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World Cup is fun, mystery killings are not

Lawyers and family members of slain Lahu activist Chaiyaphum Pasae submit a petition to the prosecutor's office in Chiang Mai in May last year, calling for a transparent and just probe into the extrajudicial killing on March 17 last year, and the release of video footage at the scene. CHEEWIN SATTHA

Similar to the World Cup in Russia, the justice system in Thailand has never run short of spectators holding their breath hoping for a just and fair play. Like a football match, they pick their team.

If you are a liberal-minded person, and have concerns about strangers' plights as much as yours, you may care to root for the finding of a key missing piece of evidence in the extrajudicial killing of Lahu activist Chaiyaphum Pasae by a soldier in Chiang Mai on March 17 last year.

Surasak Glahan is Deputy Editorial Pages Editor, Bangkok Post.

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