ThaiHome Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Why would thousands of red shirts in Khon Kaen surprise you ? Khon Kaen is the home to the Pongpanich family. The son is the current PTP MP (having just been re-elected in the Dec 2010 by-election after being disqualified for non-disclosure of his PTT shares), his father is long time MP until he was banned from politics as a TRT executive and his mother an ex-senator. The Pongpanich family runs Khon Kaen (and some areas in nearby provinces) and is one of the typical provincial strongmen families. They have an extensive network of canvassers and kamnan. Though not as high profile as some such as Newin and Sanoh, they control Khon Kaen and since they have bet the farm so to speak on Thaksin coming back, the area is a hotbed of UDD activity. TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Pongpanich ... what an unmistakably Chinese surname. So Thai politics consists of the "phrai" pledging allegiance to whichever Chinese warlord rules their area. True democracy ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horneytorney Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Pongpanich ... what an unmistakably Chinese surname. so all the names with "panich" have chinese origin? like the Sophonpanich (owner of Bangkok Bank). maybe because of the commercial attitude of the chinese in opposite to the Thais? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Most Chinese have adopted a Thai name, though they may also have a Chinese business card with the Chinese name. The names they adopt tend to be long, since they are not allowed to use a name that already belongs to someone. Also, they often include "panich", "wanich", "pattana", "wattana" or something similar because - as you noticed - they are in commerce. The Patpong family is actually Patpongpanich. The more prominent ones may use part of a royally bestowed name dating before the 1932 coup. Abhisit's great grandfather was awarded the family name Vejajiva when he was serving as a doctor in army medical department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 As ever Flash I am impressed with your knowledge! W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Why would thousands of red shirts in Khon Kaen surprise you ? Khon Kaen is the home to the Pongpanich family. The son is the current PTP MP (having just been re-elected in the Dec 2010 by-election after being disqualified for non-disclosure of his PTT shares), his father is long time MP until he was banned from politics as a TRT executive and his mother an ex-senator. The Pongpanich family runs Khon Kaen (and some areas in nearby provinces) and is one of the typical provincial strongmen families. They have an extensive network of canvassers and kamnan. Though not as high profile as some such as Newin and Sanoh, they control Khon Kaen and since they have bet the farm so to speak on Thaksin coming back, the area is a hotbed of UDD activity. TH I wasn't expecting a huge rally of thousands of Red Shirt on my way back to "the jungle" where we were staying...just the surprise of seeing so many late at night and being in BKK, then suddenly seeing all the Red Shirts...in BKK, I had forgotten about them pretty much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 As ever Flash I am impressed with your knowledge! W I'd be happier with less knowledge and more money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 As ever Flash I am impressed with your knowledge! W It might even be true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 What if Abhisit, Suthep and everybody in the government start wearing red shirts too? The police and army would wear red shirts, so would the PADs. That would confuse the real red shirts and they wouldn't know who was on what side. Then maybe they'd all go home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted March 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 I'd be happier with less knowledge and more money. OK, I'm lodging an entry for you in next Thursdays Powerball: http://www.goldencasket.com/powerball/ 20,000,000.00 AUD = 609,888,739.83 THB If we win, its 50:50, OK ? Oh, alright - 60:40. You really drive a hard bargain, Flash. You can spend the next 6 days deciding what you want to do with your 400 million baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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