Thailand Live Tuesday 26 Nov 2013

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RT@Aim_NT: The first thing after eradication of Thaksin regime is to prevent vote buying and make the elections clean: Suthep.

RT@Aim_NT: We must cultivate in the brain of our children that they must not cheat or the country will be doomed: Suthep.

RT@Aim_NT: We can't just let Thais be used to cheating politicians, not that politicians must cheat: Suthep.

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CENSURE SHOWDOWN
Govt 'favours family over country'
Chanon Wongsatayanont
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Chinnaworn Boonyakiat, a Democrat MP from Nakhon Si Thammarat, spoke against the Prime Minister in the censure debate against the government Tuesday.

He said that the government had no legitimacy to rule because it did not fulfil its promises and favoured a single family rather than the country.

Chinnaworn said that the government failed to fulfil its election pledge to lower living costs for Thai people. He gave the example of the rise in fuel prices and increased cost from the Bt300 minimum wage scheme. Only products such as corn and rubber had got cheaper, he said.

The MP said the PM was not scrutinised for allegedly failing to take responsibility and attend important parliamentary sessions. He raised the example of the 2011 floods, when the PM was not present at a meeting because she was visiting another country.

The PM was accused of giving favours to her backers or people close to her by promoting them to be ministers. Chinnaworn listed five people as examples, including Energy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal, Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt and Deputy Finance Minister Benja Louicharoen.

Finally, Chinnaworn added that Yingluck was not a capable prime minister because she was a "puppet" of her brother Thaksin Shinawatra

-- The Nation 2013-11-26

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RT@Saksith: Suthep is now taking aim at the 2 trillion Baht lending scheme to improve the country’s infrastructure.

RT@Saksith: Suthep: “I need to tell tonight something because I don’t know if I still can tomorrow!”

RT@Saksith: Suthep: “I declare the establishment of a People’s Council with a People’s PM (…) BUT IT’S NOT GONNA BE ME!“

RT@Saksith: Suthep: “I don’t fight for myself (…) and I’m not opposed to Abhisit as (potential) PM!”

RT@Aim_NT: Abhisit told me himself, he would not take any position rewarded as a result of this change: Suthhep.

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RT@Saksith: Suthep: “This is a historical day for Thailand, where 1 million people are standing up to say ‘I don’t want Thaksin anymore!’”

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Daily Weather Forecast Distribution On Tuesday 26 November 2013 Time issued 1700 LST

General Situation

The moderate high pressure area covers upper Thailand and the South China Sea. Dropping 1-2 Degree Celsius.in the North, the Central and the East. The another high pressure area from China will extend to upper Thailand during 28-30 November leading to cooler weather by 3-5Degree Celsius. drops over the areas. The low pressure cell over the head of Borneo Island will near the coastal areas of Malaysia by tomorrow. More rain are likely in the South. Stronger wind wave 2-3 meters high is likely in the Gulf.

Tropical cyclone “LEHAR” in the middle Bay of Bengal is expected to make landfall in middle India on 28 November.

Weather Forecast for Thailand from 6.00 p.m. Tuesday to 6.00 p.m. Wednesday.

Northern Thailand Cool with fog in the morning and 1-2 Degree Celsius. drops. Widely scattered light rain mostly in Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Tak and Kamphaeng Phet.Minimum temperature 20-23 Degree Celsius. Maximum temperature 30-32 Degree Celsius. Cold on mountaintops. Minimum temperature 11-15 Degree Celsius. Northeasterly winds 10-25 km/hr.

Northeastern Thailand Cool with light fog in the morning. Isolated light rain mostly in the lower part.Minimum temperature 20-23Degree Celsius. Maximum temperature 32-34 Degree Celsius. Cold on mountaintops. Minimum temperature 9-13 Degree Celsius. Northeasterly winds 15-30 km/hr.

Central Thailand Mist in the morning and slight drop in temperature. Widely scattered thundershowers mostly in Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi, Nakhon Pathom, Samut Songkhram and Samut Sakhon. Minimum temperature 23-24 Degree Celsius. Maximum temperature 33-34 Degree Celsius. Cool on mountaintops. Minimum temperature 18-23 Degree Celsius. Easterly winds 10-30 km/hr.

Eastern Thailand Light fog in the morning and 1-2 Degree Celsius. drops. Widely scattered thundershowers mostly in Chon Buri, Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat.Minimum temperature 23-24 Degree Celsius. Maximum temperature 32-34 Degree Celsius. Cool on mountaintops. Minimum temperature 18-23 Degree Celsius. Northeasterly winds 15-30 km/hr. Wave height about 1 meter.
Southern Thailand East Coast Cloudy with scattered thundershowers mostly in Phetchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat. Minimum temperature 24-25 Degree Celsius. Maximum temperature 31-32 Degree Celsius. Easterly winds 15-35 km/hr. Wave height 1-2 meters.

Southern Thailand West Coast Cloudy with widely scattered thundershowers mostly in Trang and Satun. Minimum temperature 23-24 Degree Celsius. Maximum temperature 33-34 Degree Celsius. Easterly winds 15-30 km/hr. Wave height about 1 meter.

Bangkok Metropolis and Vicinity Cloudy with slight drop in temperature and 40% chance of rain. Minimum temperature 24-25 Degree Celsius. Maximum temperature 33-34 Degree Celsius. Easterly winds 15-30 km/hr.
On Tuesday : Maximum temperature at 1.15 p.m. 33.3 Degree Celsius.
On Wednesday : Maximum temperature 34 ?C Minimum temperature 23 Degree Celsius.
: Sun rises at 6.23 a.m. Sun sets at 5.47 p.m.
: High water at 1.50 p.m. and at --.-- p.m.
: Low water at 6.19 a.m. and at --.-- p.m.

-- NNT 2013-11-26

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RT@Aim_NT: Suthep called for protesters to besiege all the ministries tomorrow. He said there would be no invasion in to the buildings.

RT@Aim_NT: The protesters surrounding govt offices would invite officials to stop working and have lunch with them. The govt cannot function: Suthep.

RT@Aim_NT: If lose, (I) will accept being its slave and (I) won't cry. I have done (my) best: Suthep.

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RT@Aim_NT: Towards arrest warrant sought by police, Suthep said he would turn himself in but not now. He is still busy.

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RT@Aim_NT:"With or without me, the fight against Thaksin Regime must be intensive," Suthep said.

RT@Saksith: Suthep: “If I get arrested, don’t bother with bailing me out (…) overthrow the Thaksin regime!”

RT@Aim_NT: Suthep said if he dies, let Luang Pu BuddhaIssara (the monk sitting with him now) chant for his body there. (At Finance Ministry)

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RT@tulsathit: Thai Rath: A drunken red shirt showed up at Finance Ministry rally thinking it was venue of his peers' protest.

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RT@Aim_NT: If you cannot fight, just let them arrest you, Suthep told protesters.

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MFA: Legal proceedings launched against protesters

BANGKOK, 26 November 2013 (NNT) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is set to press charges against anti-government protesters for damaging parts of the office’s property.

Representatives of the Foreign Ministry met with police on Tuesday to launch legal proceedings against the mob that stormed the ministry’s compound the previous day. They claimed that 4 electric doors, estimated to be worth a combined 200,000 baht, were damaged during the seizure.

Closed-circuit footage and statements from witnesses are being gathered and arrest warrants are being sought for core leaders named as Uthai Yodmanee and Nitithorn Lamlua.

Early next week, the Department of Special Investigation is set to consider whether to accept the demonstrators’ seizure of key government offices as a special case.

-- NNT 2013-11-26

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Private sector deeply troubled by political turmoil

BANGKOK, 26 November 2013 (NNT) - Key organizations in the private sector have scheduled an urgent meeting on Wednesday to discuss the political situation as they are concerned that anti-government protests might turn violent.

Chairman of the Federation Thai Industries (FTI) Payungsak Chartsutthipol said major private agencies, such as the FTI, the Thai Chamber of Commerce, the Thai Bankers’ Association and the Thai Tourism Business Association, would meet this Wednesday on the ongoing anti-government protests. He revealed that the private sector was deeply worried over the political situation and would like to show its stance on the matter.

Although the protesters confirmed they would act in a peaceful manner, the private sector could not feel at ease and feared that investor confidence and tourism would be seriously damaged, the chairman said. However, he noted that the meeting tomorrow would not seek to give suggestions but to show the society what solutions the private sector wished to see.

-- NNT 2013-11-26

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CAPO bans protesters from setting foot in Govt offices

BANGKOK, 26 November 2013 (NNT) - The Center for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) has prohibited anti-government protesters from entering the premises of government agencies and independent organizations.

CAPO on Tuesday said its prohibition of entrance into government offices was enforced to prevent the protesters from taking over the places and protect national security. People who incite unrest and obstruct the authorities’ operations were banned from all government offices, especially the Ministry of Finance, the Bureau of the Budget, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Public Relations Department, courts and independent organizations.

The prohibition is part of the government’s extension of the Internal Security Act. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra announced on Monday that the law would be enforced throughout Bangkok and some areas in the capital’s vicinity from 26 November to 31 December 2013 after the protesters surrounded many government offices.

-- NNT 2012-11-26

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RT@tulsathit: In Parliament, Democrats have attacked PM over blatant "nepotism" that rewarded those helping the Shinawatras in particular.

RT@tulsathit: In Parliament, Foreign Minister Surapong hailed Yingluck as a magnificent trader whose frequent foreign trips were more than justified.

RT@tulsathit: Democrats: If YL is good trader, please explain our trade deficits.

RT@tulsathit: Debate is raging in Parliament over a chairman decision to allow Surapong to speak on PM's behalf.

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RT@Aim_NT: Satit Wongnongtaey, leader of protesters on Rajdamnoen told protesters that they would march to ministries at 9am tomorrow.

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RT@tulsathit: House is debating revocation and restoration of Thaksin's passport.

RT@tulsathit: Surapong on why he gave Thaksin back his passport: Neither court nor police told me not to.

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RT@Aim_NT: Red shirt leader Thida Thavornseth this evening called on police to file charge against Suthep for terrorism.-NNA

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RT@Aim_NT: Suporn Attawong, a red shirt leader n PM's dep secretary-general, said at 8pm protesters from Sakon Nakhon r coming to protect the govt.-NNA

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Suthep calls on supporters to besiege ministries, city halls
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Ex-Democrat MP Suthep Thaugsuban, a key leader of the rally against the so-called "Thaksin regime", said yesterday that all orders from the government were invalid as it could not invoke the rule of law on the one hand and reject the Constitutional Court's power on the other.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/684606-suthep-calls-on-supporters-to-besiege-ministries-city-halls/

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RT@RichardBarrow: Protesters at Ratchadamnoen asked to head to Finance Ministry now to protect Suthep who faces possible arrest /via @Juarawee #Bangkok

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Phuket ‘black’ taxis now being fined
Khemin Wicheetthagoon

Jamroen Thippayapongtada: They've had enough time.

PHUKET: Police have now begun stopping unlicensed “black” taxis and fining their drivers B2,000 a time.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/684614-phuket-black-taxis-now-being-fined/

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RT@RichardBarrow: More Red Shirts are being called to gather at Rajamangala Stadium in #Bangkok tomorrow /via @Juarawee

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Bomb thrown at police at Makkawan bridge

BANGKOK: -- A bomb was thrown at the police barricade at the Makkawan bridge on Tuesday night, but there were no injuries however, said police.

Pol Maj-Gen Chanthawit Ramasut, deputy commissioner of metropolitan police, said that it was lucky that the bomb hit the concrete barrier and exploded so no one was injured.

Earlier before the bomb attack, he said that some assailants had used sling shots to fire iron bolts into the police at Makkawan bridge.

Policemen gave chase but the assailants managed to escape, he said, adding that police would examine video clips from surveillance cameras in the vicinity to try to track down the assailants.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/bomb-thrown-police-makkawan-bridge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bomb-thrown-police-makkawan-bridge

--Thai PBS 2013-11-26

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RT@Aim_NT: Personal...One of my friends told me this evening lots of police officers were gathering at a place. ..But that's far from Finance Ministry.

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RT@RichardBarrow: Protesters have seized Trang Provincial Hall - RT @amanfromsky: ศาลากลางจ.ตรัง ประชาชนยึดเรียบร้อย pic.twitter.com/Wmspwu4kED #Thailand

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RT@RichardBarrow: Things moving fast in #Thailand now. As well as laying siege to various ministries in #Bangkok, protesters now targeting provincial halls.

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Anti-Thaksin regime groups to stage mass rallies nationwide on 27 Nov

BANGKOK, 26 November 2013 (NNT) - The anti-Thaksin regime protesters at the Ministry of Finance are set to organize mass rallies nationwide on Wednesday and express confidence that they will topple the “Thaksin regime” in three days.

Mr Ekkanat Phromphan, one of the core leaders of the anti-Thaksin regime network, said the protesters rejected the government’s expansion of areas under the Internal Security Act and confirmed they would not leave their current base at the Ministry of Finance. He explained that protest activities had to be suspended for today, ahead of nationwide mass rallies tomorrow.

Mr Ekkanat added that the protesters would submit a letter to the United Nations to call for its observance of the rallies.

-- NNT 2013-11-26

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Thai political protests paralyse more ministries

by Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI

BANGKOK, November 26, 2013 (AFP) - Thai opposition protesters besieged several more ministries in Bangkok on Tuesday to try to topple the government, as Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra faced a no-confidence motion in parliament and warned against "mob rule".

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have rallied against Yingluck and her brother, ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, in the biggest street protests since 2010, when more than 90 people were killed in a military crackdown.

Demonstrators surrounded the interior, agriculture, transport, and sports and tourism ministries, ordering officials inside to leave, a day after occupying the finance and foreign ministries.

Suthep Thaugsuban, the rabble-rousing leader of the anti-government protests, called late Tuesday for demonstrators to rally at the "remaining government ministries" and provincial offices nationwide on Wednesday.

"You must do it tomorrow, together across the country... there will be no other day," he added.

The turmoil has caused international concern and raised fears of fresh street violence in a country that has been rocked by several episodes of political unrest since royalist generals overthrew Thaksin in a 2006 coup.

The billionaire telecoms tycoon-turned-politician draws strong support from many of the country's rural and urban working class. But he is loathed among the elite and the middle classes, who accuse him of being corrupt and a threat to the monarchy.

Several thousand protesters, waving Thai flags and blowing whistles, marched to the interior ministry, which was guarded by hundreds of security personnel, according to an AFP reporter at the scene.

"We don't dislike Thaksin -- we loathe him. This is the end for him," said Dhiranut Bunna, a 43-year-old housewife from Bangkok who was among the protesters still at the finance ministry.

Apart from the interior ministry, most government buildings taken over had only a light security presence outside.

But security has been tightened on Bangkok's streets since the expansion late Monday of the Internal Security Act, which gives authorities additional powers to block routes, impose a curfew, ban gatherings and carry out searches.

Arrest warrant

A Thai court on Tuesday approved an arrest warrant for Suthep -- who resigned from the opposition Democrat Party to head the rallies -- in connection with the occupation of government buildings.

"I ask him to surrender, otherwise police can arrest him on sight," said Colonel Sunthorn Kongklam of Bang Sue police station in the capital.

In his near 90-minute speech, Suthep said he will hand himself in but added -- to rapturous applause -- "now I am busy, let me deal with the Thaksin regime first".

Yingluck on Tuesday reiterated that authorities would "absolutely not use violence" as she arrived at parliament, which was guarded by dozens of police.

"Everybody must obey the law and not use mob rule to upstage the rule of law," she told reporters.

The no-confidence motion was introduced by the Democrats, who have not won an elected majority in parliament in about two decades, as part of a barrage of challenges to Yingluck's embattled government.

Debate continued late into the night on Tuesday and the ruling Puea Thai party, which holds a comfortable majority, is expected to win the censure vote expected later in the week.

Recent protests were sparked by Puea Thai plans to introduce an amnesty that could have allowed the return from self-imposed exile of Thaksin.

Outrage over that plan failed to ebb after the amnesty was quashed by the Senate on November 11.

Former Thai diplomat Pavin Chachavalpongpun, an associate professor at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies at Japan's Kyoto University, said there was a possibility of "violent clashes".

"I think the mob has become a little bit desperate now... so there could be some kind of provocation against the police," he told AFP.

He said the government had so far been careful to avoid any "pre-emptive action" against the rallies as it faces opposition challenges in parliament and on the streets.

"You are now seeing a kind of twin engine working to overthrow the Yingluck government," he added.

Yingluck swept to power in 2011 polls on a wave of support from the "Red Shirts", whose 2010 protests were crushed by the then Democrat-led government.

"Suthep is not trying to throw out the government... he wants to throw out democracy and replace it with an ultra-royalist administration," Red Shirt leader Thida Thavornseth told AFP.

Protests by the royalist "Yellow Shirts" helped to trigger the coup that toppled Thaksin, who now lives abroad to avoid a prison term for corruption that he contends was politically motivated.

-- (c) Copyright AFP 2013-11-26

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AirAsia Singapore-Krabi service starts

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/684620-airasia-singapore-krabi-service-starts/

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Thailand Live Wednesday 27 Nov 2013

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/684659-thailand-live-wednesday-27-nov-2013/