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Mh17 tragedy might have been the fate of any other airplane flying through that area. Only a very few airlines, including quantas and british, changed their routes before the shooting. So psychological effect towards malaysian airlines will be small and not lasting.

Much bigger effect on air travel, malaysian airlines and KL airport is disappearance of mh370, because technical failure, pilot's mistake, security breach at KL etc can't be excluded. There was also thai involment in this disappearance as utapao has received an sos signal as the first and cover up by thai military data from radars in the south showing the flight's path to melacca straith nd andaman. For sure there was a gross failure by all local governments in a reseach mission. There would be a deep and long lasting effect on airtravel not only in se region, but the whole asia.

Life is cheap here, saving face and corruption are everything

Three and half years after the alleged lese majeste, the most strictly enforced law in thailand, made during a public speach, is no more than a political vendetta on a high rank elected politician by self-appointed new rulers. Where this reconciliation and happiness will end up?

Surly the stand up comedians around the world, including john oliver's "Last week tonight" programm, will pick up on this and land themselves on a thai emigration black list or to be extradited to thailand. Now, that would be funny, again, after international media got hold of a junta's leaked documents

so force it on them with a military coup, martial law, censorship, closing thousands of websites, forcing people to exile, sending soldiers and cops to intimidate public. There won't be democracy, just eternal love and happiness

you have twisted words of the permanent secretary

I have been to hua hin beach many times and find it very plaesant.

I don't mind vendors offering their services and goods, on condition the prices are reasonable. Anywhere in the seaside Igave been using them.

what would be a beach without umbrellas, tables, foods and drinks offered on the spot? So now tourists would have to buy their own and carry them from the guest houses everyday?

The last august, the very end of it, the beaches and the whole hua hin was deserted, no tourists. I would think this year would bem even worse.

Once again we see bad rice discovered this time in Nakhon Sawan, deemed to be so serious that the warehouses are to be sealed, presumably pending farther investigation.

Posted 26 minutes ago

Permanent Secretary for PM's Office Panadda inspects Nakhon Sawan rice stock, low quality rice found; orders seizure, sealing of warehouses /MCOT

getting nervous? no, not the thai soldier

now the kids will be congregating at stations to play online games, watch porno, gamble. No curfew at 6pm, like internet shops

at least, he has the right to the layer anytime, including interrogation. Looks, like it was refused for him and now he has a chance to see one.

Now, if he is bitten after the conference, the marks will prove, that he was tortured earlier.

in the bangkok post yesterday article states that on 235000 tons already inspected, they have found 22 tons missing, that's some 0.009%

some more of a political propaganda, than anything of substance.

keep digging those empty boxes which beforehand you hided under the full sacks of rice, it looks good on camera, when inspectors know exactly where those empty boxes are. The story goes they use gt 200 bomb detectors fitted with rice card, that's why

Aren't they forgetting the 91 tons found missing the other day? It may have slipped somebody's mind? Give it a little more time and the real percentage of missing rice will be revealed.

Who is spreading propaganda, and who was responsible for those "empty boxes(?)... hided under full sacks" ?

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Army-staff-implicated-in-missing-rice-30238527.html

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Army-staff-implicated-in-missing-rice-30238527.html

Army staff implicated in missing rice

A Staff Judge Advocate on Tuesday brought a private and an army Sergeant to surrender to police for their alleged involvement in the case of 90,000 sacks of rice under the rice-pledging scheme that went missing from a granary in Pathum Thani province.

An inspection team set up by the military junta to inspect rice under pledging scheme inspected the Phoenix Argritech granary in Muang district recently and found that 90,000 sacks of rice had disappeared. A complaint was filed with police.

that contraption is forbidden in thailand, too many conotations

The guy, who failed february elections, dares to voice his antidemocratic stance, blaming the government for the military coup.

The only way forward is a 'people's constitution' from 1997, drafted by popularly-elected constitutional drafting assembly.

The days of military dominated governments are over. If it continues, there would be public uprisings, as many times in the thai history.

There is a moratorium on death penalty for many years now and it's not going to be changed soon, so this call is a little meaningless. A small group of citisens/netisens doesn't have the right to change the law. And with the lack of parliamentary vote there is a small chance that the army would be willing to meddle that far outside their competence.

With the very short deadline to prosecute the case will not be prepared properly and it's bound to be a showcase trial for the junta, to please the public

a woman standing outside the usa embassy on the 4th july with a placard "Long live the usa day" was charged with lesse majeste for mocking "long live the king" slogan.

she was released after 4 days without charges, but she had to sign a loyalty declaration to junta. http://prachatai.org/english/node/4214

the story shows double standards of thai police against protesters during marshal law

I'm not sure if you read her sign....it said:

"Long Live USA day

PL help US We need Democracy

But Thai elite dislike democracy

Thai Junta Pretended not to know

Thanks God give today"

your claim of double standards while not reading or reporting what the sign actually said is questionable.

she wasn't charged but her ploy worked somewhat to get farang worked up a little.

Thep Vetchavisit's lone anti-american protest was even more idiotic, with caricatures of president clinton and nixon (who was a president over 40 years ago). Those presidents were big time layers, but had nothing to do with situation in thailand. The only logical explanation for his lonely protest was media attention to his name and his disreputable medical practice http://www.tsroadmap.com/physical/vaginoplasty/thep-vechavisit.html

How about hiring someone to be on every car whose duty it is to make sure all passengers are safe from violence? How about screening everyone they hire to make sure they don't have a criminal background? How about random drug testing for employees?

The "women only" carriage appears to be public relations band aid in order to cover a much deeper wound. There is a lot more that needs to be done to ensure the public safety.

I am against "women only" carragies. The trains must be secure for everybody.

so if a teenager, an elderly or a disabled is assaulted on the train they are going to introduce special carragies for those groups as well?

or if I decide to travel together with my wife on the night train, should she be the only female passenger in the male carragie?

a woman standing outside the usa embassy on the 4th july with a placard "Long live the usa day" was charged with lesse majeste for mocking "long live the king" slogan.

she was released after 4 days without charges, but she had to sign a loyalty declaration to junta. http://prachatai.org/english/node/4214

the story shows double standards of thai police against protesters during marshal law

for me it looks more like beating on the head, than slapping.

slapping is with an open hand on a skin, this one is violently punching on the back head, so it moves.

surely, a case for an officer dismissal. Firstly, for beating a detainee, secondly for recording it on his mobile and publishing online. Breach of regulations.

defense lawyer might use it in the court case as intimidation

Just a tap to wake him up and get him to pay attention.

"Pol General Adul Saengsingkaew, deputy chief of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), will on Monday lead a religious rite for the worship of the spirits guarding the premises."

power, and money, for the future PM, general chan ocha. Mambo jumbo for the population. Will they swallow it?

it's a stand up comedy, from day one.

foreigners don't come to marshal law countries, it invalidates insurance

Do you mean martial law?

Guess you best go to Suvhanabhumi and tell all the arriving foreigners to check their insurances.

that's why tat is trying very hard to boost the numbers