No special law needed to contend with Bangkok bombers, Prayut says

[rooster59]

No special law needed to contend with Bangkok bombers, Prayut says

By THE NATION

 

 

The spate of bomb blasts in Bangkok does not warrant the invoking of a special law to respond to them, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Friday.

 

The spate of bomb blasts in Bangkok does not warrant the invoking of a special law to respond to them, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Friday.

 

In the morning, Prayut urged people not to panic as the reports of the blasts came in and ordered police to rush to bring the perpetrators to justice.

 

Prayut, who is also the defence minister, also ordered police to step up security and appealed for people to report any irregularities they see.

 

The incidents took place as Thailand hosts regional summits, including for the 52nd Asean foreign ministers gathering, the post ministerial conferences and related meetings from July 30 to August 3 in Bangkok.

 

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are attending the Asean Regional Forum held in Bangkok earlier today. He arrived in Bangkok on Thursday and attended an Asean-US meeting, and today he joined the Asean Regional Forum.

 

The were many locations where the bombs went off. Five of them occurred at the Government Complex (B Building) on Chaeng Watthana road, a spot near Chong Nonsee station on the BTS Skytrain line, Soi Rama IX, the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters, and the Office of the Permanent Secretary For Defence (Sri Samarn Road).

 

 

The Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) denied reports that certain parts of Bangkok have been declared special security zones and placed under tight security in the wake of the blasts in the different parts of the capital.

 

ISOC spokesperson Maj-General Thanathip Sawangsaeng confirmed that the reports circulating on social media were just rumours. 

 

After the blasts, key politicians and ministers came forward to condemn the incidents while urging that people remain calm. Many key locations, including transport sites, have seen security stepped up.

 

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob ordered state agencies to increase security for all modes of transport in the wake of the sporadic explosions in the morning.

 

Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana on Friday afternoon added his voice to calls for the public to stay calm.

 

The Pheu Thai Party’s chief strategist Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan on Friday afternoon condemned the people behind the series of bomb blasts and called on the government to bring them to justice as soon as possible.

 

Meanwhile, two men were arrested early on Friday aboard a south-bound bus in Chumphon province on suspicion of placing two fake homemade bombs in front of the Royal Thai Police headquarters on Thursday evening.

 

There are no indications from the authorities that they are linking that event with the blasts of the following day.

 

Police cordoned off the section of Rama I Road in front of the headquarters on Thursday night when two boxes with flashing LED lights were spotted under a main sign.

 

A team of explosive ordnance disposal officers was sent in to check and found a potato chip box and a juice box made to look like homemade bombs. They contained a detonator circuit board and metal pellets, but no explosives.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30374141

 

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[YetAnother]

18 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The spate of bomb blasts in Bangkok does not warrant the invoking of a special law to respond to them, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Friday.

In other words, 'don't worry, be happy, what' s a few bombs? And so what if there are more', he continues to treat us underlings as children

[ChipButty]

Im amazed that we have not had more of this around Thailand and the problems in the south, some high value targets for insurgents to aim at if they wanted to cause some damage No t that I want it Im happy as it is, but Im always aware of these things

[thirdleg]

In fact these clowns make Dad's army look like consummate professionals!

[Hayduke]

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

Prayut, who is also the defence minister, also ordered police to step up security and appealed for people to report any irregularities they see.

 

We're with you 100% General. Does your office at the Ministry of Irregularities have a phone number?

 

 

 

[bluesofa]

22 minutes ago, Hayduke said:

We're with you 100% General. Does your office at the Ministry of Irregularities have a phone number?

Going on the name alone, that's obviously another one our glorious leader must be in charge of.

[RotBenz8888]

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

No special law needed to contend with Bangkok bombers, Prayut says

Could affect tourism negative, better downplay and hope it calms down...

[RotMahKid]

What a picture of him, he looks like a spoiled child that did not got what he wanted.

[sammieuk1]

In Turkey Erdogan faked and staged managed his own coup to seize total control then blamed everything on a cleric living in the USA and rounding up hundreds of thousands under terrorism charges claiming a parallel shadow state was at work.

This could well be a watered down version under way if things get more tricky for the new democratically elected government and the opposition starts asking more questions of where has all the money gone out comes 44 and terror charges.( just my thought )????  

[Lamkyong]

pointy cop (center)   its him 

[Fred white]

1 hour ago, Hayduke said:

 

We're with you 100% General. Does your office at the Ministry of Irregularities have a phone number?

 

 

 

They have medicine for irregularity ????

[NCC1701A]

"The airport is this way"

"I'm going to my submarine."

 

[Artisi]

13 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

"The airport is this way"

"I'm going to my submarine."

 

More like pointy cop is saying "how's the manhood, General" 

General "just a second while I check it out" 

[bluesofa]

32 minutes ago, Fred white said:

2 hours ago, Hayduke said:

We're with you 100% General. Does your office at the Ministry of Irregularities have a phone number?

They have medicine for irregularity ????

He could borrow some of Prawit's medicine - but there again he suffered over-irregularity.

[bluesofa]

5 minutes ago, Artisi said:

More like pointy cop is saying "how's the manhood, General" 

General "just a second while I check it out" 

One, two - yup, all present and correct.

[FarFlungFalang]

3 hours ago, YetAnother said:

he continues to treat us underlings as children

Didn't know you are one of his underlings.I'll have to keep an eye on you then.

[bluesofa]

2 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Didn't know you are one of his underlings.I'll have to keep an eye on you then.

Underlings - I thought that was a small monkey?

[FarFlungFalang]

11 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Underlings - I thought that was a small monkey?

It's an under monkey!Hey! Hey! We'er the Undermonkeys?

[ChipButty]

Just enforce the laws you already have

[Cadbury]

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

No special law needed to contend with Bangkok bombers

No new laws needed but a nice big fat juicy reward could be offered and collected by senior police officers; even though any alleged culprits might not be the right ones. 

2.5 million baht sounds a nice round number which was the same as the reward given to the RTP for the Erawan Shine bombing.

[Burma Bill]

9 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Im amazed that we have not had more of this around Thailand and the problems in the south, some high value targets for insurgents to aim at if they wanted to cause some damage No t that I want it Im happy as it is, but Im always aware of these things

Yes indeed, especially as IS terrorists are being forced out of Syria and Iraq - where to next??

[Srikcir]

10 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The spate of bomb blasts in Bangkok does not warrant the invoking of a special law to respond to them

Says the Minister of Defense and "former" military coup leader Prayut who can mobilize the Army at any time (perhaps with the permission of PM Prayut).

Prayut didn't need to invoke any special law to respond to anti-government demands to overthrow an elected government. Why be concerned with any special law to respond to some civilian bomb attack?

[Oziex1]

8 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

In Turkey Erdogan faked and staged managed his own coup to seize total control then blamed everything on a cleric living in the USA and rounding up hundreds of thousands under terrorism charges claiming a parallel shadow state was at work.

This could well be a watered down version under way if things get more tricky for the new democratically elected government and the opposition starts asking more questions of where has all the money gone out comes 44 and terror charges.( just my thought )????  

National or Homeland Security is the cover of much treachery.

[sammieuk1]

8 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

"The airport is this way"

"I'm going to my submarine."

 

Could be another general with a trouser accident by the look of his face as someone points out the culprit ????

[bluesofa]

Just now, sammieuk1 said:

Could be another general with a trouser accident by the look of his face as someone points out the culprit ????

I thought General Trouser Accident was a UK insurance company, although it does seem someone is trying to make a drama out of a crisis.

[klauskunkel]

11 hours ago, rooster59 said:

key politicians and ministers came forward to condemn the incidents

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob ordered everybody involved to drive 180km/h.

Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana called for a round of quantitative easing to calm the markets.

PM Prayut said he doesn't need a special law to deal with this, as a fact he doesn't need any laws.

Dep PM Prawit woke up and asked what happened, assuring everybody that he was in charge of the nation's intelligence.

Minister for Tourism and Sports Pipat Ratchakitprakarn insisted that Thailand was safe while visiting China Town with his bodyguards.

And finally Army Commander-in-Chief General Apirat Kongsompong surprised everyone with already knowing that same day who was behind the bombing and that he will personally sing "nak Paendin" to them.

[Pedrogaz]

Something about these bombings doesn't ring true. Clearly there is little intent to injure people. If the bombers wanted to cause real damage they could have planted a bigger bomb at a better place and time.

 

When I heard about them, I assumed Prayut would want more powers to deal with the situation, powers that would not get removed, enabling him to continue as before locking up people who opposed him. According to this, he is not seeking additional powers. If this is truthful then we need to find out who else might have a beef....against ASEAN or Mike Pompeo and who would ant to harm Thailand....what about Uighurs or Rohingya? Thailand haven't treated them too well.... Or then we have the folks down south....but they set bombs to kill down there, not bombs to cause a small inconvenience to as few a people as possible?

It's all a mystery.

[greeneking]

4 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

Something about these bombings doesn't ring true. Clearly there is little intent to injure people. If the bombers wanted to cause real damage they could have planted a bigger bomb at a better place and time.

 

When I heard about them, I assumed Prayut would want more powers to deal with the situation, powers that would not get removed, enabling him to continue as before locking up people who opposed him. According to this, he is not seeking additional powers. If this is truthful then we need to find out who else might have a beef....against ASEAN or Mike Pompeo and who would ant to harm Thailand....what about Uighurs or Rohingya? Thailand haven't treated them too well.... Or then we have the folks down south....but they set bombs to kill down there, not bombs to cause a small inconvenience to as few a people as possible?

It's all a mystery.

Not to anyone who has been here a few years.

 

[Thomas J]

On 8/3/2019 at 6:09 AM, rooster59 said:

No special law needed to contend with Bangkok bombers, Prayut says

Must be a liberal that wrote this headline.  As if passing some "law" would stop people.  Maybe there should just be a "special law" that says don't do any bad things.  That ought to solve all of the problems with criminals. 

 

[Cadbury]

26 minutes ago, Thomas J said:

Must be a liberal that wrote this headline.  As if passing some "law" would stop people.  Maybe there should just be a "special law" that says don't do any bad things.  That ought to solve all of the problems with criminals. 

 

"Special law" is the new name for Article 44.