Samak denies 1976 massacre

Prime Minister Samak has given an interview to CNN's Dan Rivers (whose interview with ex-PM Thaksin was blocked from Thai TV last year). He was asked about his involvement in inciting the lynching of students demonstrating against dictatorship in 1976. Samak refused to condemn the violence, and insisted that only one person died.

In fact, even the official figures put the death toll at forty-six, and it is widely believed that the real total is substantially higher. (The horror of the event is captured by Horror In Pink, a series of photographs which were exhibited at From Message To Media last year.)