Mentors Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 The People's Alliance for Democracy will stage a major rally this Sunday to show its dissatisfaction with Thaksin Shinawatra's interview with the online edition of The Times of London about the monarchy and Cambodia's appointment of him as economic adviser, the PAD said in its statement on Tuesday. PAD coordinator Suriyasai Katasila said the rally will begin at 4pm at Sanam Luang. The demonstrators would send a message to the world community that Thai people were loyal to the monarchy and denounce Puea Thai Party chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, Thaksin and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for having trodden on the dignity and integrity of Thailand. Somsak Kosaisuk, a PAD leader, said Thaksin should be charged with lese majeste for his comments made in the interview with The Times. Maj-Gen Chamlong Srimuang, another PAD leader, called for retired military officers to turn up at the rally to protect the monarchy. The Times quoted Thaksin him as saying "circles" within the royal institution were interfering in administrative affairs, and calling for reform of the monarchy. Asked if he was saying the monarchy was a good thing, but the royal institution needed reform, Thaksin said: "Yes, yes." The Siam Samakkhi Group on Tuesday filed two complaints alleging lese majeste with Dusit police against Thaksin and two other people. The complaints were lodged on behalf of the group by senators Somchai Sawaengkarn and Warin Thiamjarat, Gen Somchet Boonthanom, former chief of the secretariat of the Council for National Security, and Lt-Gen Nanthadet Meksawat, former deputy chief of the national intelligence coordination centre. The first complaint was against Thaksin and Richard Loyd Parry, asia editor of The Times. Parry was the one interviewing Thaksin in Dubai. The second was against Jai Ungphakorn, a former lecturer of Chulalongkorn University who fled the country after being charged with lese majeste, and the website redsiam.net for disseminating articles alleged to contain lese majeste. On Monday, Thaksin issued a statement condemning Timesonline for publishing a false report. He said some of his comments made during the interview were misrepresented in the story. In the statement, he said he never said any of the things which appeared in the first paragraph of the article about reforming the instution and the future of the monarchy. Suchart Lainamngern, deputy spokesman of the opposition Puea Thai Party, said that Thaksin would sue Timesonline for defamation over its report of the interview. “Thaksin has assigned his lawyer, Noppadon Pattama, to study ways to take legal action against the foreign online website for false reporting,†Mr Suchart said. He insisted that Thaksin had never insulted nor made offensive comments about the monarchy. According to Mr Suchart, Thaksin believed the Democrats were trying to destroy him by accusing him of disloyalty to the high institution to provoke nationalistic sentiment among Thai people. The attempt was aimed at covering the government’s failure to resolve the economic problems of the country. The deputy spokesman said Thaksin had accepted the job as an economic advisor to Cambodian government only to help end poverty in the neighbouring country. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/159661/pad-to-rally-against-thaksin ok, the next step is made... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted November 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Govt won’t use security law against PAD The government has no plan to invoke the Internal Security Act to control the planned mass gathering of supporters of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) on Sunday, acting police chief Gen Pateep Tanprasert said on Wednesday. Pol Gen Pateep earlier this morning met with Deputy Prime Minister for security affairs Suthep Thaugsuban to discuss plan to deal with the yellow-shirt demonstration. “Police believe the Sunday demonstration by PAD supporters will be peaceful,†the acting police chief said. Mr Suthep directed him to refrain from the use of force against the protesters. Pol Gen Pateep it had not yet been decided how many police would be be deployed during the rally. The PAD said in its statement on Tuesday that it would stage a major rally on Nov 15,to show dissatisfaction with Cambodia's appointment of Thaksin Shinawatra as economic adviser and Thaksin's interview with The Times online about the monarchy. The demonstrators would send a message to the world community that Thai people were loyal to the monarchy and denounce Puea Thai Party chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, Thaksin and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for having trodden on the dignity and integrity of Thailand, said Suriyasai Katasila, PAD coordinator. http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/159733/govt-won-t-use-security-law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Big storm coming up. Thaksin must have his Cambodian witch doctors churning up the weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted November 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Big storm coming up. Thaksin must have his Cambodian witch doctors churning up the weather. ahh that's why it is so freezing today.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 I'll just check my diary for any plane flights this Sunday, I suppose they'll head for the airport again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted November 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 I'll just check my diary for any plane flights this Sunday, I suppose they'll head for the airport again. yes, i fear it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubsiam Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 They can't win an election so they turn to mob rule. And the sad part is, it works. Privileged class using thugs, mobs and politicized courts to decide what's best for the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 << Privileged class using thugs, mobs and politicized courts to decide what's best for the country. >> Just as Thaksin does/did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted November 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 They can't win an election so they turn to mob rule. And the sad part is, it works. Privileged class using thugs, mobs and politicized courts to decide what's best for the country. unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Bangkok Post 15 Nov 2009 PAD rally over Thaksin's Cambodia trip Thousands of members of Thailand's "Yellow Shirt" protest group were set to rally in Bangkok Sunday against a visit to Cambodia by their arch-foe, fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The royalist movement said it was also gathering to express outrage at comments that billionaire Thaksin, who was ousted by the army in 2006, made in a newspaper interview about Thailand's widely revered king. The yellow-clad People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) blockaded Bangkok's airports almost one year ago to force Thaksin's allies out of government, and also staged protests against him in the months before the coup. Senior PAD leader Somsak Kosaisuk said the latest protest was against neighbouring Cambodia's appointment of Thaksin as an economic adviser, and Phnom Penh's refusal to extradite him when he visited the country this week. Thaksin left Cambodia on Saturday for Dubai, where he has spent most of the time since fleeing Thailand in August 2008 to avoid a two-year jail term for corruption. Thailand has also frozen 2.2 billion dollars of his assets. "Our duty is to protect and preserve the country's honour and dignity and the monarchy. Cambodia violated the extradition treaty and allowed a convicted person to be its advisor," Somsak told AFP. "This action harms our country's prestige. We will denounce both convicted Thaksin and (Cambodian Prime Minister) Hun Sen at the protest," he said. Police estimated that 10,000 to 15,000 people would join the rally, which starts at 4:00 pm (0900 GMT) at the Sanam Luang parade ground in downtown Bangkok. Deputy national police spokesman Piya Utayo said around 1,500 police officers would be deployed in the capital for the rally. The strongly nationalist Yellow Shirts are also up in arms over comments made by Thaksin to British newspaper The Times, in which he called for reform of institutions around the monarchy. The issue is sensitive because 81-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej -- a major force for stability in the politically divided nation -- has been in hospital for the past two months. Thaksin's four-day visit to Cambodia sparked a diplomatic crisis between Bangkok and Phnom Penh, with relations already tense after a series of deadly clashes in the past year over a disputed temple on their border. The neighbours recalled their respective ambassadors and expelled the first secretaries of each other's embassies. Cambodian police have also charged a Thai man with spying for the Thai embassy. The coalition government of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva -- which took power soon after the Yellow Shirt airport blockade -- has been rattled by the prospect of Thaksin using Cambodia as a base for a political comeback. Thaksin, a telecommunications mogul, remains hugely influential in Thailand's political scene, which remains bitterly split between largely anti-Thaksin urbanites and his die-hard backers among the rural poor. His so-called "Red Shirt" supporters have themselves staged several massive protests over the past year, including the disruption of a summit of Asian leaders and subsequent riots in April. [color:red]But analysts said that by siding with Cambodia he could lose public support. "To identify yourself with Hun Sen is a terrible political mistake," said Bangkok-based political analyst Chris Baker, who has written a biography of Thaksin. "I think Thaksin has considerably weakened his own position. He's in a desperate state to try to negotiate over his money and he's overplayed his hand very badly indeed."[/color] In September, Yellow Shirts calling for the Thai government to defend the country's sovereignty clashed with police and Thai villagers during a protest close to the Preah Vihear temple, leaving dozens of people injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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