Politician Acquitted Over Missing Plaque Remarks

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Politician Acquitted Over Missing Plaque Remarks

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Reporters take pictures of the new plaque replacing the one marking 1932 revolution.

 

BANGKOK — A former Pheu Thai MP was acquitted Friday of sedition and cybercrimesfor questioning what happened to a historic plaque that went missing in April 2017.

 

In its ruling, the court said Watana Muangsook, 61, was expressing opinion within legal boundaries when he criticized the police for failing to find the plaque, which marked the overthrow of the absolute monarchy in 1932.

 

The court then dismissed all charges against Watana.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2018/12/15/politician-acquitted-over-missing-plaque-remarks/

 

 

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[JoePai]

So who did nick it ?

[tifino]

funny place to have! right out there in middle of the street.

 

 

does it mark the spot of some particular roadkill of the day? 

 

 

or just there to pave the way to a new future?   a one way street

[Bob12345]

49 minutes ago, JoePai said:

So who did nick it ?

We are not allowed to talk about that, but you can find the answers online when digging a bit.

[Enoon]

32 minutes ago, tifino said:

funny place to have! right out there in middle of the street.

 

 

does it mark the spot of some particular roadkill of the day? 

 

 

or just there to pave the way to a new future?   a one way street

 

It marked this (the words on the original plaque):

 

"Here on 24 June 1932 at dawn, the People's Party proclaimed a constitution for the country's advancement."

 

The plaque which "mysteriously" replaced it says:

 

“Loyalty and love to the Buddhist Triple Gem, the State, one’s family, and an honest heart for the King are good tools for the prosperity of the state.”

 

Given that the replacement plaque is not location specific, one wonders why one that was had to be taken away and....."vanished"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tifino]

10 minutes ago, Enoon said:

 

It marked this (the words on the original plaque):

 

"Here on 24 June 1932 at dawn, the People's Party proclaimed a constitution for the country's advancement."

 

The plaque which "mysteriously" replaced it says:

 

“Loyalty and love to the Buddhist Triple Gem, the State, one’s family, and an honest heart for the King are good tools for the prosperity of the state.”

 

Given that the replacement plaque is not location specific, one wonders why one that was had to be taken away and....."vanished"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

maybe it was relocated to a nearby Colgate 

 

after a bit of a brush up and some whitening

 

 

[Oziex1]

So it had words that could cause confusion amongst Thai people. 

[Kieran00001]

1 hour ago, tifino said:

funny place to have! right out there in middle of the street.

 

 

does it mark the spot of some particular roadkill of the day? 

 

 

or just there to pave the way to a new future?   a one way street

 

Its not a street, its the Royal Plaza.

[Kieran00001]

Quote

“Looking for the owner [of this plaque]. If you don’t come dig it out by Dec. 30, my friends and I will consider that there’s no owner. We will go remove or destroy it ourselves. If you want to keep it as a souvenir, quickly dig it out,”

Thepmontri Limpaphayorm

http://www.khaosodenglish.com/culture/net/2016/11/02/ultra-royalists-threaten-destroy-1932-revolution-plaque/

[tifino]

8 minutes ago, Kieran00001 said:

 

Its not a street, its the Royal Plaza.

oh ok... I just read that there are recently rebuilt footpaths and roadss within Royal Plaza...

[Lemonltr]

[Eligius]

54 minutes ago, Lemonltr said:

The Three Blind, Deaf and Gagged Monkeys: official Thai policy inculcated at every level of Thai society.

 

Edited December 16, 2018 by Eligius

[yellowboat]

A bit of history gone.  Rather sad. 

[Eric Loh]

1 hour ago, yellowboat said:

A bit of history gone.  Rather sad. 

Someone want that bit of history erased. 

[tifino]

39 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Someone want that bit of history erased. 

invisible inks and carbon traces can always be restored... there's vinegar, and fire,

 

and other more modern methods:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Thailand

 

1932 gets it's fair mention

 

[timendres]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_revolution_of_1932

Explains the significance of the plaque.