UDD, PDRC leaders remain detained, others released

[Now or Never]

Can't help the feeling of schadenfreude over Jatuporn, he made a career of rousing people up with "The coup is coming, the coup is coming!" and when it came it came right on his face and he didn't see it coming.

Maybe he wasn't believing his own lies and paying to much attention his appearance.

The PTP and UDD really aren't very bright. In fact they are incredibly dumb and stupid.

They are only able to follow orders and not think outside the chain of command.

Now you can see the end result.

[whybother]

Just look at the colour of the shirts that are allowed to leave!

What colour shirts have been allowed to leave? From what I've read, only Democrat and PTP politicians have left.

... sent from my phone.

[marko kok prong]

Where is Suthep?

Let's hope he is resting quietly in a padded cell with his monk friend,long may they linger in harmony.

[Gunna]

Lets see what these people can achieve now as the General put it... "they are all in a room and can come out loving eachother" or words to that effect.

About time they TALKED and not just being snouts in a trough scrounging for money... ALL OF THEM

Suthep for six months had non-negotiable demands - yes, non-negotiable demands - that the PAD-PDRC posters supported in the absolute. No negotiations. None. Zero. Zilch. Not ever.

Perhaps if Suthep had been willing to talk all of this might have been precluded.

So now that the military mutiny coup d'état has been executed, it's suddenly time to talk even as Gen Prayuth sets the bad example of rough housing the press/media by cutting them off, cutting them short, arbitrarily dismissing them and abruptly ending a press conference.

Gen Prayuth got the bunch all together in one room Thursday to seize them, which he did in fact do. He locked them all away. The rationale offered for the meeting - talks - were a pretext to gather as many together in one room as possible to seize them. And the pretext of getting them to talk continues to be peddled by the military as a pretense to keep them locked up.

As has been noted, those detainees who have been released are essentially non-players.

The military meanwhile continues to display its bull headed approach. Nothing positive has come of this pretense of talks and talking and nothing positive is going to come of it. Release these civilians.

I say lock up all the criminals in PTP and ban them from Politics for ever

[espinoza]

Where is Suthep?

I hope in a dark cold place, which he will never get out from. The biggest Quisling in the Thai history. Lock him in, throw bthe key away and forget him.

[rametindallas]

This has been orchestrated in an extraordinarily methodical and actually civil way. The UDD and the PDRC leaders continue to be quarantined for the time being, but by so doing, it is shown that no deference or favouritism is paid to either. This sends a signal throughout the country of evenness in the handling of it. For Prompong to be included likely underscores the fact that he has distinguished himself as a particularly controversial figure, to say the very least.

Agreed, very even handed. Interestingly, Chalerm is not mentioned. Is he in custody?

We all can only hope. Even the reds I know don't like him.

Chalerm is as dangerous as a toothless, old chihuahua when he doesn't have government power behind him. Save some money and let him stay under 'house' arrest.

I would like to eulogize Mr. Chalerm. I'm not a fan of Chalerm's politics but I am a fan of Chalerm. He is, easily, one of the most interesting politicians in Thailand. No one should underestimate the value of having a 'Chalerm' in your government. Here is a person who can be outspoken and blunt as most Thais couldn't be in their wildest imaginations. Chalerm has 'dirt' on many politician's, businessmen, academics, lawyers, etc. but only a very few have any 'dirt' on Chalerm which lets him play 'power' politics (some people call it 'hard-ball politics). If necessary, he will twist arms (figuratively) to get things done. He is a great 'attack dog' on the opposition. He's a 'hoot' to be around, a real fun guy. This guy's loyalty to Thaksin, and Thaksin's other puppet parties, is unwavering, which proves Chalerm has a certain integrity. If I had a political party, I would want to have a 'Chalerm' on my team. I rate Chalerm near the top for successful Thai politicians.

[rametindallas]

NPOMC tracking politicians' money Investigators tracking funds sent out of Thailand

• Published: 23/05/2014 at 05:58 PM
• Online news:

Soldiers acting under an order of the National Peace and Order Maintaining Council (NPOMC) are overseeing a search for evidence of secret funds transfers involving politicians and protest leaders before the May 22 coup, seeking the money trail.

About 50 army soldiers arrived on three Humvees at the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok on Friday morning, seeking CSD officers' help in tracking down the money.

The unit's commanders first met Pol Lt Col Torsak Sukwimol, acting chief of CSD commandoes. Later Pol Maj Gen Kowit Wongrungroj, deputy commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau, and CSD deputy commanders Pol Col Pornsak Surasit and Pol Col Krisada Kanchana-alongkorn arrived to acknowledge the NPOMC order and follow it.

The NPOMC wanted the CSD to help in the search for funds transferred out of the country by political and demonstration groups active before the coup.

The CSD deployed six teams of 13 officers each to search six targeted locations, suspected of aiding in funds transfers, in Bangkok and nearby provinces on Friday afternoon.

Soldiers took police to the targets, that included the residences of people with political influence and the house of a close aide of a high-ranking government official who played an important role in the now-disbanded Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order.

Each team comprised five heavily armed commandoes and eight plainclothes officers. They searched for not only documents but also weapons and were closely supervised by police colonels and inspectors of the Central Investigation Bureau.

The authorities collected documents from the locations for further examination, but initially

did not find any important evidence.

It was reported later that the Linda money exchange shop on Pradiphat Road in Phaya Thai district was one of the places searched.

Authorities seized Thai and foreign money worth about 26 million baht and seven big boxes of documents from the shop, the report said.

A lot of people will be going to prison or have to self-exile (I think that's what they call 'flight to avoid prosecution' now) if the army begins to audit the government's Rice Support scheme, tablet scheme, flood prevention scheme, etc., etc.. How much land was bought-up in preparation for the Infrastructure Improvement or Flood Prevention. If they drag the net with a fine weave, they can catch all the Democrats' and smaller parties' criminals too. Since the military is limited commercially to a few, long-time monopolies, they haven't interfered with the overall economy. That makes the army the least biased of the power players. I hope Gen. Prayuth benefits from the knowledge of the failures of the previous coup-makers, and gets the reforms right. I would dearly love to see the Thai people get to vote on individual reforms but hope is dimming.

When, 'How was the money spent?' audits eventually expose what the government has been hiding, and if it's many billions of Baht in very questionable spending, those cases won't be swayed by a 'pastry' box.

It's a good thing Thailand has all these new television channels, they're going to need them to broadcast all the trials of former PTP politicians; you know, the ones who voted themselves amnesty along with amnesty for the D L. I hope the trials have English subtitles because I have wondered for years how they could possibly explain their behavior.

[gabruce]

Just look at the colour of the shirts that are allowed to leave!

Okay, I'll bite. Red and Yellow (though they were probably not wearing them at the time)?

[Estrada]

NPOMC tracking politicians' money Investigators tracking funds sent out of Thailand

• Published: 23/05/2014 at 05:58 PM
• Online news:

Soldiers acting under an order of the National Peace and Order Maintaining Council (NPOMC) are overseeing a search for evidence of secret funds transfers involving politicians and protest leaders before the May 22 coup, seeking the money trail.

About 50 army soldiers arrived on three Humvees at the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok on Friday morning, seeking CSD officers' help in tracking down the money.

The unit's commanders first met Pol Lt Col Torsak Sukwimol, acting chief of CSD commandoes. Later Pol Maj Gen Kowit Wongrungroj, deputy commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau, and CSD deputy commanders Pol Col Pornsak Surasit and Pol Col Krisada Kanchana-alongkorn arrived to acknowledge the NPOMC order and follow it.

The NPOMC wanted the CSD to help in the search for funds transferred out of the country by political and demonstration groups active before the coup.

The CSD deployed six teams of 13 officers each to search six targeted locations, suspected of aiding in funds transfers, in Bangkok and nearby provinces on Friday afternoon.

Soldiers took police to the targets, that included the residences of people with political influence and the house of a close aide of a high-ranking government official who played an important role in the now-disbanded Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order.

Each team comprised five heavily armed commandoes and eight plainclothes officers. They searched for not only documents but also weapons and were closely supervised by police colonels and inspectors of the Central Investigation Bureau.

The authorities collected documents from the locations for further examination, but initially

did not find any important evidence.

It was reported later that the Linda money exchange shop on Pradiphat Road in Phaya Thai district was one of the places searched.

Authorities seized Thai and foreign money worth about 26 million baht and seven big boxes of documents from the shop, the report said.

A lot of people will be going to prison or have to self-exile (I think that's what they call 'flight to avoid prosecution' now) if the army begins to audit the government's Rice Support scheme, tablet scheme, flood prevention scheme, etc., etc.. How much land was bought-up in preparation for the Infrastructure Improvement or Flood Prevention. If they drag the net with a fine weave, they can catch all the Democrats' and smaller parties' criminals too. Since the military is limited commercially to a few, long-time monopolies, they haven't interfered with the overall economy. That makes the army the least biased of the power players. I hope Gen. Prayuth benefits from the knowledge of the failures of the previous coup-makers, and gets the reforms right. I would dearly love to see the Thai people get to vote on individual reforms but hope is dimming.

When, 'How was the money spent?' audits eventually expose what the government has been hiding, and if it's many billions of Baht in very questionable spending, those cases won't be swayed by a 'pastry' box.

It's a good thing Thailand has all these new television channels, they're going to need them to broadcast all the trials of former PTP politicians; you know, the ones who voted themselves amnesty along with amnesty for the D L. I hope the trials have English subtitles because I have wondered for years how they could possibly explain their behavior.

Least biased! The army budget was doubled after the last coup in 2006. Are we forgetting the GT200 1Billion Baht fake bomb detector scandal or the leaky airships. Thaksin reduced army spending whenever he was in power, so of course they have an agenda.

[Utley]

well he is a wanted man for insurrection and sedition so action at last on suthep

I have read no where that Suthep had been detained. Anyone have a factual update?

[rametindallas]

NPOMC tracking politicians' money Investigators tracking funds sent out of Thailand

• Published: 23/05/2014 at 05:58 PM
• Online news:

Soldiers acting under an order of the National Peace and Order Maintaining Council (NPOMC) are overseeing a search for evidence of secret funds transfers involving politicians and protest leaders before the May 22 coup, seeking the money trail.

About 50 army soldiers arrived on three Humvees at the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok on Friday morning, seeking CSD officers' help in tracking down the money.

The unit's commanders first met Pol Lt Col Torsak Sukwimol, acting chief of CSD commandoes. Later Pol Maj Gen Kowit Wongrungroj, deputy commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau, and CSD deputy commanders Pol Col Pornsak Surasit and Pol Col Krisada Kanchana-alongkorn arrived to acknowledge the NPOMC order and follow it.

The NPOMC wanted the CSD to help in the search for funds transferred out of the country by political and demonstration groups active before the coup.

The CSD deployed six teams of 13 officers each to search six targeted locations, suspected of aiding in funds transfers, in Bangkok and nearby provinces on Friday afternoon.

Soldiers took police to the targets, that included the residences of people with political influence and the house of a close aide of a high-ranking government official who played an important role in the now-disbanded Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order.

Each team comprised five heavily armed commandoes and eight plainclothes officers. They searched for not only documents but also weapons and were closely supervised by police colonels and inspectors of the Central Investigation Bureau.

The authorities collected documents from the locations for further examination, but initially

did not find any important evidence.

It was reported later that the Linda money exchange shop on Pradiphat Road in Phaya Thai district was one of the places searched.

Authorities seized Thai and foreign money worth about 26 million baht and seven big boxes of documents from the shop, the report said.

A lot of people will be going to prison or have to self-exile (I think that's what they call 'flight to avoid prosecution' now) if the army begins to audit the government's Rice Support scheme, tablet scheme, flood prevention scheme, etc., etc.. How much land was bought-up in preparation for the Infrastructure Improvement or Flood Prevention. If they drag the net with a fine weave, they can catch all the Democrats' and smaller parties' criminals too. Since the military is limited commercially to a few, long-time monopolies, they haven't interfered with the overall economy. That makes the army the least biased of the power players. I hope Gen. Prayuth benefits from the knowledge of the failures of the previous coup-makers, and gets the reforms right. I would dearly love to see the Thai people get to vote on individual reforms but hope is dimming.

When, 'How was the money spent?' audits eventually expose what the government has been hiding, and if it's many billions of Baht in very questionable spending, those cases won't be swayed by a 'pastry' box.

It's a good thing Thailand has all these new television channels, they're going to need them to broadcast all the trials of former PTP politicians; you know, the ones who voted themselves amnesty along with amnesty for the D L. I hope the trials have English subtitles because I have wondered for years how they could possibly explain their behavior.

Least biased! The army budget was doubled after the last coup in 2006. Are we forgetting the GT200 1Billion Baht fake bomb detector scandal or the leaky airships. Thaksin reduced army spending whenever he was in power, so of course they have an agenda.

If what you say is true, then Thaksin is truly finished as a power in Thailand. Especially as the Democrats gave the military a 40% larger budget when they came to power in 2008.

[Anon999]

Lets see what these people can achieve now as the General put it... "they are all in a room and can come out loving eachother" or words to that effect.

About time they TALKED and not just being snouts in a trough scrounging for money... ALL OF THEM

Suthep for six months had non-negotiable demands - yes, non-negotiable demands - that the PAD-PDRC posters supported in the absolute. No negotiations. None. Zero. Zilch. Not ever.

Perhaps if Suthep had been willing to talk all of this might have been precluded.

So now that the military mutiny coup d'état has been executed, it's suddenly time to talk even as Gen Prayuth sets the bad example of rough housing the press/media by cutting them off, cutting them short, arbitrarily dismissing them and abruptly ending a press conference.

Gen Prayuth got the bunch all together in one room Thursday to seize them, which he did in fact do. He locked them all away. The rationale offered for the meeting - talks - were a pretext to gather as many together in one room as possible to seize them. And the pretext of getting them to talk continues to be peddled by the military as a pretense to keep them locked up.

As has been noted, those detainees who have been released are essentially non-players.

The military meanwhile continues to display its bull headed approach. Nothing positive has come of this pretense of talks and talking and nothing positive is going to come of it. Release these civilians.

Official Honorary Sub-Expert 3rd Class. How you ever managed to achieve that I'll never know. Maybe it cost you a few $'s. Your posts are so predictably negative that one has to wonder if you have ever had a positive thought in respect of the opposition.

[ikke]

It really is time to let the military take control and calm things down. They seem to be doing everything right so far. I think the vast majority of Thai people now feel safer, and so do I. The action taken with the detainees seems fair and just and the perfect solution to let the steam out of the situation. Good going, general.

Yep, the first thing to calm down is economics, this coup tears Thailand deeper than even Suthep did, but yes, in a statement the Gen. says he did not have any understanding about economy .... same as you my opinion.

[whybother]

well he is a wanted man for insurrection and sedition so action at last on suthep

I have read no where that Suthep had been detained. Anyone have a factual update?

The title of the thread is a bit of a give away - "PDRC leaders remain".

... sent from my phone.

[Prbkk]

NPOMC tracking politicians' money Investigators tracking funds sent out of Thailand

• Published: 23/05/2014 at 05:58 PM
• Online news:

Soldiers acting under an order of the National Peace and Order Maintaining Council (NPOMC) are overseeing a search for evidence of secret funds transfers involving politicians and protest leaders before the May 22 coup, seeking the money trail.

About 50 army soldiers arrived on three Humvees at the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok on Friday morning, seeking CSD officers' help in tracking down the money.

The unit's commanders first met Pol Lt Col Torsak Sukwimol, acting chief of CSD commandoes. Later Pol Maj Gen Kowit Wongrungroj, deputy commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau, and CSD deputy commanders Pol Col Pornsak Surasit and Pol Col Krisada Kanchana-alongkorn arrived to acknowledge the NPOMC order and follow it.

The NPOMC wanted the CSD to help in the search for funds transferred out of the country by political and demonstration groups active before the coup.

The CSD deployed six teams of 13 officers each to search six targeted locations, suspected of aiding in funds transfers, in Bangkok and nearby provinces on Friday afternoon.

Soldiers took police to the targets, that included the residences of people with political influence and the house of a close aide of a high-ranking government official who played an important role in the now-disbanded Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order.

Each team comprised five heavily armed commandoes and eight plainclothes officers. They searched for not only documents but also weapons and were closely supervised by police colonels and inspectors of the Central Investigation Bureau.

The authorities collected documents from the locations for further examination, but initially

did not find any important evidence.

It was reported later that the Linda money exchange shop on Pradiphat Road in Phaya Thai district was one of the places searched.

Authorities seized Thai and foreign money worth about 26 million baht and seven big boxes of documents from the shop, the report said.

I hope they are also looking at significant foreign exchange transactions in the hours immediate preceding the announcement of the coup. But I bet anything, we will never , ever hear about that.

[zydeco]

It really is time to let the military take control and calm things down. They seem to be doing everything right so far. I think the vast majority of Thai people now feel safer, and so do I. The action taken with the detainees seems fair and just and the perfect solution to let the steam out of the situation. Good going, general.

Yep, the first thing to calm down is economics, this coup tears Thailand deeper than even Suthep did, but yes, in a statement the Gen. says he did not have any understanding about economy .... same as you my opinion.

Oh, dear. A Neo-con. Better call little Billy Kristol so you know what to write next.

[Utley]

well he is a wanted man for insurrection and sedition so action at last on suthep

I have read no where that Suthep had been detained. Anyone have a factual update?

The title of the thread is a bit of a give away - "PDRC leaders remain".

My point is that the title of the thread is ambiguous. If Suthep was one of the PDRC leaders detained then why wouldn't the article specifically say so unless the intent was to mislead.

[whybother]

well he is a wanted man for insurrection and sedition so action at last on suthep

I have read no where that Suthep had been detained. Anyone have a factual update?

The title of the thread is a bit of a give away - "PDRC leaders remain".

My point is that the title of the thread is ambiguous. If Suthep was one of the PDRC leaders detained then why wouldn't the article specifically say so unless the intent was to mislead.

They didn't name any of the leaders that remain. Suthep WAS detained. Have you seen any report that he has been released?

... sent from my phone.

[Utley]

They didn't name any of the leaders that remain. Suthep WAS detained. Have you seen any report that he has been released?

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I have not seen any reports that specifically states that Suthep was detained but only vague references that all the leaders were detained.

Mark my words: Suthep is going to be named the next PM by the military with the silent acquiescence of the Privy Council. If and when that happens, you will know exactly who was really orchestrating the last six months of turmoil.

[mrtoad]

There is no way Suthep will be named next PM.

Nice rumour though

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[Publicus]

Lets see what these people can achieve now as the General put it... "they are all in a room and can come out loving eachother" or words to that effect.

About time they TALKED and not just being snouts in a trough scrounging for money... ALL OF THEM

Suthep for six months had non-negotiable demands - yes, non-negotiable demands - that the PAD-PDRC posters supported in the absolute. No negotiations. None. Zero. Zilch. Not ever.

Perhaps if Suthep had been willing to talk all of this might have been precluded.

So now that the military mutiny coup d'état has been executed, it's suddenly time to talk even as Gen Prayuth sets the bad example of rough housing the press/media by cutting them off, cutting them short, arbitrarily dismissing them and abruptly ending a press conference.

Gen Prayuth got the bunch all together in one room Thursday to seize them, which he did in fact do. He locked them all away. The rationale offered for the meeting - talks - were a pretext to gather as many together in one room as possible to seize them. And the pretext of getting them to talk continues to be peddled by the military as a pretense to keep them locked up.

As has been noted, those detainees who have been released are essentially non-players.

The military meanwhile continues to display its bull headed approach. Nothing positive has come of this pretense of talks and talking and nothing positive is going to come of it. Release these civilians.

Official Honorary Sub-Expert 3rd Class. How you ever managed to achieve that I'll never know. Maybe it cost you a few $'s. Your posts are so predictably negative that one has to wonder if you have ever had a positive thought in respect of the opposition.

Thank you for another occasion to speak directly with the Bangkok ammart.

It's no surprise then you should be impressed or unimpressed by titles or to think in terms of illicit purchasing power..

There isn't anything at all that is good about military or militarist fascism and that is what we all have at this point. Many fahlang like it, others don't. I'm in the group that seeks to negate the negation that fascism is to the world of civilized peoples.

Let's keep in touch.