Thai PM Yingluck Denies Misconduct Allegation

[Buchholz]

The other paper is saying that DPM Kittirat was at this meeting.

So it's gone from, "There was no meeting", to, "It was a Personal Business meeting", to, "It was a government meeting to discuss Real Estate Issues", and suddenly (after how many days), Kittirat pipes up and says, "Oh, yes, that's right. I was at this non-meeting personal-business meeting - government meeting".

So then a meeting between representatives of the property-development industry, and the government, represented by the Prime-Minister and also a Deputy-PM.

Why can it not be revealed, when questions are asked in Parliament, what this meeting was about ?

This continued apparent cover-up suggests that it was something discreditable, PM-Yingluck should dispel this false-notion, by coming to Parliament and telling the country what's going-on, not by trying to brush things under-the-carpet.

There was also a rep from Yingluck's family business, real estate company, SC Asset, that attended the clandestine meeting.

The same company that just a few days ago pronounced:

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SC Asset Corporation, the property arm of the Shinawatra family, has set aside Bt11 billion to develop 16 residential projects worth Bt17 billion this year.

Under its investment plan, Bt3 billion will be used to buy undeveloped land and Bt8 billion to construct the infrastructure for the projects.

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[blows]

Was Thaksin there as well? via speaker phone?

[sprq]

You can't "deny" an allegation -- that is a logical absurdity -- but you can reject it.

[AleG]

You can't "deny" an allegation -- that is a logical absurdity -- but you can reject it.

Or, preferably, disprove it.

[rubl]

You can't "deny" an allegation -- that is a logical absurdity -- but you can reject it.

Or, preferably, disprove it.

Strictly speaking an allegation should be proven by the one making the allegation or that one should at least provide sufficient circumstancial evidence to make a simple 'reject' insufficient or unbelievable. IMHO

[Moruya]

You can't "deny" an allegation -- that is a logical absurdity -- but you can reject it.

Or, preferably, disprove it.

You can refute one......

If someone alleges that you performed inappropriate acts with an inflatable sheep you can of course deny that you have ever done such a thing.

[blows]

I believe the accepted verbage is: 'I categorically deny'

[The president's confession follows months of denial. On 26 January this year, Mr Clinton categorically denied having sexual relations with Miss Lewinsky.]

[webfact]

Hotel Bars Press' Viewing of PM's Private Meeting Room

BANGKOK: -- A Pheu Thai MP and reporters were met with disappointment when they were not allowed to view the hotel room used for the controversial personal meeting between Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and business tycoons. The Four Seasons Hotel turned them away, saying that they were not informed about the visit in advance.

At 10 A.M., Pheu Thai MP for Samut Prakan Pracha Prasopdee met with the press as scheduled to take a look at the meeting room on the seventh floor of the Four Seasons Hotel.

This was where Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra had her private meeting allegedly with a group of real estate tycoons.

Pracha said he was not asked by the PM to do this but he wanted the public to see whether a valid meeting room is available on the seventh floor.

Prime Minister Yingluck has been fighting off rumors and speculations on the nature of her private meeting for days. The premier refused to reveal to the media the nature of the meeting, saying it's a private affair.

Echoing the premier's statement, Pracha noted that the PM has the right to meet businesspeople at the Four Seasons Hotel as long as it does not affect the country's stability. He added such a meeting does not always have to be conducted at Government House.

He said previous administrations also held meetings outside of Government House during their term in office. However, Pracha declined to comment on the topics that were discussed during the private meeting, saying the question should be posed to the prime minister.

He is ready to pass on this information to the House Committee on Justice and Human Rights, of which he is a member, so it can clarify the issue to the public.

However, the hotel only allowed Pracha and a representative of the press to enter its premises and refused entrance for other journalists, saying that it was not informed in advance and that the presence of the media would disturb its clients.

-- Tan Network 2012-02-21

[whybother]

A Pheu Thai MP and reporters were met with disappointment when they were not allowed to view the hotel room used for the controversial personal meeting between Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and business tycoons.

<deleted>? It's a hotel conference room <deleted>. What do they expect to see?

[Dap]

I don't know what's worse - PM having a private meeting with a man in a room, as was the rumor from the start, or PM having a private business meeting with real estate developers just as the government prepares to invest untold billions into flood prevention in Bangkok and the rest of the country and divide the land into "monkey cheeks" and "protected".

Apparently they decided that government helping selected developers away from the public eye is the lesser of the two rumors.

This "explanation" is obviously meant only for her voters and will get absolutely no traction with the opposition and rest of the country.

Sadly enough.

[Buchholz]

A Pheu Thai MP and reporters were met with disappointment when they were not allowed to view the hotel room used for the controversial personal meeting between Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and business tycoons.

<deleted>? It's a hotel conference room <deleted>. What do they expect to see?

Stains on the carpeting?

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[welcometothailand]

I know this she isn't doing a bad job being Prime Minister of Thailand .. She seems to be going aboard a lot getting her air miles .. No surprise terrorist can walk around freely here in the kingdom.. Would be nice to see here in the government house a bit more.. All i see her doing is throwing money about ..

[MEL1]

A Pheu Thai MP and reporters were met with disappointment when they were not allowed to view the hotel room used for the controversial personal meeting between Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and business tycoons.

<deleted>? It's a hotel conference room <deleted>. What do they expect to see?

Stains on the carpeting?

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Or a bent 'cock' or three?

Or would that be a bent cockatoo?

-mel.