All protesters dispersed by soldiers; PDRC jubilant

[Piichai]

If you don't want to incite violence make bloody well sure all sides are treated equally and the PDRC are dispersed also. Failure to do so will only enforce the thought that the army are just an arm of the PDRC.

The Army is, in fact, the arm of the PDRC.

Then why did the Army detain Suthep?

Do you think they're having a party over there?

[EyesWideOpen]

I hope the army means what they say about helping Thais become good people because Thailand was fast becoming the brothel of the world. 90% of Thais do not deserve that.

Wake up and do a bit of research...... 90 % of the sex trade in Thailand is for Thai men.

If the sex trade was stopped, they would be the first to scream bloody murder !!!

That photo of Weng the violence inciting lunatic being arrested made my day.

I am starting to like this coup...

Edited May 23, 2014 by EyesWideOpen

[Baerboxer]

why are we kept in the dark, by cutting international channels like CNN, BBC & others .. nothing to do with those reds or yellow or blue or blacks ...........

I can only comment on the BBC. Yesterday they immediately made a broadcast with Jonathan Head - a very pro Thaksin journalist, followed by comments from a self professed Anglo-Thai red shirt. They have never seriously probed anything that might reflect poorly on the Shins for some reason. The cheating in parliament, breaking of laws and rules, lack of transparency and accountability have all been ignored, along with the sometimes bizarre statements coming out of CAPO and attempts at subversion such as the infamous "cyber police chief" trying to block anti-PTP comments before. Not once have they mentioned that Yinglucks cousin illegally issued a new passport to her criminally convicted fugitive brother, or that she has refuses to answer questions on this for over 2 years.

I have been shocked and very saddened by the somewhat one sided reporting put forward by the BBC. It suggests that the "beeb" still politicizes things and favors those it deems to hold similar views to itself.

It seems billionaires who can employ lots of PR and well connected lobbyist firms can be seen as "champagne socialists" and lauded by the BBC. It's now just about the money. Thaksin was right on that

[Baerboxer]

why are we kept in the dark, by cutting international channels like CNN, BBC & others .. nothing to do with those reds or yellow or blue or blacks ...........

I can only comment on the BBC. Yesterday they immediately made a broadcast with Jonathan Head - a very pro Thaksin journalist, followed by comments from a self professed Anglo-Thai red shirt. They have never seriously probed anything that might reflect poorly on the Shins for some reason. The cheating in parliament, breaking of laws and rules, lack of transparency and accountability have all been ignored, along with the sometimes bizarre statements coming out of CAPO and attempts at subversion such as the infamous "cyber police chief" trying to block anti-PTP comments before. Not once have they mentioned that Yinglucks cousin illegally issued a new passport to her criminally convicted fugitive brother, or that she has refuses to answer questions on this for over 2 years.

I have been shocked and very saddened by the somewhat one sided reporting put forward by the BBC. It suggests that the "beeb" still politicizes things and favors those it deems to hold similar views to itself.

It seems billionaires who can employ lots of PR and well connected lobbyist firms can be seen as "champagne socialists" and lauded by the BBC. It's now just about the money. Thaksin was right on that

[Suradit69]

Turn the Foreign TV back on, please I miss NCIS !! Besides there is more to keep up with in the World than Thailand.

God Speed Military !!

Jerry

" I miss NCIS !!"

If you follow the various Local Forums, the Thai Visa Bar Stool Crime Investigation Service (BS-CIS) is usually discussing police procedure and how it should be done ... based on their years of bar stool (BS) policing experience.

[Piichai]

Anyone know the whereabouts of PM Niwattumrong?

Recently reported at Army Club.

[oldsailor35]

Amazing how all this time the PTP claimed the Army was bias against them yet in the end both party leaders are in detention. Now if only the Army can capture those hardcore REDS who are hiding out in the North maybe the general population can be at ease. I am inclined to think the Army has been intercepting chats, messages, and calls from Thaksin for some time now and this coup is directly related to counter orders Thak had given the Reds. Thaks statement yesterday also shows he only cares about having amnesty for all his corrupt cohorts and doesnt care about the Thai people.

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Suthep should be the first detained, after all he is the one who has put this country in the mess it is in. He has been trying to force this coup for the last 6 months, so it is obviously going to benefit the Dems and their real boss at the PDRC

[Fullstop]

Buddha Issara also allowed the Army to dismantle the PDRC protest site at Chaeng Wattana Road...

...with tail firmly wedged between safron covered legs.

[thesetat2013]

Amazing how all this time the PTP claimed the Army was bias against them yet in the end both party leaders are in detention. Now if only the Army can capture those hardcore REDS who are hiding out in the North maybe the general population can be at ease. I am inclined to think the Army has been intercepting chats, messages, and calls from Thaksin for some time now and this coup is directly related to counter orders Thak had given the Reds. Thaks statement yesterday also shows he only cares about having amnesty for all his corrupt cohorts and doesnt care about the Thai people.

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Suthep should be the first detained, after all he is the one who has put this country in the mess it is in. He has been trying to force this coup for the last 6 months, so it is obviously going to benefit the Dems and their real boss at the PDRC

He was one of the first to be arrested

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[DGIE]

If you don't want to incite violence make bloody well sure all sides are treated equally and the PDRC are dispersed also. Failure to do so will only enforce the thought that the army are just an arm of the PDRC.

seems obvious

[DGIE]

Amazing how all this time the PTP claimed the Army was bias against them yet in the end both party leaders are in detention. Now if only the Army can capture those hardcore REDS who are hiding out in the North maybe the general population can be at ease. I am inclined to think the Army has been intercepting chats, messages, and calls from Thaksin for some time now and this coup is directly related to counter orders Thak had given the Reds. Thaks statement yesterday also shows he only cares about having amnesty for all his corrupt cohorts and doesnt care about the Thai people.

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Suthep should be the first detained, after all he is the one who has put this country in the mess it is in. He has been trying to force this coup for the last 6 months, so it is obviously going to benefit the Dems and their real boss at the PDRC

He was one of the first to be arrested

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Had Suthep not been arrested?

Maybe you mean He was one of the first arrested

[PilotEd]

The yellow shirts remind me of the Tea Party in the USA. They actually believe by putting the elites in power the benefits will filter down to them.

But time and time again we have seen that trickle down economics only works for the elite class and the rest of the people get trickled down with urine.

I don't like the Thaksins any more than most yellow shirts but the only way to democracy is with elections. An appointed council (of which I am sure the equally corrupt Suthep sees himself as the leader) is not democracy. It is an autocratic oligarchy.

I hope the army sets up elections quickly.

[kaobang]

has Buddha Issara tha mad monk been detained?

[Ve37]

If you don't want to incite violence make bloody well sure all sides are treated equally and the PDRC are dispersed also. Failure to do so will only enforce the thought that the army are just an arm of the PDRC.

agreed but I hear Issara is an 'exception' and not detained

IF Army show fairness, without fear nor favour, it will all be accepted more calmly

FAIRNESS? The only fairness is to send all PDRC leaders to Antarctica without a parka.

As Robert Amsterdam, Senior Partner of Amsterdam & Partners, correctly stated in the video below,..."the country's elite is trying to impose a "futile dictatorship"

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101674701?__source=yahoo%7Cfinance%7Cheadline%7Cheadline%7Cstory&par=yahoo&doc=101674701%7CIs%20political%20violence%20in

I've strived to look and look,...and have yet to see even a single argument beneficial to the Thai people coming from the PDRC. As Robert Amsterdam says in the clip...Mr Suthep (and by consequence Buddha Issa) is a gangster, and should be treated as such.

The elite feel that the people of Northern Thailand are too stupid to vote, and that is not likely to change. According to the World Bank, the Bangkok Elite receive 14 times more government services than those of the North,...as thus, any politician offering the North a more equity stake is, according to the Elite, buying vote.

I say, ship all PDRC supporters to Antarctica.

[Fookhaht]

Anyone know the whereabouts of PM Niwattumrong?

Recently reported at Army Club.

SOURCE? "Recently reported" doesn't cut it on a rumor-free forum.

[Ve37]

The yellow shirts remind me of the Tea Party in the USA.

I can smell that non-compromising, hate-driven, our way or the highway, similarity also.

[Fookhaht]

Amazing how all this time the PTP claimed the Army was bias against them yet in the end both party leaders are in detention. Now if only the Army can capture those hardcore REDS who are hiding out in the North maybe the general population can be at ease. I am inclined to think the Army has been intercepting chats, messages, and calls from Thaksin for some time now and this coup is directly related to counter orders Thak had given the Reds. Thaks statement yesterday also shows he only cares about having amnesty for all his corrupt cohorts and doesnt care about the Thai people.

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

Suthep should be the first detained, after all he is the one who has put this country in the mess it is in. He has been trying to force this coup for the last 6 months, so it is obviously going to benefit the Dems and their real boss at the PDRC

He was one of the first to be arrested

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Had Suthep not been arrested?

Maybe you mean He was one of the first arrested

Detained/arrested/in the brig. Choose your own semantics.

Same for the mad monk.

[fasteddie]

It seems that the Only side that is threatening to do any harm to Thailand and it's people are the Red Shirts... Again

Most likely with some influents from the Fugitive him self... True Thuggery

Excuse me! A fascist junta has suspended the constitution and seized the democratic government! What do you expect them to do, dance in the streets?

Long live democracy!

[thaimat]

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If you don't want to incite violence make bloody well sure all sides are treated equally and the PDRC are dispersed also. Failure to do so will only enforce the thought that the army are just an arm of the PDRC.

Which it looks like it is. Mrs Yim was watching an interview with General P last night and was smiling saying he is 100% a yellow supporter.

I would hope that international pressure may see quick elections, but wont be holding my breath.

From the day that yingluck won the election this was always the end game.

Now we will have an Abbhisit clone in power soon and more feeding at the trough for the elites.

Of course this was the end game when a government governs the way PTP (Pardon Thaskin party) has done. I would say that you are sounding like a parrot when you comment as such (Now we will have an Abbhisit clone in power soon and more feeding at the trough for the elites.) I think a new game is about to emerge. By the way who's we?

Your naivety is staggering.

A new game! You've got to be joking.

Do you honestly believe that the poweful families that have run Thailand for the past hundred years and own just about everything in the country are going to allow anyone else to have control?

Democracy is a just a word, to which they only pay lip service.

No matter what Thaksin's faults were, his biggest sin was that he threatened their control over the wealth of Thailand, and his fate was sealed.

Suthep and the generals had this organised as soon as PTP won again.

By the way, what a brilliant acronym, how long did it take you to think of that?

The interesting part will be watching their attempts to put the genie back into the bottle.

The yellows are only a small part of the population and the Dems will never win popular support with the majority of Thais (the rural poor).

So unless they prevent them from voting (Suthep's plan) they're really just prolonging the inevitable.

We?

It's me (an observer of 40 years) and my Thai friends here in the North.

You think that was his biggest sin? Are you joking? Not the thousands killed without trial in his "war on drugs", or the unparalleled corruption levels, or even the bribing voters to get elected? Wow, nice Rose-colored glasses you must be wearing.

[thaimat]

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If you don't want to incite violence make bloody well sure all sides are treated equally and the PDRC are dispersed also. Failure to do so will only enforce the thought that the army are just an arm of the PDRC.

Which it looks like it is. Mrs Yim was watching an interview with General P last night and was smiling saying he is 100% a yellow supporter.

I would hope that international pressure may see quick elections, but wont be holding my breath.

From the day that yingluck won the election this was always the end game.

Now we will have an Abbhisit clone in power soon and more feeding at the trough for the elites.

Of course this was the end game when a government governs the way PTP (Pardon Thaskin party) has done. I would say that you are sounding like a parrot when you comment as such (Now we will have an Abbhisit clone in power soon and more feeding at the trough for the elites.) I think a new game is about to emerge. By the way who's we?

Your naivety is staggering.

A new game! You've got to be joking.

Do you honestly believe that the poweful families that have run Thailand for the past hundred years and own just about everything in the country are going to allow anyone else to have control?

Democracy is a just a word, to which they only pay lip service.

No matter what Thaksin's faults were, his biggest sin was that he threatened their control over the wealth of Thailand, and his fate was sealed.

Suthep and the generals had this organised as soon as PTP won again.

By the way, what a brilliant acronym, how long did it take you to think of that?

The interesting part will be watching their attempts to put the genie back into the bottle.

The yellows are only a small part of the population and the Dems will never win popular support with the majority of Thais (the rural poor).

So unless they prevent them from voting (Suthep's plan) they're really just prolonging the inevitable.

We?

It's me (an observer of 40 years) and my Thai friends here in the North.

You think that was his biggest sin? Are you joking? Not the thousands killed without trial in his "war on drugs", or the unparalleled corruption levels, or even the bribing voters to get elected? Wow, nice Rose-colored glasses you must be wearing.

[Tony125]

If you don't want to incite violence make bloody well sure all sides are treated equally and the PDRC are dispersed also. Failure to do so will only enforce the thought that the army are just an arm of the PDRC.

"The military also provided buses for both red-shirt protesters on Aksa Road and the anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) supporters on Rajdamnoen Avenue and Chaeng Wattana Road."

"Buddha Issara also allowed the Army to dismantle the PDRC protest site at Chaeng Wattana Road"

" it is believed that the monk is under detention at the First Artillery Battalion Headquarters."

"PDRC secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban, who is being detained by the Army"

That sounds pretty equal, don't you think?

*** About time Chaeng Wattena was reopened ,tired of having to detour around there all the time.

[Piichai]

Anyone know the whereabouts of PM Niwattumrong?

Recently reported at Army Club.

SOURCE? "Recently reported" doesn't cut it on a rumor-free forum.

TVF. Do try to keep up!

[jacko45k]

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Turn the Foreign TV back on, please I miss NCIS !! Besides there is more to keep up with in the World than Thailand.

God Speed Military !!

Jerry

They have this great invention called the internet Jerry - its still running last time I checked. Everything can be streamed. TV is old technology.

You think I should throw away my TV into the stream....... that seems a bit of an over-reaction.

[Fookhaht]

Anyone know the whereabouts of PM Niwattumrong?

Recently reported at Army Club.

SOURCE? "Recently reported" doesn't cut it on a rumor-free forum.

TVF. Do try to keep up!

Links. Do try to use them.

[peterquixote]

I would like to consider briefly the concept of democracy , as the above commenter Jesse Frank has. Thanks Jesse.

Democracy is not a ballot box from which you can do whatever you like even against your people's wishes.

It is not a ballot box to send all of Thailands money to a silver pocket of criminal in Dubai.

It is a method of governing, a method of listening to your people and making progress for all, and not one megalomaniac.

Let me say that the Pheu Thai infra structure scheme was 2 trillion baht,

it stopped at Korat and was billions of dollars which Thaksin would have used to control the army.

In my opinion General Prayeth will eventuate as the peoples hero.

I hope him Prime Minister, I see nobody else.

My Father in Law in Maha Sarakham has no money because of the Shinawatra scum.

I pay him.

He has the humiliation of defeat by that corrupt dog, and he despises the Shinawatra.

The King can feel a good day today, I only wish Yingluck could feel a dirty Thailand jail.

Edited May 23, 2014 by peterquixote

[SanSaiExPat]

The yellow shirts remind me of the Tea Party in the USA. They actually believe by putting the elites in power the benefits will filter down to them.

But time and time again we have seen that trickle down economics only works for the elite class and the rest of the people get trickled down with urine.

I don't like the Thaksins any more than most yellow shirts but the only way to democracy is with elections. An appointed council (of which I am sure the equally corrupt Suthep sees himself as the leader) is not democracy. It is an autocratic oligarchy.

I hope the army sets up elections quickly.

I don't know if your an American or not or maybe your an American and you've just been out of the country too long and only listen to the main stream media, (BBC, CNN, ABC, AP,NBC,PBS) but the America Tea Party has more in common with and is more in tune with Thailand's Red Shirts. Your understanding of the American Tea Party is exactly 180 degrees out of sync. The America Tea Party is the Party that is trying to restore adherence in America to the US Constitution. The are against the ruling elites in America, both Democrats and ruling elite Republicans. The Tea party advocates strict adherence to our original constitution and defense of all the amendments to the constitution, Including the 2nd amendment, "The right to keep and bear arms." The democrats in America are constantly attacking and trying to erode the rights spelled out in our constitution. The current government in America has become Tyrannical and ignores and usurps the constitution and rules by "executive order" the same way Suthep and the yellow shirts would like to run things here in Thailand. The Tea Party in America are Constitutional conservatives in the same way the Red Shirts in Thailand want to have free and unfettered democratic elections.and follow the current constitution. I hope this helps you to understand and gives you a clearer picture of politics in America today.

[Piichai]

Recently reported at Army Club.

SOURCE? "Recently reported" doesn't cut it on a rumor-free forum.

TVF. Do try to keep up!

Links. Do try to use them.

Did you check today's Live Feed? Can't even be bothered to read the headlines;sheesh...

Edited May 23, 2014 by Piichai

[PilotEd]

#86:

I was going to try to sort out your dependence on the Kool-Aid fed to you but then I remembered George Carlin's advice:“Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.”

Try actually reading the constitution and especially the wording of the second amendment.

[3NUMBAS]

why are the PDRC so jubilent ? because they are going to install another undemocratically elected stooge ?

[SanSaiExPat]

The yellow shirts remind me of the Tea Party in the USA.

I can smell that non-compromising, hate-driven, our way or the highway, similarity also.

Are you equating "non-compromising, hate-driven, our way or the highway" with the Tea party constitutional conservatives in America? If so, on what basis? On what grounds do you feel confident and comfortable making that assertion? The "Tea Party" in America isn't really even a registered political party. They are a loosely organized group of American's that want to return our government to it's constitutional foundation and underpinnings. What hate have you seen or read about the Tea Party exhibiting? Be specific? You say, "Our way or the Highway"? What do you mean? The tea party has absolutely NO power in America. America is controlled by a radial left wing democrat president and a even more radical left wing Senate and has been for the last 6 and a half years. The Tea Parties ability to influence policy has been negligible. However, if more Tea Party candidates win in the upcoming mid term elections all that may change. I think what you smell is your own hatred for a people who want their country returned to the Juedo-Christian principals and Constitutional rule of law it was founded on. The Tea Party in America is much the same as the "UDD" in Thailand who want their government to follow the Constitution and rule of law and not to have their will and vote disrespected and overturned by an activist court or military coup.