BANGKOK, 25 May 2012 – The government has kicked off the compensation payments for political violence victims. It has set aside 577 million baht for the first group of victims.
Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit, representing Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, presided over the ceremony to hand out the compensations to the political victims and their families. 524 people are eligible for the first phase of the compensation.
As for those not included in the first phase, the government said it will pay them later, promising that everyone, including victims of the southern unrests, will be compensated under the same criteria.
