Gun attack targets woman who blew whistle against Yingluck

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Gun Attack Targets Woman Who Heckles Yingluck
By Khaosod English



BANGKOK: -- Unidentified assailants have shot at the vehicle of an anti-government activist who heckled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on camera last December.

Ms. Patcharanan Leeluan told police in Phetchabun province that she has parked her car at a market in Wat Camp Son Temple, Khao Kho district, before 2 assailants arrived on a black pick-up truck at around 14.00 and used iron pipes to vandalise her car.

The suspects also fired a shot at the car before fleeing the scene on the pick-up truck. However, no injury was reported.

Ms. Patcharanan was widely praised by anti-government protesters after she managed to evade security cordon around Ms. Yingluck and blew whistle at her in protest during the Prime Minister's visit to Phetchabun on 25 December last year.

Ms. Yingluck responded by amiably offering to shake Ms. Patcharanan's hand for her effort, but the activist refused. For her "heroism", anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban presented her with a golden whistle at the rally on Ratchadamnoen Avenue in Bangkok.

Although police said it is too early to determine whether the attack on Ms. Patcharanan's car was politically motivated, other anti-government activists who had heckled former sister-in-law of Ms. Yingluck later experienced bomb attacks at their residence.

Source: http://en.khaosod.co.th/detail.php?newsid=1396614918&typecate=06&section=


-- Khaosod English 2014-04-05

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Phetchabun whistle-blower hurt in gun attack on car
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- A pickup truck carrying an anti-government protester - who blew a whistle at caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra when she visited Phetchabun several months ago - was hit with gunshots yesterday.

Patchanan Leeluan, 26, who blew the whistle when Yingluck visited Phetchabun's Khao Kho district in December, was slightly injured after her truck was hit many times.

There were bullet holes in the vehicle and glass was broken.

Patchanan, who suffered cuts to her waist from the broken glass, was given a gold whistle from the anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban as a reward for harassing the PM.

Chaeng Wattana attack probed

Meanwhile, Nonthaburi police have met to discuss investigations into the shooting attack on members of the anti-government Students and People's Network for Thailand's Reform at Chaeng Wattana expressway.

Police commander Maj-General Thanayut Wuthicharasthamrong said investigators believed the weapons used were M-16s.

As police were yet to speak to victims, they examined closed-circuit TV footage and high-rise buildings in the area.


-- The Nation 2014-04-05

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Whistle blower beaten up and her car smashed in Khao Khor



BANGKOK: -- A young woman who blew a whistle at caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra as she visited Khao Khor in Petchabun province a few months ago was today (Friday) beaten by two men one of whom pointed a pistol at her head threatening to shoot her.

The two men whose identities were not known also smashed the windshield of the car of the victim and fired a few shots at her car puncturing a few holes at the bonnet and a door and shattering one side windshield.

The victim, 26-year Ms Patchanun Leeluan, told Khao Khor police that she suspected the attack against her and her car was related to an incident a few months back when she blew a whistle at Ms Yingluck.

Since that incident, she said that she had been harassed constantly that she had to escape to Bangkok to seek refuge for her own safety. She said that she returned to Khao Khor only three days ago and today drove her car to sell some products in front of Wat Camp Sont in Khao Khor district.

She said that she was sitting behind the wheel of her car when out of a sudden two men showed up, smashed the front windshield of the car and fired shots at the car’s bonnet and door. She said one of them also hit her with a wooden stick.

Ms Patchanun said one of the two men put a pistol on her head threatening to shoot her but the other man stopped him and then both escaped. She told police that she didn’t know her assailants before but remembered their faces.

Ms Patchanun shot into public limelight for singlehandedly blowing whistle at the prime minister. She was later invited to take to the stage of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee and was given a gold whistle for her bravery by Suthep Thaugsuban.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/whistle-blower-beaten-car-smashed-khao-khor/


-- Thai PBS 2014-04-05

[Thait Spot]

You whistle at us.

We shoot you and throw grenades at you.

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[soihok]

Well, play with fire and you will get burned.

This may have nothing to do with her demonstrating, she could be up to anything.

[NamKAheng]

The Red democracy at is best!

[Thai at Heart]

Thanks for giving me a gold whistle and getting a photo op.

[kurnell]

Yingluck has some pleasant friends.

[selftaopath]

You whistle at us.

We shoot you and throw grenades at you.

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Thai love Thai. lol really?

[Thaddeus]

Well, play with fire and you will get burned.

This may have nothing to do with her demonstrating, she could be up to anything.

With a whistle?

Car Park attendant maybe?

[WoopyDoo]

Who is to know what she is up to, with or without whistle.

May have nothing to do with whistles or government demonstrations

'Since that incident, she said that she had been harassed constantly that she had to escape to Bangkok to seek refuge for her own safety.'.

[chainarong]

Just another faceless gutless moron from the scum , if only the tourists really knew about the dark side of Thailand

[MaxLee]

Nonthaburi police have met to discuss investigations into the shooting attack on members of the anti-government Students and People's Network for Thailand's Reform at Chaeng Wattana expressway.

Investigation, that is your creation Come on Barbie let's go party,....

As if the police really care, they can't let their former police force general in Dubai lose face or disobey aka following law and order.

[virtualtraveller]

Although police said it is too early to determine whether the attack on Ms. Patcharanan's car was politically motivated, other anti-government activists who had heckled former sister-in-law of Ms. Yingluck later experienced bomb attacks at their residence.

Priceless! Another theory is that it's all the work of the dastardly PDRC to give the angelic UDD a bad name.

[petedk]

Democracy at work.

1.You have the right to vote

2. You have free speech.

but...

1.vote against us and we'll not support you economically

2. Say anything against us and we'll use violence against you.

We have seen several examples of these two statements recently and let's hope this doesn't get out of hand or Thailand will not be a pleasant place to live in.

[rabas]

Well, play with fire and you will get burned.

This may have nothing to do with her demonstrating, she could be up to anything.

Well, play with a whistle and express your feelings and you will get shot to death.

Desert democracy.

[Colabamumbai]

This tells you everything you need to know about your Prime Minister and her associates, hires people to attempt murder.

[Borzandy]

The red democracy in action..

[gabruce]

Well, play with fire and you will get burned.

This may have nothing to do with her demonstrating, she could be up to anything.

True. However given the circumstances and description the probability is very high that it's political and retribution for the whistle-blowing. Time will tell. If they don't catch them, most likely it is political.

[soihok]

Agree 100%

Most likely politically motivated.

She only has herself to blame though, being given an award for her actions and placed in the limelight.

Probably not the most upstanding citizen - but I am like everyone else here posting on this - non of us really know.

[sweatalot]

I am really sick and tired of this red shirt

Now they are learning "self defense", an euphemism for attack skills

When will somebody have the balls and remove them all - as bloody as necessary and they deserve

[sweatalot]

Well, play with fire and you will get burned.

This may have nothing to do with her demonstrating, she could be up to anything.

yeah, yeah,

ever heard about likelihood?

another one who likes to whitewash the thugs

[Beetlejuice]

Whatever happens to this girl, I for one won`t be losing any sleep over it.

[sweatalot]

Yingluck has some pleasant friends.

tell me who your friends are and I tell you who you are

[robblok]

The time that the ex wife of Taksin got whistled at gunshots were fired too. Violence wise the red shirts are the worst. They are more like mafia and thug's then any other group out there. If you listen at the speeches and the cheering about the dead children in Trad (on video so even the red cheerleaders here can't deny it)

It shows that they are a few above everyone else on the violence scale. It really does make me wonder about the foreigners supporting them. Ah its only natural that there are some foreign idiots too here in Thailand I see them in my home country and they travel too. So only natural that some of them found their way to Thai visa to support this aggressive group that promotes violence.

[AlphMichaels]

I think she should seriously consider her protest days finished. "Memorialize" then hide her gold whistle alongside press clippings for posterity.

[soihok]

Not supporting any corrupt politicians in Thailand or anywhere else - it bores me senseless.

Take away the corruption in Thailand and only the birds, animals and plants remain.

[SOTIRIOS]

...This is The Thai Government.....???

...and they talk about democracy....???

...and complain of injustices against them...???

....more like gangsterism....hooliganism.....???

[SOTIRIOS]

...This is The Thai Government.....???

...and they talk about democracy....???

...and complain of injustices against them...???

....more like gangsterism....hooliganism.....???

[Dogmatix]

Seems like the Boss put out a fatwa that anyone who blows a whistle at any of his sacred family members must be murdered.

That's freedom of expression under the Constitution. You exercise your right to blow. He exercises his right to have you killed.