Bangkok Shutdown: PDRC spending more than Bt10 million a day

[PREM-R]

I wonder if some of the land that Suthep sold was actually his land, or was it some of the land that had previously been public land.

His son is in court next week for dodgy land deals in samui the family are as corrupt as the shin family was speaking with my accountant yesterday she had got a new phone number I asked her why after 8 years had she changed her number her reply the shin family own AIS so I do not want to give them my money so she has moved over to D / TAC even tho she knows and admits the reception is terrible I suggested she should keep her AIS number as she could loose a lot of business by all the missed calls especially as the financial year reports are due in the next month or two over the last month she has stated that she. Had travelled from samui to bkk at least 5 times in support of this Suthep nutcase. I wonder if these people even think about what it is going to cost them in lost revenue .

"her reply the shin family own AIS so I do not want to give them my money"

As an 'educated middle class' accountant, you would think that she would know that Thaksin sold his Shincorp (including AIS) to Temasek Holdings in 2006

Edited January 17, 2014 by PREM-R

[icommunity]

I wonder if some of the land that Suthep sold was actually his land, or was it some of the land that had previously been public land.

His son is in court next week for dodgy land deals in samui the family are as corrupt as the shin family was speaking with my accountant yesterday she had got a new phone number I asked her why after 8 years had she changed her number her reply the shin family own AIS so I do not want to give them my money so she has moved over to D / TAC even tho she knows and admits the reception is terrible I suggested she should keep her AIS number as she could loose a lot of business by all the missed calls especially as the financial year reports are due in the next month or two over the last month she has stated that she. Had travelled from samui to bkk at least 5 times in support of this Suthep nutcase. I wonder if these people even think about what it is going to cost them in lost revenue .

Do you know TRT's telecom policy brought benefit to all Telco and state revenue of above 100 billions baht. Yet it was ruled as policy corruption resulted in his asset seized but not other individuals of Telco.

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[hughben]

Who in their right mind would buy land off of his dirty hands?

It would be like buying real estate land on the moon.

[Just1Voice]

Protesters not being paid? B.S.

As I posted in another thread yesterday, my wife came home last night and told me that her and some of her co-workers (who all work for a major insurance company) were having dinner. Their table was approached by a man who smiled and spoke to them, offering them 2,000 baht a day to travel from CM to BKK to join the protests. One of the women stood up and loudly stated - "Yellow shirt trying to buy protesters" - at which point the man ran out of the restaurant, jumped in his car and sped away.

My wife is NOT in the habit of lying or making up stories, and was laughing when she told me. So, please, don't bother trying to tell me that the protesters aren't being "recruited" and paid.

Probably the same guy buying protesters during 2010...I kid you not!

You could be right. lol. But my wife said she's never seen anyone move as fast as this guy did when one of her friends "outted" the guy.

P>S> My wife and her friends are all die hard reds.

Edited January 17, 2014 by Just1Voice

[tezzainoz]

500 baht per protester per day soon adds up.

It would if this was not just more lies from you and your Taskin friends

Or are you spending so much time in the bars you can not see what goes on in front of you

[hughben]

Who owns the companies who make the food? Who owns the companies that hire out the equipment, etc etc. I would think it goes to people who back this.

[catmac]

My heart bleeds for poor Suthep, having to sell a bit of land in Samui for 25 million baht. Just goes to show that all those years spent in politics sure seem to have paid off for him!

By the way, I understand that he still has a few plots in Phuket going cheap - if you can pass yourself off as a poor, landless peasant! Just don't turn up at the Land Office in your Rolls Royce when you collect your title deed!

[Just1Voice]

500 baht per protester per day soon adds up.

It would if this was not just more lies from you and your Taskin friends

Or are you spending so much time in the bars you can not see what goes on in front of you

And you need to take off your yellow glasses and go back to Post #52 and read.

[xminator]

And all that money is accounted for? And paid tax for?

[Rich teacher]

But look at it this way. It's good for the economy. People have jobs, i.e. paid protesters, guards for the grand master, vendors selling fake whistles and food vendors selling the southern dishes. And drug dealers selling their products to help the protesters make it through the day.

Of course you have evidence of all this drug taking?

Oh, why bother, just keep trolling if it keeps you happy!

[DocN]

500 baht per protester per day soon adds up.

It would if this was not just more lies from you and your Taskin friends

Or are you spending so much time in the bars you can not see what goes on in front of you

I am sure, you don't spend much time in bars...because your wonderful wife won't let you!

[ubonjoe]

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[tingtongteesood]

But look at it this way. It's good for the economy. People have jobs, i.e. paid protesters, guards for the grand master, vendors selling fake whistles and food vendors selling the southern dishes. And drug dealers selling their products to help the protesters make it through the day.

Could you possibly give the flaming a break for a day ? I am sure a great many of the protestors are not drug addicts and I am sure that some of your beloved red shirts probably are too. So what ? I guess you missed the tens of thousands of people giving money to help pay for the protests. Can't wait for them to win then you might quiet down a bit with your vitriolic crap.

You don't like it, block me. I can't wait until your master lose his bid for President for Life status. Anyone here who makes a comment you don't like you attack them. I wonder what the pay is for doing that these days.

No I 'attack'; as you say people who flame and troll such as yourself because it is irritating not to mention against forum rules. If you don't like it then stop flaming and trolling....

[casualbiker]

I wonder if some of the land that Suthep sold was actually his land, or was it some of the land that had previously been public land.

His son is in court next week for dodgy land deals in samui the family are as corrupt as the shin family was speaking with my accountant yesterday she had got a new phone number I asked her why after 8 years had she changed her number her reply the shin family own AIS so I do not want to give them my money so she has moved over to D / TAC even tho she knows and admits the reception is terrible I suggested she should keep her AIS number as she could loose a lot of business by all the missed calls especially as the financial year reports are due in the next month or two over the last month she has stated that she. Had travelled from samui to bkk at least 5 times in support of this Suthep nutcase. I wonder if these people even think about what it is going to cost them in lost revenue .

Do you know TRT's telecom policy brought benefit to all Telco and state revenue of above 100 billions baht. Yet it was ruled as policy corruption resulted in his asset seized but not other individuals of Telco.

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The other Telcos MAY have benefited BUT they were not the ones that personally thought up and applied the rule change and then transferred shares to family who subsequently sold them without paying tax 2 days after the law came into force ...

[Nowhereman60]

But look at it this way. It's good for the economy. People have jobs, i.e. paid protesters, guards for the grand master, vendors selling fake whistles and food vendors selling the southern dishes. And drug dealers selling their products to help the protesters make it through the day.

Could you possibly give the flaming a break for a day ? I am sure a great many of the protestors are not drug addicts and I am sure that some of your beloved red shirts probably are too. So what ? I guess you missed the tens of thousands of people giving money to help pay for the protests. Can't wait for them to win then you might quiet down a bit with your vitriolic crap.

You don't like it, block me. I can't wait until your master lose his bid for President for Life status. Anyone here who makes a comment you don't like you attack them. I wonder what the pay is for doing that these days.

No I 'attack'; as you say people who flame and troll such as yourself because it is irritating not to mention against forum rules. If you don't like it then stop flaming and trolling....

The truth really bothers you, i am sorry you can't handle it.

[casualbiker]

But look at it this way. It's good for the economy. People have jobs, i.e. paid protesters, guards for the grand master, vendors selling fake whistles and food vendors selling the southern dishes. And drug dealers selling their products to help the protesters make it through the day.

Of course you have evidence of all this drug taking?

Oh, why bother, just keep trolling if it keeps you happy!

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which paper is that then... at least tell us the name..

"Police arrested a man and seized 100,000 methamphetamine pills and two kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine in Chiang Rai's Muang district last night. /Bangkok Post"

That's in RED shirt heartland. UNFORTUNATELY drug taking is rife amongst a large section of Thai society, normally young disenfranchised Thai youth on both sides of the colour spectrum.

[englishoak]

As I understand , everyone is paid . An Isaan farmer friend told me that PDRC have had paid agents combing the countryside to find people willing and able to attend the demonstration in Bangkok . People would be paid to attend and transported to Bangkok and back .

A demonstration on this scale , the ranks swelled by paid peasants , stages , tents , transport , you name it , must have an enormous cost . Suthep and

other leaders may have sold land and houses , but it is my belief that there are elite behind the scene who have been financing this project .

Whoever is behind the scene is also the reason why Suthep won't be arrested and if he were , he would be instantly bailed .

A friend of my brothers uncle told my dad and my dad told me that Taksin is paying 10000 baht per day for flowers in his hotel room in Dubai. He is also paying 2000 baht per day to every poster on here who posts his red propaganda all over the forum.

My comment has just as much truth as yours. Proof or shut up ! I am so sick of people trying to discredit the protests with this 'protestors are being paid' crap. There hasn't been a shred of proof as yet. Show us your proof or stop spreading the lies please...

Hehe whats the matter cant deal with what a free deal or incentives do for a movement ? tough.

Client of mine, owns a factory in NST staff attended rally a few weeks ago on a sunday when factory is closed, all got 400 bht. about 60 of them bus laid on fed and returned. Got asked again this week same deal but this time have to go to a meeting point for bus, apparently some are going but some have been told by others ( you know how it goes ) they wont get paid when they get there so most havnt made up their minds if they are going or not. They will go to the meeting point probably and see from there.

Another client, Kanchanaburi paid his own workers full salary for 2 days to go up with him when the big rally was on a few weeks ago out of his own pocket just the bus laid on.

Take it or leave it as true or not i couldnt care less, normal people do not have the funds to cross the country and back all the time, buy a tent or pay for a bed, eat and lose working pay to stay in BKK. They are being subsidised at the lest and some paid on their days off.

I personally know in bangers some that pop into sites just to eat for free or join for a bit of entertainment from music etc no big deal but they couldnt care less about the actual protest.

If i had to guess id say about 50% get some kind of financial incentive that are coming from outside bangers, not all getting cash some are just having a free trip and outing laid on but again they arnt having to pay to get there or return, eating for free and drinks laid on, its a day or weekend fun trip. That is a far cry from people paying out of their own pocket to protest.Dosnt mean everyone is im sure they arnt but youll just have to suck it up that some are,

Dosnt take anything away from the many who are there for nothing and giving their time after work etc TIT and you want to get stuff done mostly you have to pay, its as simple as that.

OH PS one MAJOR thing that is having an effect on the numbers dropping imo and thats the lack of facilities to take a shower, toilets np theres loads of options but washing is a problem and change of clothes Thais dont like being dirty, especially women who make up a large % that come up from the south.

Costs are spiralling because the funds got frozen and the gimmicks have already been bought now and the donations for setting it up used. From here on its more personal donations by backers or the public and thats also why you see bluesky whining about the whistle they want the money for the channel or movement and not traders making off it. Every day is sucking the baht up and a part of me wants then to stay just to cost the money players more of their cash for nothing.

Edited January 17, 2014 by englishoak

[thailiketoo]

75 posts and no one has bothered to google, "The Powerful Thai generals behind Suthep."

All of the questions always answered when you ask one simple question, follow the money.

[Thai at Heart]

now why would suthep be selling his properties if this protest was only about corruption, it seems like hes counting on earning (stealing) some big bucks when hes in power

Where did a humble politician get so much property from?

This is a ridiculous story. 10mn a day funded by sutheps land?

What week he sell next? The whole of phuket?

[toybits]

You are right that Chiang Rai is a Red Shirt Area. You must be grateful that the policemen at Chiang Rai are doing their job! The drugs usually come from across the border and are shipped to Bangkok.

which paper is that then... at least tell us the name..

"Police arrested a man and seized 100,000 methamphetamine pills and two kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine in Chiang Rai's Muang district last night. /Bangkok Post"

That's in RED shirt heartland. UNFORTUNATELY drug taking is rife amongst a large section of Thai society, normally young disenfranchised Thai youth on both sides of the colour spectrum.

[easybullet3]

i wasnt aware that the HUGE TV Screens cost soooo much !!! £2,000 (GBP) per day ?????

Those Large TVs are made up of a couple of hundred LCD panels. I see these small panels for sale in the electrical markets near china town. You buy MANY of the pieces and they all jigsaw together to make as large-a-screen as you require.

But the price of these panels is not so high.

a computer controls the graphics.

I really cant see how they can be 2,000 quid a day! I imagine they are less than 20,000 pounds to buy!!!

ok,, maybe a western or japanese brand may more more costly. but we are in thailand!! this is not a plasma TV or specialist thing. its a jigsaw puzzle of mini LCD panels.

anyway,,, maybe I am wrong, but seems like some charges are OVER what the actual cost may be? unless people are 'skimming' money from the costs ?

[Thai at Heart]

Obviously the money will run out sooner rather than later, donations will dry up and the sales of those silly whistles will come to an end. Spending 10 million plus a day cannot be kept up as the yellows haven't actually gained any new victories lately, therefore "believers" will lose the faith and go home, as sleeping outside on the concrete roads must be extremely unpleasant, especially for the older folks.

Also many have yet to realize the PM cannot simply walk off the job, and that Suthep is talking nonsense with his proposed "people's council" idea, as these things just cannot happen in the real world. So we can only wait now for "reality to bite".

Dry up?

These backers have very very deep pockets.

[Pormax]

500 baht per protester per day soon adds up.

i believe it is much higher than 500B a day.

My wife and I who live in Buriram province was in the local Toyota dealer yesterday for a service and my wife over heard a Thai convesation where it was stated that 2,000B a day was being offerered for new people to join the protest as they were not getting the numbers hoped for. My wife was so astonished by this and kept listening in to the convesation, not that it was hard as like most Thais the man was talking very loudly. and this amount was repeated, to confirm what she first heard.

[Smokemachine]

I will advise Michael Yon not to tell lies too since many of the op here are teling us the "fact" that many protesters are actually paid to come for the protest.

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[gerry1011]

But look at it this way. It's good for the economy. People have jobs, i.e. paid protesters, guards for the grand master, vendors selling fake whistles and food vendors selling the southern dishes. And drug dealers selling their products to help the protesters make it through the day.

Could you possibly give the flaming a break for a day ? I am sure a great many of the protestors are not drug addicts and I am sure that some of your beloved red shirts probably are too. So what ? I guess you missed the tens of thousands of people giving money to help pay for the protests. Can't wait for them to win then you might quiet down a bit with your vitriolic crap.

You don't like it, block me. I can't wait until your master lose his bid for President for Life status. Anyone here who makes a comment you don't like you attack them. I wonder what the pay is for doing that these days.

No I 'attack'; as you say people who flame and troll such as yourself because it is irritating not to mention against forum rules. If you don't like it then stop flaming and trolling....

Truth hurts

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[Smokemachine]

Protesters not being paid? B.S.

As I posted in another thread yesterday, my wife came home last night and told me that her and some of her co-workers (who all work for a major insurance company) were having dinner. Their table was approached by a man who smiled and spoke to them, offering them 2,000 baht a day to travel from CM to BKK to join the protests. One of the women stood up and loudly stated - "Yellow shirt trying to buy protesters" - at which point the man ran out of the restaurant, jumped in his car and sped away.

My wife is NOT in the habit of lying or making up stories, and was laughing when she told me. So, please, don't bother trying to tell me that the protesters aren't being "recruited" and paid.

Probably the same guy buying protesters during 2010...I kid you not!

You could be right. lol. But my wife said she's never seen anyone move as fast as this guy did when one of her friends "outted" the guy.

P>S> My wife and her friends are all die hard reds.

If this man is real agent getting protesters for the rally, not a fake one trying to discredit the anti-govt protest, i can say he is a real idiot.

Knowing that CM has alot of red supporters. Unknowingly approaching strangers can lead him bang against the wall. And he did. BANG!!

If he is really doing this, he should be going for those pro anti-govt provinces or individual group who are pro to anti-govt protest.

All i can say this "agent" has no brain.

[Smokemachine]

You don't like it, block me. I can't wait until your master lose his bid for President for Life status. Anyone here who makes a comment you don't like you attack them. I wonder what the pay is for doing that these days.

No I 'attack'; as you say people who flame and troll such as yourself because it is irritating not to mention against forum rules. If you don't like it then stop flaming and trolling....

Truth hurts

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Same sentiments....

Many innocent thai citizens has feel the impact what has the YL govt done to them.

Many of the TS regime followers have learnt the truth. And it hurts them deeply.

You're right.

Truth hurts.

[icommunity]

I wonder if some of the land that Suthep sold was actually his land, or was it some of the land that had previously been public land.

His son is in court next week for dodgy land deals in samui the family are as corrupt as the shin family was speaking with my accountant yesterday she had got a new phone number I asked her why after 8 years had she changed her number her reply the shin family own AIS so I do not want to give them my money so she has moved over to D / TAC even tho she knows and admits the reception is terrible I suggested she should keep her AIS number as she could loose a lot of business by all the missed calls especially as the financial year reports are due in the next month or two over the last month she has stated that she. Had travelled from samui to bkk at least 5 times in support of this Suthep nutcase. I wonder if these people even think about what it is going to cost them in lost revenue .

Do you know TRT's telecom policy brought benefit to all Telco and state revenue of above 100 billions baht. Yet it was ruled as policy corruption resulted in his asset seized but not other individuals of Telco.

Send from my Mobile

The other Telcos MAY have benefited BUT they were not the ones that personally thought up and applied the rule change and then transferred shares to family who subsequently sold them without paying tax 2 days after the law came into force ...

Which incident are you referring to??? Do you pay capital gain tax??? The rule change is to benefit the industry not just himself. What would be the industry like if he didn't. It was just happened that he was already in the business before he join politics. My question is why others who equally benefited did not have their assets seized. Did they pay capital gain tax too?

[citizen33]

Reading through the thread it seemed to me that a couple of posters were implying that they had actually participated in the protests. Given that this is a movement that states openly that its objective is to bring down the government, that seems a risky thing for them to do - for both themselves and an expat forum. Perhaps a little more caution wouldn't be a bad idea.

[tingtongteesood]

Could you possibly give the flaming a break for a day ? I am sure a great many of the protestors are not drug addicts and I am sure that some of your beloved red shirts probably are too. So what ? I guess you missed the tens of thousands of people giving money to help pay for the protests. Can't wait for them to win then you might quiet down a bit with your vitriolic crap.

You don't like it, block me. I can't wait until your master lose his bid for President for Life status. Anyone here who makes a comment you don't like you attack them. I wonder what the pay is for doing that these days.

No I 'attack'; as you say people who flame and troll such as yourself because it is irritating not to mention against forum rules. If you don't like it then stop flaming and trolling....

The truth really bothers you, i am sorry you can't handle it.

Your opinions are truth ? I see you have been taking lessons from The desert fugitive who thinks the same thing about himself....Please and keep your flaming to yourself mr. troll.