Parliament 15 Oct – The Senate Political Committee revealed that the Ministry of Defense has postponed sending a representative to explain the case of a soldier who died in a military camp due to training while the victim provided information via ZOOM, indicating that it may be considered torture. A way must be found for the Ministry of Justice to use its power to resolve the problem quickly.
The reporter reported that the Senate Committee on Political Development, Public Participation, Human Rights, Liberties, and Consumer Protection invited representatives of the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Justice, along with relevant military officers and relatives of soldiers who died in military camps to clarify the case of soldiers dying in military camps due to training or punishment in the military system.
Ms. Angkana Neelapaijit, Chairwoman of the Committee, said that today, the Ministry of Defense did not send a representative to provide information, but will send one on October 29 instead. Therefore, to
day, it will be the Ministry of Justice and the victims who will provide information remotely via the ZOOM system. Questions will be raised about the torture issue, whether it will be in line with the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act or the Enforced Disappearance Act. And when such an incident occurs in a military camp, how does the Ministry of Justice, which has a legal investigation committee consisting of prosecutors, police, the provincial administration, and the DSI, have the methods to enter the scene to investigate the case quickly? Today, we will ask about the needs of the victims regarding torture and rights violations, because the victims never knew before that such an incident would be considered torture or rights violations, because they thought it was a natural death.
Ms. Angkana emphasized that there are currently good laws that will protect those who have been tortured or disappeared, and there is legal authority to cut off the power of the military court. T
herefore, if an incident occurs in a military camp, whether it is the perpetrator or the incident occurs in the military camp, the accused or those involved must be handed over to the investigator under this Act. However, this has been happening for a long time, raising the question of why the case has not been handed over to the investigator to proceed. -312.-Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency