Dhaka, 29 February 2008
A nine-year-old Arakanese boy was killed in Thailand on Wednesday when he was caught in gunfire between Thai police and a trafficker's car on a highway between Phuket and Hayai in southern Thailand, according to an Arakanese migrant.
Maung Oo Min Soe from Apauk Wa Village in Kyauktaw Township in Arakan State was traveling in the trafficker's car with his mother as they were on their way to join his father in Malaysia when the shooting occurred.
As the car they were traveling in approached Hayai town, a Thai police team attempted to intercept it to investigate, but the trafficking agent did not stop and evaded the police.
The Thai police team subsequently fired several bullets at the car in an effort stop it, but the trafficker continued driving away from the scene.
One of the bullets fired by police hit Maung Oo Min Soe in the stomach and he died shortly thereafter.
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Maung Oo Min Soe was also a primary school student ...
His mother Daw Apru also received a minor injury to her arm during the shooting.
"Daw Apru also received a minor gunshot injury, ...
My comment: During former Prime Minister Mr. Thaksin, about 3000 people died in the fight against the drug traffickers. Certainly there must be innocent victims like Maung Oo Soe Min. As that policy is now practiced again by the Thai authorities, there will be certainly more tragedies to come. Likely, there will be more innocent victims than the traffickers as there was no trafficker died in this story. I don’t believe the police shooting like this is innocent.
I'm not blaming anybody but the policy should be reviewed and adjust to be just to innocent people.
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