Today , May 17th,

17 years ago, it was important day for political incident in Thailand. May I join the others to commemorate the Black May 1992 and convey my tribute to all late heroes and the disappeared ones who sacrificed their lives to protect Thai democracy. Also my respect to the relatives of all heroes which every year have to come to Suan Santiporn at Ratchadamneun Avenue on 17th May to keep the memory of this incident and the heroes survived.
This year the relatives have expected to hear good news for the progress of the establishment of May 1992 Memorial which is just about to be constructed.

Last Sunday on May 10th, I joined the panel discussion on the topic ‘The Lesson-learned from Black May 1992′.

From this event, I was touched by the speech of Ms.Pratabjit Neelapaijit, the daughter of missing human-rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit who was abducted several years ago and still the missing person.

Pratabjit said in the panel that ‘Actually I do not know how to share opinion on this topic since Thai society has never ever attempted to make any lesson from any  incident, therefore we could not assume that we have yet had any lesson to learn from this incident since the history is not yet revised.’  Indeed, it’s unfinished business, truth yet prevail. How could we have a lesson?

Mr.Adul Kiewboriboon, chair of the May 1992 Committees of Heroes Relatives, spoke on that day that “We can forgive but we never and will not forget, we still tirelessly seek for the truth, we never blamed the military, we just want to get the bones of our loved ones back, we just want to know where they are?”

17 years gone, all of missing heroes would been dead but that is not important for them now,
for the suffering relatives, only the truth about the missing ones will liberate them from pain and unresolved feeling.

Impunity! impunity! impunity! impunity! that’s always the tradition in Thailand isn’t it? Why? No such power-holders have to take responsibility for the missing, killed and injured victims happened by/for political cause?

On Tuesday May 19th, Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, was submitted a letter of request by the May 1992 Committees of Heroes’ Relatives on the matter of the container found in the Cholburi Sea, the relatives wanted the Government to investigate the truth; what are in the mysterious container?  That’s all. They do not want something else even an apology if the assumption is proved true.

Long long time, there have been rumors that the fishermen who have found somethings related to the bodies of human being around the container under the sea. These rumors connected to the assumption that the container was thrown into the sea by the military after the anti-dictatorship protesters shot dead during the uprising in May 1992. No one could prove this rumor for 17 years.

To simply solve this mystery, why is it too difficult to get the answer if the bones of heroes are in there?

It is absolutely worthy and meaningful to find.  Lot of budget to be spent?  No it is never too much to revise the history of Black May which more than 300 victims made disappeared NOT only 30-40 as claimed by Thai Government.

But what I heard today is not encouraging  because  Prime Minister spoke on TV show saying that ‘container not related to May 1992 bloodshed’ (see news in http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/30102846/PM-says-container-not-related-to-May-1992-bloodshe)

This statement would have made hope of all relatives quickly gone once again.
Before finalizing it, why should not we prove it first?

Media should be urged to keep asking authorities questions on this mission.

We do not have anything to be afraid of , truth is not such thing we have to fear for, is it?

How long we are still kept with so the secret and undisclosed stories?
How can we move forward without revise and make it as real history?
Let’s finish it each one. Do not let the unfinished history haunting us again and again.
Please just get it off the sea or go deep to the bottom and show us what are in there.

If there are really the bones of human beings to be found, no matter they were heroes or not, please do not let them drowned in there forever.