Anti-govt protesters apprehend 'redshirts spy'

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Anti-Govt Protesters Apprehend 'Redshirts Spy'
By Khaosod Online



BANGKOK: -- Volunteer guards of the anti-government protests at Ratchadamnoen Avenue have apprehended a man who claimed to be a paid agent of the rival pro-government Redshirts.

The man, in a yellow shirt, caused a scene at 10.30 today by lifting plastic chairs at the protest campsite and started hitting random protesters who were relaxing in their tents. The protesters then responded by beating up the man and subduing him, before the security guards in the area rushed to separate him from the crowd.

After a brief interrogation behind the rally stage, the man, who did not give his name, said he had been paid 200 baht by the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) to infiltrate the anti-government protests and commit violent acts along with two other accomplices who, he claimed, had escaped amidst the chaos.

However, the man refused to name the persons who hired him and his specific objectives. The anti-government guards later escorted him to the police for further legal prosecution.

The UDD is also organising a mass rally in Bangkok today to show support for the government.

Source: http://www.khaosod.co.th/en/view_newsonline.php?newsid=TVRNNE5EZzFNRFV6TkE9PQ==

-- KHAOSOD English 2013-11-20

[jaidam]

Refused to name the persons who hired him? Seriously? The guards need some shaking up if they couldn't get the info required. Just because they lost the nutcrackers doesn't mean that a damp piece of rawhide around the plums wouldn't squeeze the info out of him before the sun sets.

[borisloosebrain]

This guy needs a better agent and a financial advisor <deleted> !!! I mean 200 ฿ when the minimum daily is 300฿ and standard red shirt daily is 400฿.

[RickeyParkany]

Amazing! What a set-up, 'playground tactic' ... the most obvious conclusion to be drawn is that he was paid TBt 300 by *Yellows* or agent provocateur *Blackies* to pull this stunt in order to raise their meager response to the call for 1,000,000 to *uncivil disorder* ... Amazing TV! ;-} rap.

[Ricardo]

So for a change, not an armed policeman, in plain clothes and without any ID ?

And after questioning by the guards, he was correctly turned over to the police, no doubt he will be swiftly released and spirited away prosecuted.

Perhaps the protesters should have planted a whistle on him, to ensure the prompt attention of the DSI, to the case ?

[chooka]

legal prosecution for what????

Not naming his friend or for spying

[bifftastic]

legal prosecution for what????

Not naming his friend or for spying

I'm guessing throwing chairs at people?

[hellodolly]

Normal UDD tactics.

No big surprise here.

[Thainy Tim]

Amazing! What a set-up, 'playground tactic' ... the most obvious conclusion to be drawn is that he was paid TBt 300 by *Yellows* or agent provocateur *Blackies* to pull this stunt in order to raise their meager response to the call for 1,000,000 to *uncivil disorder* ... Amazing TV! ;-} rap.

That's bullshit and you know it.

You forget that most of the anti-gov protesters are the educated types and wouldn't be so stupid as to stage a farce, let alone get someone to lose this much face for 300 baht. what planet are you on?

However, this is something that could be expected from the red shirts that backfired. They are not the sharpest tools in the box and would probably eagerly accept 300 baht for this stunt.

Regarding the 'meager response to a call for 1,000,000 supporters' how many reds joined the rally yesterday? 1,500? Well there are 1,499 now.

Edited November 20, 2013 by Thainy Tim

[WitawatWatawit]

This is all wrong. The guy is simply a fruitcake and has nothing to do with the reds. If the reds were going to disrupt the rally, would they hire a guy whose only idea is to pick up a chair and start bashing people? Come on.

[alfalfa19]

This guy really earned his 200 baht. I don't think most of the red shirts work nearly this hard for their stipends.

[chooka]

Amazing! What a set-up, 'playground tactic' ... the most obvious conclusion to be drawn is that he was paid TBt 300 by *Yellows* or agent provocateur *Blackies* to pull this stunt in order to raise their meager response to the call for 1,000,000 to *uncivil disorder* ... Amazing TV! ;-} rap.

That's bullshit and you know it.

You forget that most of the anti-gov protesters are the educated types and wouldn't be so stupid as to stage a farce, let alone get someone to lose this much face for 300 baht. what planet are you on?

However, this is something that could be expected from the red shirts that backfired. They are not the sharpest tools in the box and would probably eagerly accept 300 baht for this stunt.

Regarding the 'meager response to a call for 1,000,000 supporters' how many reds joined the rally yesterday? 1,500? Well there are 1,499 now.

Are you talking about the same educated types who blockaded the airport? That was an absolute farce.

[chooka]

This guy really earned his 200 baht. I don't think most of the red shirts work nearly this hard for their stipends.

bent over in the rice fields all day 7 days a week is much easier and more relaxing lifestyle.

[Thait Spot]

Can't be a yellow shirt - they don't do pastels

[Emptyset]

Amazing! What a set-up, 'playground tactic' ... the most obvious conclusion to be drawn is that he was paid TBt 300 by *Yellows* or agent provocateur *Blackies* to pull this stunt in order to raise their meager response to the call for 1,000,000 to *uncivil disorder* ... Amazing TV! ;-} rap.

That's bullshit and you know it.

You forget that most of the anti-gov protesters are the educated types and wouldn't be so stupid as to stage a farce, let alone get someone to lose this much face for 300 baht. what planet are you on?

lol. I don't know if this guy was a paid provocateur or not. Perhaps he was. Wouldn't be the strangest thing I've heard. Would've expected a little more money but who knows? Fact is, we've got no empirical evidence above the level of supposition and anecdote that protesters at the Democrat rally are 'educated types' - what I heard from a red shirt friend was that the middle class had come, took selfies and gone. Of course I don't really believe that, coming from an obviously biased source, but neither have I seen any evidence that the crowd at Suthep's rally were any more 'educated' than the crowd at an average red rally.

[ratcatcher]

This guy really earned his 200 baht. I don't think most of the red shirts work nearly this hard for their stipends.

bent over in the rice fields all day 7 days a week is much easier and more relaxing lifestyle.

The perp was a guy. They watch the women bent over 7 days a week while sipping lao khao in the shade.

[bobmac10]

Ha ha ha ha, this is hysterical!

I'm a spy for the redshirts, so I disguise myself by wearing a yellow shirt and mingling with the anti-government crowd.

But then I decide to blow my cover by picking up a plastic chair and commence hitting people in the crowd?

And when subdued, I immediately spill my guts, confessing to being a red-shirt spy?

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha this is hilarious....... who would believe this drivel!

[tomross46]

Get ready for the party. Anti Thaksin and pro Thaksin supporters, will be parting in the streets.

[coma]

I wouldn't get out of bed for 200 baht.

[Trembly]

Oh dear. If true, this man and perhaps his accomplices / masterminds definitely deserve a group nomination for the Darwin Awards.

[anselpixel]

Random craziness, and certainly not news.

[frimu]

This guy needs a better agent and a financial advisor <deleted> !!! I mean 200 ฿ when the minimum daily is 300฿ and standard red shirt daily is 400฿.

Maybe it was only a parttime job? :-)

[jaapfries]

Refused to name the persons who hired him? Seriously? The guards need some shaking up if they couldn't get the info required. Just because they lost the nutcrackers doesn't mean that a damp piece of rawhide around the plums wouldn't squeeze the info out of him before the sun sets.

@BlackHeart: I just loved that ! ! - You must be an avid reader & fan of Louis L'Amour, correct ? ? This business with the 'damp piece of rawhide" is straight out of "Last Of The Breed" - great stuff ! ! ! !

[moe666]

Oh dear. If true, this man and perhaps his accomplices / masterminds definitely deserve a group nomination for the Darwin Awards.

O geez another who doesn't know the Darwin Awards rules. The act of stupidity has to include the death of the performer.

[jaapfries]

Random craziness, and certainly not news.

NOT NEWS ? ? ? - NOT NEWS ? ? ? - oh; I see; so when these Red Ruckers show their true intentions ("create mahem" ! !) that is NOT noteworthy ? ?

Well; I beg to differ and observe that this is very significant, since it tells you that 'the other side' is obviously feeling that it is in a vulnerable position, hence their failed attempts to incite violence . . . . .

Mind you; that is just my humble opinion . . . . . . .probably not shared by many ? ? ? ?

[Trembly]

Oh dear. If true, this man and perhaps his accomplices / masterminds definitely deserve a group nomination for the Darwin Awards.

O geez another who doesn't know the Darwin Awards rules. The act of stupidity has to include the death of the performer.

How about an honourable mention then?

[Artisi]

Random craziness, and certainly not news.

NOT NEWS ? ? ? - NOT NEWS ? ? ? - oh; I see; so when these Red Ruckers show their true intentions ("create mahem" ! !) that is NOT noteworthy ? ?

Well; I beg to differ and observe that this is very significant, since it tells you that 'the other side' is obviously feeling that it is in a vulnerable position, hence their failed attempts to incite violence . . . . .

Mind you; that is just my humble opinion . . . . . . .probably not shared by many ? ? ? ?

Well certainly not shared by the followers of the fugitive caddy.

[peterpop]

This guy needs a better agent and a financial advisor <deleted> !!! I mean 200 ฿ when the minimum daily is 300฿ and standard red shirt daily is 400฿.

Wrong, daily rate is 200 baht FACT

[Pando2k]

I attended a pro-government rally 2 weekends back with my girlfriend and can indeed say that a large number were there taking selfies and were off. Us included was more of a thai pride rally and "being amongst the action". Politics was just a small part. In my humbe opinion

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[tingtongteesood]

The Reds are here and they only know how to fight dirty. Not in the least surprised they did this and I fear there is a lot nore and worse to come....