Arisman to be moved to new facility
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The Corrections Department will move some 100 remand prisoners to the Laksi holding centre, a new facility designed to detain the red shirts and others facing politically-related charges, director general Suchart Wongananchai said on Thursday.
“The 100 will include red leader Arisman Pongruangrong,” he said in reference to the fugitive who surrendered but being held in remand pending trial on terrorism charges.
Suchart said the holding centre will be inaugurated on December 20 and the red shirts held in remand would move in on the following day.
The separation of the red shirts from the regular remand population is being implemented in accordance with the report from the Truth for Reconciliation Commission, he said.
The holding centre, located at Bangkok’s Lak Si, was previously served as an installation of the Border Patrol Police. Under an agreement with the Justice Ministry, police agreed to turn over the site for temporary holding facility for those under remand due to their political struggle.
