Buddha Issara defends guards' brutality

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Buddha Issara Defends Guards' Brutality
By Khaosod English


Buddhist monk and anti-government activist Buddha Issara leads protesters to the CAPO headquarters, May 2014.

BANGKOK — Buddhist monk and anti-government activist Buddha Issara has defended the savage attacks on innocent bystanders that anti-government militants have committed in recent weeks.

Security guards employed by the People's Committee for Absolute Democracy With the King As Head of State (PCAD) have been making headlines with tales of their intimidation and physical assaults on random motorists and bystanders.

Speaking to Daily News newspaper yesterday, core PCAD leader Buddha Issara admitted that the anti-government guards are known to be violent, but also asked the public to "understand the situation."

"We want to maintain security for our brothers and sisters," Buddha Issara said. "It may affect your traveling, but if you understand the situation and don't let your emotion cloud your judgment, I think, every side will understand our actions."

In last week alone, PCAD guards beat up a pilot en route to Don Mueang Airport, leaving him unconscious, and stabbed an ice delivery man in the lung, causing him to fall into a coma.

In April, PCAD guards assaulted and shot at an army colonel on Chaeng Wattana Road, forcing the man to seek prolonged medical treatment in a hospital. PCAD guards later apologised to the Royal Thai Army over the incident, but the colonel's family has vowed to pursue legal actions against the guards.

Many PCAD guards' violent outbursts appear to be prompted by the slightest sign of provocation; all three aforementioned incidents followed victims' attempts to remove traffic cones placed on the roads by PCAD guards.

Buddha Issara defended the guards' defence of traffic cones, claiming that the guards are tasked with establishing safe perimeters around the protesters to prevent potential assailants from approaching the demonstrators and lobbing grenades at them.

The monk also said that PCAD guards have successfully prevented any fatalities from occuring in the rally site on Chaeng Wattana Road, despite frequent grenade attacks targeted at the campsite over the past few months.

"I admit that sometimes the guards' actions affect other people, but we have always apologised and offered compensation for the damages," Buddha Issara was quoted by Daily News as saying. "If those persons want to sue us, we also accept that."

The police have not attempted to arrest any of the PCAD guards accused of committing violence, or even searched their outposts, despite evidence that many of the militants possess firearms.

Source: http://en.khaosod.co.th/detail.php?newsid=1399883769&section=11&typecate=06


-- Khaosod English 2014-05-12

[marko kok prong]

Hard to compensate someone you have killed,this bloke is a disgrace to Buddism,.

[JoeThePoster]

The feathered fan really completes this guys caricature.

[Snig27]

what scum.

[espinoza]

I think the Buddhist s should strip this bloke from being allowed to call himself a monk. He`s a disgrace to his uniform.

[harada]

Hard to compensate someone you have killed,this bloke is a disgrace to Buddism,.

I'd imagine that it would affect your travelling if were to get stabbed or shot yes.

[MichelM]

Khaosod again!

How can you believe anything reported by a newspaper belonging to the Thaksin family???

[casindonet]

Is this guy for real....as a monk he should be against violence not supporting it. I guess it's ok for th police to use tear gas & water canon against his group than because he is ok with violence.

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[marko kok prong]

What a pathetic statement from the mad monk,in other words he is saying,we don't give a rat's arse about what you people think', before these latest incidents i thought their cause had some merit,but now i am totally against them,they need to be cleared from the streets and arrested.

[xminator]

Khaosod again!

How can you believe anything reported by a newspaper belonging to the Thaksin family???

Sometimes you need to get something without the filter the yellow press applies to stupid remarks by their own.

[Asiantravel]

Surely this monk must answer to an Abbot in a temple somewhere in Thailand? I would like to hear how that Abbot can allow this monk to condone these violent acts.

[CiaranO]

hopefully prison time is looming for him

[Fat Haggis]

But at the same time he cried attempted murder when the Police took their own precautions after warning them not to proceed any further ?

[love1012]

Khaosod again!

How can you believe anything reported by a newspaper belonging to the Thaksin family???

exactly!!!!!!!!! More Shinawatra lies!! I doubt a Thai monk would use the phrase "lobbed a grenade"!!!

[love1012]

What a pathetic statement from the mad monk,in other words he is saying,we don't give a rat's arse about what you people think', before these latest incidents i thought their cause had some merit,but now i am totally against them,they need to be cleared from the streets and arrested.

Does the same go for those caring sharing red shirts?

[JohnnyJazz]

As I explain in an other post, it seems the main reason of the guards violence is their excessive consumption of alcohol.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/725215-dont-remove-the-cone-latest-advice-on-the-net/?p=7811016

Now that a monk tries to excuse violence, I don't know much about buddhism but this religion seems to be very far from the romantic view we have of it in the west.

Edited May 12, 2014 by JohnnyJazz

[marko kok prong]

What a pathetic statement from the mad monk,in other words he is saying,we don't give a rat's arse about what you people think', before these latest incidents i thought their cause had some merit,but now i am totally against them,they need to be cleared from the streets and arrested.

Does the same go for those caring sharing red shirts?

Yes i don't support either of them,the Redshirts have been guilty too of violence,but the article here is with regards to the monk and that is what i was commenting on.

[Mot Leei]

And some ignorant morons on here try to keep telling us that the protestors are peaceful. If his people beat, stab , kidnap or kill then that is ok .... but spray him with water and apparently you're trying to kill him and must prostrate yourself before him and apologise.

These are the sort of egomaniacs the yellows want to run Thailand??? Anyone supporting this guys actions is as much a loser as he is

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[MGP]

Twisted words by Khaosod!. He was not defending brutality but asking for understanding about the closure of the Don-Muang express-way by the guards last Friday.

ps: he did not order the guards to close the road; he ordered to "take care of the road" to avoid attacks from the height while they were at the Police, but the guards did close the road and it took 2 hours until Luang Pu knew about that (he was busy with the tear-gas and water) and then he ordered to immediately open the road.

Edited May 12, 2014 by MGP

[Jim walker]

I am sure Buddha Siddhartha Gautama will be so proud of Buddha Issara’s teachings from a true holy-man might be better if he spent a little more time meditating rather than preaching his excuses and support of violence.

[ratcatcher]

The feathered fan really completes this guys caricature.

Perhaps he sees himself as a kind of warrior?

[ratcatcher]

hopefully prison time is looming for him

As a monk, he's used to sleeping in a cell.

[pmugghc]

The Thai Police needs to do its job! Can't be hard to identify these guards and bring them for interrogation and prosecution. How many of all the almost daily M79 attacks have they solved?

[dwcrist]

They are backed by a bunch of elites and they hire thugs to do their bullying. They're goal is to take democratic power away from the majority and back into their hands. They are obviously not doing this for the benefit of others, so when someone gets in their way or is only even suspected of it, it stands to reason that they will proceed with not caring for the interests or well-being of innocent people. They show us time and again that they do not value life or peace and they do not respect anything or anyone but themselves.

[marko kok prong]

Twisted words by Khaosod!. He was not defending brutality but asking for understanding about the closure of the Don-Muang express-way by the guards last Friday.

ps: he did not order the guards to close the road; he ordered to "take care of the road" to avoid attacks from the height while they were at the Police, but the guards did close the road and it took 2 hours until Luang Pu kew about that (he was busy with the gas and water) and then he ordered to immediately open the road.

You must have read a different article to me then,how do you know they twisted his words,where you there with him at the time of the statement,or the above actions you describe?

[MGP]

Twisted words by Khaosod!. He was not defending brutality but asking for understanding about the closure of the Don-Muang express-way by the guards last Friday.

ps: he did not order the guards to close the road; he ordered to "take care of the road" to avoid attacks from the height while they were at the Police, but the guards did close the road and it took 2 hours until Luang Pu kew about that (he was busy with the gas and water) and then he ordered to immediately open the road.

You must have read a different article to me then,how do you know they twisted his words,where you there with him at the time of the statement,or the above actions you describe?

I know it from direct sources, not from written articles.

[winstonc]

And some ignorant morons on here try to keep telling us that the protestors are peaceful. If his people beat, stab , kidnap or kill then that is ok .... but spray him with water and apparently you're trying to kill him and must prostrate yourself before him and apologise.

These are the sort of egomaniacs the yellows want to run Thailand??? Anyone supporting this guys actions is as much a loser as he is

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you know for a fact he said this do you...

[DiamondKing]

Khaosod again!

How can you believe anything reported by a newspaper belonging to the Thaksin family???

So those attacks on the Pilot and Ice man are not true

Idiotic statements defending this scum shows your intelligence level

[Thailand]

Twisted words by Khaosod!. He was not defending brutality but asking for understanding about the closure of the Don-Muang express-way by the guards last Friday.

ps: he did not order the guards to close the road; he ordered to "take care of the road" to avoid attacks from the height while they were at the Police, but the guards did close the road and it took 2 hours until Luang Pu kew about that (he was busy with the gas and water) and then he ordered to immediately open the road.

You must have read a different article to me then,how do you know they twisted his words,where you there with him at the time of the statement,or the above actions you describe?

I know it from direct sources, not from written articles.

Enlighten us.

[casualbiker]

Surely this monk must answer to an Abbot in a temple somewhere in Thailand? I would like to hear how that Abbot can allow this monk to condone these violent acts.

He IS the Abbot of his own temple!

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