Foreigners 'had a hand in Thaksin death-threat clip'

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Foreigners 'had a hand in Thaksin death-threat clip'
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister Pracha Promnog yesterday said anti-government groups with both Thai and foreign members were responsible for a YouTube clip in which a death threat was issued against ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra by a man dressed to look like a terrorist.

Pracha refused to reveal the nationality of the suspected foreigners, saying it could damage bilateral relations, though he insisted they did not come from Malaysia.

Meanwhile, intelligence officials have obtained information identifying the three men in the clip, two of whom had their faces covered and were armed with assault rifles.

He said police would first check with intelligence community sources in several countries before deciding whether to prosecute those featured in the clip, especially since one of the men revealed his face.


-- The Nation 2013-07-30

[Briggsy]

Farcical nonsense.

[theblether]

They'll love having the chance to blame foreigners

[chooka]

I like the way the open with the word foreigners as if they are the main culprits. Lets shift the blame.

[edwinchester]

I thought they already said the poster was Mansoor Ahmed Volvo who lived in Malaysia?

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[lemoncake]

Prosecute why??? Is Thaksin a government official? Or some kind of celebrity ?

No, he is a convicted criminal on the run, just an individual.

If he has a problem with people making the clip, he can file charges with police in the country of his residence

[virtualtraveller]

As if foreigners have no place in this discussion. Come on, it was a prank, Thaksin is a hated man, someone is bound to do this, who cares what their nationality is. Ignore it you chump.

[Robby nz]

Fair enough, Arabs are foreigners to Thais.

[Salapoo]

Fair enough, Arabs are foreigners to Thais.

I haven't seen it. Did the hand have a lot of hair on it?

"Foreigners 'had a hand in Thaksin death-threat clip'

[NongKhaiKid]

As usual the Thai authorities are on the ball and have " information " on those seen in the clip. They cannot be AQ since one showed his face and some of the bird chirps in the background have been " identified " as common to the south. Those involved are from a country that wants to overthrow the government but not Malaysia.

With sleuths like this why does Thailand have any unsolved crime?

I

[jackr]

Who cares!

[scorecard]

As usual the Thai authorities are on the ball and have " information " on those seen in the clip. They cannot be AQ since one showed his face and some of the bird chirps in the background have been " identified " as common to the south. Those involved are from a country that wants to overthrow the government but not Malaysia.

With sleuths like this why does Thailand have any unsolved crime?

I

Actually all they need to do is ask the ear medicine man, he could no doubt, with a flash or his bottle gun wand,

solve the whole thing, including names, within 1 minute.

[laurentbkk]

yeah blame it on foreigners .... Taksin is loved by everybody in Thailand .....

[scorecard]

Fair enough, Arabs are foreigners to Thais.

I haven't seen it. Did the hand have a lot of hair on it?

"Foreigners 'had a hand in Thaksin death-threat clip'

Hand with hair. Are you suggesting someone is 'helping themselves'?

[givenall]

It is fake and it was made by Al-Qaida foreigners

[NongKhaiKid]

As usual the Thai authorities are on the ball and have " information " on those seen in the clip. They cannot be AQ since one showed his face and some of the bird chirps in the background have been " identified " as common to the south. Those involved are from a country that wants to overthrow the government but not Malaysia.

With sleuths like this why does Thailand have any unsolved crime?

I

Actually all they need to do is ask the ear medicine man, he could no doubt, with a flash or his bottle gun wand,

solve the whole thing, including names, within 1 minute.

Absolutely. I was afraid to mention his name as like the devil, that he is, he's bound to appear. I'm sure too the DSI have known about this for years and have been monitoring it. Only in Thailand !

[technologybytes]

They mention the word "Foreigner" and everyone gets defensive. Would we feel the same way if they had just said "non Thai"?

[Skywalker69]

Could also be that the half-Chinese "foreigner" living in Dubai was involved in the sprank.

[laurentbkk]

They mention the word "Foreigner" and everyone gets defensive. Would we feel the same way if they had just said "non Thai"?

I guess they think Taksin is so loved in Thailand by everybody that those kinds of issue has to come from abroad ..... foreigners means anyone outside Thailand ...

[GeorgeO]

Looking at the bigger picture of current society in Thailand, I have to say that in my sixty years of existence on this piece of rock I have never, ever been aware of a more inept, contriving and blame-shifting group of corrupt individuals, collectively referring to themselves as a 'government', responding to various justifiable attacks from those opposing them in more childish, ill-considered and even threatening ways. I must also say that never before have I been aware of a country in greater need of help than Thailand as it slips ever closer towards the precipice under the reins of this current rabble.

This bunch of criminals, currently stripping the country of its assets, should never have been allowed to form a political party in the first place, and for their supporters to have voted them into power just beggars belief. Clearly, these 'politicians' have learned all they could from their beloved leader in exile, and perhaps the threat against him is part of the recognition of this, by many in this country, who have simply had enough.

What particular group of foreigners are they referring to? I am a foreigner, do they mean me? No, of course not, they don't actually mean anyone in particular. It's simply a smoke-screen to deflect attention away from the real problems in Thailand that are currently growing out of all proportion. Who knows, they're so good at blaming others for creating fake recordings/images, perhaps they themselves have created the current threat in order to thicken the smoke screen...!

There is daily evidence in this country of financial irregularities (read that as the theft of billions of Thai Baht), obvious lies in support of questionable government policies, lies in support of any wrongdoings by their friends, lies in support of a girl who has already admitted to having used drugs (based upon the link between the girl and the nephew of the ear medicine man) and continuing lies to their supporters that all is going to be well in the end.

Add to this a police force, the efficacy of which we might have believed could not possibly have sunk any lower, until we then find that they are deeply embedded in the pockets of the criminals (that includes various groups of people) running this country, such that issues including the luxury car scandal and the premeditated (and witnessed) murders committed by those in positions of power continue to be swept under the carpet.

We see Buddhist monks, either jet-setting around the world spending (or hoarding) large sums of their ill-gotten gains with impunity, or raping 14 year old girls back here in Thailand. We see grandmothers/aunties selling the sexual services of their unsuspecting wards. We also see disfigured people on the streets begging for help, whilst high above them on the main streets, there are huge hoardings of disgracefully rich, white-skinned Thais inviting us to try out their new Mercedes S550 (costing more than the average Thai person will earn in their whole lifetime), thereby testifying to the astronomic difference between the 'haves' and 'have nots' in this country.

On the streets of the major cities, we see rising numbers of cases of blatant daylight theft/robberies, often against tourists, and often involving deadly weapons which the perpetrators of these crimes do not hesitate to use. Recall the poor old Australian lady in Phuket who wouldn't let go of her purse, and was stabbed to death for her trouble, the real estate dealer who was bludgeoned with a huge piece of wood as a result of a real estate dispute, and then left to die in the road with his brains spilling out of his head, or indeed, the very recent case of an American hacked to death by a sword on the main street of Bangkok over a taxi fare!

If those running ruining this country were to stop for a minute and take stock of the situation, they might well realize that the threat against their leader was not a hoax at all, but a clear warning from a group of concerned citizens that all of this has to come to an end NOW!

What will be the next published item of b***s*** to come out of their ranks ... ? ... perhaps an item saying that despite intensive police work, they have been unable to locate the renegade monk thief...?! Of course, this has to be the outcome of that particular case, otherwise it would just be far too embarrassing for some very seniors figures in the current hierarchy of this country.

This country has gone way past what would have called for a "vote of no confidence" in the government in any civilized country around the world, and it may already be too late to do anything now to stop the rape and pillage of the country's wealth. What will prove to be a major concern for all of us, yes, that includes us foreigners living here, is how the country's people react to all of this when there is a final realization that there is nothing left in the pot. Anarchy? Revolution? Civil War?

All I have left to say on the subject is that the treatment that was meted out to Saddam Hussein may pale in significance to what they will want to do to their beloved Feuhrer, if he ever sets foot back on this soil, and if they finally realize the extent to which he has totally betrayed them.

Edited July 30, 2013 by GeorgeO

[Sayonarax]

100% Malaysia since their the only Muslim country near us.

[richard10365]

Foreigners....really...you mean it wasn't the Thailand wing of Al-Qaeda?

Wait....does Thailand have Thai Al-Qaeda citizens?

[deecee10]

The moral corruption of this government knows no bounds.

[slapout]

Some of these public officials try to show a inter circle knowledge on many topics. Thus we are subjected to, its state secret, the first name starts with D, a importantl person, a past government servent, etc.

If we take into account the past history of this government and its individual makeup, we can conclude that they have no clue in understaning their assigned position, much less the defination of a threat, foreigner, how to find the source, neutrilize same, nor use the legal system (national/international to to follow up.

[Skywalker69]

Looking at the bigger picture of current society in Thailand, I have to say that in my sixty years of existence on this piece of rock I have never, ever been aware of a more inept, contriving and blame-shifting group of corrupt individuals, collectively referring to themselves as a 'government', responding to various justifiable attacks from those opposing them in more childish, ill-considered and even threatening ways. I must also say that never before have I been aware of a country in greater need of help than Thailand as it slips ever closer towards the precipice under the reins of this current rabble.

This bunch of criminals, currently stripping the country of its assets, should never have been allowed to form a political party in the first place, and for their supporters to have voted them into power just beggars belief. Clearly, these 'politicians' have learned all they could from their beloved leader in exile, and perhaps the threat against him is part of the recognition of this, by many in this country, who have simply had enough.

What particular group of foreigners are they referring to? I am a foreigner, do they mean me? No, of course not, they don't actually mean anyone in particular. It's simply a smoke-screen to deflect attention away from the real problems in Thailand that are currently growing out of all proportion. Who knows, they're so good at blaming others for creating fake recordings/images, perhaps they themselves have created the current threat in order to thicken the smoke screen...!

There is daily evidence in this country of financial irregularities (read that as the theft of billions of Thai Baht), obvious lies in support of questionable government policies, lies in support of any wrongdoings by their friends, lies in support of a girl who has already admitted to having used drugs (based upon the link between the girl and the nephew of the ear medicine man) and continuing lies to their supporters that all is going to be well in the end.

Add to this a police force, the efficacy of which we might have believed could not possibly have sunk any lower, until we then find that they are deeply embedded in the pockets of the criminals (that includes various groups of people) running this country, such that issues including the luxury car scandal and the premeditated (and witnessed) murders committed by those in positions of power continue to be swept under the carpet.

We see Buddhist monks, either jet-setting around the world spending (or hoarding) large sums of their ill-gotten gains with impunity, or raping 14 year old girls back here in Thailand. We see grandmothers/aunties selling the sexual services of their unsuspecting wards. We also see disfigured people on the streets begging for help, whilst high above them on the main streets, there are huge hoardings of disgracefully rich, white-skinned Thais inviting us to try out their new Mercedes S550 (costing more than the average Thai person will earn in their whole lifetime), thereby testifying to the astronomic difference between the 'haves' and 'have nots' in this country.

On the streets of the major cities, we see rising numbers of cases of blatant daylight theft/robberies, often against tourists, and often involving deadly weapons which the perpetrators of these crimes do not hesitate to use. Recall the poor old Australian lady in Phuket who wouldn't let go of her purse, and was stabbed to death for her trouble, the real estate dealer who was bludgeoned with a huge piece of wood as a result of a real estate dispute, and then left to die in the road with his brains spilling out of his head, or indeed, the very recent case of an American hacked to death by a sword on the main street of Bangkok over a taxi fare!

If those running ruining this country were to stop for a minute and take stock of the situation, they might well realize that the threat against their leader was not a hoax at all, but a clear warning from a group of concerned citizens that all of this has to come to an end NOW!

What will be the next published item of b***s*** to come out of their ranks ... ? ... perhaps an item saying that despite intensive police work, they have been unable to locate the renegade monk thief...?! Of course, this has to be the outcome of that particular case, otherwise it would just be far too embarrassing for some very seniors figures in the current hierarchy of this country.

This country has gone way past what would have called for a "vote of no confidence" in the government in any civilized country around the world, and it may already be too late to do anything now to stop the rape and pillage of the country's wealth. What will prove to be a major concern for all of us, yes, that includes us foreigners living here, is how the country's people react to all of this when there is a final realization that there is nothing left in the pot. Anarchy? Revolution? Civil War?

All I have left to say on the subject is that the treatment that was meted out to Saddam Hussein may pale in significance to what they will want to do to their beloved Feuhrer, if he ever sets foot back on this soil, and if they finally realize the extent to which he has totally betrayed them.

Quote of the year.

[noitom]

Blame it on the foreigners who care about Thaksin.

[johnlandy]

They'll love having the chance to blame foreigners

Of course they were foreigners "Al Qaeda" are not Thai (or are they?)

[Nowhereman60]

Just ask the yellow skirts they know who is in the video.

[Skywalker69]

Just ask the yellow skirts they know who is in the video.

Just ask the yellow skirts they the real PM in Dubai he knows who is in the video.

[HoudiniXLogic]

He's a marked man for life. Knowing how radical this country is going towards the day, this video clip shouldnt be taken lightly and blame thrown to a made-up third party. The lack of communication between the rich and poor is so apparent that the poor are just holding...holding...then one day SNAP!