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An police offer not arresting a known fugitives is itself commit a crime, and deserves jail sentence.

Didn't the government (not just this one, but Mark's govt as well) always claim that they could not arrest Thaksin because Interpol could not locate Thaksin?

What Interpol warrant? As far as I know there isn't one.

"Thaksin had been given an Interpol “red notice”, which is recognised in a number of countries and serves as the legal basis for provisional arrest"

http://www.intellasi...ns-arrest-96931

LOL!! That is more than 3 years old. There is no red notice for Thaksin.

Here's something a little more recent.

""Interpol never issues red notice against Thaksin

http://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news.php?id=255408160002

Technically speaking, it was not wrong of Priewpan to visit Thaksin in HK, because 1) he had taken leave of duty, 2) Thai arrest warrants cannot be executed abroad, and 3) no Thai official would be allowed to make an arrest without the consent of the respective government.

On ethical and moral grounds, however, it was extremely wrong and is just one more example (in an already very long list) that goes to show that the words "ethics" and "morals" do not exist in the vocabularies of the very same people who govern us and hold top state positions; the very same people who expect from us that WE uphold the principles of ethics and morals at all times; the very same people who drag us before courts if we don't; the very same people who should be role models, but are consistently not.

The right thing for Priewpan to do would have been to politely decline Thaksin's invitation, explaining to him that since he held the highest police job in the country and because Thaksin was a criminal on the run with an outstanding arrest warrant on his back, it would be wrong of him to attend the birthday bash. I am sure Thaksin would have fully understood Priewpan's dilemma and accepted the rejection - NOT.

Exactly. I suspect if he didn't go, you'd see him somewhere on Sukhumvit with a whistle directing traffic.

An police offer not arresting a known fugitives is itself commit a crime, and deserves jail sentence.

Didn't the government (not just this one, but Mark's govt as well) always claim that they could not arrest Thaksin because Interpol could not locate Thaksin?

What Interpol warrant? As far as I know there isn't one.

Nothing wrong? This is getting funnier by the moment. I'm sitting here trying to come up with some kind of analogy to this, and I'm coming up blank. The police chief should be fired for sure.

The guy is wanted in Thailand, and the police chief flies to go say happy birthday? Sure this is a notthenation article. It has to be.

I'm pretty sure they stopped mailing those out awhile back. You need to go the U.S. Embassy website and download packet 3 instructions and forms.

Laugh! This thread is hilarious. The country is being run by a convicted coward criminal on the run. His clueless sister is just a proxy. I'm sure at some point they'll tie Abhisit to working at a concentration camp in Poland before he was born. He was educated in England you know!! As i recall someone else was born abroad.

Thaksin can cry foul all day long. He'll never get the approval that he has to have. See 2006 and him crying on TV after he got shot down for being "caretaker"

If the guy really cares about Thailand, why doesn't he come out and say something like "I support amnesty for everyone except myself?" That would prove something.

Will never happen though.

I see Thaksin's statement as a veiled threat. Let me off the hook, or there will be trouble.

I wonder if this govt. really knows what morons they look like to the outside world? U.S. wants to bring in all the equipment and spend all the money, and they say no. Now they turn around and say "We can do this on our own" I wonder if they give them a big bottle of Lao Khao before they make statements to the press? No wonder Yingluck doesn't want to talk to anyone in the press. Anytime someone in her cabinet opens their mouth, they sound like they are from Mars. I keep telling myself, nothing will surprise me about this place. Every week I am "Amazed" again.

If the student is caught fighting at the age of 18, what happens to him for the next 3 years before the conscription age of 21? This is the time when the students are more prone to being involved in fighting (aquiring their gang status if you like) than any other. Even if they send them to boot-camp, this would only be temp.

Can't help imagining these kids doing their conscription time and coming back as mature students! That would give the authorities something of a problem with weapon training and unarmed combat added to their resumes. ................

Give the police more powers over these people, irregardless if the are classed as students or not. Class them as adults or send them to the young offenders centres; that is what they are there for.

One last point, for someone to chase another person, only because they are wearing a different uniform, with a machette, and then tries to hack their head off is not normal in any sense of the word. IMO, they should undergo first a compulsory drug testing followed by a visit to a trick cycilist for a really long talk!

The police?

Chotthee stated this in the previous thread: This is incorrect.

Now he want to sell off U-Tapao in Sattahip, just to exchange from a US non-immigrant visa (Green Card).

A green card (I-551) is an immigrant visa, not a non-immigrant visa.

Continuous residence must be upheld in the U.S. If a green card holder leaves the U.S. for between 6 months and 1 year without a re-entry permit, the green card could be considered abandoned. If the green card holder leaves for more than 1 year, the green card is considered abandoned.

You may be found to have abandoned your permanent resident status if you:

• Move to another country intending to live there permanently
  
• Remain outside of the United States for more than 1 year without obtaining a reentry permit or returning resident visa. However, in determining whether your status has been abandoned, any length of absence from the United States may be considered, even if less than 1 year
  
• Remain outside of the United States for more than 2 years after issuance of a reentry permit without obtaining a returning resident visa. However, in determining whether your status has been abandoned any length of absence from the United States may be considered, even if less than 1 year
  
• Fail to file income tax returns while living outside of the United States for any period
  
• Declare yourself a “nonimmigrant” on your tax returns
  

Source:

http://www.uscis.gov...000082ca60aRCRD

I think the inferrence was that the visa would come without any playing by the rules - a sort of "short circuit" if you like.

There you are you mister Thaksin - here's your green card, have a nice life. Thanks for the clouds by the way.

Not likely. U.S. doesn't need Thailand in this case. I'm sure the Philippines are still kicking themselves about closing Clark AFB and Subic Bay. They'd probably be more than happy to have this project. Also, it doesn't sounds like the "spying on China" conspiracies some are throwing out here. Satellites are much better anyway.

It's just more B.S. Thai politics at the end of the day.

Chotthee stated this in the previous thread: This is incorrect.

Now he want to sell off U-Tapao in Sattahip, just to exchange from a US non-immigrant visa (Green Card).

A green card (I-551) is an immigrant visa, not a non-immigrant visa.

Continuous residence must be upheld in the U.S. If a green card holder leaves the U.S. for between 6 months and 1 year without a re-entry permit, the green card could be considered abandoned. If the green card holder leaves for more than 1 year, the green card is considered abandoned.

You may be found to have abandoned your permanent resident status if you:

• Move to another country intending to live there permanently
  
• Remain outside of the United States for more than 1 year without obtaining a reentry permit or returning resident visa. However, in determining whether your status has been abandoned, any length of absence from the United States may be considered, even if less than 1 year
  
• Remain outside of the United States for more than 2 years after issuance of a reentry permit without obtaining a returning resident visa. However, in determining whether your status has been abandoned any length of absence from the United States may be considered, even if less than 1 year
  
• Fail to file income tax returns while living outside of the United States for any period
  
• Declare yourself a “nonimmigrant” on your tax returns
  

Source:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=3f443a4107083210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=3f443a4107083210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

LOLOLOL!!!!^^^

This seems like some kind of Orwell Animal Farm gone bad.

http://www.scribd.co...itutional-Court

A long read

The author's being Thaksin's lawyer/PR firm, they have lots of time and staff to write their own long, incomparable spin in this public relations piece.

A REPORT PRESENTED BY

AMSTERDAM & PARTNERS LLP

I missed that at the top. That's 10 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

Elect a mafia boss, get a ganster PM, that refuses to leave. Remove him and then they replace him with the mafia boss's sister until the mafia boss can get his crimes expunged and take back the PM and run Thailand again like a mob family. Did he forget that he will need the King's permission?

No matter how this mess turns out, Thaksin will never get it. I remember him crying on TV when he didn't get it the last time.

This country is being torn apart by two groups over one man. Is it really worth it? Has anything the yellow shirts and red shirts have done made a positive impact on your lives? I mean, really, this is two groups of self-righteous sociopaths looking to one-up each other in public places. In any other country they'd be locked up by now.

That pretty much sums it up.

Are they sure that's a clip from Parliament?

Similar footage was on Wrestlemania's Battle Royal.

Except Wrestlemania is better scripted and less confusing.

One thing is clear.

We are back to 2008 as if nothing has been learned from last time.

And more of the same act as the Samak-Somchai Thaksin-Puppet governments.

So logically the other side will make similar moves, until violence breaks out.

The only questions remain:

1 ) What has Thaksin learned from last time, about how to deal with in your face opposition that, yet again, will not tolerate his maneuvers?

2 ) How far can the army be pushed this time, and why, if it is farther this time?

3 ) Will the police try to control PAD as they did last time, minus a wild card SaeDang to act behind the scenes?

4 ) how far and how fast will this escalate?

It's all so sad.

#2 is a very good question?

Good to see him getting out and about.

Crab

Does anyone one know what "Pu" means in Thai? just asking.

Crab

Looks like there's at least one sane MP in the PTP.

The more he's revealing his megalomania, egotistical tendencies and gray-eminence-meddling, the more I think it was a great idea to forcefully remove him from power no matter how much some elements think this was "undemocratic". Had this man continued on, Thailand today could well be another Turkmenistan.

The very act of visiting him in Vientiane just to pay hommage is nothing short of absurd and bizarre.

If he returns as threatened, I predict more violence and bloodshed.

Bolded above says it all. That guy doesn't care 1 bhat about Thailand.

There were really 100,000 people there. It's just that this coupist newspaper is hiding the true facts.

Don't get him started.

It warms one's heart to see people standing up to defend corrupt, megalomaniac creeps against the consequences of their actions.

and to see others standing up for unelected, murdering coupists.

I thought people were only allowed one account here?