As living in Bangkok and all its pampering of the big city lights, sometimes it is hard to notice about the extreme social injustice and poor human rights record in our country has been on the increase of the late, which is becoming an increasing worrying trend. Just yesterday, one of more prominent environmental activist, Charoen Wataksorn who was one of the leading activist fighting against the Bo Nok coal power plant that was to be built in the Prachuap Kiri Khan area, was assasinated. Chareon has been campaigning against the project for over the decade against the power plant to be built, in which many irregularity has been unearthed in which his movement has managed to obstruct local influential figures from gaining title deeds for public land, and from under the table money involved in big governmental contracts. After reading the news, its sad. Much like the disapearance of one prominent lawyer, Lawyer Somchai, who has been representing people who are repressed by the government has mysteriously disappeared over nearly 4 months at this moment of post, these events point that our Police has been apathetic against activists - in which both these cases are people who represent a small mass that are oppressed by larger influences - whether they are local mafia, politicians, or big bunsiness - in which the police will supiciously turn a blind eye on.
It just makes me wonder, how safe are we really are? Are we only safe because much of us are naive - only caring about our daily existance and being brainwashed by the illusions of the mass media and their daily bombardment of pop culture? Are only the rich, famous, and powerful protected? In all the events and my own personal dealing, I do find that this has been the majority of cases at this moment, and a worrying trend - not only in Thailand, but all over this world.
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