A network of 49 civil society organizations and activist groups have demanded that the government bring seven former officials charged with the 25 October 2004 Tak Bai Massacre to court, after the officials failed to appear at a hearing on Tuesday (16 October).

Seven former officials facing trial for the 25 October 2004 Tak Bai Massacre, which resulted in the death of 85 people, have failed to appear at the court. At the same time, Pheu Thai MP Pisarn Wattanawongkiri, one of the former officials, has resigned. The court has given an ultimatum that they must appear by midnight on 25 October, the day the statute of limitations for the lawsuit expires.

The Narathiwat Provincial Court has issued an arrest warrant for Pheu Thai MP Gen Pisarn Wattanawongkiri, formerly the Fourth Army Region commander, one of the seven officials facing trial for the 25 October 2004 Tak Bai Massacre, which resulted in the death of 85 people.