Thailand's 'Fugitive-In-Chief' Hunts For Amnesty From Afar

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Thailand’s 'Fugitive-in-Chief' Hunts for Amnesty From Afar

Asia Sentinel

Thailand in recent days has started facing up to the dilemma of amnesty for people on both sides of the political spectrum. The issue goes back to the generals who perpetrated a royalist coup in 2006, and it also affects those involved in the May 2010 confrontations that led to the deaths of 91 people, most of them protesters, in Bangkok.

Included is a plan ostensibly designed to eventually allow the fugitive-in-chief, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, back into the country without having to serve the two-year prison sentence for corruption that he faced before fleeing in 2008. Although Thailand has famously begun a healing process that is said to be taking the country back to its historic predilection for compromise, it is still fraught with peril, given the considerable hatred Thaksin has generated in the country.

Despite his protestations, Thaksin is widely assumed to be running the country — twisting the controls remotely from his exile roost in Dubai through his sister, Yingluck, who headed the Pheu Thai Party that won a decisive victory in national elections in July. The party’s slogan was “Thaksin Thinks, Pheu Thai Acts,” which should have given a clue that he might be in charge. Some sources in Bangkok say the Red Shirt protesters of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship, the UDD, are very much involved in formulating policy despite the fact they were given relatively minor subcabinet positions in the Pheu Thai-led government. [more...]

Full story: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/opinion/thailands-fugitive-in-chief-hunts-for-amnesty-from-afar/469589

-- thejakartaglobe.com 2011-10-05

[somo]

:sleepy:

[OzMick]

A pretty accurate summation IMHO. perhaps a little too accurate for some with selective memory loss.

[bigbamboo]

The Shinawatra clan have had three leaders of the government, another leader of the military and another leader of the police. That really is amazing.

[Arkady]

The red shirts will be angry when the military leaders also get the amnesty but that's nothing that can't be sorted by a few more dollops of cash in the red leaders' bank accounts.

[Mosha]

"He insisted he was not involved with his sister’s government, saying he only gave occasional advice — sometimes not even every day." So is occasional every other day? I'd call more than once a week regular.

[Crushdepth]

The Shinawatra clan have had three leaders of the government, another leader of the military and another leader of the police. That really is amazing.

Coincidence. They are all highly talented, skilled individuals who got their jobs through hard work.

[gemini81]

"He insisted he was not involved with his sister's government, saying he only gave occasional advice — sometimes not even every day." So is occasional every other day? I'd call more than once a week regular.

he always contradicts himself. With all of his practice at lying, I would've thought he'd be better at it by now!

[slapout]

The Shinawatra clan have had three leaders of the government, another leader of the military and another leader of the police. That really is amazing.

Coincidence. They are all highly talented, skilled individuals who got their jobs through hard work.

Mention should be made of the 3 leaders vast background and experience in governance of a country.

[Buchholz]

The Shinawatra clan have had three leaders of the government, another leader of the military and another leader of the police. That really is amazing.

Mustn't forget that the Foreign Minister is yet another Shinawatra relative.

He is another coincidence.

Coincidence. They are all highly talented, skilled individuals who got their jobs through hard work.

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[SICHONSTEVE]

The Shinawatra clan have had three leaders of the government, another leader of the military and another leader of the police. That really is amazing.

Coincidence. They are all highly talented, skilled individuals who got their jobs through hard work.

Yingluck!!!!!.

[SICHONSTEVE]

The Shinawatra clan have had three leaders of the government, another leader of the military and another leader of the police. That really is amazing.

Coincidence. They are all highly talented, skilled individuals who got their jobs through hard work.

Mention should be made of the 3 leaders vast background and experience in governance of a country.

Are these jokes?????.......Bemused if they are not!!

[Chonburiram]

Thailand's

'Fugitive-in-Chief' Hunts for Amnesty From Afar

Taksin isn't that stupid,

he knows, coming back to Thailand would be his death...

[serenitynow]

Thailand's

'Fugitive-in-Chief' Hunts for Amnesty From Afar

Taksin isn't that stupid,

he knows, coming back to Thailand would be his death...

I think that's right. I think he just wants to raid the treasury and formulate policies he can front run from afar. His sisters used to be his bagmen. Now I think he wants to be theirs.

he's made all kinds of direputable friends during hid exile, both in the Middle East and in Africa. I think he'd just love to help them launder their money here in Thailand.