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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Thursday, November 26, 2015
Rights groups call on Thailand to close military prison
Thai
soldiers escort the fortune teller, Suriyan Sutjritpolwongse, centre,
better known by the nickname "Mor Yong," as he arrives at military court
in Bangkok, Thailand, last month. Pic: AP.

HUMAN RIGHTS groups have called on Thailand to immediately close a
military detention center where two high-profile prisoners died in
controversial circumstances over the past month.
A statement issued Tuesday by the U.N. Human Rights Office for Southeast
Asia called on the country’s ruling junta to stop using military
facilities to hold civilian detainees.
The U.N. appeal follows the deaths in custody of two people arrested on
charges of insulting the monarchy by claiming to be representing the
royal palace for their own financial benefit.
Meanwhile, in an open letter to the Permanent Mission of Thailand to the
United Nations in Geneva, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
and Human Rights Watch (HRW) raised “serious concern about the
establishment of a detention facility holding non-military persons named
the Nakhon Chaisri temporary remand facility”.
The letter called for the immediate transfer of non-military prisoners
to a civilian facility and an investigation into the deaths of Suriyan
Sucharitpolwong and Prakrom Warunprapa. Both were arrested last month.
Prakrom was said to have died by suicide and Saurian, better known by
his soothsayer name Mor Yong, from blood poisoning. Both bodies were
hurriedly cremated, raising suspicions of a cover-up.
Thailand’s military government calls safeguarding the monarchy a priority.
Additional reporting from Associated Press