Bangkok 爆弾 裁判,公判 starts after months of 延期するs

The long-延期するd 裁判,公判 of two Uighur men (刑事)被告 of 爆破 a Bangkok 神社 finally kicked off Tuesday as a 軍の 法廷,裁判所 許すd Beijing to 供給(する) 翻訳家s for the 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うs にもかかわらず their 反対s.

Yusufu Mieraili and Bilal Mohammed are (刑事)被告 of 工場/植物ing a 爆弾 in a Hindu 神社 in Bangkok's 商業の heart in August 2015 that left 20 dead, mostly 民族の Chinese tourists.

The 爆破 (機の)カム weeks after Thailand's 革命評議会 強制的に 本国に送還するd 109 Uighurs to 中国, where 権利s 行動主義者s say the イスラム教徒 少数,小数派 直面するs cultural and 宗教的な repression.

The bombing of the popular Erawan shrine in Bangkok left 20 dead and more than 100 wounded

The 爆破 of the popular Erawan 神社 in Bangkok left 20 dead and more than 100 負傷させるd ?Christophe Archambault (AFP/とじ込み/提出する)

The タイミング 誘発するd 憶測 that the attack was part of a 復讐 陰謀(を企てる) against a country that had been a 重要な 輸送 中心 f or Uighurs as Thailand's 軍の leaders grew closer to Beijing.

Thai 当局 have 拒絶するd that theory 説 the 攻撃者s were part of a people-密輸するing 網状組織 怒り/怒るd by a 最近の 厳重取締, a 動機 most 分析家s say is 簡単に not 説得力のある.

The 裁判,公判 for the two men, who have been held in 軍の 刑務所,拘置所 for over a year, was 延期するd several times as the 法廷,裁判所 struggled to find a suitable interpreter and 拒絶するd one 供給するd by the defence.

The 審理,公聴会 finally started Tuesday after 裁判官s 受託するd two interpreters 供給するd by the Chinese 大使館 and waved off 反対s from the 被告s.

"I do not want 翻訳家s from 中国 because 中国 does not 尊敬(する)・点 Uighurs," Mohammed said through one of the interpreters.

"I want a 翻訳家 who can speak Uighur from America, Canada, Australia or other countries," 追加するd Mieraili.

- 'Real 関心s' -

Uighurs, a Turkic 少数,小数派, あられ/賞賛する from 中国's westernmost 州, Xinjiang.

The 決定/判定勝ち(する) to use 翻訳家s 供給するd by the Chinese 大使館 is 議論の的になる because Uighurs have fled the 地域 for years 主張するing they are the 犠牲者s of 明言する/公表する-sponsored 迫害 and assimilation 政策s that favour 中国's 民族の Han 大多数.

Beijing has also 公約するd to 追求する Uighurs who 逃げる abroad.

But a 軍の 裁判官 on Tuesday 拒絶するd the 被告s' 関心s 説 that the interpreters were "appropriate as they only do translation" and "speak the same language as the 被告s".

Sam Zarifi, Asia director for the International (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限 of Jurists (ICJ), which is 監視するing the 裁判,公判, said the 任命s raised fresh 疑問s about the prospect of 司法(官) in a 事例/患者 存在 扱うd by an army 法廷.

"The 現在の 翻訳家s raise real 関心s about the 公平さ of the 過程," he told AFP, calling for the 事例/患者 to be moved to 非軍事の 法廷,裁判所.

The first 証言,証人/目撃する called by the 起訴 on Tuesday was a police officer who was の中で the earliest to arrive on the scene after the 爆弾 tore through the 神社, scattering 破片 and 団体/死体 parts.

"There were many deaths and 傷害s, both Thais and foreigners," police 中尉/大尉/警部補 陸軍大佐 Somkiart Ploytabtim 解任するd.

Thailand's 革命評議会 has been criticised for a murky 調査 that appeared to 勝利,勝つd 負かす/撃墜する すぐに after the 逮捕(する) of the two men, leaving more than a dozen 指名するd 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うs -- 含むing 申し立てられた/疑わしい 操るs -- still 捕まらないで.

Police and army 公式の/役人s also made 混乱させるing and often contradictory 声明s during the 調査.

The 裁判,公判 is 推定する/予想するd to last until 早期に 2018 with the 法廷,裁判所 only sitting for a few days each month.

検察官,検事s 告発する/非難する Mohammed of placing the 爆弾 inside a backpack at the 神社 and say Mieraili was 伴う/関わるd in 輸送(する)ing the 装置.

Bangkok shrine blast

Bangkok 神社 爆破 ?Adrian Leung/gal (AFP)

The two Uighur suspects in the Erawan shrine bombing objected to Beijing supplying translators for the trial

The two Uighur 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うs in the Erawan 神社 爆破 反対するd to Beijing 供給(する)ing 翻訳家s for the 裁判,公判 ?Lillian Suwanrumpha (AFP/とじ込み/提出する)

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