Lite Beer Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Thai PM threatens to bar Yingluck from travelling abroadBANGKOK: -- Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha Tuesday threatened to bar ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra from travelling abroad, a day after the publication of her first media interview since May's coup.Yingluck, who was booted out of office by a controversial court ruling just before the army takeover, has been banned from leaving Thailand without the junta's permission along with hundreds of other politicians, activists, academics and journalists who were briefly detained after the coup.The ex-premier has since been allowed to travel overseas on two occasions on the condition she adopts a low-profile, but after the publication of the interview Monday, Prayut threatened to revoke that freedom."I am considering it and have asked my security staff to look into it," Prayut told reporters after a weekly cabinet meeting in response to a question on whether the junta would bar Yingluck from travelling abroad following Monday's interview."We have clear rules. If something triggers chaos or unrest we have measures... If she wants to go overseas then she will not be able to go," he said.In an interview published Monday the Bangkok Post quoted Yingluck describing her removal from office was as though "suddenly, someone points a gun at my head and tells me to get out of the car while I'm at the wheel driving the people forward".Prayut hit out at her remarks, saying to reporters: "Who pointed the gun at her?"In July the junta allowed Yingluck to travel to Europe and the United States and last month she visited Japan and China, meeting her older brother and fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra during both trips.May's coup was the latest chapter in Thailand's long-drawn political conflict, which broadly pits a Bangkok-based middle class and royalist elite, backed by parts of the military and judiciary, against rural and working-class voters loyal to Thaksin.A Shinawatra-led or aligned government has been brought to power in every poll since 2001.After months of retreating from the limelight, Yingluck and Thaksin have started to creep back into public life, much to the consternation of the junta.Recent photographs of the siblings cuddling pandas during their trip to China's Sichuan province went viral, prompting Prayut to threaten tighter controls over the media unless they stopped "presenting news" about Thaksin. -- (c) Copyright AFP 2014-11-25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 15Peter20 Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 "Who pointed the gun at her?" - If Prayut doesn't know, we've all got problems... 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Anthony5 Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 Daddy, she says something no good about me . The future looks bright for Thailand, NOT? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NeverSure Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 Are we going to have daily reports of temper tantrums? (Not saying from whom.) 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaobang Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 the times are D-changing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post casualbiker Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 "Who pointed the gun at her?" - If Prayut doesn't know, we've all got problems... She removed herself from office when she dissolved Parliament. No? 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chotthee Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 "Who pointed the gun at her?" - If Prayut doesn't know, we've all got problems... No one pointed the gun at her. She is a drama queen seeking attention. No one pointed the gun at her. 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pookiki Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 No finger pointing allowed -- especially three finger pointing! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Costas2008 Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 (edited) She should have said: While I'm at the wheel driving the people forward to total bankruptcy, Thank Buddha, suddenly, someone points an imaginary gun at my head and tells me to get lost. Bar her from everything, she was she is and she will be a liability to this country. Edited November 25, 2014 by Costas2008 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commerce Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 But maybe she needs to go to Caltech, to learn all about being a social worker? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trd Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 "Who pointed the gun at her?" - If Prayut doesn't know, we've all got problems... No one pointed the gun at her. She is a drama queen seeking attention. No one pointed the gun at her. What planet are you living on? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commerce Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 She should have said: While I'm at the wheel driving the people forward to total bankruptcy, Thank Buddha, suddenly, someone points an imaginary gun at my head and tells me to get lost. Bar her from everything, she was she is and she will be a liability to this country. She's not the liability. The psychophant [sic] Thaksin is. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravip Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Daddy, she says something no good about me . The future looks bright for Thailand, NOT? Mummy, things are looking very bad... Let's go home. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Ferguson_unrest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploitation_scandal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post givenall Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 "suddenly, someone points a gun at my head and tells me to get out of the car while I'm at the wheel driving the people forward". she really means driving the people off the cliff, so she should be thankful she was stopped 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuchulainn Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Brilliant. Gets better and better. No self exile for you, then!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JOC Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 It is not a question about what she said, but the fact that she was brave enough to say it!! About time political leaders from both sides show a little courage!! 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post greenchair Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 "Who pointed the gun at her?" - If Prayut doesn't know, we've all got problems...She removed herself from office when she dissolved Parliament. No? She graciously removed herself to allow the people to choose and make avote. She did it out of respect to the people, thinking it would settle the few thousand protesters. If she was not voted back , she would have graciously walked away.if she knew the peoples right would be stolen from them, I dont think she would have stepped down. We will never know what the people would have chosen. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JOC Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 Imagine in a country where 1 billion baht thiefs and LM-accused are released on bail, the most dangerous enemy is considered to be free media!! Clearly Prayuth sees Ms Yinglucks popularity as a serious threat!! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The stuttering parrot Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 It's all unravelling ever so slowly for the junta. Bringing his style of happiness to the thai people is not quite going his way and all were getting day after the day is how unhappy he is. Now to really top it off he should not only ban her from travelling overseas but to take a leaf out of the Burma juntas how to stage a coup manual 101 and confine her to house arrest. That one really worked! Anyway once again the name Yingluck appears and the junta is rattled knowing she was the peoples choice. Guess the attitude adjustments need a little tweak! 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrtoad Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 Makes perfect sense, she is a suspected and being charged of massive corruption, for sure she should not be allowed to travel. See what her odious Desert Coward Brother did. 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post retsdon Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 "Yingluck describing her removal from office was AS THOUGH "suddenly, someone points a gun at my head and tells me to get out of the car while I'm at the wheel driving the people forward". Prayut hit out at her remarks, saying to reporters: "Who pointed the gun at her?" It was a simile, my dear fellow, a simile - not meant to be taken literally. Either Prayut was being deliberately obtuse, or he's obviously not the sharpest,.. etc, etc, 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JOC Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 "Who pointed the gun at her?" - If Prayut doesn't know, we've all got problems... No one pointed the gun at her. She is a drama queen seeking attention. No one pointed the gun at her. Try to google the word "metaphor" 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 A post making dangerous references to the current government has been removed. Please be reminded of this NOTICE TO MEMBERS POSTING IN THAILAND NEWS, again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOC Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Makes perfect sense, she is a suspected and being charged of massive corruption, for sure she should not be allowed to travel. See what her odious Desert Coward Brother did. Let's make a deal!! The day Sondhi Limthongkul starts to serve his 20 year sentence, is the day Yingluck appears in court!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOC Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Prayuth, if you really want to keep the Shinawattras out of the limelight, it might be a good idea if you didn't comment on their every move!! Read the interview yesterday and didn't think much of it, but thanks to your paranoia the Shins are straight back in the headlines again!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retsdon Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 "Who pointed the gun at her?" - If Prayut doesn't know, we've all got problems... No one pointed the gun at her. She is a drama queen seeking attention. No one pointed the gun at her. Try to google the word "metaphor":coffee1: Thanks for the advice, but I think simile is the correct word in this case. http://www.dailywritingtips.com/what-is-the-difference-between-metaphor-and-simile/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 55Jay Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 (edited) Yingluck was rocking the metaphors! Impressive! She gives an interview and suddenly she's a threat. A bit controlling, eh? The natural response is to threaten to keep her in the country. It's like some weird North Korean script with subtitles that make it sound even more ridiculous in English. Edit: Simile is correct but metaphor sounds better than "rockin' the similes", so I'll own my gaff but leave it as is. Edited November 25, 2014 by 55Jay 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Scully Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 I wouldn't worry about Yingluck talking it's when Prayut opens his own gob that is damaging this army takeover. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JOC Posted November 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2014 She should have said: While I'm at the wheel driving the people forward to total bankruptcy, Thank Buddha, suddenly, someone points an imaginary gun at my head and tells me to get lost. Bar her from everything, she was she is and she will be a liability to this country. Not surprisingly coming from a person, who consider Suthep his hero and would be honoured to shake his hand!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surangw Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 time to invest in groucho marx glasses and a wig and head for the border ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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