3 hours ago, BE88 said:

You never knew a VIP

I suppose you know hundreds of them personally!!!

3 hours ago, jacko45k said:

I always think of 2006, and getting the airport opened. There had been wrangling and delays and BS I could not believe.... I always felt Thaksin at least got that done. 

Yes, it was built without delay and it had a MASSIVE budget.

 

Note that on opening day many facilities / utilities were'nt finished / were faulty etc. 

 

Also note, it was built to a 30 year old plan with no upgrade to incorpororate recent technology etc., developments. 

1 hour ago, LosLobo said:

Wonder if they will give him a room with a view?

Perhaps he will get a view of the CentralWorld, a hundred metres away.

You know the one his supporters burnt down in 2010.

Maybe a corner room with 270° view?

 

They burned down a lot of things.

Thaksin Moved To Police Hospital Suite In The Middle Of The Night
by TNR Staff

 

Pheu Thai Party boss/former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the Police Hospital where he is resting in a suite. Picture Thai Rath

 

PHEU THAI de facto boss/ former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was rushed to the Police Hospital from Bangkok Remand Prison in the middle of the night after it was found that he was suffering from insomnia, chest tightness, high blood pressure and low oxygen level at his finger tip, Matichon newspaper and Sanook.com said today (Aug. 23).

 

Upon reaching the hospital after leaving the prison at 12.30 a.m.Thaksin was moved to the Royal Suite on the 14th floor of Maha Bhumibol Rachanusorn 88th Birthday Anniversary building where there are only two such suites on separate wings.

 

Mr. Sithi Suwong, the Corrections Department’s deputy director-general and spokesman, said careful consideration was made in moving Thaksin to the Police Hospital after going through his medical treatment records at hospitals in Singapore and the US.

 

Picture: Matichon

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/08/23/thaksin-moved-to-police-hospital-suite-in-the-middle-of-the-night/

 

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3 hours ago, impulse said:

Maybe a long term positive.  After the rioting quieted down.

 

Just shoot “em!!!

26 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Only if he died and it was proven to be natural causes. Any other reasons given by a deceitful lying government spokesperson will not be acceptable to many many Thai people.

But would bring joy to to the many be conned in his business days.

 

Further, he had no ethics or morals, he got his billionaire payout and invested in blood diamond mining, a very nasty hideous activity.

Edited August 23, 20232 yr by scorecard

3 hours ago, ChipButty said:

wasn't it him that put 200% tax on wine? 

And how many Thais did that affect?

3 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

555 Because he was once a policeman. 

True and in his day he totally controlled the police, they were very frightened of him.

2 hours ago, 1happykamper said:

How do these Thai have so much money? Lottery winnings? Rice field sale? Or the other more obvious way... corruption. 

Alternatively you could do an internet search and find out for yourself.

 

here is your starter for 10 points.

 

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

 

 

4 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

A much needed plot twist.

He was out of the headlines for at least 20 minutes.

 

Hope the inmates at Bang Kwang get equal treatment when they get a tummy bug.

 

He wasn't in Bang Kwang.

9 minutes ago, billd766 said:

And how many Thais did that affect?

So you support that level of increase?

 

 

Just pushed the plebs deeper into Lao Khao consumption.

His strategy all along... he'll never serve time in prison, he'll be accommodated as a sick patient.

Funny how he  fell ill hours after returning to Thailand.

4 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

One of my biggest fears, he dies in Thailand under suspicious circumstances (or not), the country descends into chaos.

He was never going to stay in jail, he's going to play the sick card... funny how he's managed to globe trot around the world yet fall sick hours after being banged up.

 

Just now, hotchilli said:

His strategy all along... he'll never serve time in prison, he'll be accommodated as a sick patient.

Funny how he  fell ill hours after returning to Thailand.

Obviously not used to spicy Thai food - after all those goats testicles in the desert.

7 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

He wasn't in Bang Kwang.

4 hours ago, VillageIdiot said:

In recent candid photos he looks ghastly.

Definitely has health issues.

Maybe that prompted his return.

1/

 

4 hours ago, seajae said:

surprise surprise surprise, will be home detention next, this was the plan from the start, he will never spend time in jail especially now pt is in govt, the people of Thailand have been crapped on big time alll for this mans return and for pt to get their snouts back in the trough

2/

1/ & 2/

If Thaksin is really really ill, (as in shuffling off this mortal coil), then PT's potency in the coalition, (of which they are a minority), will be diluted both within government, and by the further drop off from their supporters, (and voters).

 

It's somtam all round; the silent coup has worked to retain the military in power for the next 5 years.

 

3 hours ago, ChipButty said:

was he stripped searched on arrival at the jail? I would love to see where he is staying in jail, I am told they have special suites in there, 

The Royal Suite, Room 1404 on the 14th floor of Mor Por Ror Building, of Police Hospital

 

2 hours ago, LosLobo said:

Wonder if they will give him a room with a view?

 

Perhaps he will get a view of the CentralWorld, a hundred metres away.

 

You know the one his supporters burnt down in 2010.

Overlooking Lumpini Park.

34 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Obviously, true.

I reckon he's suffering from L.ID. It's well known to cause insomnia, palpitations and feelings of inadequacy.

(luxury item deprivation) 

6 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

His strategy all along... he'll never serve time in prison, he'll be accommodated as a sick patient.

Funny how he  fell ill hours after returning to Thailand.

And flown to hospital in a helicopter - issue: insomnia.

 

And now pampered in a royal suite.

 

Step by step - soon 'home detention' for a few years then pardon. And his household maids can prepare his hot milk to help him sleep. And sit by his bed so he's not lonely.

 

Possibly no playing with his grandchidren,  not well enough, insomnia is a serious condition. 

 

Seems that its been well planned.

 

Ethics, not relevant.

Edited August 23, 20232 yr by scorecard

4 hours ago, scorecard said:

And many rejoice that a serious threat to Thailand's stability, development and transition to a real democracy has been removed.

IIRC Thaksin was elected democratically.

16 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

He wasn't in Bang Kwang.

 

I didn't say that he was, did I?

I was offering a comparison of his privileged life against normal criminals, a point that most posters seemed to understand.

 

Edited August 23, 20232 yr by Bert got kinky

The last thing any government would want is for Thaksin to die in jail, it would make him a martyr to his supporters.

While I am not a fan,  the northern Thais I know much prefer him over Prayut, who they dismiss as a criminal.

18 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

So you support that level of increase?

 

 

Just pushed the plebs deeper into Lao Khao consumption.

Most of them never drank wine anyway.

As a former "country bumpkin" ex-pat who lived in Lanna for several years, I wish you, Mister T, a speedy recovery and a quick return to your family home in Chiang Mai. 

55 minutes ago, billd766 said:

The coup caretaker government NEVER do the smart thing. They haven't since 2014 so why expect them to change now?

They paid the rice farmers, who had been waiting for money for over a year. 

4 hours ago, rabas said:

Some of Thailand's best doctors are at the Army Hospital in Bangkok, ...  why not take him there?

 

As he was ,and probably still has the tittle of police Captain ......he has been taken there instead of your proposed  army hospital .....

 

And whwere else he could be better guarded.... (read,,,, protected ????)

1 hour ago, SiSePuede419 said:

The food was horrible.  One Star.  Will not come back!

   -- Thaksin

Wow, also have Trip advisor ratings.

 

My Thai son was injured playing uni rugby (face smashed by opposing rugby player).

 

Coach insisted he be taken to Police Gen hospital. Son had good BUPA health insuance at that time, he asked to be taken to a better hospital, but nobody would listen.

 

Hospital nurses noticed a document from BUPA on his bedside table (whichIhad mailed to him at the hosp., and asked him what it was.

 

Result: nurses, matron, doctors, admin. staff and demanded a %.

 

And they wouldn't accept that he wasn't gtting a  reimbursement because at the time BUPA didn't have any cooperative agreement with the police hospital.

 

I visited my son in the non-air conditioned noisy hospita. Doctor was called and he immediately demanded I give him and all others a reward. No reward paid.

 

Son's uni buddies knew the whole story. Son's treatment was all completed but they wouldn't discharge him.

 

His uni buddies developed a plan to secretely / quietly rush my son out of the hospital very early morning (guards mostly asleep) and home.

 

Breakfast time son's phone and my phone started ringing every few minutes. We didn't answer. 

Edited August 23, 20232 yr by scorecard

1 minute ago, david555 said:

As he was ,and probably still has the tittle of police Captain ......he has been taken there instead of your proposed  army hospital .....

 

And whwere else he could be better guarded.... (read,,,, protected ????)

You trust he RTP to be good at security?

1 minute ago, scorecard said:

You trust he RTP to be good at security?

for him specially ....yes ......????

lol

 

5 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

Hope the inmates at Bang Kwang get equal treatment when they get a tummy bug.

He wasn't being treated for a stomach bug.  Why should an upset stomach require helicoptoring to the Police Hospital?