'Missing' Thai temple medic charged with terrorism

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'Missing' temple medic charged
The Nation


Natthathida Meewangpla, a key suspect in the grenade attack at the Criminal Court, is escorted to the Metropolitan Police Bureau yesterday for questioning.

Volunteer nurse accused of key role in court grenade attack and conspiracy

BANGKOK: -- POLICE yesterday took custody of a key suspect - accused of involvement in the grenade attack on the Criminal Court - from the military.

The woman was then charged with terrorism and criminal conspiracy for her alleged roles in the March 7 attack and also allegedly planning attacks on four other locations in Bangkok.

Natthathida Meewangpla, or Waen, was reported to have been taken away by military officials on March 11, according to a human rights group.

Free Thai Legal Aid coordinator Winyat Chartmontree said on the FTLA Facebook page that two uniformed Army officers and three others in plain clothes were seen entering her Samut Prakan home and taking the former volunteer nurse away.

On Monday the National Council for Peace and Order and Army spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvari denied that the military had apprehended or detained Natthathida. However, yesterday he was forced to backtrack on that.

First Army Area commander Lt-General Kampanart Ruddit said the apprehension and questioning of high-profile suspects was conducted secretly in accordance with martial law. But he said all suspects would be processed openly once police take over their cases, with evidence from the military.

Kampanart said all actions of the military had not been reported to him, as commander of the military's security force. That was why Winthai made the denial about Natthathida on Monday.

A senior police investigator, Major General Chaiyaphol Chatchaidej, accused Natthathida of seeking people to do five attacks through a suspect - Suraphol Iamsuwan - as well as deciding on the locations for each attack, at a price of Bt10,000 for each.

The grenade attack at the Criminal Court on March 7 was the second, but number four among five targets chosen under the plan.

A second pair of attackers was recruited and contacted by another suspect, Wirasak Towongjorn, an alias for 'Yai Pattaya', who is on the run, the officer said.

FTLA officer Winyat said yesterday that Natthathida was a key witness in the fatal shooting of six people in Wat Pathum Wanaram temple after the military dispersed the red shirts' protest in Bangkok on May 19, 2010.

Her disappearance, albeit brief, was an obstruction to the ongoing trial over the temple shootings.

He called on the NCPO to do things in a straightforward manner, saying that apprehending Waen or any| citizens without notification to relatives was violated people's rights.

Separately, the Criminal Court yesterday handed a five-month prison term for contempt of court to motorcycle rider Mahahin Khunthong and grenade-thrower Yutthana Yenphinyo. who were arrested by soldiers shortly after carrying out the Criminal Court attack.

The two men were among 16 suspects accused of related crimes. This includes three still on the run.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Missing-temple-medic-charged-30256223.html

-- The Nation 2015-03-18

[jaidam]

Knowing now this woman is a vile terrorist for hire casts serious doubt on her witness testimony of the 2010 wat shootings. In light of recent events it seems more likely that this wide-berther shot the temple 6 herself in what is known as a false flag operation. I look forward to reading of her punishment. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Sweet.

[rametindallas]

She is unrepentant and defiant; notice her three-finger salute.

[CiaranO]

I would say she was s product of the 2010 killings. Good to know martial law is in full effect.

[tbthailand]

some posters are soooo gullible.

[96tehtarp]

She's done, just like dinner. Everyone should be able to agree on this.

[cooked]

Knowing now this woman is a vile terrorist for hire casts serious doubt on her witness testimony of the 2010 wat shootings. In light of recent events it seems more likely that this wide-berther shot the temple 6 herself in what is known as a false flag operation. I look forward to reading of her punishment. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Sweet.

Either you have a really devious sense of humour or you are just jumping to conclusions, probably not for the first time in your life.

Maybe she wasn't a terrorist before witnessing what happened at the temple? Terrorists are sometimes called freedom fighters, depending on who is winning.

I certainly don't support the throwing of bombs but it does seem that something happened between the time she decided to care for people and doing this, whiuch I don't doubt that she did..

[tbthailand]

maybe we do need UN intervention.

who else is going to stop these morons?

[trogers]

Nurses had been known to be cruel and killers.

We might not know the real person behind the 'Nurse' badge.

[LuckyLew]

Wow ... more importantly, who cuts her hair? what a mess

Her bad hair cut probably turned her into a terrorist

[whybother]

some posters are soooo gullible.

Yep ... She was really arrested because she witnessed the shootings in the wat .... 5 YEARS AGO. The military were a bit slow in getting to her.

[JOC]

maybe we do need UN intervention.

who else is going to stop these morons?

Please specify: What morons??

The alleged terrorists?

The Police?

The army?

All of the above?

[jaidam]

some posters are soooo gullible.

Yep ... She was really arrested because she witnessed the shootings in the wat .... 5 YEARS AGO. The military were a bit slow in getting to her.

second longest delayed reaction ever, (after the 2010 mass red uprising to protest the 2006 coup and Bangkok burning that just happened to co-incide with Thaksins asset seizure)

[SABloke]

TV members flip and flop more than fish on a deck.

[BSJ]

Knowing now this woman is a vile terrorist for hire casts serious doubt on her witness testimony of the 2010 wat shootings. In light of recent events it seems more likely that this wide-berther shot the temple 6 herself in what is known as a false flag operation. I look forward to reading of her punishment. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Sweet.

You seem to be on the right track here. A good conspiracy theory. And confinement will mean no more MacDonalds or KFC will harm her body!

[The Deerhunter]

She is not even recognizable as the person sitting on the piece of medical equipment in yesterdays news post about her "abduction" by the military. I had to check the names carefully and I am still not sure it is the same person. I believe we note a different facial expression and salute in the "lost" photo supplied, as compared to the ""found" photo.

[SoilSpoil]

If she is indeed involved in the bombing campaign, it will shed a new light on what might have happened in the temple in 2010. Personally, I have never believed that the army blatantly shot innocent people in a temple with basically every news outlet in the world present.

[JOC]

Stand alone, possibly bigger plot, no restrictions on what you do.

She is not even recognizable as the person sitting on the piece of medical equipment in yesterdays news post about her "abduction" by the military. I had to check the names carefully and I am still not sure it is the same person. I believe we note a different facial expression and salute in the "lost" photo supplied, as compared to the ""found" photo.

A week in an army camp with the "boys" can change the facial expression of the most hardened <deleted>

[lucky11]

some posters are soooo gullible.

But why talk about yourself, I would hide this embarrassing flaw in your character if I was you?

Next you will be saying that Thaksin was a model citizen that cared about the people and was booted out of Thailand through politically motivated means by those nasty elites that ganged up on him!!!.

Edited March 18, 2015 by lucky11

[bangkokfrog]

She's done, just like dinner. Everyone should be able to agree on this.

Yes, it looks like she is well and truly 'done'... but whether she actually 'did' anything we will probably never know.

[seajae]

Knowing now this woman is a vile terrorist for hire casts serious doubt on her witness testimony of the 2010 wat shootings. In light of recent events it seems more likely that this wide-berther shot the temple 6 herself in what is known as a false flag operation. I look forward to reading of her punishment. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Sweet.

maybe not shot them herself but more than likely knows who and why, wouldnt be surprised to find out she has been someone that has been involved in the reds actions since their conception by thaksin to recoup his finances and get him back to Thailand. Her evidence is surely tainted after this episode, also have to ask if she sacrificed her sister in the greater glory of the reds, did she help remove the weapons used by the "innocent" people in the temple, did she help organize the shooting from the temple as well , did she simply lie about what happened in the temple to push the reds views, nothing is off the table here.

Somehow I doubt the truth about all the temple facts has been broached as yet, all she has done is to make the facts even more cloudy, both sides need to be looked at much more closely before we get to the bottom of it.

[Mango Bob]

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Knowing now this woman is a vile terrorist for hire casts serious doubt on her witness testimony of the 2010 wat shootings. In light of recent events it seems more likely that this wide-berther shot the temple 6 herself in what is known as a false flag operation. I look forward to reading of her punishment. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Sweet.

It seems to me you already have her guilty before trial. A very typical move by you. How about looking at it from another side. After working as a nurse's aid at the temple she seen the Army kill innocent people as sitting ducks. This would of course cause hate in her heart for the slaughter of these innocent people and wanting revenge for these inhumane acts of the Army.

[Baerboxer]

some posters are soooo gullible.

Yep - some swallow any old propaganda and repeated lies. They even believed all the lies collectively told by the ensemble selected by Thaksin who pretended to be a cabinet and their pretend PM. Some still do. Incredible.

[Baerboxer]

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Knowing now this woman is a vile terrorist for hire casts serious doubt on her witness testimony of the 2010 wat shootings. In light of recent events it seems more likely that this wide-berther shot the temple 6 herself in what is known as a false flag operation. I look forward to reading of her punishment. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Sweet.

It seems to me you already have her guilty before trial. A very typical move by you. How about looking at it from another side. After working as a nurse's aid at the temple she seen the Army kill innocent people as sitting ducks. This would of course cause hate in her heart for the slaughter of these innocent people and wanting revenge for these inhumane acts of the Army.

Seems to me so do you! You present a mitigating statement rather than an argument for defense. First she must be tried by a court and the evidence presented. If found guilty then prior to sentencing she could plead she was "deeply moved and affected" by the events she witnessed in 2010. If that is the case, then under Thai Law she would be better off pleading guilty, showing remorse and begging for mercy. Judging by her expression and gestures highly unlikely.

Do you really believe witnessing something gives someone the right to subsequently seek revenge through acts of terrorism in which innocent lives could be taken? If so, ISIS would be interested in you joining.

[AleG]

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Knowing now this woman is a vile terrorist for hire casts serious doubt on her witness testimony of the 2010 wat shootings. In light of recent events it seems more likely that this wide-berther shot the temple 6 herself in what is known as a false flag operation. I look forward to reading of her punishment. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Sweet.

It seems to me you already have her guilty before trial. A very typical move by you. How about looking at it from another side. After working as a nurse's aid at the temple she seen the Army kill innocent people as sitting ducks. This would of course cause hate in her heart for the slaughter of these innocent people and wanting revenge for these inhumane acts of the Army.

By planning terrorist attacks against public places? Take that, Army!.

The list of targets was the 11th Army Regiment (yay?), Lumphini Park, Chatuchak market MRT, a hotel and the Criminal Court.

[Baerboxer]

maybe we do need UN intervention.

who else is going to stop these morons?

That's the sort of silly idea cousin number 1 used to put forward when he was caretaker Foreign Minister puppet. Thaksin presumably thought some at the UN to be as gullible as some TVF posters.

Reality - the UN Secretary General has invited the current PM to address the UN.

[off road pat]

some posters are soooo gullible.

all depends witch posters you mean,..? the ones that believe the article or those that don't....???

[In Town]

This would make a great movie. Politically conscious nurse volunteers to serve the pro-democracy protesters, witnesses the brutal murder of unarmed demonstrators and is radicalised, emerging later as a freedom fighter and hero of the people. She is on the right side of history, and there will be revered statues of people like her someday in Thailand.

[whybother]

This would make a great movie. Politically conscious nurse volunteers to serve the pro-democracy protesters, witnesses the brutal murder of unarmed demonstrators and is radicalised, emerging later as a freedom fighter and hero of the people. She is on the right side of history, and there will be revered statues of people like her someday in Thailand.

"Based on a true story" ... the true part being that she was female.

[halloween]

maybe we do need UN intervention.

who else is going to stop these morons?

At the rate they are being arrested, probably the junta. Certainly not those under the command of the bombers' employer.

Edited March 18, 2015 by halloween