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[Lite Beer]

AFTERMATH
Embassies ordered to ensure safety of Thai expatriates
THE NATION,

BANGKOK: -- THE Foreign Ministry has instructed Thai embassies and consulates around the world to ensure safety for Thai nationals, following the attack on a Thai consulate in Turkey three days ago.

Sek Wannamethee, director-general of the ministry's Department of Information, said yesterday that Thai missions overseas were also instructed to increase security measures within their compounds.

The move came after some 200 Turkish protesters stormed into the Thai honorary consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday night, in protest at Thailand's deportation of more than 100 Uighur Muslims to China.

The protesters broke down the doors to the building, smashed its windows, pulled down the sign outside and damaged furnishings inside. The Thai flag was pulled down and the building pelted with stones. Files and documents were flung outside and littered the street.

Sek said the Turkish government had increased security to the Thai Embassy in Ankara, the capital in the centre of the country, and the Thai community after the Istanbul attack.

Consular services were suspended again yesterday at the embassy for the safety of Thai expatriates there.

Meanwhile, the Thai Embassy in Berlin, in Germany, warned through its Facebook page that there would be a protest outside the mission later yesterday.

The embassy was informed by local police, who got a request from protest organisers to hold the demonstration over Thailand's forced repatriation of 100 Uighur migrants back to China.

Thai nationals in Germany were advised by the embassy to avoid visiting the compound during the time of protest yesterday evening.

Sek said yesterday that German police increased security for the Thai Embassy in Berlin in preparation for the demonstration.

The Thai consulate in Frankfurt, Germany, also advised Thai nationals in Europe to avoid commenting or arguing about the issue in the presence of Uighurs or Turks.

Uighurs in China's Xinjiang region, numbering about 10 million, say they face discrimination from Beijing. China has launched a crackdown in the region in response to rising violence that state authorities blame on Islamist separatists.

Under pressure from Beijing, countries including Cambodia, Malaysia and Pakistan have all forcibly returned members of the ethnic minority to China in recent years.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Embassies-ordered-to-ensure-safety-of-Thai-expatri-30264236.html

-- The Nation 2015-07-11

[espinoza]

YES, this government know how to do to get enemies. The do not plan it, its just there.

[TimmyT]

YES, this government know how to do to get enemies. The do not plan it, its just there.

the governments protects interests of it's own citizen by not letting foreign destructive Muslim elements to infiltrate the country, notwithstanding the international pressure from the self-proclaimed world policeman.

[connda]

Checkup in the United States:

"Do you have to report to US immigration every 90 days?"

No

"Good. Can you work without having to renew a work permit every time you change jobs?"

Yes, I have a green card. I don't need to renew it.

"Good. Do you have to renew you visa every year?"

No. I can stay here 10 year and never report to immigration.

"Very good. Can you become a resident?"

Yes.

"Good. Can you become a citizen?"

If I learn enough English and US history, yes. Or if a marry a US citizen. Easy.

"Good. Well, it seems you are doing fine in the US. Do you send money back to your family?"

Yes
"Very good. Keep doing so. Have you been attacked by any muslim extremists."

Nope. Haven't seen any.

"Good. Well, enjoy your new home. Come back for visits and bring $$$ with you."

Edited July 11, 2015 by connda

[Jimlove]

"The Thai consulate in Frankfurt, Germany, also advised Thai nationals in Europe to avoid commenting or arguing about the issue in the presence of Uighurs or Turks."

I really doubt that Thai Hookers in Europe is gonna entertain their costumers with the situation about Uighurs or Turkey - other matters to attend to ...

[DrTuner]

And there I went believing Turkey was a peaceful secular country. Looks like they too can't control their radicals.

Edited July 11, 2015 by DrTuner

[sawadee1947]

if they'd have balls, they would join the protesters !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[geriatrickid]

YES, this government know how to do to get enemies. The do not plan it, its just there.

the governments protects interests of it's own citizen by not letting foreign destructive Muslim elements to infiltrate the country, notwithstanding the international pressure from the self-proclaimed world policeman.

The Uighurs are not considered to be "destructive Muslim" elements by foreign governments. Why then do you? Can you cite any incidents of these Chinese refugees engaging in "destructive" behaviour in the free world? At this time, the Turkish protest is considered to be the work of local Turkish activists. When the G8 or APEC meetings are held in the west, tens of thousands of protesters come out and cause far greater mayhem and destruction than occurred at the Turkish protest. Are you aware that there is a double standard applied for Chinese refugees? Chinese refugees claimants in the west who claim they are persecuted for their Christianity or their sexual identity are treated somewhat better than the Uighurs. The Uighurs are hardly jihadists, nor do they have a history of trouble in the west. However, as the Han steamroll their colonial racist expansionist culture, they are forcing the cultures they crush to become more radical.

I don't believe that the EU considers itself to be the "world's policeman". At this time, much of the EU human rights secretariat is influenced by its highly respected German personnel. These are the people who drove the EU position on Thailand. As much as they might be flattered by your description that they are the "world's policeman". they would disagree. If by chance you were making an ignorant comment about the USA, please note that the US position has been less aggressive than that of the EU and Canada. The US has merely echoed the same sentiments put much more forcefully by Canada and the EU. As an aside, if it wasn't for the US speaking out on human rights, we would still have concentration camps and crematorium operating in Europe and much of the now free European continent would be toiling under the oppressive heel of Russia.

[geriatrickid]

And there I went believing Turkey was a peaceful secular country. Looks like they too can't control their radicals.

Gee, and the bogus peace flotilla intended to cause a confrontation with Israel some years back didn't give you a clue?