Police to probe whether Yingluck really needs an official bodyguard

BANGKOK: -- The National Police Chief has instructed the Special Branch Police Bureau (SBPB) to review whether it is appropriate to provide security personnel for former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Royal Thai Police spokesman Pol Lt-General Prawut Thawornsiri said Wednesday.

The move has come after public criticism in social media about Yingluck having Pol Col Wathunyu Withayapalothai serving as her personal bodyguard.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Police-to-probe-whether-Yingluck-really-needs-an-o-30254370.html

-- The Nation 2015-02-18

That is a good point as to her reasons she wants to still feel important....

I think maybe 1 guard is enough though since she probably only has to fear the families of the farmers who killed themselves because she didn't pay them in time.

Surely she can afford private security.......I'm sure there are some out of work rice farmers with guns that would love to help her out.

Good.

Ready, boys?

She is not in office anymore, so why should the taxpayer pay for het, and especially because she is going to be a convicted criminal

Methinks the Police Chief hasn't been listening to His Master Voice. Why it was only 5 days ago that the big I am was saying that Yingluck couldn't have a bowl of noodles if he said she couldn't, after his troops had stopped and search her car on the way to a temple. He then went on to say that this was only a common courtesy of providing security to the ex PM.

So obviously she does need security. One could be mistaken that the powers that be (No, not the pm) are getting increasingly petty in their attitudes and are upping the ante. Nervous are we, boys and girls?

The interesting part is the bodyguard is a RTP right? Does this officer has working hours? So this officer is now a bodyguard of ex-pm under Rtp official role? Or sideline as part time bodyguard under his own discretion? If not under official status, how does he excuse himself from rtp official duties from time to time and do his part time security job? Does ex-pm pay him? Does this allow in rtp policy? Erm... Interesting.

Doing well not talking about the shins in the press as asked by the junta arnt they ?

Unless of course its in the negative.

Reading some of the comments posted by lunatics on this forum I am inclined to think she does need a bodyguard.

Do other ex PMs have an RTP bodyguard?

Methinks the Police Chief hasn't been listening to His Master Voice. Why it was only 5 days ago that the big I am was saying that Yingluck couldn't have a bowl of noodles if he said she couldn't, after his troops had stopped and search her car on the way to a temple. He then went on to say that this was only a common courtesy of providing security to the ex PM.

So obviously she does need security. One could be mistaken that the powers that be (No, not the pm) are getting increasingly petty in their attitudes and are upping the ante. Nervous are we, boys and girls?

Nervous of what? Game, set and match. Read it and weep.

US presidents are afforded security for their lifetimes. I dont see anything wrong with a similar system in any country.

Wouldn't this be standard practice for all ex-pm's.

Methinks the Police Chief hasn't been listening to His Master Voice. Why it was only 5 days ago that the big I am was saying that Yingluck couldn't have a bowl of noodles if he said she couldn't, after his troops had stopped and search her car on the way to a temple. He then went on to say that this was only a common courtesy of providing security to the ex PM.

So obviously she does need security. One could be mistaken that the powers that be (No, not the pm) are getting increasingly petty in their attitudes and are upping the ante. Nervous are we, boys and girls?

Think of them in the same vein as prison guards. Prison guards are there to prevent violence on prisoners and to make sure the prisoner doesn't escape. It will help the former PM transition into her new life as prison inmate.

gps anklet would be a better idea

US presidents are afforded security for their lifetimes. I dont see anything wrong with a similar system in any country.

Comparing a PM in Thailand with a US President.....???

<deleted>, must be getting late....

Reading some of the comments posted by lunatics on this forum I am inclined to think she does need a bodyguard.

Most of the lunatics you refer to support her, so no need for a bodyguard.

She is no longer the PM so she shouldn't need a bodyguard . Besides , she is still very popular and would win an election tomorrow if they had one.

No, it's Prayuth who needs the bodyguard. He's the one most people loath so it's understandable that he needs all the protection he can get.

On the other hand , Yingluk is in real danger of getting mobbed by her admirers whereas apart from the press most Thais wouldn't cross the road to extinguish Prayuth if he were on fire.

Ex presidents in the States get secret servicemen protecting them for life no? Yingluck for all her faults is a polarizing public figure (and something of a celebrity) her having security isn't really an issue.

US presidents are afforded security for their lifetimes. I dont see anything wrong with a similar system in any country.

Okay, in that case, maybe her "Buddy BARACK" could send a couple of his henchmen over to look after, she who "has eyes and footsies" for him.

She is not in office anymore, so why should the taxpayer pay for het, and especially because she is going to be a convicted criminal

All ex-presidents of the US have also bodyguards paid by the government.

You wouldn't consider Yingluck anything less, would you?

Methinks the Police Chief hasn't been listening to His Master Voice. Why it was only 5 days ago that the big I am was saying that Yingluck couldn't have a bowl of noodles if he said she couldn't, after his troops had stopped and search her car on the way to a temple. He then went on to say that this was only a common courtesy of providing security to the ex PM.

So obviously she does need security. One could be mistaken that the powers that be (No, not the pm) are getting increasingly petty in their attitudes and are upping the ante. Nervous are we, boys and girls?

Did they search her car?

Funny, the reports I read said her car wasn't stopped out of respect for an ex PM. Weren't they stopped at a checkpoint where other people's vehicles would be stopped too?

This is a slightly different question. Should she be entitled to the full time services of a Police Colonel as a personal bodyguard? Or should she receive more low key state provided security? I'm sure the Amply Rich billionaire Yingluck has her own team of hired bodyguards, the ones driving the vehicles that were searched, reported as her security team.

She is no longer the PM so she shouldn't need a bodyguard . Besides , she is still very popular and would win an election tomorrow if they had one.

No, it's Prayuth who needs the bodyguard. He's the one most people loath so it's understandable that he needs all the protection he can get.

On the other hand , Yingluk is in real danger of getting mobbed by her admirers whereas apart from the press most Thais wouldn't cross the road to extinguish Prayuth if he were on fire.

What ever your on, you should stop.

Hallucinating is a warning.

She is not in office anymore, so why should the taxpayer pay for het, and especially because she is going to be a convicted criminal

Ex-political officials are commonly taken care-of at taxpayer expense in many countries; and how do you know " . . . she is going to be a convicted criminal"?

She better spends the money on her legal defence team.

Wouldn't this be standard practice for all ex-pm's.

I think it is just standard practice world wide. Former presidents and prime ministers have security, offices and travel all sponsored by the tax payer.

Wouldn't this be standard practice for all ex-pm's.

I think it is just standard practice world wide. Former presidents and prime ministers have security, offices and travel all sponsored by the tax payer.

Yea but your talking about places that have standards and Thailand dosnt they also dont have a happiness policy like Thailand does.

After all when 93% are blissfully happy and theres martial law and thousands of soldiers body-guarding everyone from the other 7% who needs personal bodyguards ?

She is not in office anymore, so why should the taxpayer pay for het, and especially because she is going to be a convicted criminal

All ex-presidents of the US have also bodyguards paid by the government.

You wouldn't consider Yingluck anything less, would you?

Sounds like some are praying that she won't have security and will be murdered in the street. She served her country as P.M and whether she was good at it or not she is entitled to be protected the same as Abashit and the like. This should not just be reserved for former Yellow P.Ms

She could accept my open offer to marry her and move to the US

Surely she can afford private security.......I'm sure there are some out of work rice farmers with guns that would love to help her out.

As well as more thoroughly trained gun-toting red shirts who are not averse to shooting.