Arm ordered to pay Bt505,000 compensations to two Muslim students
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The Royal Thai Army (RTA) will pay Bt505,000 in compensation to two university students being detained two days beyond what was authorised under the martial law.
The martial law has allowed the detention of suspects for up to seven days only. However, Ismalae The and Amizi Manak, students of the Yala Rajabhat University, were arrested on January 27, 2008 and released only on February 4 in the same year.
This year, the Central Administrative Court thus ruled in favour of the detained students on November 22.
RTA is now ordered to pay Bt255,000 to Ismalae and Bt250,000 to Amizi plus the interest of 7.5 per cent per year, which shall be calculated from January 14, 2009 or the day the complaint was filed against the Royal Thai Army and the Defence Ministry.
The payment must be paid within 60 days since the final ruling comes out.
The Nation
