The summary executions and disappearance of persons in Thailand carried out by the government officials since 2003 under the drug suppression policy include the cases of execution of six Mien people in Huay Chompu Tambon, Municipal District, Chiang Rai Province on 22 February 2003.9 In addition, government officials accused twenty Lahu people in Mae Ai and Fang Districts of Chiang Mai Province of drug pushing. They suffered severe beatings and electrical shocks, were incarcerated in pits in the ground, and were either executed or disappeared between 2002 and 2004.