Monday, 24. February 2003
Topic: - on February 24, 2003 at 11:13:17 AM CET
Thailand War on Drugs Turns Murderous, 600 Killed This Month
Early this year, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced an ambitious campaign to eradicate drugs in Thailand by April. While initially greeted with raised eyebrows as an unachievable goal, a mounting death toll since the campaign got underway on February 1 shows that the Thai government is deadly serious in its effort to wipe out the drug trade. According to the Thai Interior Ministry, 596 alleged drug dealers had been killed in the first two weeks of the campaign.
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