Shots fired at the home of graft-buster Pramon

[Lite Beer]

POLITICAL CRIME
Shots fired at the home of graft-buster Pramon
The Sunday Nation

A forensic official examines bullet holes on a window of anti-corruption campaigner Pramon Sutivong

BANGKOK: -- The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand has called on the caretaker government and the Department of Special Investigation to find out who was responsible for shots fired at the home of its chairman early yesterday.

Metropolitan Police Division 5 chief Maj Gen Suebsak Phansura said at least eight marks or holes caused by bullets were found on Pramon Sutivong's house.

Suebsak said three spent bullets were found in a room on the second floor and two spent bullets were found in a neighbour's yard in the Yen Akat area of Yan Nawa, Bangkok.

He said the gunfire caused damage to Pramon's study and his son's bedroom, but nobody was in the rooms at the time.

The shots likely came from outside the home's front fence, meaning the intention was to intimidate and not kill.

Pramon, who is also chairman of Toyota Motors Thailand and a director of Siam Cement Group, said he heard about a dozen gunshots at about 3am yesterday.

While he said he had no conflict with anyone and had never been threatened, he suspected his role in fighting corruption could be the motivation for the attack.

Pramon dismissed to be a financier for the anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) protest.

He said he was not discouraged by the attack and his orgnisation would continue its work.

In a statement, the anti-corruption body labelled the attack a threat to its work and called on the government and responsible agencies to quickly find the person or persons responsible for the attack to discourage similar incidents in the future.

Meanwhile, an M79 grenade was fired into a room on the seventh floor of the Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek Road at about 7.40pm on Friday.

Chief Justice Thongchai Senamontri led forensic police to inspect the scene yesterday and found a glass window of a room smashed.

He said the court would open as normal on Monday but the motivation behind the attack was unknown.

In Rayong, two grenades were thrown near a PDRC rally at about 10.10pm on Friday night, injuring four people.

Former Democrat MP for Rayong Banyat Chetanachan said the rally finished at about 10pm and most of the protesters had left. About 50 people, mostly staff, remained.

It is believed the bombs were thrown at the stage from a passing vehicle but exploded in the car park.Banyat said the four people received treatment for minor injuries and went home.

-- The Nation 2014-02-16

[GeorgeO]

This is how the corrupt attempt to dissuade anyone from investigating them...!

All of those who have been siphoning off the state's assets for the past three years will soon be leaving Thailand as the net closes in...!!

[EricBerg]

I bet Chalerm predicted this "warning".

[PatOngo]

This is how the corrupt attempt to dissuade anyone from investigating them...!

All of those who have been siphoning off the state's assets for the past three years will soon be leaving Thailand as the net closes in...!!

The past three years ??? The siphoning of state assets has been going on for time eternal....the majority of offenders are still getting richer in LOS!

[MaxLee]

The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand has called on the caretaker government and the Department of Special Investigation to find out who was responsible for shots fired at the home of its chairman early yesterday.

It's like asking the definite cuplrit: "did you do it???" And get an answer "No we didn't, it was the men in black, it wasn't us...."

[LuckyLew]

I am betting no one will be caught and charged for this one

Victim should have known better ... how dare he try and do the right thing

[noitom]

What does this sentence mean?

"Pramon dismissed to be a financier for the anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) protest."

[ChrisY1]

"meaning the intention was to intimidate and not kill."

The police have strange mentalities......people fire guns at houses where others live and a statement like this comes out......dumb asses.....unless of course they know who the culprit/s are!

I doubt the investigation will be as thorough as has been the case over the Kwanchai shooting!

[spirit47]

Graft Buster calls Ghost Buster...

[thesetat2013]

Shouldnt he be asking YL and the PTP to stop sending people to shoot at him?

Since he had been going after these leaders there is a better chance they or thaksin would be the ones paying people to attack him.

Sent from my GT-S5310 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

[Mosha]

I suppose it's pure coincidence that someone announces he has a list and this incident.

[Why ask]

"It is believed the bombs were thrown at the stage from a passing vehicle but exploded in the car park."

Thailand really needs to introduce cricket and baseball, so Thais can learn to throw accurately.... ...

[Scamper]

So we now have attacks on the protesters, the Criminal Court ( that recently ruled that a leader of the PDRC be released ), the home of the chairman of the Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand, who was also " alleged " by the DSI to have supported the protest movement, the home of the former prime minister, Abhisit, the home of the Democratic Governor of Bangkok, and the Democratic party headquarters. Let's see if we can connect the dots, shall we ?

The perpetrators hate :

- free expression

- the legal system

- anyone who is fingered by Chalerm

- anyone who is opposed to graft

- anything to do with the democratic party

The perpetrators believe :

- that terror is the only recourse to anything they do not like

And this is what the police propose to do about it :

- nothing

Edited February 16, 2014 by Scamper

[Roadman]

Royal Thai Police...more Thaksin stooges. Par for the course. There will be no arrests again.

[Ricardo]

So we now have attacks on the protesters, the Criminal Court ( that recently ruled that a leader of the PDRC be released ), the home of the chairman of the Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand, who was also " alleged " by the DSI to have supported the protest movement, the home of the former prime minister, Abhisit, the home of the Democratic Governor of Bangkok, and the Democratic party headquarters. Let's see if we can connect the dots, shall we ?

The perpetrators hate :

- free expression

- the legal system

- anyone who is fingered by Chalerm

- anyone who is opposed to graft

- anything to do with the democratic party

The perpetrators believe :

- that terror is the only recourse to anything they do not like

And this is what the police propose to do about it :

- nothing

A cynic might also suspect that foreign-reporters & news-services will not be mentioning any of this, as it doesn't fit with their simplistic rich-vs-poor analysis, of the current situation.

Nor will Tarit and the DSI be rushing to investigate this stuff, in case they noticed a common thread, during the course of their investigations.

Edited February 16, 2014 by Ricardo

[winstonc]

any thoughts from our government supporters on here im really interested in your spin.on this

[Soutpeel]

any thoughts from our government supporters on here im really interested in your spin.on this

It was Suthep...he is a fascist you know...

[Mosha]

any thoughts from our government supporters on here im really interested in your spin.on this

On the other thread, it was Southerners.

[belg]

so thai people love corruption that fighters get intimitaded

[SICHONSTEVE]

What does this sentence mean?

"Pramon dismissed to be a financier for the anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) protest."

He doesn't sponsor them.

[Blackmirage2013]

Who cares... just stay at the Oriental Hotel for a while. You can afford it with our hard earned taxpayer's baht!!!!!

[MobileContent]

So we now have attacks on the protesters, the Criminal Court ( that recently ruled that a leader of the PDRC be released ), the home of the chairman of the Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand, who was also " alleged " by the DSI to have supported the protest movement, the home of the former prime minister, Abhisit, the home of the Democratic Governor of Bangkok, and the Democratic party headquarters. Let's see if we can connect the dots, shall we ?

The perpetrators hate :

- free expression

- the legal system

- anyone who is fingered by Chalerm

- anyone who is opposed to graft

- anything to do with the democratic party

The perpetrators believe :

- that terror is the only recourse to anything they do not like

And this is what the police propose to do about it :

- nothing

Bla BLa - Next comment.

[SOTIRIOS]

...is it so hard to deduce...???

[LeamchabangLarry]

Disgusting red thugs...

[Thai at Heart]

So we now have attacks on the protesters, the Criminal Court ( that recently ruled that a leader of the PDRC be released ), the home of the chairman of the Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand, who was also " alleged " by the DSI to have supported the protest movement, the home of the former prime minister, Abhisit, the home of the Democratic Governor of Bangkok, and the Democratic party headquarters. Let's see if we can connect the dots, shall we ?

The perpetrators hate :

- free expression

- the legal system

- anyone who is fingered by Chalerm

- anyone who is opposed to graft

- anything to do with the democratic party

The perpetrators believe :

- that terror is the only recourse to anything they do not like

And this is what the police propose to do about it :

- nothing

A cynic might also suspect that foreign-reporters & news-services will not be mentioning any of this, as it doesn't fit with their simplistic rich-vs-poor analysis, of the current situation.

Nor will Tarit and the DSI be rushing to investigate this stuff, in case they noticed a common thread, during the course of their investigations.

How about the corrupt rich versus corrupt rich story line????