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Warring mafia factions getting ready for another round of battle. Thailand in a nutshell.

"Mr. Nicho Laji Dikiy" ?? Doesn't appear to be the name you would expect if the person was a former CIA agent. KGB perhaps?

Who says the human trafficking and pedophilia rings don't exist in Thailand? I always hear "Oh that's only in Cambodia".

"However, during the negotiations Nattiyanee died in an accident."

KARMA

Horrible English (whoever wrote this article)..... and jumping from the 7th floor without dying is beyond incredible.

Nice BIASED Headlines. I wonder if anyone checked the archives for news flashes and see if a headline about 2 years ago might say something like ... "MP Apisit Lost Election, Now Presiding as Thai PM Through His Networks & Nepotism"

Misnamed Thai Democrat Party making itself look even more ruthless and even less credible

Remnants of Apisit trying to linger around and change immigration policies as long as they possibly can. They're just mad that the lang schools are getting the money and not the immigration dept. Costs for getting visas have gone up tremendously over the past 5 years or so, and immigration is more corrupt than ever.

Thaksin is already promising to bring the USD back to 40/THB and 30 million tourists a year in LOS - he has all but actually proclaimed himself the real PM. Ta-da! The joke is no longer just a joke. A whole nation (or at least most of it) has fallen for it.

I don't think the Thais are that stupid.

Maybe that's what they wanted Bob!

Bob may also believe the middle and wealthy class Thai mindset that was given to them by the coup leaders in 2006... that "The poor in Thailand don't understand democracy." ... In other words, the poor are stupid farmers that will vote for anybody that gives them 500 baht and various promises. I see this mentality quite often in Bangkok. A true contempt for the poor or lower classes.

"Thaskin 'Clone" set to be PM"

Real impartial headline that one!

Hehe. Every story here on TV.com seems incredibly biased with right-wing type headlines...almost comical at times.

Classic "Thai-style" politics is making a comeback now that the country enjoys "Thai-style" democracy and unelected Prime Ministers.... The days of "Jao Paw (เจ้าพ่อ)" (Godfathers) are back in fashion.

More semi-fascist propaganda from the ultra-conservative Thai political right in a deliberate effort to add fuel to the nationalist fire ...

Thaksin might have abused his position somewhat and "lined his own nest" ...

BUT AT LEAST HE HELPED THE "LITTLE" THAI PEOPLE !!!

The hard-working Thai people in the villages LOVE him !!

Of course they do... He paid them to vote for him !

I got news for you, most everybody gets paid to vote in Thailand. The Dems were giving out 500 baht per vote in my area last week. That's the oldest hypocritical excuse I've ever heard.

Waiting to hear their official explanation of what happened.

Maybe the mayor can prove this by taking a spoonful during the press conference.

Good Idea. This is going to blow up in their faces because they're trying to smooth everything over and not being forthcoming (they haven't been since this first began). Another thing their "health expert" failed to mention is that the route of exposure is very critical in terms of health effects. The insecticide used did not kill the people because they took teaspoons of it. It killed them because they inhaled it all night in close proximity to the vapors. He also failed to mention that many other factors are involved in explaining why the hotel manager or others did not die from exposure (ventilation, length of exposure, concentration differences, etc.)... he also did not say whether or not every room was sprayed with that particular organochloride. Why doesn't he just come out and say that somebody made the concentration too strong and thus inadvertently poisoned the guests at his hotel (and probably at other nearby hotels). Land of massive censorship.

Is it me or does Colonel Sanders look Chinese?

HAHAHA... Okay that was a little over the top, but funny.

They will get frustrated. They don't have the majority support or the moral authority to pull off what they are demanding. ((remove)). You figure it out ...

They have the majority support. If an election were held today, Peuah Thai would win again. And the military would dissolve the party. This is not democracy. This is moreless a fascist and/or elitist system. A system where some people's (the majority of the electorate) votes don't count; or don't count as much as other wealthier voting groups.

Just blame Taksin for this, just like for everything else. What kind of news story is this?? Of course there is going to be individual cases of violence. There was violence during the yellow shirt protests as well, everyone knows this. Why does this website seem to keep generating news write-ups that portray a narrow view of events related to politics in Thailand?

Why does the news from this site always seem to be very biased?

greed feeding greed. How are they going to distribute the wealth between the wealthy? Poor Mr Thaksin.

hehe. this is funny. but also true. and the wealthiest of the wealthy pay no taxes and answer to nobody! hehe. Amazing Thailand!

Why should Google respond? Surely, if the International Courts have not ruled on the border, "cutting it in half" is the fairest thing. Maybe Thailand should ask for "land rent money" from Cambodia, for half of the Temple......

International court already ruled on it long ago; and gave the temple back to Cambodia (as it is a Cambodian temple). This seems like very simple logic, but the clowns in the Apishit admin don't want to admit the truth. I think the article misnames them as Thai "nationalists". Rather, it should be renamed "fascists".

I've never heard of "zebra crossings", but I have heard of a "crosswalk".

Anyway, police were making money on people all over Bangkok last week (Thursday I believe) for not using the crosswalks and many other trivial things. Any other day you see them directing traffic and looking right at people as they walk across the streets, far from any crosswalk.

People drive crazy in Thailand, period. Accidents galore as many people probably already know. It will continue until the government does something never before seen here; that is, do it's job.

In Thailand, so called "racial profiling" is probably accepted and nobody objects to its suppressing of somebody's civil rights; but then again, many things in Thailand violate civil rights and nobody complains about it..oh yeah.. except the red shirts. hehehe.

Is this a joke????? And if it isn't, what business is it for the daughter to tell her dad not to have sex with his own wife??? W T F ?! This story is both disgusting and provocative!

I would be interested to know how many of these accidents, deaths and incarceration are related to alcohol.

Scott, good question. I don't know about in reference to particular nationalities (the relation with alcohol) visiting Thailand or residing here; but I have read some stats on previous studies among the general population. These were supposedly randomized cases where data was documented at the hospital, including blood-alcohol test results. The few studies I have read place showed somewhere between 70-80% alcohol-related (total accidents, fatal and non-fatal).

One study (I forget the title, but wish I had it for referencing you to see) was particularly impressive. It found a 12.6-fold difference in fatality between subjects wearing helmets versus those not wearing helmets. This was a very large study spanning 1 year's time, with around 5,000 accident cases involving motorcycle accidents in Thailand nationwide (I believe it was data from the year 2005). The results were somewhere along the order of the following...

Percentage of deaths due to motorcycle accidents (in which contact to the head occurred) and helmet was worn: % 7

Percentage of deaths due to motorcycle accidents (in which contact to the head occurred) and helmet was not worn: % 88

Most common cause of death among accident subjects (both groups): Subdural Hematoma (Acute) (Acute brain injury)