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Madness of an armed monk
Josey1
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"All of the gun restrictions in Thailand didn't seem to stop this monk from obtaining an illegal machinegun. Anybody surprised?"
Madness of an armed monk
By SUTIN WANNABOVORN in Bangkok
23may02
A BUDDHIST monk was under arrest last night after storming Thailand's Parliament with an AK-47 assault rifle, taking about 30 people hostage and demanding to speak with the Prime Minister. Advertisement
The monk, wearing a traditional saffron robe, was captured by three plainclothes police posing as reporters who took the gun and handcuffed him after a one-hour standoff during which he fired once into the air. No one was injured.
The monk identified himself as Sayan Chitasuro from Chan Buri province, bordering Cambodia.
"I am demanding to talk with Prime Minister Thaksin (Shinawatra) to lodge a complaint about my unjust treatment when I was arrested by the local police," he said through a megaphone on his arrival.
Police Colonel Luechai Sutyod said the monk could face 20 years in jail on charges of illegal weapons possession, breaking into a government office and illegal detention.
The chaos began minutes before the 500-member elected lower house was to debate a no-confidence motion against 15 Cabinet members in the 14-month-old Government. A woman entering the building to listen to the debate said the monk threatened to kill her and others.
"He stormed into the reception office where I was and said, `Don't move or you'll get yourself killed'," said Pratuang Mongkolsil, 53. "Then the monk went out and shot once and came back. I was so frightened."
In a lengthy speech through a reporter's mobile phone that was broadcast live on radio and television stations, the monk said he was arrested in 1996 for trespassing in a national park. He claimed he was beaten by police and stripped during two nights of detention.
He said he complained to government agencies but no action was taken against the police.
The monk, who said he was aged in his 20s, said he had come to the Parliament with a petition asking for an investigation of his case.
Police said checks revealed he was registered as a Buddhist monk at a temple in Chanthaburi province.
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,4370100%5E912,00.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Madness of an armed monk
By SUTIN WANNABOVORN in Bangkok
23may02
A BUDDHIST monk was under arrest last night after storming Thailand's Parliament with an AK-47 assault rifle, taking about 30 people hostage and demanding to speak with the Prime Minister. Advertisement
The monk, wearing a traditional saffron robe, was captured by three plainclothes police posing as reporters who took the gun and handcuffed him after a one-hour standoff during which he fired once into the air. No one was injured.
The monk identified himself as Sayan Chitasuro from Chan Buri province, bordering Cambodia.
"I am demanding to talk with Prime Minister Thaksin (Shinawatra) to lodge a complaint about my unjust treatment when I was arrested by the local police," he said through a megaphone on his arrival.
Police Colonel Luechai Sutyod said the monk could face 20 years in jail on charges of illegal weapons possession, breaking into a government office and illegal detention.
The chaos began minutes before the 500-member elected lower house was to debate a no-confidence motion against 15 Cabinet members in the 14-month-old Government. A woman entering the building to listen to the debate said the monk threatened to kill her and others.
"He stormed into the reception office where I was and said, `Don't move or you'll get yourself killed'," said Pratuang Mongkolsil, 53. "Then the monk went out and shot once and came back. I was so frightened."
In a lengthy speech through a reporter's mobile phone that was broadcast live on radio and television stations, the monk said he was arrested in 1996 for trespassing in a national park. He claimed he was beaten by police and stripped during two nights of detention.
He said he complained to government agencies but no action was taken against the police.
The monk, who said he was aged in his 20s, said he had come to the Parliament with a petition asking for an investigation of his case.
Police said checks revealed he was registered as a Buddhist monk at a temple in Chanthaburi province.
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,4370100%5E912,00.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878