PDRC rallies at offices tied to Shinawatras

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PDRC rallies at offices tied to Shinawatras
The Nation



BANGKOK: -- People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) protesters yesterday travelled from various rally sites to demonstrate outside government agencies and the offices of businesses associated with the Shinawatra family.

Protesters led by Phra Buddha Issara started rallying outside the Voice TV satellite TV station yesterday after arriving in five buses and several pickup trucks.

The TV station is owned by Panthongtae Shinawatra, who is the son of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and nephew of caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck.

The monk announced that some of the farmers who have been rallying in front of the Commerce Ministry would move to protest in front of the TV station, where they would spend the night.

Protesting farmers were dissatisfied that the TV station had reported they were not actual farmers, the monk said. "So the farmers want to show that they are the real thing," he said.

The station was guarded by 20 police officers led by Pol Colonel Charoen Srisalak, deputy commander of Metropolitan Police Division 2.

The monk criticised the police for guarding the TV station instead of helping farmers.

He said police should set up a new police station at the TV station if they wanted to serve the "Thaksin regime".

Meanwhile, a PDRC group based at Bangkok's Lumpini Park led by Withaya Kaewparadai marched to the Customs Department in Klong Toei district and asked officials to stop work and join their anti-government protest. Withaya also led protesters to the offices of M-Link Asia Corporation on Sukhumvit Soi 62. The firm is owned by Somchai and Yaowapha Wongsawat, the brother-in-law and sister of Thaksin. Protesters called on employees to stop work.

PDRC members based at the Pathumwan rally site went in separate groups to the ministries of Industry; Science and Technology; and Foreign Affairs.

Protesters from the Ratchaprasong and Asoke intersections marched to the Finance and Energy ministries and the PTT head office.

-- The Nation 2014-02-25

[britmaveric]

[Boxclever]

Why are they waving all that money in the air?

[ShannonT]

Why are they waving all that money in the air?

Either someone confused the photos or they are poor farmers.

[Blackmirage2013]

This is getting so boring and getting no where.... take a look at the protesters... I thought I saw my maid there. It is made up of helpless, smiling, non-aggressive looking people.... they are just running around the city blowing whistles and stomping their feet in front of Shinawatra holdings and blocking traffic, and nothing else is happening.... it is a useless gesture. All it is, is an excuse not to work and to goof off. Nothing is happening.... a typical Thai gathering.... a total waste of time.

They say Thai people are hard working. That is a lie. They show up for any event early where there is free food and they can mill around on the sidelines waiting for something to happen. Might as well open up a cinema in Centralworld and show free movies about Thaksin's travels in Dubai and free popcorn... they would descend on that like locust on corn.

Edited February 25, 2014 by Blackmirage2013

[djhotsox]

I don't speak any Thai but what I gather from the first video is there are a handful of protestors very happy to receive 1000 baht notes to show up and "protest"! Not much of a crowd though......

[chainarong]

Whilst I support the motive and perhaps in earlier times would support this method of interfering in the Shinawatra business , you have to consider the other people that have to work to support their family, life style , so one supports this type of protest providing that Shinawatra employees are allowed to either join the protest and be dismissed , due to missing shifts, or continue working without harassment, stopping the Shinawatra senior management is entirely up to U

[Blackmirage2013]

If these farmers spent as much time tending to their crops and working hard in the rice fields instead of wasting day and weeks here in Bangkok trashing our city, perhaps they would be wealthy by now.

If I went to Isaan and trashed your rice fields and stomped all over your farms and wrecked havoc how would you like it??!! But I won't because I have to WORK.. You know "work" something you do to earn money!

[Blackmirage2013]

Whilst I support the motive and perhaps in earlier times would support this method of interfering in the Shinawatra business , you have to consider the other people that have to work to support their family, life style , so one supports this type of protest providing that Shinawatra employees are allowed to either join the protest and be dismissed , due to missing shifts, or continue working without harassment, stopping the Shinawatra senior management is entirely up to U

"Work" yes, you are right.... we have to work...

I don't see any of these farmers working.... all I see is them coming to Bangkok and trashing our city.

[ShannonT]

If these farmers spent as much time tending to their crops and working hard in the rice fields instead of wasting day and weeks here in Bangkok trashing our city, perhaps they would be wealthy by now.

If I went to Isaan and trashed your rice fields and stomped all over your farms and wrecked havoc how would you like it??!! But I won't because I have to WORK.. You know "work" something you do to earn money!

The real farmers are at home working. They can't afford to lose a day away from their farm.

Remember those farmers that protested at Suvarnabhumi? All except one of them were found to not even own any farm land and he one that did hasn't done any farming for years. But they were all there collecting money from tourists.

[Valentine]

If these farmers spent as much time tending to their crops and working hard in the rice fields instead of wasting day and weeks here in Bangkok trashing our city, perhaps they would be wealthy by now.

If I went to Isaan and trashed your rice fields and stomped all over your farms and wrecked havoc how would you like it??!! But I won't because I have to WORK.. You know "work" something you do to earn money!

The real farmers are at home working. They can't afford to lose a day away from their farm.

Remember those farmers that protested at Suvarnabhumi? All except one of them were found to not even own any farm land and he one that did hasn't done any farming for years. But they were all there collecting money from tourists.

I have a real Issan farmer sitting in our guest room as we speak & he has been here for a month helping out with our business as family members do. He does one rice crop a year so now he does not need to be on his very small farm & BTW he did get paid for his rice albeit later than it should have been.

[tomyummer]

The PDRC should just get it over with and march to Chiang Mai already! Stop pussy footing around!

[potters]

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Whilst I support the motive and perhaps in earlier times would support this method of interfering in the Shinawatra business , you have to consider the other people that have to work to support their family, life style , so one supports this type of protest providing that Shinawatra employees are allowed to either join the protest and be dismissed , due to missing shifts, or continue working without harassment, stopping the Shinawatra senior management is entirely up to U width=32 alt=coffee1.gif>

Agree with you and rather ironic that the people the PDRC are supposed to be fighting for the Bangkok people,they will

now turn on because of a link to Thaksin and maybe end up putting these people out of work.

Best be careful as the hand that is feeding them might just STOP with the handouts.

Can they be trusted in anything they say or do.

Im hoping a 3rd party appears that can win the people over, the current lot and i mean both sides

lose credibility on a daily basis.

[gemini81]

This is getting so boring and getting no where.... take a look at the protesters... I thought I saw my maid there. It is made up of helpless, smiling, non-aggressive looking people.... they are just running around the city blowing whistles and stomping their feet in front of Shinawatra holdings and blocking traffic, and nothing else is happening.... it is a useless gesture. All it is, is an excuse not to work and to goof off. Nothing is happening.... a typical Thai gathering.... a total waste of time.

They say Thai people are hard working. That is a lie. They show up for any event early where there is free food and they can mill around on the sidelines waiting for something to happen. Might as well open up a cinema in Centralworld and show free movies about Thaksin's travels in Dubai and free popcorn... they would descend on that like locust on corn.

So ineffective...PTP is on the brink of collapse-? The puppet master's businesses/investments, being boycotted more and more, a puppet PM in hiding, rallies all the time, everything spiraling out of the control of PTP's ability to manage the situation, and on down the list we go. Things take time- it is certainly headed somewhere after there are constant new developments to challenge PTP on a daily basis.

What would be more effective then? Demonstrating isn't an acceptable statement?

Isn't it better than the escalation of 2010, Ukraine, Venezuela?

[Thaddeus]

If these farmers spent as much time tending to their crops and working hard in the rice fields instead of wasting day and weeks here in Bangkok trashing our city, perhaps they would be wealthy by now.

If I went to Isaan and trashed your rice fields and stomped all over your farms and wrecked havoc how would you like it??!! But I won't because I have to WORK.. You know "work" something you do to earn money!

And if the company you work for decided not to pay you for months, you would just take it on the chin and smile, yes?

[jonclark]

If these farmers spent as much time tending to their crops and working hard in the rice fields instead of wasting day and weeks here in Bangkok trashing our city, perhaps they would be wealthy by now.

If I went to Isaan and trashed your rice fields and stomped all over your farms and wrecked havoc how would you like it??!! But I won't because I have to WORK.. You know "work" something you do to earn money!

The real farmers are at home working. They can't afford to lose a day away from their farm.

Remember those farmers that protested at Suvarnabhumi? All except one of them were found to not even own any farm land and he one that did hasn't done any farming for years. But they were all there collecting money from tourists.

This may surprise you but most farmers don't own the land they farm. which makes you point rather well...pointless.

[casualbiker]

If these farmers spent as much time tending to their crops and working hard in the rice fields instead of wasting day and weeks here in Bangkok trashing our city, perhaps they would be wealthy by now.

If I went to Isaan and trashed your rice fields and stomped all over your farms and wrecked havoc how would you like it??!! But I won't because I have to WORK.. You know "work" something you do to earn money!

The real farmers are at home working. They can't afford to lose a day away from their farm.

Remember those farmers that protested at Suvarnabhumi? All except one of them were found to not even own any farm land and he one that did hasn't done any farming for years. But they were all there collecting money from tourists.

What protest at Suvanabhumi? The protesters on the tractors stopped in Ayyuthaya.

Or are you talking about the few farmers who were handing out rice grass?

So where is the report that ONLY one farmer out of approx 700 owned land (or if the few then same question)

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[DGIE]

If these farmers spent as much time tending to their crops and working hard in the rice fields instead of wasting day and weeks here in Bangkok trashing our city, perhaps they would be wealthy by now.

If I went to Isaan and trashed your rice fields and stomped all over your farms and wrecked havoc how would you like it??!! But I won't because I have to WORK.. You know "work" something you do to earn money!

The real farmers are at home working. They can't afford to lose a day away from their farm.

Remember those farmers that protested at Suvarnabhumi? All except one of them were found to not even own any farm land and he one that did hasn't done any farming for years. But they were all there collecting money from tourists.

Planting rice is two times a year. When the rice is growing, the farmers just need to fertilize and spray insecticides. That don't need them to do everyday.

So after doing those things, farmers can rest while waiting for harvesting time. Or they can plant vegetables or other fruits but these plants are not planted in the rice fields.

I know this because we had a rice farm.

But if your crops are not paid, you have to of course ask for your money. That's what the farmers do.

Unlike working in office or in school that you need to go to work everyday, farmers don't because after planting the land, there is a waiting period. Not unless they work in another thing like going to fish, do some carpentry jobs, construction, etc.

[DGIE]

If these farmers spent as much time tending to their crops and working hard in the rice fields instead of wasting day and weeks here in Bangkok trashing our city, perhaps they would be wealthy by now.

If I went to Isaan and trashed your rice fields and stomped all over your farms and wrecked havoc how would you like it??!! But I won't because I have to WORK.. You know "work" something you do to earn money!

And if the company you work for decided not to pay you for months, you would just take it on the chin and smile, yes?

Yeah, I agree with you Thaddeus!

Blackmirage..lend me money and I will not pay you for years. What will you do? Are you not going to find me and ask for your money?

[Scamper]

The spirit on the ground is clearly high and jubilant, and motivated through a sense of purpose. As we each day become ever more aware of the vast reach of Thaksin's monetary empire, the protesters are reminded that the power of consumerism is indeed in their hands. These companies have already been affected by the boycott, as people are beginning to disengage from their patronage of them. Indeed, the Shinawatra television network had helped spread the untruth about " fake " farmers, and have now had to publicly apologize for that. That is what happens when people come together. No company is too large to withstand the power of a boycott, and no company is too large to withstand the wave of public opinion.

[winstonc]

If these farmers spent as much time tending to their crops and working hard in the rice fields instead of wasting day and weeks here in Bangkok trashing our city, perhaps they would be wealthy by now.

If I went to Isaan and trashed your rice fields and stomped all over your farms and wrecked havoc how would you like it??!! But I won't because I have to WORK.. You know "work" something you do to earn money!

your city is it..???..and you still have to work,but plenty of time to post flexi hours perhaps lucky you... nice try chalem i not know its you ..