Chalerm: Nothing Wrong With Priewpan Visiting Thaksin

[Buchholz]

The worst part? The police chief still has his job this morning. If anyone still needed evidence of the subversion of the legal system, this is it.

Why not he is Thaksins staff. The brother of Thaksins wife. His job is what his boss tells him to do.

So he keep his job.

And when that job runs out with retirement in 2 months, then he gets a new job for the boss on the boss's Cabinet.

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[Arkady]

Of course there is nothing wrong with visiting a convicted felon on the run who is about to appoint him to the cabinet. His brother just paid his respects to another fugitive from justice in China, Watana Asavahame.

[Crushdepth]

Where are our government apologists now???

You guys are so pathetic.

[Buchholz]

Of course there is nothing wrong with visiting a convicted felon on the run who is about to appoint him to the cabinet. His brother just paid his respects to another fugitive from justice in China, Watana Asavahame.

oh good grief, I just caught that story in today's Special Report in the other paper, about Vatana (or Watana).

I just posted a few days ago about his first public appearance in years, along with the Thaksin valets' presence.

In Convicted Thai Politicians That Are Fugitives News:

Vatana Assavahame has made his first public appearance in four years, in China, Friday, at a temple he commissioned to be built and named Wat Hame Assavaram. It is the first Thevarada Buddhist to be built in China and cost the convicted fugitive 200 Million Baht. It took two years to build and is located in Luoyang.

There were hundreds of VIP guests that attended the opening ceremony, including Pongsak Raktapongpaisarn, a close aide of Thaksin, and Bannapot Damapong, Potjaman's brother and former brother-in-law of Thaksin.

Vatana fled Thailand in 2008 after being convicted of bribery and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

He's the biggest shareholder in the Grand Diamond City Casino in Poipet, Cambodia, just across the border from Thailand.

Apparently business there has been good.

and now, today's article in the other paper adds additional statements by him that the Thai politician convicted fugitive Vatana has met with the Thai politician convicted fugitive Thaksin while they've both been on the run. The epitome of the state of affairs for Thailand.

All that's missing from the trio is the murderous Thai politician convicted fugitive Komnan Poh.... but somehow I'd be less surprised if that meeting's not already happened.

Honor amongst thieves and Thai politician convicted fugitives.

[Buchholz]

Where are our government apologists now???

You guys are so pathetic.

They're working on a spin for this act of the circus show, but this one ain't easy. It's gonna be a toughie to explain away...

especially when Chalerm sticks his two bits in to try and explain it first.

Give them some added time to redo it.

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Edited July 26, 2012 by Buchholz

[retarius]

Where are our government apologists now???

You guys are so pathetic.

Ahh such a non story, we don't feel the need to comment...what's so wrong with a guy taking leave from his job and visiting his brother in law? He has no powers of arrest in Hong Kong anyway, so why get our knickers in a twist. The country will be much better off when Thaksin comes home and assumes the mantle of leadership again...won't be too long now....

Bit seriously I came on here to see all you guys getting worked up about this but the posts are very tame...lacking any bite at all...smacks of powerlessness

[Dap]

Of course there is nothing wrong with visiting a convicted felon on the run who is about to appoint him to the cabinet. His brother just paid his respects to another fugitive from justice in China, Watana Asavahame.

oh good grief, I just caught that story in today's Special Report in the other paper, about Vatana (or Watana).

I just posted a few days ago about his first public appearance in years, along with the Thaksin valets' presence.

In Convicted Thai Politicians That Are Fugitives News:

Vatana Assavahame has made his first public appearance in four years, in China, Friday, at a temple he commissioned to be built and named Wat Hame Assavaram. It is the first Thevarada Buddhist to be built in China and cost the convicted fugitive 200 Million Baht. It took two years to build and is located in Luoyang.

There were hundreds of VIP guests that attended the opening ceremony, including Pongsak Raktapongpaisarn, a close aide of Thaksin, and Bannapot Damapong, Potjaman's brother and former brother-in-law of Thaksin.

Vatana fled Thailand in 2008 after being convicted of bribery and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

He's the biggest shareholder in the Grand Diamond City Casino in Poipet, Cambodia, just across the border from Thailand.

Apparently business there has been good.

and now, today's article in the other paper adds additional statements by him that the Thai politician convicted fugitive Vatana has met with the Thai politician convicted fugitive Thaksin while they've both been on the run. The epitome of the state of affairs for Thailand.

All that's missing from the trio is the murderous Thai politician convicted fugitive Komnan Poh.... but somehow I'd be less surprised if that meeting's not already happened.

Honor amongst thieves and Thai politician convicted fugitives.

[Moruya]

The worst part? The police chief still has his job this morning. If anyone still needed evidence of the subversion of the legal system, this is it.

Why not he is Thaksins staff. The brother of Thaksins wife. His job is what his boss tells him to do.

So he keep his job.

And when that job runs out with retirement in 2 months, then he gets a new job for the boss on the boss's Cabinet.

.

And his job on Thai's board

[Moruya]

Where are our government apologists now???

You guys are so pathetic.

Ahh such a non story, we don't feel the need to comment...what's so wrong with a guy taking leave from his job and visiting his brother in law? He has no powers of arrest in Hong Kong anyway, so why get our knickers in a twist. The country will be much better off when Thaksin comes home and assumes the mantle of leadership again...won't be too long now....

Bit seriously I came on here to see all you guys getting worked up about this but the posts are very tame...lacking any bite at all...smacks of powerlessness

"Bit seriously"? Not sure you'll manage that.

No point biting the poodle husband of nepotism. Keep the teeth sharp for something tastier.

[pattayaorganic]

An police offer not arresting a known fugitives is itself commit a crime, and deserves jail sentence.

Didn't the government (not just this one, but Mark's govt as well) always claim that they could not arrest Thaksin because Interpol could not locate Thaksin?

No. That is not the case at all. Thai laws have no jurisdiction in foreign countries. Thai govt. must ask the government of Thaksin's presence for to extradite him.

[waza]

ah the cockroaches come crawling out begging for a future place at the trough.

[waza]

Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said outgoing National Police chief Priewpan Damapong was qualified to join the Cabinet in light of his experience in drug suppression.

Chalerm was responding to speculation that Priewpan might be included in the Cabinet in the upcoming reshuffle. However, Chalerm said he could not comment on a Cabinet reshuffle and it would be up to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to make any decision.

Priewpan said yesterday he was willing to take charge of the anti-drug job but did not care for other duties such as overlooking the Royal Thai Police.

Pol General Priewpan is an older brother of Khunying Pojaman na Pombejra, ex-wife of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Priewpan, who was police drug-suppression chief in 2000, made his name during the Thaksin government's war on drugs. From being 5th assistant police chief, Priewpan jumped to become deputy chief. Critics claimed at the time that his rise was because of his relationship with Thaksin.

Priewpan was removed from the post of deputy police chief after the 2006 coup, but returned to the job in 2008 during the Samak Sundaravej government.

In 2010, Priewpan was very close to the top police post but then-prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva decided to give the post to General Wichean Potephosree. But in 2011, Priewpan was appointed National Police chief by the Yingluck Cabinet, one year before his retirement.

[Moruya]

An police offer not arresting a known fugitives is itself commit a crime, and deserves jail sentence.

Didn't the government (not just this one, but Mark's govt as well) always claim that they could not arrest Thaksin because Interpol could not locate Thaksin?

No. That is not the case at all. Thai laws have no jurisdiction in foreign countries. Thai govt. must ask the government of Thaksin's presence for to extradite him.

And failing to ask such question is a dereliction of duty n'est ce pas?

[yoshiwara]

Where are our government apologists now???

You guys are so pathetic.

They're working on a spin for this act of the circus show, but this one ain't easy. It's gonna be a toughie to explain away...

especially when Chalerm sticks his two bits in to try and explain it first.

Give them some added time to redo it.

.

The spin has always been wittering away about abstractions and niceties, creating (to the best of their ability) a smokescreen to obscure the main objective, namely the defence of Thaksin. However as the weeks and months progress and the PTP as well as the reds increasingly dispense with any obfuscation (beyond that of Yingluck perhaps), the forum Thaksin apologists are left exposed and embarrassed holding their threadbare claim that 'it is not about Thaksin' and that is why they have recently gone missing in action caught on their own barbed wire.

Edited July 27, 2012 by yoshiwara

[rubl]

"Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said outgoing National Police chief Priewpan Damapong was qualified to join the Cabinet in light of his experience in drug suppression."

In light of Pol. Gen. Priewpan's outstanding performance as 'drug-suppression' chief under then PM Thaksin Dept. PM Pol Captain Chalerm wants him to help. Is this:

a.) an admission that k. Chalerm's activities start to fail?

b.) a renewal of the 2003-2004 campaign?

c.) this time round drug dealers will by jailed and that's why k. Chalerm wants to execute them faster for fear of filling prisons?

d.) all of the above

e.) none of the above (just to be fair)

[Crushdepth]

"Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said outgoing National Police chief Priewpan Damapong was qualified to join the Cabinet in light of his experience in drug suppression."

And in light of his experience brown nosing the brother in law, despite his being a criminal fugitive and Damapong being the chief of police.

You couldn't make this stuff up

[phiphidon]

Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said outgoing National Police chief Priewpan Damapong was qualified to join the Cabinet in light of his experience in drug suppression.

Chalerm was responding to speculation that Priewpan might be included in the Cabinet in the upcoming reshuffle. However, Chalerm said he could not comment on a Cabinet reshuffle and it would be up to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to make any decision.

Priewpan said yesterday he was willing to take charge of the anti-drug job but did not care for other duties such as overlooking the Royal Thai Police.

Pol General Priewpan is an older brother of Khunying Pojaman na Pombejra, ex-wife of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Priewpan, who was police drug-suppression chief in 2000, made his name during the Thaksin government's war on drugs. From being 5th assistant police chief, Priewpan jumped to become deputy chief. Critics claimed at the time that his rise was because of his relationship with Thaksin.

Priewpan was removed from the post of deputy police chief after the 2006 coup, but returned to the job in 2008 during the Samak Sundaravej government.

In 2010, Priewpan was very close to the top police post but then-prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva decided to give the post to General Wichean Potephosree. But in 2011, Priewpan was appointed National Police chief by the Yingluck Cabinet, one year before his retirement.

"In 2010, Priewpan was very close to the top police post but then-prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva decided to give the post to General Wichean Potephosree. But in 2011, Priewpan was appointed National Police chief by the Yingluck Cabinet, one year before his retirement."

Sometimes you can lose a lot more than just your post when politicians get involved, or in this particular case, didn't.

By General Harn Leenanond

It is a well known fact in the khakhi-coloured uniform (police) circle that one has to bring with him a wad of cash if he wants to be transferred (to a better position). But Ja Pien or the late Pol Col Sompien Eksomya was empty-handed when he appealed his boss for his transfer.

Hence his appeal fell short of his boss’s receptive ears even though Ja Pien did not ask for a promotion but simply wanted to be moved to Kantang district while still retaining his position as the district police superintendent where he would be able to stay away from the daily gunfires, bomb explositions and violent deaths.

Despite his outstanding performance, Ja Pien had never been transferred out of the three violence-prone southernmost provinces. On three occastions, he was moved back to Bannang Sata district with his last position being the police superintendent until his recent death in an insurgents’ bomb explosion...................

......................Unfortuantly, by the time Ja Pien wrote his appeal of the transfer, the position in Kantang district that he had wanted had already been “booked” by a politician. The Lord of Death wasted no time in summoning Ja Pien to the heaven on March 12. It was then after Ja Pien’s death that the police force acknowledged his merits.

http://www.isranews.org/south-news/English-Article/51-english-article/2019-a-final-tribute-for-ja-pien.html

So when the Abhisit appointed Wichean Potephosree is given the job of Secretary General of the National Security Council as compensation for being replaced by Priewpan do not expect many people to shed tears over his "loss" when compared with the late Pol. Col. Sompien.

[Reasonableman]

Point being what?

[phiphidon]

Point being what?

Just responding to Waza's post about the history of Priewpan and political involvement with police reshuffles. I was pointing out this has always been the case and is nothing new. Is that OK with you or should I submit all my posts through you for checking first?

[Reasonableman]

Point being what?

Just responding to Waza's post about the history of Priewpan and political involvement with police reshuffles. I was pointing out this has always been the case and is nothing new. Is that OK with you or should I submit all my posts through you for checking first?

"Chalerm: Nothing Wrong With Priewpan Visiting Thaksin". It's always been the case so it's fine, then? Is that the proposition?

[Crushdepth]

Rule of law...woohoo!!!

[h90]

The Police Chief of Thailand wants us to think he is a loyal puppy and he has succeeded.

No one thought that he got the job for any other reason than being from the same family, same as Somchai, same as Yingluck, etc etc etc......

[birdpooguava]

But it is perfectly OK for the Dems to meet the army's top brass in the barracks to discuss toppling an elected government.

[PoorSucker]

Just read in the other newspaper that Chalerm has fixed a Police officer job for his cop killing son.

Maybe the next police chief?

[saltandpepper]

But it is perfectly OK for the Dems to meet the army's top brass in the barracks to discuss toppling an elected government.

Again???

[saltandpepper]

But it is perfectly OK for the Dems to meet the army's top brass in the barracks to discuss toppling an elected government.

double post , sorry

Edited July 27, 2012 by saltandpepper

[webfact]

Just read in the other newspaper that Chalerm has fixed a Police officer job for his cop killing son.

Maybe the next police chief?

RT @tulsathit: Chalerm: Duang getting police post is no nepotism. He's a good shooter with 16 recognition certificates.

RT @tulsathit: As Abhisit stands to be disavowed by Army, Chalerm's son Duang, acquitted yrs ago in cop-killing case, is given police post.

[saltandpepper]

Just read in the other newspaper that Chalerm has fixed a Police officer job for his cop killing son.

Maybe the next police chief?

RT @tulsathit: Chalerm: Duang getting police post is no nepotism. He's a good shooter with 16 recognition certificates.

RT @tulsathit: As Abhisit stands to be disavowed by Army, Chalerm's son Duang, acquitted yrs ago in cop-killing case, is given police post.

Oh, excellent! Better and better!

[Skywalker69]

Where are our government apologists now???

You guys are so pathetic.

They're working on a spin for this act of the circus show, but this one ain't easy. It's gonna be a toughie to explain away...

especially when Chalerm sticks his two bits in to try and explain it first.

Give them some added time to redo it.

.

The spin has always been wittering away about abstractions and niceties, creating (to the best of their ability) a smokescreen to obscure the main objective, namely the defence of Thaksin. However as the weeks and months progress and the PTP as well as the reds increasingly dispense with any obfuscation (beyond that of Yingluck perhaps), the forum Thaksin apologists are left exposed and embarrassed holding their threadbare claim that 'it is not about Thaksin' and that is why they have recently gone missing in action caught on their own barbed wire.

[PoorSucker]

RT @tulsathit: Chalerm: Duang getting police post is no nepotism. He's a good shooter with 16 recognition certificates.

RT @tulsathit: As Abhisit stands to be disavowed by Army, Chalerm's son Duang, acquitted yrs ago in cop-killing case, is given police post.

He's a good shooter with 16 recognition certificates and one cop shot.