Thai judge shoots himself in court after railing at justice system

BANGKOK, Thailand – A Thai judge shot himself in the chest in front of a packed court after acquitting several murder suspects and decrying the kingdom's judicial system in an impassioned speech broadcast on Facebook Live.often work in favor of the rich and powerful, while delivering swift and harsh sentences on ordinary people for minor offences.

"You need clear and credible evidence to punish someone. So if you're not sure, don't punish them," the judge said addressing the court and broadcasting his words on his phone on Facebook live."But the judicial process needs to be transparent and credible... punishing wrong people makes them scapegoats."

"He is being treated by the doctors and is out of danger," Suriyan Hongvilai, the spokesman of the Office of the Judiciary, told AFP on Saturday, October 5. No Thai judge has ever breached protocol by making similar statements on the wider justice system, he added.

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