THAILAND: Thaksin Suggests 3-Months Amnesty to Register Illegal Arms In Order to Tackle Excessive Supply of Guns in Thailand

Posted by Asia Views | Oct 12, 2022 | 0 |

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Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra came out to suggest that the government of 2014 coup leader and incumbent Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, should tackle unregistered guns floating around in Thailand by giving a 3-month grace period to register or else face stiff fines, a move that would help make the country safer.

“There are various ways to sort out this issue but the simplest is to grant an amnesty to those who have illegal possession of weapons to register say within 3-months and then go hard on cracking down and imposing fines with rewards to the police for seizing illegal weapons in the possession of the people,” the self-exiled Thaksin who was speaking at his bi-weekly Clubhouse talk show said late last night. Thaksin’s statement came as the bodies of 37 people who were killed in October 7^thmassacre by the renegade former police officer went on a killing spree that killed 24 toddlers who were as young as 2 years of age and another 13 people adults who were all massacred due to the mental illness caused by possible drug abuse. Thaksin, who said that he was a police officer in the area which is the center of gun trade Prachawant Police station (Royal Palace Police station) that’s located near Pak Klong market, had tackled this issue with the gun traders in the area and managed to clear up a lot of the issues. “The problem is that these gun traders have not adapted to the changing world as they continue to procure and sell guns as in the past,” Thaksin said while adding that during his term as the Prime Minister from 2001 until the September 2006 coup, he had managed to put a control on the number of guns in the country but after that many things changed. Today Thailand has about 10.3 million guns circulating in the system, making it the country with the highest guns and among the top 15 countries in the world with highest number of guns in circulation. Read more at: https://www.thaienquirer.com/45214/thaksin-suggests-3-months-amnesty-to-illegal-arms-owners-in-order-to-tackle-excessive-supply-of-arms-in-thailand/

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Indonesia urgently needs to revisit the possibility of repatriating the neediest of its young citizens stranded abroad, whose families had earlier joined ISIS. Most of these children are in camps in northern Syria but there are also small numbers in the Philippines, Afghanistan and Iraq. “Extricating Indonesian Children from ISIS Influence Abroad”, the latest report from the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) argues that the government could begin by bringing back small groups of unaccompanied children under ten years of age, who pose minimal security risk and are most vulnerable to deteriorating conditions in the camps.“The problem is that health and security conditions are worsening by the day in the Syrian camps, and the children are growing older,” says Dyah Kartika, IPAC analyst. “They need access to schools, a nurturing environment, and medical attention. If the government waits too long, the children will be further exposed to ISIS ideology.” The new report examines a 2019 list of Indonesians in camps and prisons run by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Indonesian government has been trying to verify their citizenship, but with pseudonyms, misspellings and bad transliterations, it is a daunting task. At the time the data was collected, between March and June 2019, there were 555 Indonesians in SDF camps and prisons, including 367 children. Among the children, approximately 277 were under the age of ten and 34 were unaccompanied. In June 2021, there are fewer than ten children who are both unaccompanied and under the age of ten that could be prioritized for return. Bringing back children of ISIS families is no easy task. The report analyses the main challenges faced by the Indonesian government. These include definitional issues, bureaucratic competition, the difficulty of verifying nationality, evaluating the toll of exposure to conflict, assessing security risk, and finding relatives or others willing to provide care once the children are returned. In addition, COVID has meant stringent restrictions on travel, placing further obstacles in the way of repatriation. There are several models for rehabilitation of children exposed to violent extremism in Indonesia that could be modified to accommodate the needs of children repatriated from abroad. The report examines these models and argues that the government does not need to have every detail of rehabilitation programs in place before it starts extricating children from ISIS influence. It can start by bringing back the most vulnerable children and then modify programs as needed.

“It’s important that the government see these children as victims” says Dyah. “They deserve a chance to be children again.”

THAILAND: Thaksin Suggests 3-Months Amnesty to Register Illegal Arms In Order to Tackle Excessive Supply of Guns in Thailand

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