Their lawyers have asked the court for seven million baht compensation for Abe's family and four million baht for Chaiyaphum's relatives. "We have not seen progress by the military court in those cases and assistance to the victims' families. We have to take it to the Civil Court to get justice done," Mr Ratsada said. The military claimed both had attacked the soldiers first and that they were shot in self-defence. On March 17 of that year, Chaiyaphum was shot dead by soldiers who attempted to arrest for an alleged drug offence.

Source: Bangkok Post May 22, 2019 22:49 UTC