EnglishJohn Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Pheu-Thai, their dirty cops and their supporters will be glad they finally got rid of this fly in the ointment. Those supporters who attack this guy are the biggest hypocrites. Whatever his motives, he at least tried to do something against the total corruption. More than any dirty crony has ever done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Pheu-Thai, their dirty cops and their supporters will be glad they finally got rid of this fly in the ointment. Those supporters who attack this guy are the biggest hypocrites. Whatever his motives, he at least tried to do something against the total corruption. More than any dirty crony has ever done. If I may quote from the book "Stalin - The Court of the Red Tsar" by Simon Sebag Montefiore:"A more reliable way was to harness a local tool such as Polia Nikolienko, the "heroic dunnunciatrix of Kiev', championed by Stalin. The speciality of this terrifying crone was to stand up at meetings and shriek accusations: Khruschev saw how she 'pointed her finger and said "I don't know that man over there but I can tell by the look in his eyes he is an enemy of the people."' This talk of the 'look in the eyes' was another sign of the Terror's religious frenzy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I thought he was funny, the comedic politician that shook up the status quo. When he beat up a reporter who asked a question he didn't like I was no longer amused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireplay Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I know him personally. he was my landlord and neighbor for 3 years. I think he is great...kind.. well spoken... and rough sure...total bad ass. and ya man this is the wild west out here isn't it! These are the kinds of things that go down...it's all cool when you can skirt the rules... walk around with open containers and bang bar girls for 20 bux and pay off cops 6 bux for driving infractions and lord knows what else you can get up to here without license or oversight; but the power to flaunt the law gets stronger the more rich and powerful you are! I always thought it was funny to see him in the tanning bed...what thai do you know fake bakes?!!? On The floor I was on all the rooms were remodeled for offices lounges and a gym with tanning bed...and his driver's and maid's rooms...somehow I was up in the mix. His sons are super cool and his daughter is very good looking. Fight the power khun Chewit!! This leveled bar area was way before my time...Chewit to me is the belligerent ex brother scion political outsider in a town that became too expensively corrupt so he changed tunes... Anyway politics aside...he is a cool guy and I am stoked to know him and his sons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Pheu-Thai, their dirty cops and their supporters will be glad they finally got rid of this fly in the ointment. Those supporters who attack this guy are the biggest hypocrites. Whatever his motives, he at least tried to do something against the total corruption. More than any dirty crony has ever done. If I may quote from the book "Stalin - The Court of the Red Tsar" by Simon Sebag Montefiore:"A more reliable way was to harness a local tool such as Polia Nikolienko, the "heroic dunnunciatrix of Kiev', championed by Stalin. The speciality of this terrifying crone was to stand up at meetings and shriek accusations: Khruschev saw how she 'pointed her finger and said "I don't know that man over there but I can tell by the look in his eyes he is an enemy of the people."' This talk of the 'look in the eyes' was another sign of the Terror's religious frenzy." Very interesting. Care to explain the relevance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Pheu-Thai, their dirty cops and their supporters will be glad they finally got rid of this fly in the ointment. Those supporters who attack this guy are the biggest hypocrites. Whatever his motives, he at least tried to do something against the total corruption. More than any dirty crony has ever done. If I may quote from the book "Stalin - The Court of the Red Tsar" by Simon Sebag Montefiore:"A more reliable way was to harness a local tool such as Polia Nikolienko, the "heroic dunnunciatrix of Kiev', championed by Stalin. The speciality of this terrifying crone was to stand up at meetings and shriek accusations: Khruschev saw how she 'pointed her finger and said "I don't know that man over there but I can tell by the look in his eyes he is an enemy of the people."' This talk of the 'look in the eyes' was another sign of the Terror's religious frenzy." Bravo, very funny indeed,and remarkably appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacky54 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 should be 20 years not two. He paid for a lighter sentence. when you consider a couple of hi so's have mowed down people, one deliberately, in their cars on Sukhumvit, including a Police officer as victim and that the killers have never spent a night in prison, then two years for pulling down an eye sore seems rather harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEFLKrabi Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 That shitty bar area was a disgrace and he did a public service ripping it down and replacing it with a park Maybe you didn't like it but areas like that added character to Sukhumvit in those days. The park is hardly used. It was also a good bridging point on the way from one end of the party zone to the other end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Same old Same ! Hi-so with money evade jail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Time to visit him with chicken rice and ice black coffee... If you can find him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 "He said he is ready to be in jail as he wanted to set precedent for politicians to have courage to face any consequence from their bad deeds." Good man. Should have done a "Suthep" and hid in a temple for a few months . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantiSuk Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 That shitty bar area was a disgrace and he did a public service ripping it down and replacing it with a park I'm guessing you like the neon-bright modern clean disco-music blaring large Hooters rather than the tacky little bar where customers looked out and watched the world go by outside Nana Hotel too. Unfortunately (IMO) most people want to see Bangkok turned into another Singapore. Another sub-tropical Qatar anyone? I'm not a "pisshead" either btw (to pick-up on another's detraction). Not everyone who likes a few drinks on some evening or other is a drunken bum who needs to be sanitised out of existence. [Give it another 20 years and Bangkok will be building themed-sleeze areas with narrow streets and leery small bars to attract the tourists back into its empty gilded shopping paradise!] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saakura Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Some how i liked his political campaigns with No.5 as his symbol, his campaigns were different with a message to people. People also liked him because he was speaking truth. He gave up his bad karma closing down his massage parlors that was cash cow for police and politicians. Two year is not that much, he can reform the Thai jails and cleanup the capitalism a bit. He is good person by not followed the money and joined Thaksin party. He did not 'close down' his massage parlours, just sold them to the highest bidder. Because he wanted to enter politics which he realised was a bigger cash cow. Putting up a public park was to get the inevitable sentence minimised. It can be sold to developers in due course as he has not donated it to the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 the internet cafe was trashed as well not only bars. but will they ever get suthep and his thugs behind bars ,they caused more damage than chuwit in monetary terms all over town ,plus trashed tourism and besmirched thailands good name and brought it into ill repute Yep! Not to mention the government land which was stolen on Koh Samui and Phuket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 That shitty bar area was a disgrace and he did a public service ripping it down and replacing it with a park Do you mean Clinton Plaza? The brainchild of a Dutchman and an American, began as a collection of beer bars in 1998. The following year it was named after then U.S. President Bill Clinton. A number of lively go-go bars appeared in 2000. Many of the names were tongue in cheek jabs at the president, including Monica Beer Bar, Bill's Coffee House and the White House. I doubt any of you fellows ever saw the place. Well blow-me-down, a beer bar named after Monica, did you need to kneel at the bar.... NO! the girls did all the kneeling ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanlic Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 So much for you can buy your way out of anything in Thailand. This guys got more connections than Cable Guy and look where he has ended up. I used to play pool nearly every day at the big bar nearest Soi 8 side at the front. The lady who owned it had the bar in Soi 15 before that was knocked down so moved to soi 10. When they knocked the bars down she claimed she was promised compensation and they offered her X amount which through her lawyer they refused and asked for XX amount. She reckoned they got a reply offering less than they had offered in the first place. Lost touch with her and never did find out what happened in the end ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanlic Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 That shitty bar area was a disgrace and he did a public service ripping it down and replacing it with a park it was just another place for piss heads to drink some more piss and bang some women .... That my friend is way out of order. Lotta nice guys went there to play pool during the day and relax. Not everyone thinks with their lower body while others don't think at all like yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyFriend You Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 That shitty bar area was a disgrace and he did a public service ripping it down and replacing it with a park He had ZERO intention of putting a park there. When he and his thugs and bully boys were caught in their standover tactics evicting longstanding tenants he was shamed into the park deal and a show of fake remorse aimed at escaping justice. Long standing?? that place popped up after Clinton Plaza closed , but not a bad place to have a quick cold beer on the way home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli42 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 He won't do a day behind bars. He has dirt on waaaaayyyyyyyyyyy too many people. Well it won be the same kind of jail that you or I would be escorted to. It will be more or less a house arrest with visitors, his own food etc ... and it won't be two years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 That shitty bar area was a disgrace and he did a public service ripping it down and replacing it with a parkDo you mean Clinton Plaza? The brainchild of a Dutchman and an American, began as a collection of beer bars in 1998. The following year it was named after then U.S. President Bill Clinton. A number of lively go-go bars appeared in 2000. Many of the names were tongue in cheek jabs at the president, including Monica Beer Bar, Bill's Coffee House and the White House. I doubt any of you fellows ever saw the place. No - Clinton Plaza was on the other side (included Dolls House then) of Sukhumvit - the odd numbered Sois side.. The Soi 10 area was small beer bars, a laundry (which I used) and some food places. ...and Jeab's tattoo shop next to an internet cafe and a pharmacy and... - all razed to the ground by the <deleted> Chuwit. Can't believe some people don't even know what side of the road we are talking about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roamer Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 That shitty bar area was a disgrace and he did a public service ripping it down and replacing it with a park I really don't think that people of a Methodist/Calvinist upbringing like yourself should be using words like shitty. Either that or like so many others here you are geographically challenged as to the location. This was not simply a bar area as others have pointed out. At that time one of the few places in the area where our Thai female colleagues from the office were comfortable to come along after work. You must have really celebrated when the Ambassador beer garden (opposite side of the road:-) sprouted a condo development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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