NongKhaiKid

3 minutes ago, Lingba said:

well that was a quick investigation and determination....half a day maybe??...glad to know Thailand is safe and in good hands

Seems to be a trait in the govt and reflects the level of competence and professionalism at work.  Another example is the Minister of Tourism who can announce successful travel and expenditure figures before the holiday they refer to has even finished.

16 minutes ago, aussieinthailand said:

"Due to the new voting and vote-count systems, the political party with the most votes will not be garanteed to form the government. The one that fails to get the most votes may succeed," The deputy premier said.

Ok so am I missing somthing here?  A party that dosn't have enough votes can succeed,   What in the wide wide world of sports is going on then?   Ohh Ooop's my bad, TIT...  

Let's not even draw comparison with the US Electoral College system where a candidate can become President without winning the popular vote this is simply the junta saying they'll decide who the next govt is no matter what.

All in the national interest naturally.

Intelligence information from an outside source, no way could LoS admit it was accurate and make themselves lose face.

I'm sure the ' unforeseeable factors ' are already in hand.

Now the small matter of locating him,  arresting and having him  appeari in court.

I could be very wrong about this but I don't think the abbot or his followers will be in any rush to co-operate.   

Another long drawn out saga in the making ?

What's he worried about as his Minister of Tourism will produce all the necessary facts and figures to prove everything just gets better and better.

Accuracy might be another issue of course.

23 minutes ago, sweatalot said:

Risk?

 

What risk?

People who support them and support this monk and others like him will choose the monks over the junta if it comes to a Make Your Mind Up situation.

Tameside and Oldham are hardly in the north of Britain.

15 minutes ago, debate101 said:

I'll give it two weeks tops before everyone loses interest and starts acting like it never happened.

I can imagine all the already  ' overworked ' officials, including those occupying inactive posts,  will suddenly find they're ' otherwise engaged ' on exercise day.

He expects his daughter to stand up and be counted and not be the meek and mild type of Thai child with head bowed.

Isn't that against the national model as approved and insisted upon by the junta ?

13 hours ago, Retiredandhappyhere said:

 

 

"Despite evidence of abuse on Don’s body, Kritsana said it’s still too early to pinpoint whether police actions were to blame for the suspect’s death."

“Forensic science examination results are considered evidence, but ultimately it is up to the investigators to conclude,” Kritsana said Monday. “Evidence comes in many parts and many forms.”

 

What the hell does this c..p mean?  Sounds to me like some kind of get out clause.

Let's pick the bits that suits our purposes best and discard, ignore pieces that don't irrespective of relevance.

What sort of exercise will be most suitable, maybe weight training by bench pressing large, heavy brown envelopes ?

Just now, colinneil said:

I notice Prawit is not in the photo.

Maybe the PM has not included him in the workouts

He'll delegate and get somebody to do it for him.

If decisions such as this are ' dangerous, risky ' etc just who will be brave enough to make them or in the interests of self-preservation and the national trait of not accepting responsibility does Pass The Parcel rule ?

Will this apply to members of the junta, one DPM jumps to mind to start with ?

Life imprisonment for ' selling ' positions but what about those who appoint people because they are family, friends, cronies and have no obvious qualifications etc for the posts ?

I will qualify this by saying the PM did once say such appointments were understandable because it was natural to appoint people that could be trusted.

It seems ability, suitability and qualifications aren't a prerequisite.

We have this and in another thread the Minister of Justice says arresting a certain monk isn't worth the risk until a much delayed decision is actually made to charge him !

45 minutes ago, davehowden said:

Thought "frolicking" was not allowed?

Spending will be of course so the Minister of Tourism will have already adjusted her figures to reflect travel and spending amounts but can she actually wait for the holiday to end before announcing them ?

10 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

No check and balance to possible government abuse to what is deemed inappropriate - no charges, court hearing or appeal process. This is Prayut's idea of judicial reform?

Maybe it's his idea of reform to speed up the system by cutting out the ' middlemen ' such as the courts, no need for unnecessary paperwork etc.

When will the Minister of Justice have to make a statement that he doesn't know what's holding up presentation of the case in court but he's not going to meddle ?

2 minutes ago, ClutchClark said:

 

Not sure about easily fooled but we can atleast surmise they do not follow the news.

What will the family do if they get the idea the spirits are on to them and aren't happy ?

So Thais are actually admitting that their spirits are easily fooled ?

Why is it when officialdom says something in this fashion the reaction is to believe the opposite ?

1 hour ago, rkidlad said:

He didn't apologise to the 5 year old boy because he's not actually sorry. He only apologised to anyone he thought could help him get off. 

 

This guy should not be allowed anywhere near children or women, etc. He's clearly a psychopath a sociopath. 

 

Lock him up for a long time. He can pray to inanimate objects in his cell. 

Your first sentence say so much.

He should have been made to apologise to the boy and the mother, massive loss of face having to apologise to a  5 year old. Maybe too traumatic though for the boy to come face to face with him the man who did this to him.

Did none of the bigwigs present think to say ' and what about the boy ? ' when he was apologising to all of them ?

An investigation of the Army ?

Bound to produce the unbiased truth.