2001: Five machine-gunned in Thailand

[bripat9643]

You have to get a license to own a gun in Thailand, and machine guns are strictly illegal, of course.

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On this date a decade ago, Thailand machine-gunned in Bangkwang Prison five men — four convicted drug-smugglers, and one murderer.​

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Bazillionaire populist Thaksin Sinawatra had just become the country’s Prime Minister, and would soon stake his administration on a notorious drug suppression push that would be linked to 2,000-plus extrajudicial killings....​

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According to the BBC, one of the traffickers had been caught with 50,000 methamphetamine pills — meth being the rising drug problem (pdf) du jour — and another with 30 kilos of heroin....​

 

[Donald H]

Thailand is hugely corrupted by US influence.

 

[bodecea]

You have to get a license to own a gun in Thailand, and machine guns are strictly illegal, of course.

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ExecutedToday.com » 2001: Five machine-gunned in Thailand​

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On this date a decade ago, Thailand machine-gunned in Bangkwang Prison five men — four convicted drug-smugglers, and one murderer.​

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Bazillionaire populist Thaksin Sinawatra had just become the country’s Prime Minister, and would soon stake his administration on a notorious drug suppression push that would be linked to 2,000-plus extrajudicial killings....​

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According to the BBC, one of the traffickers had been caught with 50,000 methamphetamine pills — meth being the rising drug problem (pdf) du jour — and another with 30 kilos of heroin....​

I'm sure you can show that that is only one of hundreds and hundreds of mass shootings in Thailand since 2001, right?