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July 30, 2007
UPDATE: Thai Military Actions Questioned
THAILAND (FFC) – In the morning of July 11, 2007, the Thai military at Huay Nam Khao involved in the beating of a Hmong man by the name of Xai Chou Vang to death. Sergeant Seari was reported to have beaten Mr. Vang after he was told to leave the Huay Nam Khao area which he refused because he had nowhere else to go. Blia Vang, Vang’s 15 year old daughter, was also injured from this incident.
Nearly two hours later, Xai Chou Vang’s body was laid untouched outside along the fence perimeter set by the military. The eye witnesses accounted no movements by Vang, believing he was dead. By noon, three hours following the beating, the military decided to load Vang’s motionless body to their authorized vehicle and taken him to the hospital at Kho Khao. For the three hours following the beating, Vang was believed to be dead but his heart remains functional, keeping his body alive. Upon reaching the Kho Khao hospital, Vang was put under intensive care and provided oxygen. Vang remained hospital for two days before he was released from the hospital. Xai Chou Vang’s family was taken out of the Huay Nam Khao site and resettled into Nam Pien Din, Petchabun, another Hmong village where shelter was provided by the local Hmong villagers. After Xai Chou was released from the hospital, he was sent to be with his family in Ban Nam Pien Din.
The Fact Finding Commission highly respected Thailand for their well being and respect of the Hmong refugees who have been seeking protection from the international community by using Thailand’s high level of respect toward humanitarian and refugees protection. FFC has no intention to accused Thai authorities of any wrongdoing but seek to reveal the true story to the world. The Hmong living oversea and those currently seeking refuge owed a great debt and respect to Thailand for its outstanding support of Hmong escaping the communist retribution from Laos. The relationship between Thailand and the Hmong allied with the United States to intercept the domino theory in Southeast Asia remain a long and outstanding relationship which majority of the Hmong, Thai citizens and the American citizens are not aware. The Hmong sacrificed nearly a whole generation of men to protect freedom and democracy and American’s interest in Southeast Asia. The Hmong also sacrificed their homeland to prevent communist expansion from reaching Thailand. The majority of the Thai population and American public do not know about the heroic role of the Hmong during the Vietnam conflict. Those who know about the tri-lateral efforts and made a great sacrifice defending freedom and democracy represent a very small portion of the overall populations.
The Hmong living in exile greatly appreciated the effort and shelter Thailand provided for the Hmong for the short time being. The Hmong never wanted to leave their homeland Laos, but due to communist retribution and persecution, they had no choice but to flee for their lives. Many Hmong living in exile dreamed of returning to Laos to bring the massive wealth and knowledge gained over the years to help develop Laos, but as long as communist Lao PDR remain active and unwilling to be transparent with the international community and the Laotian community overseas, this vision of unity and peace inside of Laos will not come together soon.
The Fact Finding Commission is dedicated to exposing the plight of the veterans of the U.S. Secret War who have hid in the mountains and jungles of Laos for the past thirty years to escape the retribution of the communist Lao government for their loyalty services to the United States during the U.S. Secret War in Southeast Asia. |
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