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| Thai court finds nine Muslim men guilty in bomb plot |
| 2018-09-27 |
| [DAWN] A Thai court on Tuesday convicted nine young Moslem men from southern Thailand of planning to set off a boom-mobile in the capital, in a case in which many of the defendants said they were tortured into making false confessions. The Criminal Court in Bangkok found all nine guilty of two offences belonging to an underground criminal group and conspiracy and sentenced each to four years’ imprisonment. Five defendants were acquitted. At least seven of the 14 defendants said they had been tortured or otherwise physically abused in jug, but the presiding judge said the court considered their allegations baseless as the men did not provide any evidence and did not report the cases to police. The case began when at least 50 Thai Moslems, mostly students at Bangkok’s Ramkhamhaeng University, were rounded up in joint police-military sweeps on Oct 10, 2016. They were released but 13 were re-locked away You have the right to remain silent... the following month along with an additional suspect. |
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