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Silence, impunity surround Bangkok's crackdown on 'red shirts' 10 years later

Bangkok, May 19 (EFE/EPA).- The 10th anniversary of the clashes between Thailand's military and "red shirt" protesters, which bloodied the streets of Bangkok and left scores dead, was marked Tuesday amid impunity, the trauma of many and the silence of a large part of Thai society.Red shirt supporters marked the occasion with a morning ceremony at Wat (temple) Nuan Chan in northern Bangkok where they remembered those who were killed in the protests. (Camera: RUNGROJ YONGRIT)FOOTAGE SHOWS A MERIT MAKING CEREMONY MARKING THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MILITARY CRACKDOWN ON RED SHIRT PROTESTERS AT A BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.SOUNDBITES: JATUPORN PROMPAN, LEADER OF RED SHIRT PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS (IN THAI).TRANSLATIONS: 1.) (00:50-01:01) The court has investigated and indicated clearly that those deaths were caused by the operation carried out by the authorities, who claimed to receive an order from CRES (Centre for Resolution of Emergency Situation).2.) (01:07-01:49) Two people were charged over this; one is a former prime minister, another is a deputy prime minister. Both defended that this case did not fall under the jurisdiction of the criminal court, yet the director of the court of first instance argued that the murder charge and attempted murder charge, which could be concluded from the autopsy reports, was, in fact, under a criminal jurisdiction.3.) (01:58-02:28) It does not matter who you are, let’s set a date to talk about what happened. Because the truth is, this event has caused the most deaths ever recorded in the fight for democracy in Thailand. The event on Oct 14 recorded around 70 deaths. The event on Oct 6 recorded around 40 deaths. The Black May recorded around 80 deaths and disappearances. But there's almost a hundred of deaths during this event of April - May 2010.