shirt leaders are in jail for having key roles in the rally. (MCOT online news)
