In the wake of the April and May violence in Bangkok, several announcements by the Thai authorities appear to mean one thing, but in fact conceal another truth. The investigatory panel proposed by the authorities earlier this month leaves a lot of open questions regarding its legal basis: What powers would the panel have, where will the budget and resources for this work come from, and how will independence be guaranteed? Then things became clearer when Kanit Nanakorn, who was nominated to head the probe by Abhisit and is well respected among very different political factions, announced that his panel would not determine responsibility for the deaths. Kanit stated that the probe “‘is not aimed at finding who should be held responsible and to punish, but to establish the facts and educate Thai society.” We fully support the honorable work and sincere intentions of Kanit in working toward greater understanding among Thai people, but the effort may more appropriately be termed “reconciliation commission” rather than “investigatory panel.”