aussieinthailand Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 The students apparently have no intrest in anything other than being a pain in the arse to anyone of authority, they probably display the same attitude in the daycare they attend on a non regular schedule. At least the grounds should stay as clean as they are presently, by keeping those who seem most interested in being diruptive in their free time. I never noted any group cleaning up after themselves after they finish their quest for whatever they are trying to accomplish. I might have let them go in but charge each '' farang price for entry to national parks '' just for being a pest on/ during renovation time TROLL............................................... So what would you suggest people do when they have legitimate questions but told not to ask, they want to have the freedom to travel too a public park but have been prevented, the military multiple times harassing the mother of one of the students, to prevent his travel too the park, Which contravenes international law on the freedom and liberty of civilian's, so go ahead tell us what would you do if this was your country??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smutcakes Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I wonder if corruption in a park that is dedicated to the Thai royalty can be considered lese majeste. I am sure if it was any other than the army it would of very much considered so. Just another example of the crazily selective enforcement of laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 Rajabhakti Scandal: Military Closes Park 'For Maintenance,' Detains Dozens of ActivistsBy Teeranai CharuvastraStaff ReporterSoldiers bar tourists from entering Rajabhakti Park today. The army insists the park has been closed down for maintenance issues.BANGKOK — For the second time in a week, the military has intercepted a group of activists who attempted to travel to the army’s historical park said to be rife with corruption.Sirawith Serithiwat, co-founder of the pro-democracy group Resistant Citizens, and dozens of his supporters were arrested aboard a train en route to Rajabhakti Park in Prachuap Khiri Khan province Monday morning.The authorities employed several drastic measures to intercept the group, including cutting off the train car that Sirawith was riding, closing down the historical park “for maintenance” and threatening Sirawith’s mother on Sunday to convince her son to call off the trip.iLaw, an NGO group that tracks legal prosecution of anti-junta activists, said on Twitter that they were told 33 people have been arrested so far.Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1449466128 -- Khaosod English 2015-12-07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I wonder if corruption in a park that is dedicated to the Thai royalty can be considered lese majeste. If not, it should be...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 Military detains student activists for Rajabhakti park probe visit.BANGKOK: -- The military this morning obstructed the attempt of a small group of student activists to Rajabhakti museum park on a trip seen as a symbolic protest against irregularities involved with the military in the construction of the park.Soldiers intercepted the activist leader, Siriwith Seritiwat, a Thammasat University student and member of the New Democracy Movement, or known in the social network as “Ja New” as the Thonburi-Hua Hin train arrived at Ban Pong railway station at about 10 am.When the train arrived at the station, soldiers went on board and asked Sirawith and his student colleagues who were wearing black T-shirts with “Coup & Corruption” marking in the middle to leave the train.When he refused to leave, soldiers then apprehended a lawyer who was with him on the train.A brief negotiation was held and the activist demanded that his lawyer friend be freed.But this was rejected.When he insisted to continue on board the train, soldiers then disconnected the car which he and his team were travelling in, and allowed the train to continue to Hua Hin.All activists were then escorted to an unknown army barrack in a bus for questioning.Among the group are some who were previously arrested, charged, held and ultimately released in June for protesting against the military junta.Earlier Siriwith wrote on his Facebook that his visit would go ahead whether he was arrested or killed.The activists said the trip was to be a reminder to the public that corruption also engaged the military which they said positions itself as aggressively anti-corruption.They wanted someone should take responsibility for the park, especially since former army chief Gen Udomdej Sitabutr, who oversaw the billion-baht park project, admitted to some financial irregularities.Among allegations the former army chief confirmed were “commissions” collected by a middleman from foundries approved to cast the giant king statues that are the park’s main feature.Tags: activists, detained, disconnected, former army chief., General, intercepted, irregularities., probe, Rajabhakti museum park, Siriwith Seritiwat, student activists, symbolic.Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/military-detains-student-activists-for-rajabhakti-park-probe-visit -- Thai PBS 2015-12-07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark131v Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 What sad and pathetic people the Thai's have running their country... It is mind-boggling that they cannot see what a complete laughing stock they are making of themselves in their attempts to cover up their own criminality and hypocrisy tragic really that the so called leaders of the country are so completely clueless... ps I am still waiting for one of the junta cheerleaders to enlighten me on why this is a good thing, shan't hold my breath..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just1Voice Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 "Maintenance" on a park that has only been opened for a month? Just how frigging stupid do the Junta think people are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark131v Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 "Maintenance" on a park that has only been opened for a month? Just how frigging stupid do the Junta think people are? very!!! nah I don't think they even care what the majority want or think they only care about themselves and their cronies, they have proven this many times and also shown time and again that the rules and laws do not apply to them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 The students apparently have no intrest in anything other than being a pain in the arse to anyone of authority, they probably display the same attitude in the daycare they attend on a non regular schedule. At least the grounds should stay as clean as they are presently, by keeping those who seem most interested in being diruptive in their free time. I never noted any group cleaning up after themselves after they finish their quest for whatever they are trying to accomplish. I might have let them go in but charge each '' farang price for entry to national parks '' just for being a pest on/ during renovation time If the above flapdoodle is really the best the junta defenders can come up with, I would call that 1-0 to the other team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZurf Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) What sad and pathetic people the Thai's have running their country... It is mind-boggling that they cannot see what a complete laughing stock they are making of themselves in their attempts to cover up their own criminality and hypocrisy tragic really that the so called leaders of the country are so completely clueless... ps I am still waiting for one of the junta cheerleaders to enlighten me on why this is a good thing, shan't hold my breath..... "ps I am still waiting for one of the junta cheerleaders to enlighten me on why this is a good thing, shan't hold my breath....."True, 39 posts and not a single "but, but, but...Thaksin!" post. The fan club is definitely losing steam! Edited December 7, 2015 by MZurf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldroj Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Just1Voice, I think the junta understand "Maintenance" to mean "taking out the trash"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I wonder if corruption in a park that is dedicated to the Thai royalty can be considered lese majeste.As ever, it depends on who is vein accused, and how much his accuser (rival/ enemy ) wants to get rid of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usual Suspect Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Traffic-wise..around the entrance to the park was a real mess this morning..big tour buses arriving in 2's & 3's only to be told "closed for renovation"..on a public holiday! Cars too were parked up in the middle of the road wondering what the hell was going on..? As we cycled by there were many,many folk lookin' lost & frustrated..sorry for anyone who'd come from far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 When you think they have achieved a new low, they always seem to be able to out do themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max72 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 But ,wait a min....wasn't the 2014 coup supposed to protect democracy and fight corruption ? Something is going the other way here .......what a surprise ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Another shot in the foot. Scarcely opened the new “landmark” already needs maintenance 555. Second: people who question corruption in the construction and ask for transparence are detained while those who forked in pass undetected. Looks like some people here only wear camouflage so no one can spot the dirty dots on their vest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 Thai army blocks anti-corruption protest, detains activists BANGKOK (AP) — The Thai military has blocked an anti-corruption protest, detaining 33 students and other activists who were headed to a park honoring past kings that was allegedly built with money from shady dealings involving several senior officers.The military's efforts to quash Monday's protest included detaching the railway car on which the protesters were traveling to Rajabhakti Park, near the seaside town of Hua Hin, before taking them into custody. Officials abruptly announced that the park, on army land, was closed for the day for renovations.The case has become a major scandal in Thailand, largely because the military junta that has run the country since staging a coup last year had vowed to reform the country's political system to stamp out corruption, which it blames on politicians.-- (c) Associated Press 2015-12-07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colabamumbai Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Who would visit a cement park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 "Maintenance"? Since when does anyone do maintenance here? How they gonna return happiness if people can't even take a walk in the park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark131v Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Thai army blocks anti-corruption protest, detains activists BANGKOK (AP) — The Thai military has blocked an anti-corruption protest, detaining 33 students and other activists who were headed to a park honoring past kings that was allegedly built with money from shady dealings involving several senior officers. The military's efforts to quash Monday's protest included detaching the railway car on which the protesters were traveling to Rajabhakti Park, near the seaside town of Hua Hin, before taking them into custody. Officials abruptly announced that the park, on army land, was closed for the day for renovations. The case has become a major scandal in Thailand, largely because the military junta that has run the country since staging a coup last year had vowed to reform the country's political system to stamp out corruption, which it blames on politicians. -- (c) Associated Press 2015-12-07 Nice!!! maybe something will happen if the international press get onto it, must be really embarrassing for the good people to keep losing face like this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinostar Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Good thing this happened. People will open their eyes soon will see the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gudtymchuk Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Unbuckling a train car.... the Junta must spend a lot of time watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cumgranosalum Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 The military - it would appear are somewhat anti-intellectual by nature.... don't have a very nice record of interacting with students who get involved in politics. It is a sad reflection on any government that is apparently afraid of it's own young people....the future of Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvavin Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 The story will never end if the culprits in this corruption scandal is not settled. Paper just cannot hold water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micmichd Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 As I read it, there was a demonstration, and the site was closed. Anything more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user82374298374 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Still, junta supporting westerners still astound me. Westerners who 'support' any side astound me - there are no 'good guys' in Asian politics, only competing elite patronage networks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampang2 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Unclear how the people will notice. Not that I expect to see it on the news. Nothing shown soo far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGareth2 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 "students apparently have no intrest in anything other than being a pain in the arse to anyone of authority," God wasn't it great being a student! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGareth2 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 if they truly have to repair the road after one month then one has to question the tender for the road dodgy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernieOnTour Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) Visited last week, didn't notice any cracks or reason for maintenance. Among the Thai, a few Falang, but a considerable number of Asian tourists in tour vans. - Closing the park "for unplanned maintenance " , when you booked a tour including it and given additionally the chance to watch "Thai Army in combat" at the train station, and during your train ride given the chance for some workout, simply by having to change the train car? Maybe just a wonderful new idea from ToT to increase tourist numbers! Something like: Thailand the permanent adventure! Expect the unexpected! Never try, never know! Edited December 7, 2015 by BernieOnTour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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