BANGKOK: A human rights organisation on Thursday (Nov 14) accused the Thai military of torturing and killing a Myanmar man near the border between the two countries this year.
Thai military personnel stand guard on the Thai side under the Thai- Myanmar Friendship Bridge near Tak border checkpoint in Thailand 's Mae Sot district on Apr 23, 2024. BANGKOK: A human rights organisation on Thursday accused the Thai military of torturing and killing a Myanmar man near the border between the two countries this year.
Three of them beat Aung Ko Ko with a long wooden stick while interrogating him, leaving him bruised and bleeding nearby until he died hours later, the rights group said, citing eyewitness accounts, photos of the scene and an autopsy report. Another Myanmar national who witnessed the violence was later convicted of manslaughter over the death, the report said.
"We believe that Aung Ko Ko's tragic death highlights an ongoing pattern of impunity in Thailand for violence committed against migrants and refugees," the NGO said in a statement."We are in the process of investigating and looking for the facts, but Thailand has always given priority and give importance to human rights, equally to everybody," army spokesman Major General Thanathip Sawangsang told AFP.
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