February 20, 2008

Thai Prime Minister Stirs Outrage With Denials of 1976 Massacre of Students

By Martha Ann Overland

Hanoi, Vietnam

Thailand's new prime minister, who recently stirred outrage by denying that 46 people had died in a violent crackdown on university students and other pro-democracy protesters in 1976, went before parliament on Monday to swear he had not been involved in the incident.

The prime minister, Samak Sundaravej, was Thailand's deputy interior minister at the time of the bloody assault on Thammasat University.

"If I am not telling the truth, may I face destruction and

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