Lite Beer Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Suthep voted Asia's Person of the Year 2013 on Asia Society websiteBANGKOK: -- People's Democratic Reform Committee secretary general Suthep Thaugsuban has been voted Asia's Person of the Year 2013 on the Asia Society website.Asia Society announced that Thaugsuban attracted 88 percent of the vote, nearly 116,000 votes in total.Malala Yousafzai, the female education rights activist from Pakistan, was runner-up for the second consecutive year. She earned close to 12,000 votes, 9 percent of the total.Asia Society is a leading educational organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among peoples, leaders and institutions of Asia and the United States in a global context. -- The Nation 2014-01-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fab4 Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 Beyond parody. 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post catterwell Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 Congratulations to Khun Suthep on winning the election. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casindonet Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Who voted? The public? Sent from my GT-I9200 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkerry Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 88% of the vote... shame he isn't a candidate in the upcoming elections... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keemapoot Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Pretty highly regarded the Asia Society, both in Asia, US, and Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post anselpixel Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 Even the AS website people aren't convinced this wasn't a case of organized balloting by his supporters. At least they believe in some sort of voting. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Hmm, was this a facebook campaign? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post napawan28 Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 Don't care. I want Nobel Prize. 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post edwardandtubs Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 Asian Society said 116,000 votes but the truth is SIX MILLION votes (verified by Suthep's independent experts). 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim1980 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Who voted him? He can't even win enough votes in his own country for many years. Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ramrod711 Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 Asia Society is a leading educational organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among peoples, leaders and institutions of Asia and the United States in a global context. promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships. Definitely describes the man and his cause, good work. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post englishoak Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 Asia Society is a leading educational organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among peoples, leaders and institutions of Asia and the United States in a global context. promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships. Definitely describes the man and his cause, good work. Definitely the funniest post ive read today 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Is this another article by the journalist who thought up the Nobel peace prize piece? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prbkk Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Pretty highly regarded the Asia Society, both in Asia, US, and Europe. an organised campaign....it has been discussed, at length, for some days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jaidam Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 This is not going to please the frothers and followers of Thaksin, but it does make a lot of sense. Suthep has selflessly put his life on the line in an attempt to bring the essence of democracy to Thai politics. You may not support all of his methods, but by crikey the man has a pair of stones. Good to see serious observers recognize his sacrifice. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bangkokheat Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 well choke my chickens, suthep has become mr popularity, alongside yinluck miss nobel winner, all within the space of a week, truly is amazing thailand 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FangFerang Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 Online balloting is very easy to manipulate. Asia's Person of the Year. Really? In all of Asia... I am not buying it, renting it, nor leasing it. If I owned it, I would not gift it to my worst enemy.... 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post edwardandtubs Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 This is not going to please the frothers and followers of Thaksin, but it does make a lot of sense. Suthep has selflessly put his life on the line in an attempt to bring the essence of democracy to Thai politics. You may not support all of his methods, but by crikey the man has a pair of stones. Good to see serious observers recognize his sacrifice. The comedians are out in force today. 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Publicus Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) Here's the Asia Society's account of what happened in the polling. As of December 31st Suthep had almost zero votes from the time the polling opened December 20th. Then in the past closing daze [sic] the poll had 165,000 hits from Thailand (not 6 million). The runnerup, teenager Malala Yousafzai, who has recovered from a shot to the head by the Taliban, had "close to" 12,000 votes which Asia Society says would be enough to win in any normal voting year. (Suthep got almost 116,000 votes which I believe Asia society says is an unprecedentedly large number of votes beyond the typical number of the annual poll's number of reader-voters.) The sudden surge of voting this year in the final daze of the open online polling shows what Suthep's still anonymous feudal council and its mob supporters will do to voting and elections polling here in Thailand. http://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/how-thailands-suthep-thaugsuban-ran-away-our-person-year-poll Edited January 11, 2014 by Publicus 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jomtienjinx2013 Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 Well done Khun Suthep. A well deserved recognition by a much respected organisation. May you have much success in your mission over the next few days/weeks. Message to the Thaksin lovers 'If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all'. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bluespunk Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) "But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, or you wouldn't have come here." Lewis Carroll Edited January 11, 2014 by Bluespunk 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurboy Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Sampling is good. This is a sample. Where's the x factor when you need it? Know what I mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ginjag Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 Well done sir, outrun every other person by a mile a reward for your guts and effort. Where was the PM ???? in the Grand National did she fall at the Canal Turn.??? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rreddin Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 Well done Khun Suthep. A well deserved recognition by a much respected organisation. May you have much success in your mission over the next few days/weeks. Message to the Thaksin lovers 'If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all'. I think that well respected organisation might be a little embarrassed at how easily the voting was rigged. But hey ho, for what it is worth he won. It is a pity he wants to deprive millions of Thais from voting for the candidates of their choice. A leopard does not change his spots so be careful what you wish for, you might get it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EricBerg Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 He can show it to his grandkids. Now first help to topple the shinaclan, then please retire. Politics need clean people now which Suthep is not. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post arthurboy Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 "But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, or you wouldn't have come here." Lewis Carroll Thank you so very much. The voices of reason and sanity are still with us. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginjag Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Well done Khun Suthep. A well deserved recognition by a much respected organisation. May you have much success in your mission over the next few days/weeks. Message to the Thaksin lovers 'If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all'. I think that well respected organisation might be a little embarrassed at how easily the voting was rigged. But hey ho, for what it is worth he won. It is a pity he wants to deprive millions of Thais from voting for the candidates of their choice. A leopard does not change his spots so be careful what you wish for, you might get it. If he managed to overthrow the regime, then I am with him, if he turned out to be an armhole then then I'm with who ever can get rid of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudel Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Asia Society is a leading educational organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among peoples, leaders and institutions of Asia and the United States in a global context. promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships. Definitely describes the man and his cause, good work. you are joking or on drugs right didn't some of his boys threaten to march on the us embassy a few weeks ago? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post waza Posted January 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2014 Yingluck may be the darling of Issan, but Suthep is Asia's Person of the Year 2013. Now that's gotta sting. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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