[Mysterious fires in Phatthalung home now under scientific investigation]

"So far the only thing they discovered was that they were definitely some flammable gas emanating from somewhere but do not know what that gas was."

I have the same problem after a nice curry

[Hat Yai airport taxis protest]

Thursday against what they called unfair collection of concession fee from them. In other countries its called Extortion

[Former army chief named as witness in 2010 crackdown inquiry]

I remember at the time how many forum members were frustrated with Abhisit for not doing anything to end what was at the time utter chaos in central bangkok. The general consensus back then was Abhisit was too patient with the red demonstrators, and that something had to done, and by done everyone understood that meant sending in the army.

What happened after that, what with black shirts and lots of guns with real ammo I'm not sure we will ever find out. What I do know though is saying it was wrong 5 years down the line is cowardly and sanctimonious, as at the time there was no other way out.

So very true. I remember the peaceful red protesters firing grenades into BTS stations, trying to set fire to gasoline trucks, burning buses and driving them at troops. I remember the redshirts setting up road blocks and assaulting and robbing citizens, redshirts stopping a military truck with armed soldiers aboard pulling them out and assaulting them, the soldiers wouldn't raise their weapon in their own defence and had them confiscated by the mob. One soldier was even murdered with his own weapon! I remember the Abhist government refused to take action preferring to negotiate, then when a deal was arranged Thaksin vetoed it and the violence continued.

[Move Over Thailand, the Philippines is Southeast Asia's Strong Man]

Well corupting 600 billion plus, baht out of the economy will have that result

Sent from my GT-I9300T using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

[Most military officers voted against the former PM Yingluck]

This was the correct decision, even blind Freddy and his seeing eye dog could see the rice scam was designed by Thaksin and implemented by Yingluck to financially compensate Thaksin and his supporter at a massive cost to the Thai economy.

Now the real test will be if they have the bottle to lay criminal charges.

[60.6% of community leaders believe in fairness of impeachment cases]

60.6% of community leaders believe in fairness of impeachment cases

Seems its running at more than 80% of TV poster believe the process is unfair.

[Thai rice checking reveals only 10% of total 17 million tons meet quality specs]

I guess that means a 90% loss on a 700 billion baht investment. Where did all the money go?

[Thai Charter writing: CDC panel mulls idea for 'limited amnesty' bill]

<deleted>, a clean broom is needed not, "get out of jail free, cards". Judge them all

[Rice-pledging scheme: Criminal case against Yingluck 'a step closer']

_{Yingluck was the PM in charge of the government}

_{Yingluck implemented her brother Thaksin's rice pledging scam}

_{Yingluck was Chairperson of the rice committee}

Yingluck was chairperson of the anticorruption committee that policed the scam

18 million tons of rice rotting and 700 billion baht lost

_{Nope no corruption there}

[Controversial decisions by key Thai govt agencies]

Transparency and accountability go out the window when the government watchdogs become the government's guard dogs.

[Thai PM plays down British offer of help in beach murder probe]

Since our Police force is corrupt to the bone and has a worldwide reputation as an organized criminals, I welcome the British to come review the case.

That's what he should say.

indeed they let the boss of the island on the crime scene as the pics prove seriously does anybody think thats a real investigation?

but they insist and they are so persistent and stubborn in their farce

Very strange and concerning event, the injuries to Hannah Witheridge appear to be and act of anger designed to make a beautiful girl deformed and ugly. Hopefully the truth will come out and the perversely sick individuals who committed this heinous act will be suitably punished.

PS: You can find an interesting video at You Tube, entitled "The Story of the Koh Tao Murder", but beware there are some graphic pics.

[Suspected killer of British Koh Tao backpackers 'in Bangkok']

we can only hope they have done dna tests on his other male family members to get the proof needed, it also seems that the police were stalling the investigation under orders from these influential people, lets hope this does not mean that the killer will walk free due to family influence as we so often see here in Thailand.

I was thinking this morning back to Dale Henry's murder in Ranong. The murderer was tight with the police, and was known to have done "jobs" for them. The victims families need to get a good lawyer. The Canadian embassy were not the most helpful in Dale's case, so don't expect too much from the UK one.

Good point Mosha. I remember that case. Awful it was the pressure was kept on. Sadly the tosssers at Brit Embassy wont do anything

The wife of a Canadian man shot to death in Thailand, her lover and a hit man have been sentenced to life in prison. Dale Henry, 48, was shot in the head while sleeping in his own bed at his home in Ranong province, Thailand on Feb. 3, 2008.

[Amcham discussion airs worries about declining Phuket]

Here's and oldy but a goody

[OAG decision on Thai rice-scheme case may prove to be fair]

"On the one hand, the OAG's decision could weaken the NACC or discredit it further, especially since it was accused of being unusually hasty in launching an investigation and drawing a conclusion on the case against Yingluck."

I believe it was the defendant and her legal team that made this claim so one would assume it hasn't discredited the case at all.

[Yingluck gets some respite in rice case]

Hmmm the numbers don't add up here.........."For two years - from 2012-13 and 2013-14 main and second crops, about Bt870 billion was spent to purchase 44.1 million tonnes of paddy for the government's stocks." OK

Then...."Now the government has about 18 million tonnes of milled rice in its warehouses." so they sold 46 million tons. But then...."Thailand has also surrendered its crown as the largest rice exporter in the world, with shipments overseas plummeting to only 6.9 million tonnes last year from 10.6 million tonnes in the previous year".

Hang on that's a discrepancy of 28 million tons??? Where did it go? Who was in charge? Who's idea was it?

Sounds like malfeasances to me.

[Phayao, Nattapat arrested for distributing leaflets criciticising Criminal Court's ruling]

So, did the same duo distribute pamphlets when it was known the Yingluck Administration was working on the "amnesty" bill. When the (by now) blanket amnesty bill" was pushed through parliament? Did they join the anti-government protesters?

Did they condemn the red-shirt MPs and the UDD leader turned MP Korkaew for voting for the blanket amnesty bill?

BTW it seems that they only signed some papers to get the compensation money after understanding that the fine print only meant they couldn't sue the Yingluck government.

Somehow these people seem just being used in a game they can't win.

What you should be asking rubl, is if they had distributed leaflets criticising rulings during Yinglucks administration, would they have been arrested?

But you don't stop there, oh no,

"it seems that they only signed some papers to get the compensation money after understanding that the fine print only meant they couldn't sue the Yingluck government'

You really have hit the depths with that one, rubl. A true example of anything goes, if it's "anything but Thaksin"

Fab 4 it would take a master of fabrication and misdirection to forget that the redshirt leaders were able to not only protest court decisions and judges but also publicise their names and addresses. All with complete immunity from the Thaksin puppet government and his clone PM, Yingluck.

[Phayao, Nattapat arrested for distributing leaflets criciticising Criminal Court's ruling]

Seems their credibility is questionable as they didnt include Tarit in their protest for justice.

[ONCB to buy a new car for student mistakenly shot by policemen]

 

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Posted at 14:00. Chula students, age 21, a gray Suzuki Swift has revealed four men walking from pickup bronze. The driver was overtaking their Go straight to the car while the car is waiting to turn. The four men were forced to knock on the glass of the car. They scare off the back seat I do not even answer the phone call. One that went bad seat driver then backed away from the man 3 of 4 people use guns to shoot at the wheel of his car. With shock drove away and collided with several cars. And therefore tire Parking 4 young men who drive by his presence Sq., And for people with no car illegally.   (Google translate)

Thanks for that. Really informative............. NOT.

 

Sorry my post didn't meet your exacting standards and thanks compensating with your far more note worthy post, DrLom

[ONCB to buy a new car for student mistakenly shot by policemen]

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Posted at 14:00. Chula students, age 21, a gray Suzuki Swift has revealed four men walking from pickup bronze. The driver was overtaking their Go straight to the car while the car is waiting to turn. The four men were forced to knock on the glass of the car. They scare off the back seat I do not even answer the phone call. One that went bad seat driver then backed away from the man 3 of 4 people use guns to shoot at the wheel of his car. With shock drove away and collided with several cars. And therefore tire Parking 4 young men who drive by his presence Sq., And for people with no car illegally.   (Google translate)

[Thaksin 'not responsible' for Return To Thailand In 2016 prediction]

 

 

It might be worth reading the topic Fab4 as you post has nothing to do with it.

 

 

But given that Thaksin is such a Pathetic prophetic figure it must give him pause to castigate the author of this book as the title 2559 is also the alleged number of people killed during Thaksin's war on drugs. Or that 2016 marks ten years from 2006 and the end of the statutes of limitation for Thaksin's crimes.

 

oak.jpg I know nothing

 

PS: Ramet, google, "Thaksin biography" autobiography implies he wrote it himself.

 

 

Sorry, waza, didn't realise you've taken over rubl's job. I was providing some background information to rametindallas wrt jaidams post. Just trying to help out but it obviously upset your day for some reason. If you don't want to read it, don't. If you're that upset about an aside being off topic, report it to the mods. 

 

ps your comment about the number of people allegedly killed in the war on drugs is also off topic but it didn't upset me enough to report it - but I would just like to point out that your numbers are inflated by about 100%.

 

 

"I would just like to point out that your numbers are inflated by about 100%."

 

Oddly enough, Human Rights Watch disagree with you, fab4.

 

http://www.hrw.org/news/2008/03/12/thailand-s-war-drugs

 

"In the first three months of the campaign there were some 2800 extrajudicial killings. In 2007, an official investigation found that more than half of those killed had no connection whatsoever to drugs."

 

 

My post was very topical, try reading it. 

 

But to address another of your fabrications, here are some references.

 

www.hrw.org/.../thailand-convictions-police-drug-campaign-abuse-first-...

 

by Human Rights Watch - Dec 14, 2009 - During this campaign, Thaksin openly pushed police to adopt ... were killed in 2,559 murder cases between February and April in 2003 as part ...

 

https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08BANGKOK340_a.html 

 

Samak said the authorities were not responsible for most Thaksin-era drug-related ... in early 2003, 54 of 2,559 deaths relating to the "war on drugs" entailed the ...

 

www.actions-traitements.org

 

Feb 14, 2008 - ... killed in 2,559 murder cases between February and April in 2003. .... by ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2003 was praised by many ...

[Thaksin 'not responsible' for Return To Thailand In 2016 prediction]

 

 

 It's almost as if Thaksin is worried about being forgotten. Judging by the poor artwork and general naffness of the book cover, this must be another masterpiece by the crying Lieutenant Sunisa L.

 

 My favourate Thaksin book is the one he had written to portray himself as a man of the people. It is hilarious. Easily googled, will have you laughing in disbelief at his humble upbringing slaving away in his Dads coffee shack and then riding to school alone through dark roads on a rickety push bike. Just brilliant!

I 'Googled', 'Thaksin autobiography' and didn't find it. Will you please supply a link or key words to use on Google?

 

 

Jaidam is basing his scorn on a Thai Rak Thai Advert before the 2001 Election. To understand that, let's face it, electioneering piece in it's context, it might be worth reading this:

 

 

Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker in “Thaksin: The Business of Politics in Thailand” look carefully into Thaksin’s background and note that by the time of Thaksin’s birth his family was “well off and well connected” (page 34) although notes (page 36) for a period of time that the family fell on hard times after Thaksin’s father was apparently cheated by a business partner and Thaksin’s early schooling was at a nursery at a local temple and that Thaksin helped his father in the businesses they had. Pasuk and Baker then note (page 36 again) that the hard times were “relatively brief” because after three years at a local school Thaksin later went to Montfort College which they describe as “one of Chiang Mai’s most established, prestigious, and expensive schools” for the rest of his education.

 

BP: Thaksin was never poor. He was born into a well-connected family, but through circumstances his family became middle-class for anywhere between three to five years before rejoining the Chiang Mai upper classes. BP should point out that this is Chiang Mai “upper classes” and while it is correct to describe Montfort as an expensive school for Chiang Mai, the cost of tuition fees pales in comparison to an international school in Bangkok.

 

http://asiancorrespondent.com/59487/thaksin-yingluck-abhisit-and-rural-thailand/

 

It might be worth reading the topic Fab4 as you post has nothing to do with it.

 

But given that Thaksin is such a Pathetic prophetic figure it must give him pause to castigate the author of this book as the title 2559 is also the alleged number of people killed during Thaksin's war on drugs. Or that 2016 marks ten years from 2006 and the end of the statutes of limitation for Thaksin's crimes.

 

[attachment=277483:oak.jpg] I know nothing

 

PS: Ramet, google, "Thaksin biography" autobiography implies he wrote it himself.

[Potential Jet Ski Scam foiled by Pattaya Port Authorities]

Unbelievable that this scammer will get away scot free.........

"The Port authorities confirmed Khun Narongdaert’s operating license had expired and he was also found to be operating in a zone designated for swimmers and not Jet Ski’s. He is now under investigation by the Port authorities"

- See more at: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/137077/potential-jet-ski-scam-foiled-by-pattaya-port-authorities/#sthash.fFSzgJm9.dpuf

[Thaksin 'not responsible' for Return To Thailand In 2016 prediction]

Fast forward to 2016

 

[attachment=277449:Sunisa Lertpakawat.jpg]and Sunrasia will be plugging her new book,

 

 [attachment=277448:bloody.jpg]"So where the bloody hell are ya?"

[Ms Yingluck and Pheu Thai members face indictment from the EC]

It was pretty obvious at the time and in the end was a simple decision. I wonder if this will impact on Yinglucks return to Thailand.

[Thaksin & Yingluck share karaoke duet at Paris birthday party (VIDEO)]

Hmm so I wonder if he sang his Cambodian hit< "go <deleted> your mother"?