This time, justice cannot be fudged
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Those responsible for planting the bomb at the Erawan Shrine on Monday night must be caught, or else the government of Prayut Chan-o-cha will lose every shred of credibility.
At this stage it would be unwise to jump to conclusions as to the identity of the bombers. However, the focus of suspicion seems to have been narrowed to (a) Thailand’s internal political conflict and (b) the repatriation of approximately 100 Muslim Uighur asylum-seekers to China by the Thai government last month. The latter could have triggered “retaliation” from an extremist Muslim group.
Whoever was behind the bombing, the Prayut government owes it to the world – and to the Thai people in particular – to uncover the truth and bring the perpetrators to justice as soon as possible.
Vint Chavala
