Thaksin Has Arrived At Don Mueang Airport

[eisfeld]

Instead of the watch I'd note the two badges on his jacket that he was sporting.

[KannikaP]

7 minutes ago, sqwakvfr said:

I thought he was an international fugitive.  He was escorted out of the jet and all smiles.  Does he get booked, face a judge or have to post bail?  From what I saw it looked rather low key and anticlimactic?  Is he really going to jail/prison?  

So the News says. Sentenced within an hour of landing.

[daejung]

5 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Do you know he increased visa fees from 500 to 1900 baht.

Still very cheap!
Strange to make a political opinion just about that!

An elected politician tried in court under a dictatorship but the dictator remains free

[John Drake]

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

Keen-eyed netizens noticed the watch Thaksin is wearing in one of the photos. X (Twitter) user and political analyst M.L. Nattakorn Devakula wrote “If I am not wrong, the watch Thaksin is wearing is Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime”.

Patek Philippe watches are renowned some of the most expensive in the world. If M.L. Nattakorn is correct, prices of the series he mentioned start at about Bt110 million.

When Thaksin landed at a Don Muang VIP airport, however, online detectives went to work again, noticing that the watch Thaksin was now wearing, when he briefly greeted his supporters, was not the same one as in the photo taken on the aircraft.

Instead, it was identified as an Omega X Swatch, the price of which is about Bt8,700.

The man is a two-timer.

[ThaiFelix]

3 hours ago, rbkk said:

I've been here since 1998. I remember clearly the improvements Thaksin made for Thailand and understand the love some Thai's have for him. Perhaps the memories a bit dusty but...OTOP, One Tambon One Product, the villages products reinvigorated the klongthom markets nationwide. Revolving micro finance (10,000 baht?); the source of funding for the street sellers stalls that sprung up everywhere nationwide. Low cost housing, Suvarnabhumi Airport, amongst other infrastructure projects, Exchange rates at  about x2 today's rates (UK Pound/Thai baht =60/70+ baht) certainly benefitted me in the construction of a house in 2001. The introduction of universal healthcare......

And the arrest without charge of some 1200 protesters who were manacled and stacked, yes their bodies were stacked, in shipping containers, without air or water, to be transported to prison resulting in the deaths of 85 Thai citizens.  Thaksin didnt order the massacre but he strongly supported the military/police personel that did, as well as their actions.

 

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

[steven100]

19 minutes ago, sqwakvfr said:

I thought he was an international fugitive.  He was escorted out of the jet and all smiles.  Does he get booked, face a judge or have to post bail?  From what I saw it looked rather low key and anticlimactic?  Is he really going to jail/prison?  

of coarse he's not going to jail / prison.  Don't be so ludicrous   !

[metisdead]

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[flexomike]

5 hours ago, Trippy said:

He looks good for being 71.

amazing what a little Kiwi shoe polish can do

[MrMojoRisin]

13 minutes ago, ThaiFelix said:

And the arrest without charge of some 1200 protesters who were manacled and stacked, yes their bodies were stacked, in shipping containers, without air or water, to be transported to prison resulting in the deaths of 85 Thai citizens.  Thaksin didnt order the massacre but he strongly supported the military/police personel that did, as well as their actions.

 

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

What’s your point?

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thaksin-hints-at-collusion-behind-tak-bai-massacre/

 

[Artisi]

5 minutes ago, flexomike said:

amazing what a little Kiwi shoe polish can do

Especially in your hair ????

[bizboi]

5 hours ago, bob smith said:

awwww,

 

sour much? suck it up buttercup. come and join the party!!

The corruption party? Not what the Thai people voted for petal!!!!

[geisha]

1 hour ago, placnx said:

There are some people who exemplify their Chineseness with the control obsession, Xi Jin Ping being the exemplar. Thaksin at the end of his time in power was displaying this unfortunate tendency.

10 to 15% of Thais are from Chinese origin.  That’s an awful lot to detest ! 

[Neeranam]

1 hour ago, placnx said:

There are some people who exemplify their Chineseness with the control obsession, Xi Jin Ping being the exemplar. Thaksin at the end of his time in power was displaying this unfortunate tendency.

You can take the Chinese out of China but...

 

 

[bizboi]

5 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Yes, absolutely.

Being born in a barn does not make one a horse -Arthur Wellesley 

[Dogmatix]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Not a lot of younger red shirts, unlike the 2009 and 2010 protests. Not sure how much Thaksin's brand resonates with young voters as a 74 year old out of touch with Thai people and a sell out to the military.

 

[Dogmatix]

6 minutes ago, geisha said:

10 to 15% of Thais are from Chinese origin.  That’s an awful lot to detest ! 

And they control over 90% of the country's wealth.

[Neeranam]

5 minutes ago, bizboi said:

Being born in a barn does not make one a horse -Arthur Wellesley 

????

[Spock]

5 hours ago, retarius said:

I think the extrajudicial killings probably saved a lot of kids' lives. When I came here they had nowhere near the problem that exist today with yaba. Same thinking that led the Americans to nuke Hiroshima and Nagasaki, that sometimes the noble end justifies the means. I don't necessarily agree with that line of thinking, but I don't think he should go to jail for anything. The trial was a politically motivated pig circus (in the words of Bob Dylan).

Please don't quote Bob Dylan and praise Thaksin in the same post. They are incomparable as people and public figures. Thaksin and Dutertes have a lot in common, and any close friend of Hun Sen is no friend of mine. 

[Spock]

5 hours ago, TimeMachine said:

Good point.  Haha.such a snake like Thaksin chosen over dinosaurs. I prefer T although its unbelievable that a genuine guy P  comes into play and he has been told to go home to mommy. Newer tiktok generations will not have much ability to make any difference.  Looks like same same for eternity here. 

The military dinosaurs are bedfellows now of the Pheu Thai party. 

[spidermike007]

2 hours ago, Donga said:

So many sweeping statements, like "move it backwards" which fly in the face of data. Maybe take off the gloom goggles and compare Thailand's performance objectively... while we enjoy the freedom and lifestyle in this wonderful country, recognising its faults and challenges.

The nation is recognized by the World Bank as "one of the great development success stories" in social and development indicators... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Thailand

Btw, which countries would you nominate as paragons of virtue and performance?

I don't debate Thailand's great progress. However, it happened prior to the recent army goon coup. 

 

 

The nation is recognized by the World Bank as "one of the great development success stories" in social and development indicators. Despite a per capita gross national income (GNI) of US$7,090 and ranking 66th in the Human Development Index (HDI), the percentage of people below the national poverty line decreased from 65.26 percent in 1988 to 8.61 percent in 2016, according to the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council's (NESDC) new poverty baseline.

 

Prayuth has proven to be a highly ineffective prime minister, even setting aside the term limit controversy. Following the coup and its harsh aftermath, in which pro-democracy protests were violently repressed, he never accepted any semblance of a return to parliamentary democracy—even after his coalition won the 2019 elections. He has also maintained his authoritarian tendencies. He has personally mocked and threatened the media and civil society, and his government has charged at least 200 activists and opposition politicians with various dubious crimes, including lese majeste.  

 

https://www.cfr.org/article/prayuths-misrule-turning-thailand-powder-keg

[hotandsticky]

31 minutes ago, MrMojoRisin said:

What’s your point?

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thaksin-hints-at-collusion-behind-tak-bai-massacre/

 

The point, that you will never be capable of seeing, is that your hero may not be the angel that you want him to be 

[placnx]

30 minutes ago, geisha said:

10 to 15% of Thais are from Chinese origin.  That’s an awful lot to detest ! 

You don't understand the mentality of Chinese bosses, evidently, the vicious circle of power and wealth. That's not to say that overseas Chinese such as Chinese Thais are incapable of assimilation and reform.

[Bday Prang]

3 hours ago, scorecard said:

I don't recall that. 

I do recall many countries offered serious immediate help and aid, massive equipment, medical, plans equipment materials funds to rebuild verylarge numbers of houses, hospitals etc., and more. He arogantly rejected all along with 'we don't need help Thailand is not a poor country, go away'. 

along with the prosecution of people helping out in the emergency, for visa offences

[connda]

I just walked by my wife's TV set and noticed that "Tony" has brought a Red Revolution with him it seems.  So much for long-run political stability in the LOS (Land of <colored> Shirts).  But perhaps that is the point all along.  Back to pre-2014 it seems. 

[Joseph98765]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

breathe the same air as his Thai brothers and sisters.

yeah....wait for "Feb-May" air...you will love it.

[zzaa09]

Ahhh....all is well with the world.

The coming weeks and months should prove to be quite fascinating. 

Things are never what they appear to be.

????

[trainman34014]

Ah yes; he wants to return to breath the same polluted air as his Brothers and Sisters !    Lol.

[scorecard]

28 minutes ago, connda said:

I just walked by my wife's TV set and noticed that "Tony" has brought a Red Revolution with him it seems.  So much for long-run political stability in the LOS (Land of <colored> Shirts).  But perhaps that is the point all along.  Back to pre-2014 it seems. 

Interesting. I do believe close to nobody knows at this stage what this is all about, what's the strategy, what's the expected end result etc. 

 

But we do know the paymaster is interested in one thing only - himself, all else has been caste aside and trodden on.

 

- Has he PM voting finished?

- Any clear result?

 

 

[Tanlic]

I gave up on reading posts on page 1.

 

I get an email saying he's been arrested and is in jail but when I open the site it says some says he will be arrested.

 

Is someone taking the mickey or did I miss something?

[Bday Prang]

3 hours ago, Artisi said:

In his own cell due to his ill health, just been assessed with lung problems from 2 bouts of CV19, low bone density, blood pressure, heart problem other than that he's ok. 

surprised he was considered fit to fly