Thaksin offers Kwanchai medical treatment in Bangkok

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Thaksin offers Kwanchai medical treatment in Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- Ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra has offered red-shirt leader Kwanchai Praipana to receive medical treatment at Rama 9 hospital.

The injured red-shirt leader Kwanchai said Thaksin had called his wife and offered medical treatment in Bangkok.

However, Kwanchai said he rejected the offer as he felt safer to be treated in hospital in Udon Thani, reasoning that if the anti-government protesters knew he is in Bangkok, they may encircle the hospital.

So he said he told the ex-premier that he preferred to remain in Ake-Udon hospital as if anything happens, he will be protected by his red-shirt sympathizers.

Kwanchai also denied neither a conflict with the military nor politics as a motive of the attempt on his life.

He said the military would see it useless to attempt on his life and he also has no personal conflict with anyone.

He ruled out political motive as he made clear he would not run in the election.

But he said the attempt on his life might be by opportunists attempting to instigate disorder and unrest in the country.

Kwanchai recalled the moment he was attacked.

He said the gunman fired shots one by one before spraying bullets into the office.

When he was hit by the first shot, he fell to the floor and was struck again by a another shot on his leg. Seconds later bullets were sprayed by the gunman into his office.

The hardcore red-shirt leader is now recovering from the gunshot wounds but has to remain at hospital.

Security was heightened at the Ake-Udon hospital as the police fear of another attempt on his life.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/thaksin-offers-kwanchai-medical-treatment-bangkok/

-- Thai PBS 2014-01-24

[soi41]

Thaksin really wants to get rid off him!!

The shooters failed, and now he is sending him to Suthep!!

[noikrit]

Almost seems like he wants to distance himself from more then just BKK ......

[Boxclever]

Awefully nice of you old chap...

[CelticBhoy]

How did the shooters not get a good few shots into that

fat lump. I mean, he's an easy target is he not?

[diceq]

Why do the media keep referring to him as "the hardcore red-shirt leader"?

[soi41]

Why do the media keep referring to him as "the hardcore red-shirt leader"?

They got him mixed up with nine-inch Nicky!!

[casualbiker]

Why do the media keep referring to him as "the hardcore red-shirt leader"?

Maybe he asked them to!

Or maybe the fact that his business is running a RED shirt radio station!

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Edited January 24, 2014 by casualbiker

[Costas2008]

Thaksin better pay the rice farmers with his money and not be so concerned about barking dogs!

[Thait Spot]

His name produces some interesting anagrams

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[jaidam]

Hope that Thaksin's medical team arrives faster than his Korean water pumps did. If Kwanchai has to wait 3 years and the medics still didn't arrive he will be in dire straits.

[promatrix]

Almost seems like he wants to distance himself from more then just BKK ......

or may be he knows that doctors in Bangkok are on the streets

[Scott]

Nasty, off-topic, inflammatory posts and replies deleted.

[MMarlow]

His name produces some interesting anagrams

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Got one for us then?

[KimoMax]

Protected by his own faction in Udon is probably more like it.

[AleG]

Why do the media keep referring to him as "the hardcore red-shirt leader"?

I would guess because of doing things like leading a group of Red Shirts to beat up an assembly of Yellow Shirts.

[pedro01]

Suthep raised the bar in terms of personally helping injured protesters.

Thaksin is probably cursing him now - the that he has to spend some of the extra US$1.1Bn Thaksin 'earnt' in the past 12 months must be grating on him

[thesetat2013]

This article us a fine example if what the press was told to do in their meeting about news releases during the SOE. :-(

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[thesetat2013]

Can you imagine this.conversation.

Thaksin: honey want you to offer to pay for his medical treatment.

Thaksins wife:but love, he already has millions of baht and free medical already.

Thaksin: i know! So for sure he will not accept our offer. But it makes me look like a good man and for sure my sister will get it in the news. Everybody will see how nice i am.

Thaksins wife: OK. I will do what you tell me to do the same way the PTP does. Bye

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[pmugghc]

Interesting piece today in Bkk Post. The red shirts in Udon had collected money to buy a 17 Rai plot for their organization. Kwanchai put his wife's name on the title deeds!

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[animatic]

Well not coming to Bangkok means all his followers would not be inclined to... follow him there.

A smart decision on several levels. But Thaksin needed to appear magnanimous even if it came to nothing.

Appearances before realities.

Edited January 24, 2014 by animatic

[siampolee]

pmugghc post # 20.

Interesting piece today in Bkk Post. The red shirts in Udon had collected money to buy a 17 Rai plot for their organization. Kwanchai put his wife's name on the title deeds!

A genuine mistake in the legal process.

No Red Shirt believer in Red Shirt style democracy would even let the thought of self interest cross what may pass for their minds would they?

[chainarong]

One must congratulate the former Prime Minister , such a gesture is really appreciated , it would also be appreciated if you would get your arse back to Thailand and face the music , perhaps sir the details are not remembered , so just to remind you of some , Tax avoidance , Un investigations into human rights abuse , corruption involving the Burma junta ,your company, the government, in supply of electronic equip, whilst P.M. That's a start we wont mention the five time profits your company Shincorp made when you were P.M. of Thailand.

[ChrisY1]

How did the shooters not get a good few shots into that

fat lump. I mean, he's an easy target is he not?

Exactly.....47 rounds from an AK47....he should look like swiss cheese now......!

[Dogmatix]

Other reports said Thaksin had offered medical treatment in Bkk at a hospital partly owned by him. Funnily enough he is not registered as a shareholder at any of the private hospitals which are all listed but perhaps his gardners, drivers and maid are instead. Also one of his former lawyers is a major shareholder of a well known hospital group. Since Thaksin is known to be extremely khee niaow, presumably the idea was for the all the shareholders to foot the bill for free treatment, not just Thaksin alone.

[h90]

Thaksin really wants to get rid off him!!

The shooters failed, and now he is sending him to Suthep!!

I think almost all of the medical staff joined the protests.......

[Buffy Frobisher]

Interesting that he says it was single shots at first (carefully placed in the arm and leg so as not to endanger his life) and then a spray from the AK just to make it look good. I wonder how much he was paid to take a hit.

[Robby nz]

More to it than face value methinks , he is saying he does not want to go to BKK because he is worried whoever shot him will have another go while he is there.

Inferring that whoever shot him was from BKK therefore associated with if not part of the protesters.

Making political capital out of his shooting, similar to what we see on here with the red supporters trying to make most topics into an anti Suthep thing.

I suspect he knows full well who had a go at him and why, not being a peaceful gentle type character he must have made plenty of enemies up his own end of the country.

[Thait Spot]

His name produces some interesting anagrams

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Got one for us then?

Chan kwai

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[Sunisalom]

Other reports said Thaksin had offered medical treatment in Bkk at a hospital partly owned by him. Funnily enough he is not registered as a shareholder at any of the private hospitals which are all listed but perhaps his gardners, drivers and maid are instead. Also one of his former lawyers is a major shareholder of a well known hospital group. Since Thaksin is known to be extremely khee niaow, presumably the idea was for the all the shareholders to foot the bill for free treatment, not just Thaksin alone.

Thaksin would offer his own family, for organ transplants in any hospital, if it meant continued access to taking Thai government funds.

-m.