Rights lawyers accuse Thai junta of torturing detainees
Asia News Network Wednesday 10th September, 2014
A human rights lawyers' group has accused the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) of torturing and verbally abusing at least 14 of its detainees since the May 22 coup. NCPO deputy spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvaree, however, called the allegations "improbable", saying that those summoned or detained by the junta were in no way treated like people who had done something wrong. "Most people in society have no doubts. Allegations can be proved through forensic science. It's only the lawyers' group that has different information. Are they listening to one-sided data or are they just biase...