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Letter to the Secretary-General United Nation by Conor David Purcell

October 25 at 5:11pm

Dear Respected Secretary-General

I have been asked to express my personal experience. It is nowhere as important or vicious asthe deplorable experience of thousands of Thais. It is obvious I was protected by internationalmedia attention, and my status as an Australian and European citizen. Ordinary Thai people knowthey have no such protection.

The importance of my experience is to highlight the determination of Suthep as head of theCRES, Abhisit as head of the present government, and allied persons, to willfully ignore allInternational Legal Obligations Thailand has agreed to. It represents a vicious endeavor tocompletely retard and reverse all gains in Rule of Law, and Human Rights earned so painfully byThai people as encapsulated in The Bangkok Declaration (1993).

Previous to coming to Thailand I had worked in Busan, Ulsan and Samseong-dong Seoul. I

worked in various capacities including interactions with the SK Chaebol, with a NationalUniversity, and interactions with police and military. I was massively impressed with the strength

of civil society, robust expectations against corruption, and accountability of use of all statepower against their own people. These enhanced the business climate, government and businessworking together, education feeding into opportunity, certainty into growth. My experience inKorea has informed my actions in Thailand.

To briefly state my case. A German national was paid to pose as a man from Human RightsWatch looking for evidence to meet me at a restaurant. There police arrested me, withoutaccusation or arrest/ search warrant. I was held without charge, beaten and denied medicaltreatment in prison. At every hearing I mentioned International Law and Thai Law (at which thefirst judge laughed when I was immobile and in absolute agony). I demanded they state whatlaw had I broken or what evidence they could present to the court of any illegality. Every time Ipressed the police representative until he admitted he had no charge, accusation or evidence.Detention without accusation in a small cell with 31 men was extended each time. The judgerefused my right to medical treatment, bail denied without reason.

Finally, the only charge they could find was that in a city of millions, a demonstration of hundredsof thousands, I had been in a group of five or more people. This was in reference to speeches I

made after witnessing massive breaches of rules of engagement on April 10th. The speecheswere a witness statement, statement of rules of engagement. The politicized second speechasked for international mediators and monitors, elections to create a solution. They were anincitement to rule of law, and a reminder to soldiers of their liability, moral, spiritual and legal.

Abhisit stated my treatment was because he was showing how foreigners shouldnt interfere in

Thai politics. Abhsit also stated he couldnt have elections until he had established the rule of law,just before he sent in a full scale military assault into a crowd that had threatened no persons orproperty. We refer to UN Congress Basic Principles On The Use of Force and Firearms (1990).Photo and video evidence proves conclusively and irrefutably that government forces murderedunarmed people, and used overwhelmingly disproportionate force.

The UNHRC must show it is real and relevant. The urgent end of this Emergency Decree underappropriate pressure from this body will provide this proof. Led by the US, 63 nations signed onto this bodys 30th September Resolution in favor of freedom of assembly. In President Obamas

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speech to the General Assembly 26th September, he addressed the example of Korea and wenton to say America will support a free and open internet. North Korea has the most restrictiveinternet on Earth according to America.

In Thailand over 100,000 websites have been blocked. My best friend in jail was a Thai with a 10year old son he is sole parent of. He is accused of assisting with the graphics for US websites

critical of the Thai government, based primarily in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. The line,if the military kills people asking for an election, it is the kings fault, because he is Commanderin Chief was found on a webpage. He is facing 18 years in jail. I beg you to ask for his release.His name is Thanthawnthi Thaweewarodomkul.

American supplied weapons were used to kill by American trained units. Dear respectedSecretary-General, with apologizes we would like to remind American policy members of thedamage done to their credibility in Korea by a similar tragedy and agony in Gwangju. This is anopportunity to make amends, by President Obama proving his words are not just rhetoric. Werequest temporary suspension of Thailands Major Non-NATO Ally Status, as a measure ofAmerican resolve. All pressure must be brought to end the Emergency Decree, in practicalityindistinguishable from the Reichstag Fire Decree (1934).

Conor David Purcell