Ex-Thai PM Yingluck reports to coup makers

[farangbanok]

Arrest her for what ? Being the democratically elected Prime Minister of Thailand ?

totster

For running the rice scam, trying to whitewash a fugitive convicted criminal, trying the bankrupt the country by illegally passing a 2.2 trillion Baht loan......................You want a few other valid reasons ?

Err? So you've seen this with your own eyes? Wow. Or do you believe everything you are told???

LMFAO.

Other than his comments on the motive behind passing the 2.2 trillion baht loan bill, everything he said is verifiable.

She was nominally in charge of the Rice Pledging Scheme - but delegated that responsibilty and was "dumped on" by her subordinates. Since she was nominally in charge she takes the flak!

How many yellow TV members believe that they are good managers and don't delegate? Come on tell the truth!

Remember also that with the Amnesty Bill, Mark and crazy Suthep would also have been pardoned on their murder charges not merely TS on his politically motivated abuse of power/corruption conviction. Wasn't TS's conviction pushed through in absentia by the previous coup mongers?

Edited May 23, 2014 by farangbanok

[GoodThaiGirl]

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well she has more balls than thaksin, did not expect here to show but maybe she is starting to realize she wants to live in Thailand without all the crap her brother has caused

A tiny part of me does have some sympathy for her. It's a situation she probably never wanted to be in and had her arm twisted to make her stay. She must really be cursing Thaksin in her private thoughts, knowing he did all this to her and he meanwhile sits in luxury, probably guzzling champagne and caviar. But sympathy or no, she did sign on to things and her actions have come near to bankrupting the country, destroying its rice exporting market, and driven many to desperation or worse. I have much more sympathy for her victims, in the final run.

This is exactly what I've been saying. I think her brother pushed her into a position she was ill equipped to be in and she was too afraid to tell him no as he is the investor in all of the businesses she was running like SC Asset. He used her as he did the red shirts. The blood of all the red shirts killed when they fought and refused to leave central Bangkok is on his hands. He was the one telling them to be brave and stay put. Easy for the coward to say, he who didn't have the guts to face the charges laid on him here, and easy to say from his plush digs in Dubai.

so you will except her answer..i was only following orders...no..no..no..shes as guilty as the rest..dont forget that..

[ppmacready]

well she has more balls than thaksin, did not expect here to show but maybe she is starting to realize she wants to live in Thailand without all the crap her brother has caused

A tiny part of me does have some sympathy for her. It's a situation she probably never wanted to be in and had her arm twisted to make her stay. She must really be cursing Thaksin in her private thoughts, knowing he did all this to her and he meanwhile sits in luxury, probably guzzling champagne and caviar. But sympathy or no, she did sign on to things and her actions have come near to bankrupting the country, destroying its rice exporting market, and driven many to desperation or worse. I have much more sympathy for her victims, in the final run.

The Shinawatra family is an old style Chinese clan.

The patriarch, Thaksin, orders, and the rest jumps.

Its practically illegal to criticise the old style elitists!

So no freedom of speech allowed.

They have been educating the poor intentionally in a backward manner, whilst educating their children Western style.

I don't think the woes of this country are from just the past decade.

10 decades more like!

' Power concedes nothing without a demand.

It never did and it never will.''

''Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.''

[klauskunkel]

Yingluck, who was ousted by the courts in a controversial ruling earlier this month, arrived at an army facility in Bangkok in her private bullet-proof vehicle

You know, the army has armor-piercing stuff..., you could have come in the convertible - same difference!

[thairookie]

Inspite of all the remarks about her here. She DID show up. I must say against all odds. I guess Prayuth has everyone rounded up right now. Now it is time to sit them down. Give them a harsh speech. Close the doors and for the good of the country, work out the differences, find common ground. He surely has a captive audience now!!!!

Everyone? Nothing said about Mark and Suthep so far.

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[sweatalot]

Credit must be given where credit is due. She showed up, which is something her brother could learn a thing or two about.

Why wouldn't she show up.

The rest of the world is condemning Thailand for not being a democracy. This is a coup for her and it will give her credibility.

the rest of the world? is either totally uninformed, misinformed or just evil

[stickylies]

The Shinawatra family is an old style Chinese clan.

as is the top of the army...

[JesseFrank]

She was nominally in charge of the Rice Pledging Scheme - but delegated that responsibilty and was "dumped on" by her subordinates. Since she was nominally in charge she takes the flak!

How many yellow TV members believe that they are good managers and don't delegate? Come on tell the truth!

Remember also that with the Amnesty Bill, Mark and crazy Suthep would also have been pardoned on their murder charges not merely TS on his politically motivated abuse of power/corruption conviction. Wasn't TS's conviction pushed through in absentia by the previous coup mongers?

Crying and saying sorry is no excuse. If you want to be leader of a country you will have to take responsibility, otherwise don't take the job.

Abhisit and Suthep were added to the amnesty bill at a later stage, in the hope they would vote for it then, which was clearly an wrong presumption.

Thaksin's conviction was pushed through in absentia of the accused, who had fled the country.

Edited May 23, 2014 by JesseFrank

[sweatalot]

Come on you TV members! You can do better than this!

Surely she deserves the death penalty. Everyone one of you knows she is corrupt - indeed, you all people have first-hand evidence that she is guilty and only capital punishment will do. While we are at it, surely all the redshirts deserve capital punishment. Surely? You people know best.

Seems most TV members are quite different, they do not think like you do

[valvenus]

Her husband must be glad to have left her recently and thus avoided getting dragged into this.

[kimamey]

I didn't expect to see her there today .... but did anybody note down her license plate numbers?

Why? Do you want to check she's paid her tax or do you want to stalk her?

[valvenus]

Come on you TV members! You can do better than this!

Surely she deserves the death penalty. Everyone one of you knows she is corrupt - indeed, you all people have first-hand evidence that she is guilty and only capital punishment will do. While we are at it, surely all the redshirts deserve capital punishment. Surely? You people know best.

Seems most TV members are quite different, they do not think like you do

That could be broaden to most humans are different than he is.

[Pimay1]

well she has more balls than thaksin, did not expect here to show but maybe she is starting to realize she wants to live in Thailand without all the crap her brother has caused

In my opinion the one and only reason she reported was she knew she would be arrested in case of a no show. She knows Prayuth is a no BS guy and would have her arrested at the drop of a hat.

[icare999]

I loathe her and her puppet master but at least she is not such a coward as her brother or is it just orders from her brother which she fair not refuse

[empireboy]

Did they arrest her?

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Arrest her for what ? Being the democratically elected Prime Minister of Thailand ?

totster

It's antagonistic thinking that leads to situations like this in the first place... Long live democracy and freedom of ideas and speech!

[kimamey]

I hope she is provided a cute orange jump suit, fitted closely around the behind and pink handcuffs.

Must be a difficult decision what clothes fit for it.

I would say best is the white uniform.

no no orange and pink together isn't good. blue jump suit and pink handcuffs would be good.

and what shoes to wear? Pink high heels?

I don't know if the porn sites are blocked but at least I can come on here for some porn text. I think I'll go and take a shower.

Reason for edit: spelling mistake due to lack of concentration.

Edited May 23, 2014 by kimamey

[WhizBang]

well she has more balls than thaksin, did not expect here to show but maybe she is starting to realize she wants to live in Thailand without all the crap her brother has caused

Indeed. I have to admit, I though she would do a runner to Dubai. But as you stated, perhaps she would like to continue to live in Thailand. So I do give her credit for having the guts to stick around and face the music, something her brother would never do.

Perhaps now she can cut the strings to Dubai completely, and turn State's evidence.

[givenall]

Put the Shins in a chaingang and make them clean up the mess on Utthayan Road they caused. In fact, do that for both groups. Let them clean up their literal messes personally.

Make them buy all the rice they put in the storage for I don't know who/when

[marinediscoking]

Throughout history every power base has had their scape goats seize power:

Hitler had the Jews

Pol Pot and Mao tse Tung blamed the educated

Castro blamed the rich

Obama used Bush

Thai Amat uses Thaksin

[diehard60]

Ok when will it be suthep and that trash monks turn/???? Fair is fair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JesseFrank]

well she has more balls than thaksin, did not expect here to show but maybe she is starting to realize she wants to live in Thailand without all the crap her brother has caused

Indeed. I have to admit, I though she would do a runner to Dubai. But as you stated, perhaps she would like to continue to live in Thailand. So I do give her credit for having the guts to stick around and face the music, something her brother would never do.

Perhaps now she can cut the strings to Dubai completely, and turn State's evidence.

Maybe she just missed the plane

[AlphMichaels]

And to think I thought when finally moving here in 2009 I might avoid the armchair analysis of government and politics. Seems more endemic here than it is in the west.

<YAWN>

[WhizBang]

All these people being summoned ... are they allowed to decline? what happens if they just say "no thanks" ??

As stated, it was an invitation you just couldn't refuse. Failure to show up gets you an arrest warrant issued, no doubt with the military serving it.

[wlcart]

she will report, but nothing will be done to her. No reason to anger her supporters, just let her fade away. I don't think she wants it enough to fight anymore.

[ianf]

Credit must be given where credit is due. She showed up, which is something her brother could learn a thing or two about.

Why wouldn't she show up.

The rest of the world is condemning Thailand for not being a democracy. This is a coup for her and it will give her credibility.

Topcat4posts: Thailand has not been a democracy for a few years. Thaksin hijacked the word democracy in a stylish attempt to undermine Abhisit and his party. The reds, Thaksin, Chalerm, Yinkluck and co have never been democrats: indeed the ex-leader of the reds and her husband Weng were (are?) communists. You can look up their history. Thaksin himself is an autocrat - a very rich one. If you have this kind of wealth you can pay PR agencies around the world to spin your lie. Tony Blair realised he was dealing with a bunch of idiots which is why he lectured them and went back to farang land after the reds tried to manipulate his support. Robert Amsterdam, that guru of fake human rights PR and Human Rights Watch (another fake human rights org) have supported Thaksin's endeavors to lie to the world. It doesn't help when sycophants such as the BBC's Jonathan Head constantly spin Thaksin's lies into his news reports. Come on TopCat. Read the history, taste the flavour and understand what's going on here. This coup is necessary and benevolent. They will continue to uncover the real story, finding the reds' caches of weapons, see how much Yingluck and co stole from the people of Thailand.

[Thailand]

Credit must be given where credit is due. She showed up, which is something her brother could learn a thing or two about.

Good for her.

Others had to be detained at the "arranged" meeting. Puts her in a very high profile position with the world watching. Be interesting to see how this unfolds.

[GoodThaiGirl]

I didn't expect to see her there today .... but did anybody note down her license plate numbers?

Why? Do you want to check she's paid her tax or do you want to stalk her?

maybe the lottery numbers...

Edited May 23, 2014 by GoodThaiGirl

[Neeranam]

Did they arrest her?

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Arrest her for what ? Being the democratically elected Prime Minister of Thailand ?

totster

Her brother paid for her to become PM, democratic my arse.

She should be arrested for allowing him to run the country.

Edited May 23, 2014 by Neeranam

[kimamey]

Credit must be given where credit is due. She showed up, which is something her brother could learn a thing or two about.

Why wouldn't she show up.

The rest of the world is condemning Thailand for not being a democracy. This is a coup for her and it will give her credibility.

the rest of the world? is either totally uninformed, misinformed or just evil

The democratic nations were never going to support a coup as it would be seen as hypocritical. That doesn't mean they liked the last governments version of democracy however.

[WhizBang]

Just hope for the other members in custody that Chalerm isn't the first one to drop his soap in the showers....

Just to make things a bit less HEAVY....

LOL, I got a good laugh out of that.

But I think Chalerm would be pretty safe. After all, you would have to be a pretty sick #$%@ to want the likes of Chalerm.