PM Abhisit Challenges Thaksin

[gennisis]

Thaksin is afraid of jail - he's a coward, and all cowards are weak in the face of real adversity. Look at the Red leaders (With the exception of Nattawut and Jatuporn - the only 2 who didn't run away)

Since he is still trying to destroy the country by using his money and create terror, I would do what Israeli would do, put a special team together, either bring him back or take him out

KHUN JAMES BOND perhaps ??

[culicine]

If Abhisit would just return to his country of birth and stay there, Thailand could go forward with its long, long reconciliation phase. With the waters polluted with the hi-so hate-speech of Abhisit, Kasit and others, nothing good can happen.

Who do u think should be Prime Minister ??

Nattakorn Devakula. Will take a couple more years though.

Still, you heard it here first.

That figures....he has the same mentality as your avatar....stil he would be better than Chalerm or Chavalit

This guy reported a few hours earlier on the nightly English news that "something bad was going to happen" (referring to the coup), but he hoped that it wouldn't. Interesting...

[Bakseedaa]

If Abhisit would just return to his country of birth and stay there, Thailand could go forward with its long, long reconciliation phase. With the waters polluted with the hi-so hate-speech of Abhisit, Kasit and others, nothing good can happen.

Who do u think should be Prime Minister ??

Nattakorn Devakula. Will take a couple more years though.

Still, you heard it here first.

Why do stupid women fall in love with Media Stars... especially fat , ugly, stupid, Red women...

[koosdeboer]

If Abhisit would just return to his country of birth and stay there, Thailand could go forward with its long, long reconciliation phase. With the waters polluted with the hi-so hate-speech of Abhisit, Kasit and others, nothing good can happen.

Who do u think should be Prime Minister ??

Nattakorn Devakula. Will take a couple more years though.

Still, you heard it here first.

You must be joking

[animatic]

Interpol says no call received to arrest Thaksin

(AFP) – 10 hours ago

LYON, France — Cross-border police agency Interpol said Friday it had received no request to track fugitive Thai ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra and that it would not arrest him on purely "political" grounds.

Thailand said Thursday it would request Interpol's co-operation after it issued an arrest warrant on terrorism charges for Thaksin, whom it accuses of funding protests that led to deadly clashes in Bangkok in recent months.

Interpol's headquarters in Lyon, France, quoted its Secretary General Ronald Noble as saying he had "no knowledge" yet of an official demand from Bangkok for help in the case.

If such a demand were made it would be subject to Interpol's "normal procedure" and referred to the agency's judicial advisers.

A spokesman for Interpol, which helps coordinate investigations between its 188 member countries, told AFP that its statutes forbid it to ask its member states to carry out arrests of a "political nature".

Thaksin was ousted in a 2006 coup and later went into exile to avoid a jail term for corruption. He has been living mainly in Dubai, with visits to other countries including Montenegro, France and Britain.

The Thai government accuses him of inciting unrest and bankrolling rallies by "Red Shirt" opposition protesters which have sparked deadly outbreaks of violence.

Thai deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban said on Thursday that a request for Interpol's help would be sent "so any country that knows of his whereabouts can notify Thailand, so Thailand can begin the extradition procedure".

Thaksin said in a radio interview Wednesday that Interpol would recognise the accusations were "politically motivated".

-- ©Copyright AFP May 28, 2010

Published with written approval from AFP.

[newsfooter][/newsfooter]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/artic...AKqRrHYBQ8Aw6wg

Apparently they aren't aware of "Thai Time". It'll get there eventually!

And apparently time zones don't get considered either.

[animatic]

If Abhisit would just return to his country of birth and stay there, Thailand could go forward with its long, long reconciliation phase. With the waters polluted with the hi-so hate-speech of Abhisit, Kasit and others, nothing good can happen.

Who do u think should be Prime Minister ??

Nattakorn Devakula. Will take a couple more years though.

Still, you heard it here first.

Yes sure, sure, a few more years...

and let's pretend this isn't perpetuating rule by the elites either...

[otherstuff1957]

If Abhisit would just return to his country of birth and stay there, Thailand could go forward with its long, long reconciliation phase. With the waters polluted with the hi-so hate-speech of Abhisit, Kasit and others, nothing good can happen.

Who do u think should be Prime Minister ??

Nattakorn Devakula. Will take a couple more years though.

Still, you heard it here first.

Yes sure, sure, a few more years...

and let's pretend this isn't perpetuating rule by the elites either...

My wife says 15 years before he's a contender & maybe not even then.

[rixalex]

Yes sure, sure, a few more years...

and let's pretend this isn't perpetuating rule by the elites either...

Don't forget that for someone to be labeled elite by the reds they must not only be rich and hi-so, but they must be against Thaksin. That counts out Mr Tiida.

[LindsayBKK]

If Abhisit would just return to his country of birth and stay there, Thailand could go forward with its long, long reconciliation phase. With the waters polluted with the hi-so hate-speech of Abhisit, Kasit and others, nothing good can happen.

Who do u think should be Prime Minister ??

Nattakorn Devakula. Will take a couple more years though.

Still, you heard it here first.

Nobody wanted him as Mayor, so who is going to want an "Ex Newsline personality" as PM?

Why do you think he gets moved from TV Network to TV Network?

[Rideau]

If Abhisit would just return to his country of birth and stay there, Thailand could go forward with its long, long reconciliation phase. With the waters polluted with the hi-so hate-speech of Abhisit, Kasit and others, nothing good can happen.

Who do u think should be Prime Minister ??

Nattakorn Devakula. Will take a couple more years though.

Still, you heard it here first.

Isn't Nuttakorn one of the elites you resent so much? Now elite acceptable for you? Such an abrupt change of tune.

He has billions of Baht in asset and lives extravagant lifestyle. Thaksin has properties here and there more than does Nuttakorn but he has never given away to the poor or at least rent them out cheap. Would Nuttakorn be that generous?

Nominating Nuttakorn, you must be joking.

[rixalex]

Isn't Nuttakorn one of the elites you resent so much? Now elite acceptable for you? Such an abrupt change of tune.

Reds don't consider him part of the elite because he supports Thaksin.

[termad]

Djukanovic said Thaksin had been an elected Thai premier whose government was brought down by a military coup.

Correct me if I am wrong

At the time of the Coup there was no legal government in power

Thaskin was caretaker PM and did not call an election as per the constitution

The coup was to stop a bloody massacre that was about to unfold on the streets of Bangkok

It was not to bring down a government

as at this time there was no constitutional government in power

Please correct me if I am wrong

What bloody masacre was about to unfold on the streets of Thailand? Refresh my memory who was going to massacre whom?

[givenall]

It is a fact that once Khun Thaksin's funds run out that he will be a man without a country. Even Montenegro will not want him. I suspect that if he does not invest there his welcome will be withdrawn and he will flee to another even smaller enclave. Should all of the funds seized by the government with the latest court rulings be funneled away so that he cannot attain them through whatever means, his presence will be a liability to whoever is harboring him. Just keep the pressure on him financially and he will soon have nowhere to roost. Starve him out via his loss of money.

I would also suggest that those monies seized be used to rebuild and refurbish all that Khun Thaksin has helped destroy. Rebuild the government buildings burnt out in the NE and Chiang Mai. Supply funding to those businesses in Bangkok that the supporters of the exiled PM destroyed. Pay back the country he helped set afire with the funds he and his family acquired through ill means. Karma...........

Yes, but...he has millions or billions in offshore hide-a-ways - he ain't gonna run out in his lifetime.

All Thailand need to work with US and England, etc. to find Thaksin money all over the world, and start to seize them with the countries friendly to Thailand, it may take some time but it will stop him massing with this Thailand

[lannarebirth]

If Abhisit would just return to his country of birth and stay there, Thailand could go forward with its long, long reconciliation phase. With the waters polluted with the hi-so hate-speech of Abhisit, Kasit and others, nothing good can happen.

Who do u think should be Prime Minister ??

Nattakorn Devakula. Will take a couple more years though.

Still, you heard it here first.

If it happens that would be really sad. This may be the the stupidest Thai man I have ever heard speak. Maybe it sounds better to a Thai ear but when he sppeaks in English, and I believe he was educated overseas, he sounds like an extremely ignorant man who no one would be listening to at all if his father weren't well regarded.

[steppenwolf108]

""This government does everything in accordance with the law. Only the other side has been instigating violations of the law in this country," he said."

This said by Abhisit is embarrassing, really! Hello? Seh Daeng, sniper, shot in the head, ring any bell?

Reconciliation? Fairness? Go for immediate election making sure both Parties accept the outcome and work legally as serious opposition as it happens in any modern Democracy.

If they keep delaying and holding on to their chair, issues like Thaksin, the Reds, PAD, will never end.

[noahvail]

Sniper, shot in the head...yes, it rings a bell. And the bell is still asking, who did it, and who ordered it? No one knows if it was the government, the reds, a 'third' party, or an individual with a grudge.

You're implying that it was a government sniper. If you can back that up with proof, I'd love to see it.

Immediate elections weren't good enough for the red shirt leaders. One of their last demands before the dispersal happened, was that the red leaders wanted Mr Abhisit to quit immediately, and place himself into voluntary exile out of the country.

That would make for fair and honest elections, wouldn't it!!! That would certainly be Democracy in action, if he had caved in to their demands and left the country. Sheesh....

[Skywalker69]

Thaksin is afraid of jail - he's a coward, and all cowards are weak in the face of real adversity. Look at the Red leaders (With the exception of Nattawut and Jatuporn - the only 2 who didn't run away)

Yes, they all did a "Weng"

[Randee]

Djukanovic said Thaksin had been an elected Thai premier whose government was brought down by a military coup.

Correct me if I am wrong

At the time of the Coup there was no legal government in power

Thaskin was caretaker PM and did not call an election as per the constitution

The coup was to stop a bloody massacre that was about to unfold on the streets of Bangkok

It was not to bring down a government

as at this time there was no constitutional government in power

Please correct me if I am wrong

What bloody masacre was about to unfold on the streets of Thailand? Refresh my memory who was going to massacre whom?

Where were you when there were street battles between the yellows and reds? Asleep? They were grenading, molotoving, shooting, Samurai swording, storming Embassy walls and much more. It was around the time the yellows hijacked the airport. Deaths and injuries and riots. The army stepped in sporting flowers for peace.

[Skywalker69]

It is a fact that once Khun Thaksin's funds run out that he will be a man without a country. Even Montenegro will not want him. I suspect that if he does not invest there his welcome will be withdrawn and he will flee to another even smaller enclave. Should all of the funds seized by the government with the latest court rulings be funneled away so that he cannot attain them through whatever means, his presence will be a liability to whoever is harboring him. Just keep the pressure on him financially and he will soon have nowhere to roost. Starve him out via his loss of money.

I would also suggest that those monies seized be used to rebuild and refurbish all that Khun Thaksin has helped destroy. Rebuild the government buildings burnt out in the NE and Chiang Mai. Supply funding to those businesses in Bangkok that the supporters of the exiled PM destroyed. Pay back the country he helped set afire with the funds he and his family acquired through ill means. Karma...........

Yes, he´s owing the "Russians"" a lot of money as well. Soon he will have no place to go but jail.

[gl9999]

""This government does everything in accordance with the law. Only the other side has been instigating violations of the law in this country," he said."

This said by Abhisit is embarrassing, really! Hello? Seh Daeng, sniper, shot in the head, ring any bell?

Reconciliation? Fairness? Go for immediate election making sure both Parties accept the outcome and work legally as serious opposition as it happens in any modern Democracy.

If they keep delaying and holding on to their chair, issues like Thaksin, the Reds, PAD, will never end.

Hello? Terrorist shot in the head by sniper? Do we care? And stop deluding yourself about him being a 'peaceful protest leader'. You don't even have to believe the press about him, just read his own wink wink nudge nudge interviews. The man got what was coming to him.

You Red sympathizers always cry about immediate elections. That was never going to happen. What could have happened was the November elections which could have gone ahead. You guys lost a victory because you got greedy. And then you burned down the city because you're sore losers.

[doggie888888]

Can't the Thai government just revoke Thaksin's Thai citizenship? I am sure an act of parliament will do the trick. Then when Thaksin returns to Thailand, he can apply for visa, report every 90days, put his landed properties in his Thai wife's name...just like many foreigners here

[Skywalker69]

Djukanovic said Thaksin had been an elected Thai premier whose government was brought down by a military coup.

Correct me if I am wrong

At the time of the Coup there was no legal government in power

Thaskin was caretaker PM and did not call an election as per the constitution

The coup was to stop a bloody massacre that was about to unfold on the streets of Bangkok

It was not to bring down a government

as at this time there was no constitutional government in power

Please correct me if I am wrong

Good post, thanks!!!

[Chinavet]

""This government does everything in accordance with the law. Only the other side has been instigating violations of the law in this country," he said."

This said by Abhisit is embarrassing, really! Hello? Seh Daeng, sniper, shot in the head, ring any bell?

Reconciliation? Fairness? Go for immediate election making sure both Parties accept the outcome and work legally as serious opposition as it happens in any modern Democracy.

If they keep delaying and holding on to their chair, issues like Thaksin, the Reds, PAD, will never end.

Seh Daeng, shot in the head....2-3 hours after a very revealing live TV interview spilling the beans on the Red Shirt leaders and absolutely confirming his role as leader of the militants directly with a single boss. Stated nothing would be over until the boss could return.

Methinks about as long as it takes to make a phone call and get a sniper in position.

Why would the government want to pop someone who had just become a great ally because of his flapping mouth?

[Skywalker69]

If Abhisit would just return to his country of birth and stay there, Thailand could go forward with its long, long reconciliation phase. With the waters polluted with the hi-so hate-speech of Abhisit, Kasit and others, nothing good can happen.

Who do u think should be Prime Minister ??

Abhisit should stay, he is doing good job. Replace him with whom? Arisman, Dr.Weng? No thanks!!!

[jdinasia]

If Abhisit would just return to his country of birth and stay there, Thailand could go forward with its long, long reconciliation phase.

Who would you have replace him? He is about the best we can hope for.

Hmmm Abhisit is an elected Thai official. He is a Thai citizen. We can reasonably assume that kaengk is neither

[asiawatcher]

If Abhisit would just return to his country of birth and stay there, Thailand could go forward with its long, long reconciliation phase. With the waters polluted with the hi-so hate-speech of Abhisit, Kasit and others, nothing good can happen.

Dearest Kaengk

Khun Abhisit is the only hope Thailand has to lead your country out of the poo. He has already instigated soical reform before the Kwai Daeng made their entrance to BKK and maimed, butchered and burned this city. He is the only 'educated' PM able to negotiate at any level and has more than a modicum of decency and is incorruptible. There is not a single Opposition (or possibly Democrat) with his potential and ability. Similarly after the demonstrated 'ability' of governance by the Kwai Daeng, please name a single person whom you 'think' can do the job who does not fall into the category of corrupt, self centred or is honest enough to lead Thailand - sorry - schools out for your train of thought.

Let the PM get on with it, then if by end of his term you want to change - cast your vote - that is what the Kwai Daeng are missing - true democracy as it should be.

[jdinasia]

""This government does everything in accordance with the law. Only the other side has been instigating violations of the law in this country," he said."

This said by Abhisit is embarrassing, really! Hello? Seh Daeng, sniper, shot in the head, ring any bell?

Reconciliation? Fairness? Go for immediate election making sure both Parties accept the outcome and work legally as serious opposition as it happens in any modern Democracy.

If they keep delaying and holding on to their chair, issues like Thaksin, the Reds, PAD, will never end.

Huh?

1) Who shot Sae daeng? Proof? Initial reports said from inside the park (inside red lines). Secondary reports said from the Dusit Hotel (outside red lines). Four groups come to mind immediately -- The government (action may not be illegal at all), The army (action may not be illegal at all), The red leaders that Sae Daeng threatened (illegal), Someone sympathetic to or part of the PAD as revenge for the grenade attacks in 2008 (illegal).

2) Immediate elections---- besides being impractical considering free and fair elections could not be held in Isaan or the North --- would not be fair to the majority of Thais that are represented in Parliament by their MP's

[agord]

Thaksin is afraid of jail - he's a coward, and all cowards are weak in the face of real adversity. Look at the Red leaders (With the exception of Nattawut and Jatuporn - the only 2 who didn't run away)

How about the real 'leader of the red gang" Khun Conor? he's still hangin tough haha

[chuang]

Sniper, shot in the head...yes, it rings a bell. And the bell is still asking, who did it, and who ordered it? No one knows if it was the government, the reds, a 'third' party, or an individual with a grudge.

You're implying that it was a government sniper. If you can back that up with proof, I'd love to see it.

Immediate elections weren't good enough for the red shirt leaders. One of their last demands before the dispersal happened, was that the red leaders wanted Mr Abhisit to quit immediately, and place himself into voluntary exile out of the country.

That would make for fair and honest elections, wouldn't it!!! That would certainly be Democracy in action, if he had caved in to their demands and left the country. Sheesh....

"" If you can back that up with proof, I'd love to see it ""....what about you showing some proof that the red shirts did this and did that...all we heard were mis-info from the Abihisit machinary.....six people were shot and killed in a temple ( a house of God )...and you you want proof...the murderer is Thaksin that's what you want to hear, right........if such massacre happens in your country, tell us what will be the reactions.....

[rabo]

If Abhisit would just return to his country of birth and stay there, Thailand could go forward with its long, long reconciliation phase. With the waters polluted with the hi-so hate-speech of Abhisit, Kasit and others, nothing good can happen.

And if so, who is going to help reconcile the society? The man who spent billions teaching them to hate for his own corrupt good? The man who taught them how to burn down cities?

I for one think that a little Western thinking might be just what the doctor ordered. I agree thought that I don't particularly like Kasit, I think they need someone much more professional as FM, maybe someone young and better educated.

Edited May 29, 2010 by rabo