Eric Loh

Expect more of the same from a xenophobic junta who don't care a hoot what foreigners say and have absolute power to decide. Even domestic critics are not spared. Suck it up until democracy is restored.

Who's better to clarify the impeachment by an appointed corruption agency and NLA than Khun Ruangkrai. He himself was a former appointed senator and a close friend of the Dem Party. He knows how these establishment work especially with retro active laws and interpreting laws to suit their agenda.

Warmly welcomed by the farmers ?

i suppose all his military and police minders might have just helped with that and the thought that even the slightest, even innocuous, sign of being less than happy would result in attitude adjustment.

At least the farmers are no longer hanging themselves

Rice farmers are not but rubber farmers are killing themselves due to debts.

Deeds not words Sir. So far situation is far from desirable whether economics, reconcilation or corruption. Leave it as benefit of doubts and look forward to your deeds matching your words starting with stating when will there be election, Sir.

The two suspects have not even been caught and interrogated and they have concluded the motive to be political. Isn't this abetting the real motive.

So Panitan ex-Dem is Prawit adviser and Chitpas another ex-Dem was on his bucket list for army spokesperson. So much for not taking sides and reconciliation.

"Former Pheu Thai Party MPs said the MPs and red-shirt leaders had been warned by security officials against giving press interviews that cast a bad light on the government and the National Council for Peace and Order."

What casts a bad light on the government is that it got where it is by force, and it is scared of its population speaking out.

Population speaking out? The red shirt leaders are all on Thaksin's payroll and will only work for Thaksin and what is best for the Shin clan.

And the minority that seized the streets of Bangkok to dispose of a democratically elected government? They were thinking of Thailand as a whole or their own, self interests ?

It is always interesting that somebody has to show their hatred for the popularly government and it's supporters, as if that is some sort of great explanation for meriting martial law and the quashing of free speech.

Don't even bother to explain to such feeble mind. The yellow shirts are also on someone payroll and will only act on the command of someone and what's best for that someone probably from the establishment.

That may well be true Eric. But glad to see you acknowledge that the red shirts and their self appointed non democratic non elected leaders are owned and controlled lock, stock and barrel by the non elected criminal fugitive Thaksin and only act when instructed and in his interests.

Tell us something that we all don't know. Everyone but you know that Thaksin is a major financier for PT just like Sutherp is for the Dem. We know both of them have big influence on the party policies. We also know that Thaksin is the brain behind PT. That's not a crime right?

"Former Pheu Thai Party MPs said the MPs and red-shirt leaders had been warned by security officials against giving press interviews that cast a bad light on the government and the National Council for Peace and Order."

What casts a bad light on the government is that it got where it is by force, and it is scared of its population speaking out.

Population speaking out? The red shirt leaders are all on Thaksin's payroll and will only work for Thaksin and what is best for the Shin clan.

And the minority that seized the streets of Bangkok to dispose of a democratically elected government? They were thinking of Thailand as a whole or their own, self interests ?

It is always interesting that somebody has to show their hatred for the popularly government and it's supporters, as if that is some sort of great explanation for meriting martial law and the quashing of free speech.

Don't even bother to explain to such feeble mind. The yellow shirts are also on someone payroll and will only act on the command of someone and what's best for that someone probably from the establishment.

So when Suthep and his boys shut down Bangkok and did all that crap the military just sat back and let it happen and now monks are walking they want to get involved. Odd?

I didn't know the military were in charge then?

They've always been in charge. They "werent in charge" when they stole the country from the people were they?

Yes they were in charge and even decorated their bunkers with flowers.

Don't be afraid to use subsidies to help the farmers. It's not a bad word as some has made out to be for political reasons. There will always be more farmers and peasants than the tax payer educated citizens and when push to the limit of poverty will be difficult to contain. All countries in the world with a large agrarian economy provide subsidies. Just spend bit less on military budget and channel to subsidies.

Really begs the question as to why the need to get rid of the Shins if they are fast becoming unpopular. 2 coups and constitutions re-written to lessen their election chance. And why oh dwhy the Dem boycott election twice. So clearly you know nothing and need education yourself.

You PT supporters will never get it through your heads that it is the corrupt that are being brought to answer.

That the majority belong to the previous administration is only because they are the most corrupt.

But its all a conspiracy, kangaroo courts, elite you cant talk about want control.

How can anyone let themselves be conned that badly ? And supporting corruption, yes that's what you are doing with your completely one sided refusal to see the truth.

Has any senior ministers of the previous government been convicted of corruption? Or it's just your rant without facts again.

You are going to have to give it time for these things to get to court Eric but you can be assured there have been charges laid and it will happen :

The anti-graft agency will investigate caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatras role in the rice pledging scheme after bringing formal charges of corruption against two of her cabinet ministers.[/size]

Former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and ex-deputy commerce minister Poom Sarapol were charged by the agency, together with 13 other persons including former director-general of the External Trade Department Manas Sroypol who was involved in negotiations to sell rice to two Chinese state enterprises on government-to-government contracts.[/size]

And of course the ministers secretary [/size]

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/757870-ex-commerce-ministers-secretary-faces-charges-over-fake-g-to-g-rice-deals/[/size]

DSI probes graft allegations in govt's rice-pledging scheme[/size]

BANGKOK: -- The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has decided to lodge malfeasance and other criminal charges against former secretary of ex-commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom for alleged involvement in fake government-to-government rice deals with two Chinese state enterprises.[/size][/size]

Then there is the "Close aid" of your hero the convicted criminal on the run who has been convicted :

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/737022-rice-fraud-verdict-on-thaksins-aide-due-today/page-3

Thaksin aide jailed for rice fraud

The Nation

Posted 2014-06-24 17:21:57

BANGKOK: -- The Samut Prakarn provincial court Tuesday sentenced a close aide to ex-pm Thaksin Shinawatra to six years in jail and fined him Bt12,000 after finding him guilty of embezzlement and fraud for his failure to deliver a Bt200-million rice shipment to Iran.

Still in denial Eric ? if you are I can look up more for you.

No need. These Red Shirt Advocates are in denial.

I rest my case. So no convictions yet. Close aide not even ministerial level and certainly not a senior or cabinet minister. Just another greedy businessman who deserved jail time. When Yingluk is finally charged sentenced for corruption, you can revive the topic.

You can remove the leader, disband the party, "talk" to the hierarchy but you will never remove the sentiment of the 15 million Thai's that voted for the principles that they stood for.

They voted for the populist policies that almost bankrupted the country, they also sold their votes.

That 15 million was shaved down to 10 million in last Febs election and that was without any opposition.

So just goes to show how fast they became unpopular.

5 million voters went missing in 3 years.

The Dems would have walked that election.

Get educated mate.

Really begs the question as to why the need to get rid of the Shins if they are fast becoming unpopular. 2 coups and constitutions re-written to lessen their election chance. And why oh dwhy the Dem boycott election twice. So clearly you know nothing and need education yourself.

You PT supporters will never get it through your heads that it is the corrupt that are being brought to answer.

That the majority belong to the previous administration is only because they are the most corrupt.

But its all a conspiracy, kangaroo courts, elite you cant talk about want control.

How can anyone let themselves be conned that badly ? And supporting corruption, yes that's what you are doing with your completely one sided refusal to see the truth.

Has any senior ministers of the previous government been convicted of corruption? Or it's just your rant without facts again.

You can remove the leader, disband the party, "talk" to the hierarchy but you will never remove the sentiment of the 15 million Thai's that voted for the principles that they stood for.

They voted for the populist policies that almost bankrupted the country, they also sold their votes.

That 15 million was shaved down to 10 million in last Febs election and that was without any opposition.

So just goes to show how fast they became unpopular.

5 million voters went missing in 3 years.

The Dems would have walked that election.

Get educated mate.

Really begs the question as to why the need to get rid of the Shins if they are fast becoming unpopular. 2 coups and constitutions re-written to lessen their election chance. And why oh dwhy the Dem boycott election twice. So clearly you know nothing and need education yourself.

Bangkok is now much safer then many city's in the USA, so Obama that's what you have to focus at.

Before the Junta came we had shootings and bombings on daily basis, roads were blocked all over the city and corruption was widely availlable.

Now i have hope of a better country, not with any policital party in control.

There were shootings and bombings on a daily basis because the military is not doing their job under emergency decree. Worse, some of them were involved in the mayhem.

great, a poll that measures Thai Nationalism

The real poll of Thai nationalism is the unsolicited poll of like and dislike. This same article garnered four times the dislike in a major English newspaper. That's how the citizens felt about the poll.

The ministry would ask manufacturers sell at cost all items to be sold in the these low cost stores.

No profit ???..............Good luck with that one.

Why not? Junta will donate the land, bring in slaves to construct and prisoners as staffs.

The impeachment of yinglucky was politically driven.

The billions that disappeared while she was pm was politically driven too so what's the problem. What goes around comes around.

Unless the billions were corruptly hidden away, siphon out of the country or incinerated, it never disappeared but circulated in the internal economy as purchases, taxes or investments that generate employment, wages and tax revenues.

Having the army in charge until that certain event we can't discuss happens, and then afterwards in the period of dust settling and inevitable squabbling & jockeying does actually seem like the best bet & is the best way to avoid what would be almost inevitable anarchy.

Prayuth is evidently not the white knight and likely is from a similar stock as some of the other antiques at the top of the political tree here,yet with things as is it might be best in the long run for another farce election not to take place to appease only those aggrieved by the coup & the taking to account of YS. Prertty much nothing of the PTP tenure was democratic by my recollection, just a shoddily disguised version. And now it is very clear what the current administration is about

Prertty much nothing of the PTP tenure was democratic by my recollection, just a shoddily disguised version. And now it is very clear what the.........

I am interested to know what did you observed during the PTP tenure that is not democratic. Was it the majority in Parliment, the sneaky amnesty bill, the appointments, failed rice scheme etc etc. What was shoddily disguised democracy version? There are some cases that the court interpreted differently but nowhere was it undemocratic.

Say what you like about Democracy in Thailand.

The country has been a lot safer since the general took over.

Ok, I may agree with you if you can answer me a question. Why didn't the army stage a coup back in 2010 when the situation was much more dire than 2014. Why did they instead sent in troops fully armed with full armored personal carriers. Couldn't they do the same in 2014? Waiting for your answer.

Democracy is dead now but corruption is still vey much alive.