webfact Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Student Activist Leader 'Abducted' from University By Teeranai Charuvastra Staff Reporter An image posted after 11pm on Wednesday night by the New Democracy Movement said to be of a truck student activist leader Sirawith Seritiwat was abducted in by a number of men dressed in military uniforms. Photo: New Democracy Movement / Facebook BANGKOK A pro-democracy activist group said one of its leading members was abducted tonight by a group of men in military uniforms near Thammasat University in northern Bangkok tonight. Unformed soldiers took Sirawith "Ja New" Seritiwat into a pick-up truck at 10:37pm on Wednesday night, according to a statement and video said to be of the incident posted to Facebook by the New Democracy Movement. Sirawith is currently wanted by a military court for organizing an anti-corruption protest in December, but has refused to turn himself in along with several others. Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1453308310 -- Khaosod English 2016-01-21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Snatching student activists of the streets! And so the next phase begins.. Will they admit to having him? Will they make public where he is? Will he be allowed a lawyer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenchair Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Prayers for him to turn up alive with an attitude adjustment. I really get upset hearing about university students and old people being bullied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z42 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Disgusting. I suppose sharing this video is an act of insurrection / sedition also then..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 He's ' wanted ' by a military court so I suppose this was a proper, legal arrest ! Oh what am I saying, does it matter these days ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieinthailand Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 If it's the real deal and not some kind'a publicity stunt, then not a good look for a government obsessed with self image, public perception, international perception, Ignoring Human rights, the detention of any that holed the party line including the family members. The list goes' on. But it won't take long for the junta supporters to come along and claim him a criminal for having the audacity for asking for an independent/transparent investigation on the dealings over the park fiasco, This will not do!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacky54 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Show trials next and detention camps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
never me Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Disgusting behavior by the Military ............With more to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Abducted or arrested? Isn't there an arrest warrant on his head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Disgusting behavior by the Military ............With more to come. Most definitely, especially as paranoia about losing power and control increases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigeone Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Get used to this...this is only the start and it will get worse..I'm afraid it's only going one way and that's downhill. It to be honest has been heading that way for a while but power corrupts ! I so hope he can be freeded unharmed !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LannaGuy Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I suppose the usual junta giks will defend this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 BANGKOK: -- One of the six student activists of the so-called New Democracy Group, Ja New or Siravich Serithiwat, was apprehended by soldiers and was escorted to Nimitmai police station for questioning last night. Ja New was wanted by the Bangkok Military Court after he and five activists challenged the court’s summon to report to the police to face charge of violating the Military junta’s political gathering ban. Ja New was apprehended by six security officers as he was in front of Thammasat Rangsit University last night. Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/147492 -- Thai PBS 2016-01-21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkup Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Not sure if this place is better under military rule or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinmaew Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 and hold it just right here thank you - this is the root cause problem with this country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrowsdawdle Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Not sure if this place is better under military rule or not. Consider becoming part of the solution instead of part of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrowsdawdle Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 He is wanted for taking a stand against corruption. Is that not what the little general asked for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie1 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Being wanted by the military court and issuing a legal arrest warrant by a legal government are two quite different things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZurf Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Snatching student activists of the streets! And so the next phase begins.. Will they admit to having him? Will they make public where he is? Will he be allowed a lawyer? Will they allow him to live? Due to defamation laws, forum rules and article 44 I cannot express how disgusted I am with the present regime and it's supporters. Que the nutters to make this into a "But, but, but....Thaksin!" issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldiablo Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Now although I am very much not a junta supporter I would not take the word of this movement that he was abducted. Difference between abduction and apprehended. He was after all wanted by the military court on a BS charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlQaholic Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Pinochet...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesimps Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I suppose the usual junta giks will defend this Already have, see trogers post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Is Pol Pot really dead,- or is he working as a consultant not too far from his home country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Thailand is becoming more like China or N.Korea everyday, just need the single gateway for the Internet to be in full control. regards Worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamypoko Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Step one on how to lose power: crackdown on student activists... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I suppose the usual junta giks will defend this Already have, see trogers post. It is a question of language not support, it would appear that he was arrested not abducted, let us not get hysterical about this. I don't see trogers post as being in agreement with the present government he was just stating a fact. If he was being secretly abducted they certainly wouldn't be wearing uniforms and they could surely find a less public place to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In Town Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I just pray he will not "commit suicide", or slip on a bar of soap, or fall out a window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickyrice2000 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Is it relating to the park matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Snatching student activists of the streets! And so the next phase begins.. Will they admit to having him? Will they make public where he is? Will he be allowed a lawyer? Is it snatching if he has been summoned by a court and refuses to turn himself in ? (if they deny having him and not sending him to that court but keeping him locked up somewhere I will agree with you but so far that is not clear yet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In Town Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Snatching student activists of the streets! And so the next phase begins.. Will they admit to having him? Will they make public where he is? Will he be allowed a lawyer? Is it snatching if he has been summoned by a court and refuses to turn himself in ? (if they deny having him and not sending him to that court but keeping him locked up somewhere I will agree with you but so far that is not clear yet) Well, it is certainly an irregular method of arrest. Could they not have just gone to one of his classes or his dorm and arrested him in the light of day? Why snatch him off the street in such a threatening way, unless the snatching itself is part of the "attitude adjustment". I cannot understand why they are after him at all, since the stated intention of this "government' is to end corruption, and all he was doing was investigating allegations of corruption. They should be encouraging that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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