Year 1958-1961

Scope and content :

1958-1961. The first field work trip of Moerman in Thailand. He spent almost 3 years to collected field data about the Lue society, tradition, culture, and daily life of Tai Lue community at Ban Phaed, Payao province. 3295 records of slide, photograph, punch card, letter, notebook, typescript, and map.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 3295 records of slide, photograph, punch card, letter, notebook, typescript, and map.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer : Donated by Michael Moerman, 2005.

System of arrangemant : The series is divided base on the periods of field work in Thailand.

Condition governing accessible and reproduce : Some restriction on access. To respect in intellectual property right, the original material (hard copy) may not allowed to access. Please contact staff if you need more information.

Creative Commons License : Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

Traditional Knowledge License : Traditional Knowledge Attribution Non-Commercial (TK A-NC)

Language : English/Thai

Script : English/Thai

Rule or convention : Collection, series and file level description based on ISAD(G)

730

Slide

41

Photograph

2433

Punchcard

51

Letter

38

Notebook

1

Typescript

1

Map

2711. Reference : MM-1-21-265

Interview with Acan Wimolsiri.

| February 7, 1969. Moerman interviewed Wimonsiri on a variety of topics of interest such as 1) The importance of the Chiang Mai Provincial Court. There were a number of lawsuits and a lot of foreigners dwelt in the area. 2) Wimonsiri has served as Secretary of the Minister and assisted to answer questions in the Parliament. She actually moved to monitoring public opinion on the work of the court. 3) The relocation of judges was a result of complaints, or arose out of conflicts between judges and local authorities. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Interview with Acan Wimolsiri.

2712. Reference : MM-1-21-266

Interview with Bill Klaussner.

| February 3 and 7, 1969. Moerman interviewed Klausner on various topics such as 1) Permission for a second class lawyer to file international suits, as first class lawyers were able to. 2) In the Ministry of Justice, there were some conflicts over the budget between the judicial departments and the ministers. 3) The judge mainly accepted the preliminary reports that the police submitted for consideration of the case, but sometimes the police themselves accepted bribes to write the reports in favor of one party. 4) Marut and Klausner planned to provide legal assistance to the public. They also published legal books for lawyers. 5) Klausner commented on the role of young people (like Marut) in the Law Society and the independence of the Supreme Court in deciding the case. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Interview with Bill Klaussner.

2713. Reference : MM-1-21-270

Lawyers on the police.

| 14 Jan. Suthon provided information about the corrupt performance of police in their duties such as (1) Threatening by force of suspects during an investigation. (2) Invented information leading to the arrest of the accused. (3) Graft to fall cases. (4) The indifference of officials towards the complaints made by members of the public, unless they received bribes. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Lawyers on the police.

2714. Reference : MM-1-21-267

Interview with Dr.Jongjit Satcawanit, head of pathology dept, mo cho.

| May 22, 1969. Bodin interviewed Yongyut on variety of topics such as 1) His assignment to check the carbon powder and traces of the bullets on the case of Mrs. Chan Thiam. 2) They also discussed the matter of the wage the accused obtained on the Mrs. Chan murder and the wage for another case of assassination. 3) In the case of assassination, often the accused would be hired from an influential person (such as police, gambler and opium trader). 4) The son of Mrs. Chan suspected his father of hiring someone to murder his own mother. 5) The authentication of Yongyut as an expert in forensic intelligence. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Interview with Dr.Jongjit Satcawanit, head of pathology dept, mo cho.

2715. Reference : MM-1-21-268

Police on orimo.

| 18 June 1969. Moerman interviewed the police chief at Nan provincial police station on various topics such as 1) Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn launched a policy to strictly crackdown on wrongdoers. 2) The information about the process of smuggling and deforestation in Lampang and Lamphun. 3) The majority of cases occurring in Nan involved smuggling and deforestation. There were small cases involving the theft of domesticated animals, which were stolen and eaten or sold, as had happened in other provinces. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Police on orimo.

2716. Reference : MM-1-21-269

Lawyers on the police.

| March 28, 1969. Suthon’s view was that the use of police power to oppress the people caused the communist intrusion. Additionally, only 30% of the U.S. grants were distributed to the Thai public. The rest went to corrupt officials. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Lawyers on the police.

2717. Reference : MM-1-21-271

Js on police investigation.

| 27 February 1969. The police gained more power after the law change. They often arrested suspects over infractions of the law. Most of the defendants and witnesses were afraid of pleading during the police investigation. However, they felt comfortable enough to argue at the bar. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Js on police investigation.

2718. Reference : MM-1-21-272

Police on the law.

| December 19, 1968. The opinion of the officer who was acting as Executive Director of the Suppression Division. One of the significant deficiencies in the Thai police investigation was the lack of witness testimony. Because the evidence was limited, as a result, the accused were often released. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Police on the law.

2719. Reference : MM-1-21-273

visit to central police station of 14 January.

| 14 January ?. The clerk provided information about the statistical increase in crime every year due to the increase of the population. He also commented on the ability of the police to arrest the culprits. Most locals were afraid of the police. In some cases, the accused was from outside the area of residence. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

visit to central police station of 14 January.

2720. Reference : MM-1-21-274

Judges on the police.

| (Date ?) Information was collected in the early May. According to Tanin, Thai police also lacked an awareness of responsibility, consequently there was no progress in Thai justice. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Judges on the police.