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Saints up by 1 at 1st change

Well have tipped the saints for tonight, who is joining me?

yeah ..... that'll teach him !! I hope he's learn't an expensive lesson ......

maybe he can pay it off in installments. 100 baht, that's the cost of a beer.

The Thai Army seems to be making a lot of mistakes recently.

The whole Junta is a total cluster <deleted>.

Vote buying

Politicians from the south?????? Isn't that where suthep comes from??????? Wow! Looks like he still has his fingers in it to a degree maybe.

another one with Suthep Paranoia

Anyway he did a good job in

showing the incompetence and corruption of the PTP government

.... yes, yes he seems to have been corrupt, too .... but does that mean he could not start an honest and necessary campaign?

could bonnie & Clyde manage a bank?

When you sign in to fantasy,go to leagues and click on that and thailand mob will come up.

Thanks, now how often and when can we change players?

Ummm by the way second last not second.

And a weather report from Samui.....rain and rain and more rain

You can trade 2 players per week. I just delisted ablett

SAMUI ATTACK

Ex-MPs 'involved' in bomb blast

The Nation

Police deputy chief says politicians supported the attack; Phra Suthep slammed by Pheu Thai for hinting at Thaksin's role

BANGKOK: -- FORMER MPS with significant influence in the South might have been involved in the recent vehicle-bomb blast at Central Festival Samui shopping mall in the southern province of Surat Thani, two senior police chiefs said yesterday.

"We are confident that these politicians supported the bomb attack," deputy national police commissioner General Chakthip Chaijinda said yesterday.

He said it was suspicious that former South-based MPs had visited Surat Thani a week before the car bomb exploded at the shopping mall last Friday night, injuring many people.

"These politicians still have influence in the area," he added.

Chakthip said the bombers also clearly had links with the ongoing unrest in the deep South, given that the vehicle used for the bomb attack was stolen from Yala, one of the southernmost provinces.

He made these remarks following police questioning of more than 20 witnesses over the past five days.

"Of these witnesses, three have now been placed under military protection, police having established that they have kept contact with those involved in the deep South's unrest. So, we believe they may know something about the vehicle bomb at Central Festival Samui," he explained.

Police are now trying to locate a former security guard at the shopping mall who quit his job just before the blast, he added.

Chakthip also disclosed that recordings from security cameras showed a white Mitsubishi Triton pickup scouting the route for the Mazda pickup that was later to be used as the vehicle bomb.

"Clearly, these two vehicles headed up from the southern border provinces together. They moved in tandem along the seaside route from Yala to Songkhla, onward to Nakhon Si Thammarat, and then to Samui," he said.

"Between three and six suspects took part in the vehicle-bomb operation," he said, adding, "And one or more of them must have been female, so as to make officials feel the group was harmless."

National police commissioner General Somyot Poompanmoung, meanwhile, also said available evidence suggested that several former MPs in the South had given support and help to the vehicle-bomb instigators.

"We are handling the case in line with the evidence," he said.

Thaworn Senneam, a former deputy leader of the Democrat Party and co-leader of the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), suggested that three politicians were behind the bombing incident.

"They have lost their [vested] interests, and they are anti-National Council for Peace and Order [the military junta]," he said.

He expressed confidence that the authorities would be able to nail down the culprits by the end of the month.

Thaworn said that with Somyot stepping in to take charge of the case, it should be possible to bring the mastermind to justice, too.

Following the bomb blast, Phra Suthep Prapakaro - former PDRC secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban - said "the man living abroad" was behind the incident, a comment that has attracted criticism from pro-Thaksin Shinawatra politicians.

Thaksin, a former prime minister, has been living overseas for years. He was ousted by a previous military coup in 2006.

Last year, the National Council for Peace and Order staged another coup, which removed the government formed by his sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, at the height of a political crisis.

At the time, the PDRC staged massive rallies against her government.

Pracha Prasopdee, a former deputy interior minister, yesterday said that as a monk, Phra Suthep should refrain from making any provocative comments.

"Don't speak in a way that will trigger a new round of conflict," he said, adding that all Thais were simply looking forward to peace and a general election.

Pheu Thai deputy spokesman Anusorn Iamsa-ard yesterday lashed out at Phra Suthep's speculation, saying that if the monk who is a former MP from Surat Thani knew who the mastermind was, he should tell the police or bring them to justice.

As a Buddhist monk, Phra Suthep should refrain from lying, as speaking an untruth was a sin under Buddhism, he said.

Deputy Government Spokesman Maj-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said yesterday that evidence accumulated by the police would soon lead to the mastermind, but he did not pinpoint any individual or group of politicians.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Ex-MPs-involved-in-bomb-blast-30258053.html

-- The Nation 2015-04-16

If you are so confident that politicians are involved, why aren't they in custody for questioning? M Redshirt is in custody and are thier different guidelines for little people and influential people? Could it be that the politicians are aligned to people like Suthep and Prayuth so no need to arrest them as we have a scapegoat already? Who are they and why not name them if they were reds thier pics and names would be splashed all over the place.

"dancing too dirtily"

Isn't that a great headline ? Conjures up all sorts of images in one's mind, probably a bit of hip-grinding and twixing (is the the right word ?), grabbing of crotches. Hey fellas, want to to see the real thing that will curl your nose hair ? TIT

Didn't Elvis get into trouble 70 years ago for the hip grinding?

Percy who? Had to Google him as this is the 1st time I have heard the name.

Was doesn't TAT inform travel agencies around the world that bikinis and the like are no longer permitted in Thailand. Foreign tourists comming to Thailand actually think they can wear these and then fall foul of the law. They could have planned thier holiday at another destination.

Actually arrested for drink driving?

When I readsome of the posts on this thread I'm reminded of the film Dr Shivago - which I'm sure many of us have seen.

Anyway, in one scene some people had there village destroyed and many people killed.

Strenlikov, the communist leader, (forgive the spelling) asked a woman "Comrade, was it the reds or the whites that did it". To which she relied something along the lines "Who cares, they have murdered many and destroyed out village".

Some of us even have and/or read the book

Doctor Zhivago - Boris Pasternak

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Zhivago_(novel)

Of course, one needs to use a lot of imagination to compare the Russian Revolution and it's aftermath with what happened in Thailand in March to May 2010.

hasn't opened in Thailand yet, who is starring g in it?

The red shirts don't think they can win the next election but think they can bomb their way back into power. Don,t think that will work try another plan.

So it is confirmed beyond doubt then that it is red shirts? Why is it that it only red shirts who are lawbreakers and violent in Thailand? Everyone else is so pure and beyond question.

Nice to see the Roos bounce back with Waite kicking seven.

Well done to Grannys apples who beat me in the fantasy came down to the last quarter of the last game.

Well done to Carnegie Joe in the tipping,i might have to try the radom select tips the way i'm going.

I also had a good win in the fantasy comp, defeating Alex's Dees sitting 2nd behind Rips Swans. I'll play him for that spot in round 7.

What absolute brain dead moron leaves a loaded firearm laying around where toddlers can get it? The child was probably playing with what he thought was around toy.

What is this obsession Thailand has with Tourism?.....It obviously depends on it for money, but day after day, week after week, daily statements on tourism....it's like it is the beginning and end of life as we know it.

It does make you wonder if the often quoted tourism being only 6% of the GDP is not quite accurate.

It means more than anything to them. Somchia stubbed his toe the other day and TAT immediately went to air with a press release, No tourists have cancelled travel plans as a result.

Thailand could be obliterated by numerous nuclear bombs and the numbnuts at TAT would be stating no effect on tourism and we still expect record numbers.

A bit dated, but an analysis of Thai counter terror stategy and tactics at URL below.

http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/461-480/tandi475.html

Considering the large number of Oz tourists visiting Thailand, I did think it was odd that Oz discontinued counter terror training for Thai security agencies after the Coup. Not sure if US has also stopped training for Thai counter terror agencies.

I believe they stopped the training because Australia doesn't recognise the Junta as a legitimate government. I guess when the country is handed back to the people things will resume. Thais are no longer studying at ADFA (Aust Defence Force Academy) either since the coup. Police exchange program is also on hold.

Yep very good images of the suspects, should have this wrapped up by smoko.

They arrested a guy who apparently uses the handle Mr Redshirt on facebook so it is overwhelming evidence it is the work of red shirts. Anyone can use a bullcrap name on facebook but that doesn't convict. Did a search on facebook and the guy doesn't exist.