webfact Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Rights Commissioner Justifies Walking Out on ActivistsBy Teeranai CharuvastraStaff ReporterPhoto: ThaiPBSBANGKOK — Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission said he decided to walk out on a group of activists stating their grievances at a forum today because it wasn’t on the agenda.Wat Tingsamitr, who late last year was appointed Thailand’s top defender of civil rights, said the community rights activists of the New Isaan Movement did not get permission before they started reading from a declaration condemning civil rights abuses in the northeast. Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1459334654 -- Thai PBS 2016-03-31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesetat2013 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 How dare that group try to use that meeting to express their concerns. Don't they know that this guy is a Junta Patsy and any problems arising from there would be pointless to argue or oppose? No wonder he left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbrock Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission said he decided to walk out on a group of activists stating their grievances at a forum today because it wasn’t on the agenda there was no possible way to defend the junta's appalling abuses, so to save face he acted like a weasel. (Being considered an arrogant spineless patsy weasel is preferable to losing face, apparently.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Who does he think he is Donald Trump, get them outta here. regards Worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhizBang Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Oh my God, you really could not make this stuff up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyarddog Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Exactly which human rights abuses in the North are you referring to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 (edited) You can see the 'gentleman's point. When the only right the people have is the right to do as they are told, what is the point in his hanging around and arguing the toss? Edited March 31, 2016 by baboon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Loh Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 He is junta payroll and the actvisits are protesting against the junta. Make sense for him to walk out. Another spineless junta crony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Protesting during a meeting, whether on the agenda or not, is simply no longer allowed in Thailand. Dissident/disagreement is a very bad thing now. This is Thailand Now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Another reason justifying Thailand's NHRC recent by the UN Human Rights Commission to status "B" that puts Thailand now in the same grade as Myanmar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Human rights are no longer on any agenda in Thailand because they no longer exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikmar Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 He is basically showing his and his employers contempt for the little people. A "we have no time to listen to your concerns,this is what your leaders think of you" sort of statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission - appointed Thailand’s top defender of civil rights. Don Quijote in a country without windmills comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission - appointed Thailand’s top defender of civil rights. Don Quijote in a country without windmills comes to mind. Don Quijote riding a donkey also comes to mind. Only generals get the mighty steed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 How dare that group try to use that meeting to express their concerns. Don't they know that this guy is a Junta Patsy and any problems arising from there would be pointless to argue or oppose? No wonder he left! No doubt he took guidance from the recent attitudes and comments of plodprasop: - Local folks attending environmental hearings etc., have to register in advance and if they might be opposed to the plan (the budget opportunity) they not allowed to attend. - If they talk too much and oppose then just label them as rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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