Yingluck now in Chiang Rai

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Yingluck now in Chiang Rai



BANGKOK: -- Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is now in Chiang Rai province to follow up drug suppression and progress in the development of economic zone operations.

She was welcomed by a group of hill-tribe people who shouted “PM Soo Soo” as she arrived at the Chiang Rai airport. There was no sign of protest by whistle-blowing protesters.

She was scheduled to call meeting with local officials on matters related to the economic development of the upper part of the northern region this afternoon.

Asked by reporters whether she will return to Bangkok to acknowledge malfeasance in office charge to be filed by the National Anti-Corruption Commission tomorrow, she refused to answer but said she would discuss with her working team of advisors first.

But there was high possibility she will not return to Bangkok to face the charge as she is on a two-day inspection visit from today. Tomorrow she will be in Chiang Mai.

The NACC chairman Vicha Mahakhun warned earlier that if the caretaker prime minister does not show up to acknowledge the malfeasance charge, she would lose the chance to have the full copy of details of the charges that would be beneficial to her in defending her innocence.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/yingluck-now-chiang-rai/


-- Thai PBS 2014-02-26

[mrtoad]

Be nice if she keeps heading North

[TVGerry]

LOL! Running away again! This seems to be a very Shinawatra trait. So while the city is being plagued by bombs and gunfights, what will you be inspecting this time? Fruit? Roadworks? Toilet repair? What an excellent and hardworking PM this country has!

[Somtamnication]

Nice fresh mountain air, 'case BKK air stinks. At least until the next govt. is sworn in.

[Thait Spot]

I do wonder how pathet Chiang Rai is today......

[webfact]

PM keeps mum on whether to hear rice charges from NACC tomorrow



BANGKOK, 26 February 2014 (NNT) – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is paying official visits to northern provinces while refusing to answer whether she will appear before the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) tomorrow to hear her charges stemming from the rice pledging scheme.

Ms Yingluck is today traveling through Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai provinces on an official trip. She is accompanied by several ministers, including Minister of Transport Chatchart Sittipunt, Minister of Interior Jarupong Ruengsuwan and Deputy Minister of Education Sermsak Pongpanich.

Asked whether or not she would acknowledge charges put up against her by the NACC on February 27 as scheduled, Ms Yingluck briefly said she would need to consult her legal team first. In her capacity as Chairperson of the National Rice Policy Committee, the premier is facing a charge of dereliction of duty, which is a result of the corruption-plagued rice mortgage program.

Previously, Ms Yingluck posted a Facebook comment, questioning the NACC’s treatment of her case. She claimed the NACC spent only 21 days in its deliberation process before resolving to press charges against her. In response, the NACC confirmed the transparency and impartiality of its deliberation, clarifying that the case had been ongoing since December 2012.


-- NNT 2014-02-26

[ratcatcher]

Be nice if she keeps heading North

Indeed, Burma looks good, Laos not bad and even not far from China. Perhaps she can open an office in Mae Sai,

[Costas2008]

"Asked by reporters whether she will return to Bangkok to acknowledge malfeasance in office charge to be filed by the National Anti-Corruption Commission tomorrow, she refused to answer but said she would discuss with her working team of advisors first."

She has left it a little late to discuss it with her advisors. Today the 26th.

Why doesn't she come up with the truth, for once in her life, and say, that she will ignore any rulings or court orders, as always done in the past?

[Goat Roper]

Give her a break. She is among friendlies in CM and CR. She will discuss with her advisers (aka her brother) about her next move. I wonder if her brother's G5 is setting on the runway at the CM airport? Has she already shipped her thirty steamer trunks full of bounty to CM?

[schbang]

would be useful if she focused her energies on paying 1 million poverty struck rice-farmers what SHE owes them.

[gemini81]

would be useful if she focused her energies on paying 1 million poverty struck rice-farmers what SHE owes them.

She's getting what she deserves. It'll keep comin' at her too.

[than]

Give her a break. She is among friendlies in CM and CR. She will discuss with her advisers (aka her brother) about her next move. I wonder if her brother's G5 is setting on the runway at the CM airport? Has she already shipped her thirty steamer trunks full of bounty to CM?

Good and she will have a new criminal charge for help e fugitive on thai soil

[mrtoad]

Be nice if she keeps heading North

Indeed, Burma looks good, Laos not bad and even not far from China. Perhaps she can open an office in Mae Sai,

All countries with "democracies" that fit the principles of The Shin Regime

[Goat Roper]

Give her a break. She is among friendlies in CM and CR. She will discuss with her advisers (aka her brother) about her next move. I wonder if her brother's G5 is setting on the runway at the CM airport? Has she already shipped her thirty steamer trunks full of bounty to CM?

Good and she will have a new criminal charge for help e fugitive on thai soil

Please explain. How is her brother's G5 setting on the CM runway helping a fugitive?

[NongKhaiKid]

Cue music -

" oh am no awa' to bide awa I MIGHT come back to see you "

Dubai or not Dubai that is the question

[Scamper]

There is now no distance between Yingluck and Thaksin. Even the pretense of that has gone. Thaksin's disdain for the independent agencies and the courts is now being enthusiastically adopted by Yingluck. Is this the example she wants to set for the country - that the independent agencies and the courts can be simply ignored ? Is that what she wants to convey to the people ? She has now been reduced to create an inner world for herself - a world that now apparently includes airport tarmacs where no protesters can express their displeasure. In addition to a constitutional vacuum, she has created for herself her own vacuum - her own world - as her public appearances now have to be choreographed so carefully that they keep her away from any sound that even remotely resembles a whistle.

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Yingluck visits Chiang Rai
The Nation


Yingluck receives warm welcome in Chiang Rai Wednesday.

BANGKOK: -- Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday morning flew from the Royal Thai Air Force airport to Chiang Rai, where she was greeted by hundreds of supporters on her arrival.

After officially receiving salute from local police, Yingluck chaired a meeting at Chiang Rai police command on the suppression of drug smuggling.

Deputy police chief General Pongsapat Pongcharoen, in charge of drug suppression, was also there. Caretaker Cabinet members accompanying Yingluck to the north included Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt, Interior Minister Charupong Ruangsuwan and his deputy Visarn Techateerawat, Deputy Minister of Education Sermsak Pongpanit. The PM's deputy secretary-general Pol Maj-General Thawat Boonfueng also accompanied her.


-- The Nation 2014-02-26

[quagmirefg]

Hill tribe people do not enjoy Thai citizin status and can not vote. Why would they care either way about YL?

The people in the press pics are to well dressed to be hill tribe who are essentially stateless and for the most part poor. Based on the initial pics of this OP.

Most likely those greeting the PM are VIP government supporters and Elites or Rich of the north.

The pics of the arrival was within the airport tarmack security area. Protesters would not be welcome or allowed inside that zone.

Chiang Rai is a pro government and red shirt stronghold. Those with opposition to the government or red shirts would not protest in Chiang Rai given the history of intolerance.

The more current pics show Hill Tribe Ladies.

Unfortunatley they were most likely paid for thier attendance.

Edited to reflect the most recent press pics on this site.

Edited February 26, 2014 by quagmirefg

[winstonc]

run rabbit run..dont be fooled by her she knows whats been going on..

[JesseFrank]

Anyone seen Gerry1011 in the pictures. For sure he must be there when his idiot idol visits his hometown.

[mrtoad]

Yingluck again has failed at anytime to show any form of democratic principles or ideologies, much the same way as her brother in the past. All democratic governments have agencies, that are there to keep checks and balances and to ensure that they comply with the rule of law, unless it is a dictatorship - and let's be honest how many dictators have there been that have "come from election?"

[Nickymaster]

The NACC chairman Vicha Mahakhun warned earlier that if the caretaker prime minister does not show up to acknowledge the malfeasance charge, she would lose the chance to have the full copy of details of the charges that would be beneficial to her in defending her innocence.

Soon Yingluck will post on her facebook the NACC didn't allow here to examine a full copy of details of the charges.....

[Brevity]

ALL Thais should be very offended by this. She follows big brother's orders to a tee and makes a shambles of Thailand, reduces its global economic situation, basically destroys its #1 world rice exporting position, does more to divide the country than any PM in Thailand's history, indirectly kills some citizens, and sets up an extremely difficult situation that could lead to a civil war. Then when she is called on to defend her actions through the legal system, she runs away with her tail between her legs like a soi dog. She is amazingly self-absorbed and egotistical, always looking for people to bolster her fragile ego or a place to bury her head in the sand and pretend everything is okay. She obviously has no conscience, because if she did, we'd be reading about her suicide.

[KimoMax]

She is just taking care of some of Poo Chai's business.

Taking care of the Drug Problems. (seen this before)

And Pollution/Smoke/Haze.

Big Windmills for expensive electrical power all over the hills and mountain tops whose expense and profits can be exploited.

[bigbamboo]

LOL! Running away again! This seems to be a very Shinawatra trait. So while the city is being plagued by bombs and gunfights, what will you be inspecting this time? Fruit? Roadworks? Toilet repair? What an excellent and hardworking PM this country has!

Prioritising doesn't seem to be her strong suit. Perhaps that's why they didn't bother replacing her at SC Asset.

Edited February 26, 2014 by bigbamboo

[SoilSpoil]

would be useful if she focused her energies on paying 1 million poverty struck rice-farmers what SHE owes them.

We got paid on time in Chiang Rai, zero delay. My Thai family are fervent red shirts though, maybe that helped.

[Basil B]

Give her a break. She is among friendlies in CM and CR. She will discuss with her advisers (aka her brother) about her next move. I wonder if her brother's G5 is setting on the runway at the CM airport? Has she already shipped her thirty steamer trunks full of bounty to CM?

Gulfstream 5 nice plane, over 1billion THB new.

I wounder if Mr T has kept up his payments on it, lov to see it featured on "Airplane Repo".

[Dumu Ali]

I wonder who will play the part of Yingluck in the movie? Harder still is who will play the role of Tukky?

Edited February 26, 2014 by Dumu Ali

[gemini81]

She is just taking care of some of Poo Chai's business.

Taking care of the Drug Problems. (seen this before)

And Pollution/Smoke/Haze.

Big Windmills for expensive electrical power all over the hills and mountain tops whose expense and profits can be exploited.

She's taking care of men's business? I think you mean elder brother's? (Phonetic 'karaoke' Thai doesn't work too well).

[whybother]

I hope she's not campaigning.