Straycat Posted January 25, 2003 Report Share Posted January 25, 2003 From todays Bangkok Post ( x - this URL is likely to change within 24 hrs) WAR ON DRUGSDealers to face lethal govt. action Wan Nor warns: Death may await Post reporters Interior Minister Wan Muhamad Nor Matha has issued an ultimatum to drug dealers -- quit the drug trade or prepare to face harsh state action which can be lethal. Mr Wan Nor yesterday ordered all district chiefs to make sure drug rackets in their areas understood they had to "give up and get out'' or they could "get caught'' or even "get killed''. "Tell them to stop selling drugs and leave the communities for good or they will be put behind bars or even "vanish without a trace,'' Mr Wan Nor said. "Who cares? They are destroying our country.'' The minister also warned authorities they were endangering their future careers if they happened to spare drug traders whom they knew or became lethargic on the anti-drugs campaign. "In our war on drugs, the district chiefs are the knights and provincial governors the commanders. If the knights see the enemies but do not shoot them, they can be beheaded by their commanders,'' Mr Wan Nor said. * * * Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra declared an all-out war against drug traffickers and dealers last week. He set 9 pm on April 30 as the deadline for provincial authorities and the police to finish ridding every square inch of the country of drugs. ... Now, this is not the place to discuss Thai politics -- but just imagine your own government phrasing something like above! Don't these people have legal and foreign relationship advisors? :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
check_bin_krap Posted January 25, 2003 Report Share Posted January 25, 2003 The current government has a record of making a fool of themself in public. Thats what you get when you put businessmen in charge of a country. The situation is not unlike what you find in Italy. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plainsdrifter Posted January 25, 2003 Report Share Posted January 25, 2003 May be very harsh. But the drug matter is a very bad thing. I know from personal experience. I don't think any effort should be spared to end this very bad thing. I don't see how anyone can peacfully enjoy the fruits of this deadly commerce. I would not be able to sleep at night if I knew that something I supplied was causing the pain and suffering that drugs are doing in BKK naw and in the whole country. I just feel very strongly about this. I agree with warnings that are being given, even if I know that they may not be enforceable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straycat Posted January 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2003 I'm opposed to drugs as anyone else. However, I'm also not too keen on government officials taking the life of persons not by virtue of the law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liberator Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 I'm opposed to drugs as anyone else. However, I'm also not too keen on government officials taking the life of persons not by virtue of the law. Me neither. The summary execution of alleged drugs dealers is fraught with dangers. What if (hypothetically) a policeman wanted someone killed for personal reasons, or financial gain? He could easily shoot the person and claim they were a drug dealer. Not that that would ever happen in Thailand A professional law enforcement authority together with an efficient and just legal system should be able to deal with these people, but that's the crux of the problem.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 May be very harsh. But the drug matter is a very bad thing. I know from personal experience. I don't think any effort should be spared to end this very bad thing. I'd love to see the drugs gone and the dealers dead. But (a) I don't see it happening without the usual cronyism, botching, etc; with the usual nonsense of excusing plenty of guilty parties while somehow managing to simultaneously screw over an equivalent number of innocents. ( Ministers with vigilante attitudes are troubling indeed on many levels. In places that have rule of law, speeches and attitutes would make reference to things like bringing the full force of the law to bear on drug dealers, passing new laws, stepping up enforcement, etc. They don't even bother with lip service for such notions in Thailand. (Thus reinforcing the perception that LOS is a place without rule of law, btw.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2003 Report Share Posted January 30, 2003 Perhaps some of you here should also think a little bit before opening your mouths. As i sit here typing this i am looking at an advertisement at the top of the page for happy hour, "all the beer you can drink" etc. Those of you who say you would like to see the end of drugs, death to dealers, etc, does that also apply to alcohol and/or nicotine, two of the deadliest DRUGS on earth? Wait! Let me guess, thats "different", right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALHOLK Posted January 31, 2003 Report Share Posted January 31, 2003 Wait! Let me guess, thats "different", right? Yes, they are legal in most countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 1, 2003 Report Share Posted February 1, 2003 So politicians define your morals? They say its legal so it must be ok but if they say illegal you deserve death? In many cases for something the politicians have done themselves. Must be nice to have such easily definable (by others) black and white morality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli13 Posted February 1, 2003 Report Share Posted February 1, 2003 good point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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