snoop1130 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Thai Gov't Dodges Questions About Zuckerberg 'Meeting' By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha at a September BRICS Summit in Xiamen, China. Original image: Associated Press BANGKOK — A day after Facebook denied a Thai government claim its CEO was coming to Bangkok to meet junta leader Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, all of officialdom clammed up Thursday rather than explain where the notion came from. After detailing earlier this week that he would discuss transnational crime with Mark Zuckerberg, Prayuth on Thursday refused to answer reporters’ questions today as to why the much-anticipated meeting was not taking place after all. Full Story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/culture/net/2017/10/19/thai-govt-dodges-questions-zuckerberg-non-meeting/ -- © Copyright Khaosod English 2017-10-19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quadperfect Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Stupid reporters always getting it wrong . Or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 6 minutes ago, quadperfect said: Stupid reporters always getting it wrong . Or what? Thailand has reporters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 19 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: discuss transnational crime What was little p thinking in this statement? Maybe he was going to teach Mark a thing or two on international and local crime, how to do it and get away with it perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 I guess after meeting Forrest Trump he thinks he's some kind of international big man. What a stupid thing to do. Saying you have a meeting with the CEO of Facebook when these words when never ever uttered. Should be utterly embarrassed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark131v Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Oooh I bet the little fuhrer is not his normal chirpy self today, reckon his minions will be drawing lots for who has to deal with him.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubuzz Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Is he going to be prosecuted for spreading false news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 (edited) 7 minutes ago, stubuzz said: Is he going to be prosecuted for spreading false news? That's it. Many people may have thought him meeting Mark could have ended badly and meant FB being shut down here. That would really wake the people up. This information caused a lot of my local friends 'confusion'. This can only be bad in such a temperamental time. Off for a word with khun Prawit, me thinks. Edited October 19, 2017 by rkidlad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkerry Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 The government has just made public its response to Facebook... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiSoLowSoNoSo Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Zuck-that-berg = suck that mountain ( English to Swedish translation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ib1b4 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 21 minutes ago, stubuzz said: Is he going to be prosecuted for spreading false news? No... He is going to charge all that reported what he claimed with the computer crimes act? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksidedog Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 (edited) I have said before one of the joys of living in Thailand is being able to have a bloody good laugh at total idiocy, stupidity, incompetence and hilarious failures pretty much daily. This one ranks particularly highly in the loss of face bracket. Prayut knows right now what it feels like to want the ground to just open up and remove you from sight. In true Facebook style, I "liked" this story! Edited October 19, 2017 by darksidedog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 PM cancels media session, remains mum on Zuckerberg meeting claim By THE NATION Mark Zuckerberg IT REMAINS unclear whether Facebook co-founder and major shareholder Mark Zuckerberg will meet with Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha in Thailand later this month. PM Prayut yesterday remained silent over the report. The premier cancelled a planned media session, which was expected to discuss the Zuckerberg meeting, after yesterday morning’s meeting of the provincial administration policy committee at Government House. Meanwhile, Deputy PM Somkid Jatusripitak, who was the first person to reveal the proposed meeting between Prayut and Zuckerberg, called in sick yesterday and did not attend the meeting at Government House. Somkid on Tuesday was quoted by Matichon newspaper as saying that Zuckerberg will meet Prayut on October 30. He said the visit would underline Facebook’s business interest in the Kingdom’s huge data centre and in online connectivity. His disclosure was followed by Prayut’s comment on Tuesday that he expected to meet Zuckerberg for discussions on a range of topics, including transnational crime. One day after Thai media ran the news, Facebook issued a statement saying, “There are no plans currently for any of our senior leaders to visit Thailand”. The Nation contacted Facebook’s public relations staff in Thailand yesterday and they repeated the same statement. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30329693 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-10-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Come on Mark, be a man and visit the leader with 96% approval, after all he out ranks Mr Chump in approval by 60%! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieqw Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 politicians the world over always dodge questions they dont want to answer so i completely go along with him. he's trying to give thailand a new start with the adoption of his roadmap, nitpicking journalists are not a great concern. i remember the outcry against the paparazzi after diana's death, its all about the story you can get ! having said that i cant believe reporters did not know about weinstein..... well that was a bit of a rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Little p FB message Please Mark I need you to come and meet me as I need the publicity. M;s reply Sorry can't make it as too busy closing down Facebook pages of a certain so called PM and his flunky junkies who lie like there is no tomorrow as we do not like Fake news on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIWIBATCH Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 looks like the government has spread wrong information via public media and websites, and has therefore broken it's own computer crime laws. It also confused the Thai people with false statements. If anyone else but the government had been doing this, they would be in jail already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 13 hours ago, rkidlad said: I guess after meeting Forrest Trump he thinks he's some kind of international big man. What a stupid thing to do. Saying you have a meeting with the CEO of Facebook when these words when never ever uttered. Should be utterly embarrassed. super egos never are embarassed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 It is Halloween. He has plans. Probably wants to dress up like a vampire or Julian Assange or something cool like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 14 hours ago, quadperfect said: Stupid reporters always getting it wrong . Or what? The "government" wizards will soon get back to their favored proven ancient procedure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckysilk Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Easy mistake to make, probably Jesse Eisenberg the kid who played Zuckerberg in The Social Network who’s really coming. They only listen to what they want to hear lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I'm sure he will enlighten us in due time with a poem or song on the subject Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan B Tong Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 A misunderstanding? Add it to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Hear no evil. See no evil. speak no evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAIBKK Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 (edited) Edited October 20, 2017 by PAIBKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Dude Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Where is the Minister of Truth when we need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcnx Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 16 hours ago, Artisi said: Thailand has reporters? Thailand has junta mouthpieces. The news he was coming came from the PM himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDfella Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 (edited) Edited October 20, 2017 by TKDfella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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