The Tak Bai incident (Thai: กรณีตากใบ), also known as the Tak Bai massacre, was the mass death of 85 Malay Muslims in Thailand's Narathiwat province on 25 October 2004. The incident occurred as part of the South Thailand insurgency between the Thai government and Malay Muslim separatists.

Tak Bai (Thai: ตากใบ; pronounced [tàːk bāj] Malay: Tabal) is the capital of Tak Bai District, Narathiwat Province, Thailand. It is situated on the western bank of the Golok River estuary, which is the natural international boundary between Thailand and Malaysia. Visitors can enter Malaysia via Pengkalan Kubor, Kelantan with a ferry ...

Oct 28, 2024 · (Bangkok) – Successive Thai governments have failed to bring to justice former officials charged with murder and other offenses in connection with the deaths of 85 people, as well as injuries to...

Sep 18, 2024 · Prosecutors in Thailand say eight former security personnel accused of responsibility for the deaths of 78 Muslim men arrested 20 years ago will be indicted on murder charges.

Neighboring districts are (from the southwest clockwise): Su-ngai Kolok, Su-ngai Padi, Cho-airong, Mueang Narathiwat of Narathiwat Province, and the Gulf of Thailand.To the southeast is the Tumpat District in state Kelantan of Malaysia.. The boundary crossing is at Pengkalan Kubur (Malaysia) and Tak Bai (Thailand).. On 1 January falls on the New Year's Day, Tak Bai is …

Oct 28, 2024 · Families of the victims of what is known as the Tak Bai massacre in April accused seven soldiers and government officials of murder, attempted murder and unlawful detention. The Narathiwat Provincial Court formally accepted the case in August.

May 2, 2024 · (Bangkok) – The Thai government should urgently bring to justice officials responsible for the deaths and injuries of scores of ethnic Malay Muslim protesters in Tak Bai district in 2004,...

Oct 26, 2024 · A 2009 post-mortem inquest on Tak Bai incident by the Songkhla Provincial Court concluded that the 78 men died from suffocation but failed to fully address the circumstances surrounding their deaths. No inquest was initiated for the seven protesters who were killed on the day of the protest.

Oct 25, 2024 · Community members hold up signs in front of a mass grave for victims of the Oct. 25, 2004, Tak Bai Massacre in which 85 Muslims died, most of them by suffocating in Thai army trucks, at a...

Feb 24, 2025 · The apology is believed to be the first he has made in public over the incident known as the "Tak Bai massacre," and comes nearly four months after the statute of limitations expired and murder charges against seven suspects were dropped.