Thaksin Seeks Annex To ‘Secret Deal’ To Bring Yingluck Back Home

[webfact]

 

DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra is virtually seeking a fresh annex to a “secret deal” which he had earlier made with the powers-that-be to the extent that his sister/deposed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra be literally free to return home from self-exile abroad sooner or later without being subsequently thrown in jail, according to partisan sources.

 

Thaksin who has obviously “recovered from critical illnesses” in a matter of days after he was granted parole last February is yet to refresh the “secret deal” with the ultra-conservative, powerful elite class to pave way for the long-planned homecoming of Yingluck who has already spent seven years of self-exile overseas as had been the case of himself having returned home after 17 years of self-exile abroad last August.

 

Thaksin had allegedly managed to keep himself from being literally put behind bars for a single day to otherwise serve a curtailed, one-year jail sentence and being instead granted contentious, double-standard privileges for a six-month period at Police Hospital in lieu of Bangkok Remand Prison.

 

As part of the “secret deal” under which the billionaire Thaksin had been granted the privileges unprovided for ordinary convicts, the de facto Pheu Thai boss had been practically obliged to return favours to the powers-that-be who would decidedly prefer to leave the helm of government to his party rather than tolerate seeing the Move Forward in government following the progressive party’s electoral victory in which they had won most MP seats last year.

 

The Move Forward led by Pita Limjaroenrat has not only been politically considered an “enemy No.1” in the eye of the ultra-conservative elite but the de facto Pheu Thai boss since both finally buried the hatchet and reconciled with each other, given their shared upset caused by the Move Forward in last year’s election, the partisan sources said.

 

By Thai Newsroom Reporters

TOP: Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra with her brother de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra. Photo: Thai Rath

 

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[Will B Good]

The only surprising aspect here is that anyone is bothered about keeping this deal a secret.......he has money, he can do what the hell he likes.

[billd766]

What a load of BS from the Thaiger again.

 

NOBODY recovers from a critical illness in "just a few days" especially if they are supposed to have been in a hospital for 6 months before that.

 

It is however a report from the Thaiger, in which both the truth and the "Thaiger" are only tenuously connected.

 

The Thaiger also studiously ignores the fact that Thaksin was deposed in a military coup, and that NONE of the generals have ever been punished for it, nor for the subsequent military coups.

[JoePai]

Bent as a nine bob note - the lot of 'em !!

[Rimmer]

4 minutes ago, billd766 said:

What a load of BS from the Thaiger again.

 

NOBODY recovers from a critical illness in "just a few days" especially if they are supposed to have been in a hospital for 6 months before that.

 

It is however a report from the Thaiger, in which both the truth and the "Thaiger" are only tenuously connected.

 

The Thaiger also studiously ignores the fact that Thaksin was deposed in a military coup, and that NONE of the generals have ever been punished for it, nor for the subsequent military coups.

 

Full story: THAI NEWSROOM 2024-04-18

[Summerinsiam]

18 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

The only surprising aspect here is that anyone is bothered about keeping this deal a secret.......he has money, he can do what the hell he likes.

Money is not really the main factor. Its more about using his perceived popularity as a bulwark against the progessive movement and the threat that it represents to the established status quo. They will do anything to keep him sweet.

[2long]

21 minutes ago, billd766 said:

What a load of BS from the Thaiger again.

 

NOBODY recovers from a critical illness in "just a few days" especially if they are supposed to have been in a hospital for 6 months before that.

 

It is however a report from the Thaiger, in which both the truth and the "Thaiger" are only tenuously connected.

 

The Thaiger also studiously ignores the fact that Thaksin was deposed in a military coup, and that NONE of the generals have ever been punished for it, nor for the subsequent military coups.

I think the Thaiger were a bit tongue in cheek!

[Tropicalevo]

42 minutes ago, billd766 said:

What a load of BS from the Thaiger again.

 

NOBODY recovers from a critical illness in "just a few days" especially if they are supposed to have been in a hospital for 6 months before that.

 

It is however a report from the Thaiger, in which both the truth and the "Thaiger" are only tenuously connected.

 

The Thaiger also studiously ignores the fact that Thaksin was deposed in a military coup, and that NONE of the generals have ever been punished for it, nor for the subsequent military coups.

 

20 minutes ago, 2long said:

I think the Thaiger were a bit tongue in cheek!

 

I was under the impression that most of the stories in The Thaiger were copies from other sources - often translated copies.

[OneMoreFarang]

I think it is always interesting to see when some people think they know some details about some secret deals.

Really? Who told you?

If you know the details, then add some facts like she will come back on date x and she won't go to jail because y and z.

[webfact]

The OP is written by 

THAI NEWSROOM

and NOT by Thaiger 

 

The footer says:

 

Full story: THAI NEWSROOM 2024-04-18

 

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[dick turpin]

Just now, JoePai said:

Bent as a nine bob note - the lot of 'em !!

 

As queer as....?

[billd766]

38 minutes ago, webfact said:

The OP is written by 

THAI NEWSROOM

and NOT by Thaiger 

 

The footer says:

 

Full story: THAI NEWSROOM 2024-04-18

 

//Admin 

There is very little information that I can find about Thai Newsroom apart from the About Us part of their website, which says

 

Veteran journalists starting afresh
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We want to use the wealth of knowledge and experience we have gained through years of hard work to bring timely, accurate, insightful and balanced news that will help our readers stay ahead of the game of life, be this a small issue at home or a major national or international development.

We will be by your side every day to help shed light on what is actually going on and really value your support.

The internet has described by Eric Bleecher as the “first mass medium in history with almost no barriers to entry and practically unlimited content-carrying capacity” and we are fully part of this new digital wave and will remain digitally close to you by being just a few clicks away.

Sincerely,

Nina Suebsukcharone

(Founder and acting Editor)

 

Nothing about the ownership, the staff, how long they have been in existence. In fact until this thread I had never even heard of them.

 

Are they a major supplier of Thai news to all and sundry including the Thaiger and ANN or just the latest New Kids On The Block?

[dinsdale]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The Move Forward led by Pita Limjaroenrat has not only been politically considered an “enemy No.1” in the eye of the ultra-conservative elite but the de facto Pheu Thai boss since both finally buried the hatchet and reconciled with each other, given their shared upset caused by the Move Forward in last year’s election, the partisan sources said.

To true and MFP were denied their right to govern through a deal that saw Thaksin return with no jail time. Yingluck I expect will see the same amount of jail time. Zero.

[metisdead]

An off topic post with a trolling video contravening our Community Standards has been removed.

[dinsdale]

3 hours ago, billd766 said:

What a load of BS from the Thaiger again.

 

NOBODY recovers from a critical illness in "just a few days" especially if they are supposed to have been in a hospital for 6 months before that.

 

It is however a report from the Thaiger, in which both the truth and the "Thaiger" are only tenuously connected.

 

The Thaiger also studiously ignores the fact that Thaksin was deposed in a military coup, and that NONE of the generals have ever been punished for it, nor for the subsequent military coups.

The Thaiger may soon be the new owner of this site, however, this article does not come from The Thaiger.

Edited April 18 by dinsdale

[John Drake]

Everything that the establishment feared Thaksin would do, he is now achieving with their help.

[Purdey]

5 hours ago, billd766 said:

What a load of BS from the Thaiger again.

 

NOBODY recovers from a critical illness in "just a few days" especially if they are supposed to have been in a hospital for 6 months before that.

 

It is however a report from the Thaiger, in which both the truth and the "Thaiger" are only tenuously connected.

 

The Thaiger also studiously ignores the fact that Thaksin was deposed in a military coup, and that NONE of the generals have ever been punished for it, nor for the subsequent military coups.

I think the writer was being sarcastic... 

Edited April 18 by Purdey

[digger70]

Thaksin Seeks Annex To ‘Secret Deal’ To Bring Yingluck Back Home

 

What can one say?

Nothing to say really  .

We all know how this is going to end up.

Everything has been arranged for years and Paid for .

The Puppeteer Has got the Power and Billions to do what he likes.

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra is virtually seeking a fresh annex to a “secret deal” which he had earlier made with the powers-that-be to the extent that his sister/deposed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra be literally free to return home from self-exile abroad sooner or later without being subsequently thrown in jail, according to partisan sources.

Thailand corrupt to the core, anything and anyone can be bought off.

What international company would want to invest heavily with this mob, except Xi

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, Will B Good said:

The only surprising aspect here is that anyone is bothered about keeping this deal a secret.......he has money, he can do what the hell he likes.

About as blatant as it can get, Thaksin back in the fold, Yingluk packing her bags to return and soon to be dissolved MFP.

I wonder what the population will do... nothing as usual I suspect, they'll roll over and play dead.

 

[nobodysfriend]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

As part of the “secret deal” under which the billionaire Thaksin had been granted the privileges unprovided for ordinary convicts, the de facto Pheu Thai boss had been practically obliged to return favours to the powers-that-be who would decidedly prefer to leave the helm of government to his party rather than tolerate seeing the Move Forward in government following the progressive party’s electoral victory in which they had won most MP seats last year.

 

Well written and accurately expressed , it can't be from the usual Thaiger news team .

 

Sorry ...

 

17 hours ago, billd766 said:

What a load of BS from the Thaiger again.

 

[spidermike007]

No secret. It is very likely when the PT sold out to the Army, that was already agreed to. Now, the drama continues. Anything for power 

[mfd101]

12 hours ago, Purdey said:

I think the writer was being sarcastic... 

Yes, the problem is that some people (mostly undereducated Usofans) have no understanding of irony or its cousin sarcasm.

[herfiehandbag]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Thailand corrupt to the core, anything and anyone can be bought off.

What international company would want to invest heavily with this mob, except Xi

The corruption was exemplified by the removal of both Thaksin and Yingluck from power by the military in coups whilst the electoral process (elections) were happening, and it looked very much like they were on course to win; and of course the subsequent post coup " prosecutions". Thaksin took himself off, well aware that if he went into Junta incarceration he would never emerge alive. Yingluck was more tricky - popular nationally and well known internationally she "disappeared", her teenage son was effectively taken into care - remember "he must complete his Army Cadet training", and then she was basically driven to the Cambodian border and turfed out. In both cases the events leading to their exiles were engineered by the military (representing the establishment powerbase) and went against the norms of both the democratic and judicial processes, supposedly guaranteed by the constitution. Moreover they were, and remain, deeply unpopular. 

 

All of which, to my mind, makes the pearl clutching swooning outrage of the "Thaksin has never served his time" and "Yingluck was sentenced in absentia" brigade rather entertaining!

 

Now, in order to maintain the unstable and fragile construct which maintains the unpopular and electorally shaky coalition in power, the military and establishment it serves have to swallow their pride and allow his (and likely her) return, to buy enough popularity to stave off the threat of the progressive movement. They know that they can ban Pita and dissolve his party but that movement will not go away. They have lost the young, Yingluck and Thaksin are a desperate and (must be) oh so bitter tasting attempt to keep the older generation.

 

It has all rather come back to bite the bemedalled ones on the bum!

 

Still looks good doesn't she!😍

Edited April 19 by herfiehandbag

[IAMHERE]

18 hours ago, 2long said:

I think the Thaiger were a bit tongue in cheek!

I thought it was outright Sarcasm; good to see its use officially.

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, mfd101 said:

Yes, the problem is that some people (mostly undereducated Usofans) have no understanding of irony or its cousin sarcasm.

And some people come from countries where it is not understood... like the USA.

[Sydebolle]

Well, Thailand belongs to the Thai people Shinawatras and hence let them do as they please. If the people of this country are fine with it .....

After all, it does not affect the non-Thais for a change ....... 

[Eric Loh]

2 coups and 2 popularly elected Prime Ministers have to self-exile. Generals and the perpetractors of the coups untouched. The political expediency of the courts questionable. Legacy of the coups must be wiped clean. Exile politicians and activists should be allowed to return granted by an amnesty. There should no legal or political interference in the next election. Government should be the choice of the majority. 

[john smith]

BillD766 has failed to notice that " critical illness" is in inverted commas  which obviously indicates irony 

 

[ujayujay]

Thaksin and co. fools the population every step of the way