Planking

Tak Bai happened on Oct 25, 2004. Six locals were initially arrested. A demonstration to call for their release  were later tear-gassed by military reinforcements. Hundreds arrested, bound, shirtless, stacked into trucks to be transported. On arrival 3 hrs later 85 were found dead (7 of gunshot wounds and 78 of apparent suffocation) None in government were ever held accountable nor prosecuted ( more at Wiki)

Image:1 Planking Tak Bai style prior to being stacked into military trucks 6 deep for the 3 hr journey 

 Image:2 The propensity for Planking seemed popular with the military

 Image:3 Planking on another occasion on the hard and hot tarmac

Image:4 Planking by the sea on the hot sand

Tak Bai 'massacre'

Planking imposed for numbers

Hands bound and shirtless

To be transported

Stacked high six deep into trucks

Nightmarish journey

Many  just succumbed

Of suffocation on route

None brought to justice

Planking as a fad was brought to another level in mid 2011. Planking was then a craze to be done at unusual places, accompanied with fun and laughter, a far cry from the sufferings at Tak Bai

 Image:5 Atop a tractor

 Image:6 Across 2 camels

Image:7 In the Today Studio?

(Picture Credit:  All from Google Images)

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