Eric Loh

5 minutes ago, Dogmatix said:

PT not being allowed to form a government will definitely have further negative impact on his wealth. How sad!

Some how his wealth actually increase from 1.6B in 2014 to 1.8B in March 2019. Not too shabby. 

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

With the passage of time & change in political figures his once solid grip is slipping, time for this dinosaur to go to rest.

He will be told to go away if his parties lose badly in the election just like Ahbisit. The formula still works when his parties keep winning. 

The government should have a key strategy to reduce the dependence on export and increase the domestic economy to balance the economy. The 70% of country economic output reliance on export is vulnerable to global trade woes. Thailand has a large population to have a vibrant domestic economy and has a good start in terms of a healthy tourism industry that contribute to 9.4% of GDP and a entrepreneur spirit. The three-pronged strategy do has some of the elements that can improve the domestic economy but the reduction of reliance to export should be the encompassing strategy. More fiscal policies should be deployed to unleash more dynamism in domestic consumption. Will see if their strategies will be implemented effectively. 

Pompeo stance much resonate with his boss love for dictators and authoritarian leaders. 

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Senator Seri Suwannaphanont said he believes senators will not act as Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s “personal guardians” when he is targeted or attacked by the opposition MPs during the two-day period.

Surely you jest. The senators existence and salary is entirely in the hands of their overlord. Their appointments are to enhance his agenda, protect and rescue him when confronted. He is a fragile child not used to attacks and criticisms.  

15 minutes ago, bangrak said:

Khun Eric, please, erm, maybe, possibly there is something like 'your clan', a 'clan' you write about, or is it: write for!? But I am no part of a, of any, 'clan'. When I write a comment, a reaction, here and elsewhere, it is MY, personal opinion, whichever individual and whatever entity might be concerned!

Perhaps you do some self reflection on the number of times you tried to insinuate others of clan association. The only 'clan' that I support is democracy and I dislike bullies aka the military. I also inject myself into any conversation if facts are noticeably ignored. I respect your honesty as regards to clan association and I hope you respect mine too.  

18 hours ago, londonthai said:

average age of them is 70, they need a lot of rest and sleep. Most of them never worked a day in their life, so a little difficult for them to get motivated, they are reach anyway. 

They should rename the upper house to half-way house for retirees. 

The coup government had 5 years and article 44 to do some meaningful plan for water management but they didn't. The master plan was initiated by the previous government and cover aspects of flood and drought management. The coup government dropped the ball and sat on their hinds. 

30 minutes ago, Henryford said:

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Feel free to say anything now that military rule has ended. 

11 hours ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Any idea how to find out when it will be televised? 

You can find out more about Thai Parliament TV which is telecast terrestrial, satellite and cable. 

19 minutes ago, bangrak said:

Khun Eric, it is IMO very disappointing that you still climb on the barricade here about a ..., a 'being' like that Jatuporn. I give you the credit that it are you clients making you to, possibly still having future plans for that kind of monsters. Pray not, but considering the turpitude of the clan you represent... 

Well to be fair he been prosecuted and jailed by your clan who really has the leverage over the judiciary institutions. On top on that they grant themselves amnesty. Even their aligned politicians don’t see jail time. 

23 minutes ago, bangrak said:

Khun Eric, do you mean accused of terrorism Jatuporn does not have to stand in front of a Court, really?

You do understand the term innocent until proven guilty. 

8 hours ago, Ozman52 said:

Oh right, the UDD were "long term protesters", a rather polite way to describe a pack of mercenary propagandists and agitators. Let's take Jatuporn in particular; plenty of wealth but no declared income, people just gave him things! Of course, he missed out on the party list seat the others were handed for their crimes, but not for want of trying. 

Jatuporn declared his income at 8 M Baht in accordance to the legal requirement. Don’t you ever take time to find out? Do you know Prayut and Prawit declared income? 128 M and 87 M baht respectively from soldier salary. 

7 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I will try to make it easy for you:

Thaksin was super corrupt and he was removed.

All Thaksin clones worked for Thaksin and were removed.

Even you should be able to look up many of the corrupt deals for which people were convicted. There are still lots of cases going on.

 

Imagine the super rich Thaksin would have worked for all Thai people. When he started he told everybody that he is already rich and that is why he would be such a good PM because he does not need more money. And then soon he had to admit his not so honest mistake hiding money with his maid, drivers, gardeners, etc.

Obviously Thaksin was and is not honest. He is a wanted criminal.

 

Now how many coups would we have had if Thaksin would have worked for the people? Imagine if he would not have enriched himself but actually worked to make Thailand better. He could have done that. He did some good things. Thaksin is not stupid.

But he is greedy, very greedy, so he had to make sure that he and his cronies make a lot more money.

And that was when people got upset and when we had more and more demonstrations.

And at some stage the military took over, peacefully, because lots of people (especially the tax payers in Bangkok) were happy that Thaksin was removed.

But Thaksin continued. And his little sister continued. Greedy same same. And history repeated himself.

 

Thaksin could have been the great leader beloved by everybody without coups - if he wouldn't have been so greedy.

It was his choice and the red-shirts are his "army" like PT is his party.

He is responsible for all the bad things which happened because he is so greedy.

It shouldn't be too difficult for you to understand this.

 

Lost soul who still believed that coups were due to Thaksin corruption and greed. You do need to know more about Thailand history. The long years in Thailand and staying in Sukhumvit don’t seem to help your understanding much. 

He is so funny; maybe host Thai version of the Late Show. 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

parliament’s meeting on July 25 is a meeting 

So it begin. Start of live funtime watching him grill in Parliament. Will be watching and counting how many session he will chicken out and not attend. 

8 minutes ago, Cashboy said:

Living in Thailand; I think the Junta is doing a reasonably good job (better than Thaksin or Yingluck) for the majority and certainly less priviliged in Thailand.

Yet the income equality widen, corruption perception index worsen and competitive ranking dive. Let’s not even start with the increase human right abuses and number of people held for committing 112. 

1 hour ago, scorecard said:

I add... you say stop authoritarianism, so having the police under his control, doing his bidding, and making the police frightened, and using chalerm to frighten society in many ways him is stopping authoritarianism?  

There are 2 faces of authoritarianism. Thaksin was an electoral authoritarian while the military staged a coup and imposed harsh authoritarian methods to subdue the populace and laid out legislative activities to ensure that power is prolonged and entrenched with the military. This is a deepening of authoritarianism with no end in sight as long as the constitution remain unchallenged. You can make up your mind which is more damaging and dangerous to Thai society, image and possibly economics.