Buddha Issara Followers Fume At Defrocked Monk’s Arrest

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Police escort Buddha Issara out of the Crime Suppression Division on Thursday afternoon.

 

BANGKOK — Fans of a defrocked monk who once led street protests that helped topple a government have come out in force to support him both outside the prison and online.

 

While dozens of supporters visited monk-provocateur Suwit Thongprasert, aka Buddha Issara, at the Bangkok Remand Prison on Friday morning following his dramatic police arrest on Thursday, his fans defended him online and berated police action of arresting him.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/calamity/2018/05/25/buddha-issara-followers-fume-at-defrocked-monks-arrest/

 

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His fans defended him !!

He was a monk not a rock star, pathetic.

4 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

Police escort Buddha Issara out of the Crime Suppression Division on Thursday afternoon.

 

 

What de frock? How come he's wearing the robes again?

Oh wow, this just keeps getting better. 

25 minutes ago, Darcula said:

 

What de frock? How come he's wearing the robes again?

I'm guessing that photo was taken after the "interview" but before the trip to prison where he had to "de-robe". The tag line is Thursday afternoon.
 

Give the cops a break they did not have a spare set of clothes for whereas the prison will have his size on the shelf.

20 years for faking a royal stamp. 

He's in a right pickle. 

 

This is karma at its finest hour. 

There's only one question.Why now?

 

There's only one answer.We don't know.

58 minutes ago, jayboy said:

There's only one question.Why now?

 

There's only one answer.We don't know.

Or another one, it's part of the political manauvering by the junta to get things in place for the election they must win. 

1 hour ago, jayboy said:

There's only one question.Why now?

 

 

 

Because, sooner or later :

 

" Revolution is like (the God) Saturn, it devours its own children".

                                                                                            Georg Büchner (1813–1837)

 

 

He's being tossed under-the-bus to make it look good and like the junta is impartial and trying to do something...but that won't be extended to the real scumbags like Suthep.

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1 hour ago, jayboy said:

There's only one question.Why now?

 

There's only one answer.We don't know.

The answer is don't ask, just savor the moment. 

2 hours ago, colinneil said:

His fans defended him !!

He was a monk not a rock star, pathetic.

Thats the way of  todays "pathetic"  world, sadly.

The cops broke into his (very small) apartment like a SWAT team after a known cop killer. he put his robes on in the presence of the (shouting) policemen.

 

 

She who laughs last.....laughs loudest.

 

1 hour ago, Enoon said:

 

Because, sooner or later :

 

" Revolution is like (the God) Saturn, it devours its own children".

                                                                                            Georg Büchner (1813–1837)

 

 

"Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy."

Franz Kafka

"Please don't go, don't go, don't do away"

 

 

it aint over 'till the fat lady cries.... I hope

So what does the PM have to say on these Buddhist corruption issues? Absolutely nothing because he squibs the issue like he does every other issue which might lose him votes in the coming election.

Like always, Foghorn Leghorn goes into Chicken Little mode.

56 minutes ago, Cadbury said:

So what does the PM have to say on these Buddhist corruption issues? Absolutely nothing because he squibs the issue like he does every other issue which might lose him votes in the coming election.

Like always, Foghorn Leghorn goes into Chicken Little mode.

I'm not sure it has anything to do with corruption.

17 minutes ago, jayboy said:

I'm not sure it has anything to do with corruption.

Not quite sure what you are saying. Are you suggesting Buddhist monk corruption is a form of purist and divine corruption and not like the normal up-front RTP, political, civil and all other forms of Thai corruption?

1 hour ago, Cadbury said:

So what does the PM have to say on these Buddhist corruption issues? Absolutely nothing because he squibs the issue like he does every other issue which might lose him votes in the coming election.

Like always, Foghorn Leghorn goes into Chicken Little mode.

I say boy, I say...

fogleg01.mp3

21 minutes ago, Cadbury said:

Not quite sure what you are saying. Are you suggesting Buddhist monk corruption is a form of purist and divine corruption and not like the normal up-front RTP, political, civil and all other forms of Thai corruption?

No, I'm saying that I'm not convinced that the alleged corruption (which might well be true) is what's driving the case against Issara.

Rienthong with his ' rubbish collection ' group were always for the harshest punishments against anyone falling foul of the draconian LM law.

 

Provided it was only used against people of the wrong political views.

 

Seems online fitting to judge Issara using the benchmark they themselves set as fair and just.

5 hours ago, lamyai3 said:

"Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy."

Franz Kafka

All revolutions devour their own children.

Ernst Rohm

(and he would know!)

Word on the soi is Prayuth has been pressured into this .....

7 hours ago, lamyai3 said:

"Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy."

Franz Kafka

15 hours ago, jayboy said:

No, I'm saying that I'm not convinced that the alleged corruption (which might well be true) is what's driving the case against Issara.

I would also add that it is probably not because of his activity as PDRC leader either.....

23 hours ago, Darcula said:

What de frock? How come he's wearing the robes again?

Maybe "Fans of a defrocked monk" was a translation error and should have read, "Fans of a debunked monk?"

23 hours ago, colinneil said:

His fans defended him !!

He was a monk not a rock star, pathetic.

Pathetically writing you mean I guess, because they should have said his followers, because yes some monks have "followers"

21 hours ago, jayboy said:

No, I'm saying that I'm not convinced that the alleged corruption (which might well be true) is what's driving the case against Issara.

Now I understand. You should have said that in the first place.