Blocking of book launch was to prevent people getting confused: NCPO

By The Nation

 

Spokesman of the National Council for Peace and Order Winthai Suvaree

 

Spokesman of the National Council for Peace and Order Winthai Suvaree said on Saturday that intervention by security officers during a book launch by some Pheu Thai MPs was to prevent people from “getting confused”. 

 

The authorities also saw the launch activity as a violation of the NCPO’s order, hence they asked for “cooperation” from the MPs to not proceed with the book launch.

 

On Saturday morning, security officers and police cut short the book launch at Suan Rot Fai Park, claiming it was a political event and that the book might contain issues that could instigate unrest.

 

The 434-page book was written by former agriculture minister’s assistant Yutthapong Jarassathian and other Pheu Thai MPs. They planned the launch at the park ahead of the upcoming national book fair.

 

The officers posted the NCPO ban on political gatherings as well as park regulations prohibiting political activities there. They also asked the MPs to cancel the book launch.

 

The writers said the book is about the benefits the farmers gained from the Yingluck Shinawatra government’s rice subsidy scheme.

 

Yutthapong said the book is also about the plight of Thai farmers after rice prices plummeted.

 

He said he wanted to sell the book and donate some of the proceeds to the farmers.

 

Yutthapong said he had no idea which parts of the book were political as alleged.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30310275

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-03-25

Only thing people are confused about is when is the next general election. 

 

 

They safe their people from getting confused.

They are so considerate, I am close to burst in tears.

Glad to see that there will no longer be anymore confusion regarding freedom of expression.

"and that the book might contain issues that could instigate unrest."

 

So they don't know, but let's just shut the launch down anyway. 

What a waste of trees to print over 434 (four-hunderd-thirty-four!) pages such a North Korean glorifying fable about 'the great leader''s (via his puppet/clone-sister's) fabuloulsly successfull(y ruinous) rice scam (Nr.2)!

'The writers said the book is about the benefits the farmers gained from the Yingluck Shinawatra government's rice subsidy scheme': when it would be 'news', this would be the perfect example of fake news!

This is really scandalous, as the 'grassroots', the small, poor farmers got nothing, zilch, nada from the rice schemes(scams), but prices for seeds, fertilizer, pesticides higher than ever before, higher interest rates for loans, etc. (guess who collected most of the extra money generated by it: the 'friends of'...), ...that while the production of their rice culture was deemed too small for them to even participate to the (in)glorious scheme! Yes, red apologists, they probably would still follow the Shins' orders in an election, voting personally (under the watchfull eyes of ...), or 'renting-out' their ID-cards for a few days...

In fact, it would also be interesting to know who has been financing the printing and distribution of this masterwork of misleading propaganda...

The 'book' coming out now hasn't of course any link with the court hearings of Yingluck and the associated scammers being, at last, nearing their end, for sure, ...nor aiming to create any pressure on the ones to issue a sentence about the scam, ...and of course could never be associated with the intent to stir up tensions in the 'red territories' in case of a negative outcome for the scammers...

To conclude: the writers (as the inspirers(!), and sponsors(!)?) of the book cannot be accused of hypocrisy when they say it has been written 'about' the farmers, and not 'for' the farmers, as who could expect poor and, alas, little educated farmers to spend their short nights of rest to attempt(!) reading such a 434 pages logorrhea, even when they would get the book for free!

Why and for whom was this book written...? 

10 hours ago, bangrak said:

What a waste of trees to print over 434 (four-hunderd-thirty-four!) pages such a North Korean glorifying fable about 'the great leader''s (via his puppet/clone-sister's) fabuloulsly successfull(y ruinous) rice scam (Nr.2)!

'The writers said the book is about the benefits the farmers gained from the Yingluck Shinawatra government's rice subsidy scheme': when it would be 'news', this would be the perfect example of fake news!

This is really scandalous, as the 'grassroots', the small, poor farmers got nothing, zilch, nada from the rice schemes(scams), but prices for seeds, fertilizer, pesticides higher than ever before, higher interest rates for loans, etc. (guess who collected most of the extra money generated by it: the 'friends of'...), ...that while the production of their rice culture was deemed too small for them to even participate to the (in)glorious scheme! Yes, red apologists, they probably would still follow the Shins' orders in an election, voting personally (under the watchfull eyes of ...), or 'renting-out' their ID-cards for a few days...

In fact, it would also be interesting to know who has been financing the printing and distribution of this masterwork of misleading propaganda...

The 'book' coming out now hasn't of course any link with the court hearings of Yingluck and the associated scammers being, at last, nearing their end, for sure, ...nor aiming to create any pressure on the ones to issue a sentence about the scam, ...and of course could never be associated with the intent to stir up tensions in the 'red territories' in case of a negative outcome for the scammers...

To conclude: the writers (as the inspirers(!), and sponsors(!)?) of the book cannot be accused of hypocrisy when they say it has been written 'about' the farmers, and not 'for' the farmers, as who could expect poor and, alas, little educated farmers to spend their short nights of rest to attempt(!) reading such a 434 pages logorrhea, even when they would get the book for free!

Why and for whom was this book written...? 

So you complain about a book you have not read and nor shall you. You then remark about its release date. It actually must take a good while to secure a publishing contract, write the book, print it, then organise a launch, not to mention the distribution of it to retail outlets. The logistics aren't exactly the same as posting a brainfart on Twitter or Thaivisa. And the military were unaware all this time?

 

And then you want to know who is behind it. How about an opinion on the actual raid and whether or not you approve of a military preventing a book launch they obviously were aware of in advance. That is after all the subject at hand.

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

 

The writers said the book is about the benefits the farmers gained from the Yingluck Shinawatra government’s rice subsidy scheme.

So a fairy tale for the gullible then. 

Edited March 25, 20179 yr by Bluespunk

What's a blocking of book launch or blocking of anything else for that matter? If you want the book out, nobody will stop it. There are a million ways. Put it online. Put it all over the internet. Make free copies. Etc

It reminds me of how powerful we truly are and the government fears the day, we discover it! 

3 hours ago, bangrak said:

What a waste of trees to print over 434 (four-hunderd-thirty-four!) pages such a North Korean glorifying fable about 'the great leader''s (via his puppet/clone-sister's) fabuloulsly successfull(y ruinous) rice scam (Nr.2)!

'The writers said the book is about the benefits the farmers gained from the Yingluck Shinawatra government's rice subsidy scheme': when it would be 'news', this would be the perfect example of fake news!

This is really scandalous, as the 'grassroots', the small, poor farmers got nothing, zilch, nada from the rice schemes(scams), but prices for seeds, fertilizer, pesticides higher than ever before, higher interest rates for loans, etc. (guess who collected most of the extra money generated by it: the 'friends of'...), ...that while the production of their rice culture was deemed too small for them to even participate to the (in)glorious scheme! Yes, red apologists, they probably would still follow the Shins' orders in an election, voting personally (under the watchfull eyes of ...), or 'renting-out' their ID-cards for a few days...

In fact, it would also be interesting to know who has been financing the printing and distribution of this masterwork of misleading propaganda...

The 'book' coming out now hasn't of course any link with the court hearings of Yingluck and the associated scammers being, at last, nearing their end, for sure, ...nor aiming to create any pressure on the ones to issue a sentence about the scam, ...and of course could never be associated with the intent to stir up tensions in the 'red territories' in case of a negative outcome for the scammers...

To conclude: the writers (as the inspirers(!), and sponsors(!)?) of the book cannot be accused of hypocrisy when they say it has been written 'about' the farmers, and not 'for' the farmers, as who could expect poor and, alas, little educated farmers to spend their short nights of rest to attempt(!) reading such a 434 pages logorrhea, even when they would get the book for free!

Why and for whom was this book written...? 

A 434 page yawner that few people would have known or cared about if the junta hadn't given the book priceless free publicity. 

 

The gang that can't shoot straight strikes again!  Right in their own foot.

7 hours ago, bangrak said:

What a waste of trees to print over 434 (four-hunderd-thirty-four!) pages such a North Korean glorifying fable about 'the great leader''s (via his puppet/clone-sister's) fabuloulsly successfull(y ruinous) rice scam (Nr.2)!

'The writers said the book is about the benefits the farmers gained from the Yingluck Shinawatra government's rice subsidy scheme': when it would be 'news', this would be the perfect example of fake news!

This is really scandalous, as the 'grassroots', the small, poor farmers got nothing, zilch, nada from the rice schemes(scams), but prices for seeds, fertilizer, pesticides higher than ever before, higher interest rates for loans, etc. (guess who collected most of the extra money generated by it: the 'friends of'...), ...that while the production of their rice culture was deemed too small for them to even participate to the (in)glorious scheme! Yes, red apologists, they probably would still follow the Shins' orders in an election, voting personally (under the watchfull eyes of ...), or 'renting-out' their ID-cards for a few days...

In fact, it would also be interesting to know who has been financing the printing and distribution of this masterwork of misleading propaganda...

The 'book' coming out now hasn't of course any link with the court hearings of Yingluck and the associated scammers being, at last, nearing their end, for sure, ...nor aiming to create any pressure on the ones to issue a sentence about the scam, ...and of course could never be associated with the intent to stir up tensions in the 'red territories' in case of a negative outcome for the scammers...

To conclude: the writers (as the inspirers(!), and sponsors(!)?) of the book cannot be accused of hypocrisy when they say it has been written 'about' the farmers, and not 'for' the farmers, as who could expect poor and, alas, little educated farmers to spend their short nights of rest to attempt(!) reading such a 434 pages logorrhea, even when they would get the book for free!

Why and for whom was this book written...? 

I have no doubt this book will be biased in some way. There have been several biased reports before from the opposite political faction, i.e. the TDRI model predictions. There is no reason to limit the right to provide biased information to one political faction only.  Biased book against biased reports, it makes a kind of balance. 

Edited March 25, 20179 yr by candide

There is no bad publicity and this is simpling stoking up a minor puff of smoke in to a fire.

 

The ptb thoughtless police strike again!

I think what the NCPO is doing here is actually very sympathetic to the plight of a large section of society.

 

Given that reading a book is a very foreign or wholly uncommon practise here. The NCPO is preventing any confusion about what to do with a book. By simply banning em. Thus the public will not be confused by the continual appearence of new ones.

 

Thanks be to our great and wise masters. Who know better than we do what is best for us all.

 

 

Edited March 25, 20179 yr by jonclark

11 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Yutthapong said he had no idea which parts of the book were political as alleged.

An ill informed and incurious spokesperson.  A lemming has a greater sense of independent thought.  Nice uniform.

7 hours ago, A1Str8 said:

What's a blocking of book launch or blocking of anything else for that matter? If you want the book out, nobody will stop it. There are a million ways. Put it online. Put it all over the internet. Make free copies. Etc

It reminds me of how powerful we truly are and the government fears the day, we discover it! 

I agree. Put it online for free and share it through Facebook. 

 

Book 1 - Junta 0

Burning books will be next, then more arrests for wrong think.

Disregarding the content of book, what they did is just deny freedom of speech. Once more. Pathetic.

9 hours ago, bangrak said:

What a waste of trees to print over 434 (four-hunderd-thirty-four!) pages such a North Korean glorifying fable about 'the great leader''s (via his puppet/clone-sister's) fabuloulsly successfull(y ruinous) rice scam (Nr.2)!

'The writers said the book is about the benefits the farmers gained from the Yingluck Shinawatra government's rice subsidy scheme': when it would be 'news', this would be the perfect example of fake news!

This is really scandalous, as the 'grassroots', the small, poor farmers got nothing, zilch, nada from the rice schemes(scams), but prices for seeds, fertilizer, pesticides higher than ever before, higher interest rates for loans, etc. (guess who collected most of the extra money generated by it: the 'friends of'...), ...that while the production of their rice culture was deemed too small for them to even participate to the (in)glorious scheme! Yes, red apologists, they probably would still follow the Shins' orders in an election, voting personally (under the watchfull eyes of ...), or 'renting-out' their ID-cards for a few days...

In fact, it would also be interesting to know who has been financing the printing and distribution of this masterwork of misleading propaganda...

The 'book' coming out now hasn't of course any link with the court hearings of Yingluck and the associated scammers being, at last, nearing their end, for sure, ...nor aiming to create any pressure on the ones to issue a sentence about the scam, ...and of course could never be associated with the intent to stir up tensions in the 'red territories' in case of a negative outcome for the scammers...

To conclude: the writers (as the inspirers(!), and sponsors(!)?) of the book cannot be accused of hypocrisy when they say it has been written 'about' the farmers, and not 'for' the farmers, as who could expect poor and, alas, little educated farmers to spend their short nights of rest to attempt(!) reading such a 434 pages logorrhea, even when they would get the book for free!

Why and for whom was this book written...? 

So you are qualified to comment on the book as you have read it and fully researched the facts yes?  

"the small, poor farmers got nothing, zilch, nada from the rice schemes(scams)."  So just how many "poor rice farmers do you know that got nothing zilch nada"? Because my wife's sister and extended family were paid, everyone in this village and the surrounding villages were paid, and also our friends in several other provinces were paid, Seems your little dive into the delusional/deceitful/deceptive red-shirt basing shin hating clap-trap propaganda just didn't quite pay off huh? 

Then you let go of the predictable "red terrorist" accusation, followed by the "little educated farmers" line.

Are there poor little educated farmers? Yes, are there educated farmers? Yes, Are there multilingual farmers? Yes, are there very successful and educated farmers? Yes.

And most of them prefer the Shinz rather than Suthep/Mark/junta each of them born into money and wouldn't know their ass from their elbow in relation to rice farming.

So the so-called buying votes bull dust get's thrown out there. You know there is a reason why the Shinz get the votes,,, Because they put policies in that benefit the majority of the people not just the few, eg; national health care.

So if you could (no chance what so ever) Name just one policy that Mark/Dems/junta have put in that has had the same positive impact on the people as the national health care...! Good luck with that...

3 hours ago, jonclark said:

I think what the NCPO is doing here is actually very sympathetic to the plight of a large section of society.

 

Given that reading a book is a very foreign or wholly uncommon practise here. The NCPO is preventing any confusion about what to do with a book. By simply banning em. Thus the public will not be confused by the continual appearence of new ones.

 

Thanks be to our great and wise masters. Who know better than we do what is best for us all.

 

 

"Given that reading a book is a very foreign or wholly uncommon practice here."   Sorry mate but even my poor rice farming sister in-law reads books.  If your inaccurate belief were in fact true then why so many book stores???

18 minutes ago, aussieinthailand said:

"Given that reading a book is a very foreign or wholly uncommon practice here."   Sorry mate but even my poor rice farming sister in-law reads books.  If your inaccurate belief were in fact true then why so many book stores???

Sorry my comment was a sarcastic dig at the junta. Not a reflection of the abundance of book loving Thai people that i have seen cooling off in bookstores. 

Hope your sisters in law manage to get a copy of this now banned book to figure out why she is still poor despite the efforts of the previous government to change that.

 

13 hours ago, rooster59 said:

prevent people getting confused: NCPO

Are they aware that many more people are already confused by the actions of the NCPO?

The story here; just in case you missed it .....

This is no longer a free country!

2 hours ago, thai3 said:

Burning books will be next, then more arrests for wrong think.

Actually, Hitler only burned those books in the street to keep the German people warm. He was really a splendid fellow.

shouldn't have made a book. Should have made a TV soapie instead: poor farmer cries a lot, his daughter gets raped by rich rice miller who then marries her, military gang comes and slaps everybody around a bit, general sings a song to make everyone happy - see, no confusion at all!

13 hours ago, bangrak said:

What a waste of trees to print over 434 (four-hunderd-thirty-four!) pages such a North Korean glorifying fable about 'the great leader''s (via his puppet/clone-sister's) fabuloulsly successfull(y ruinous) rice scam...

 

Welcome to the TV forums b̶a̶n̶g̶r̶a̶k̶  'PM' Prayut Chanocha!

The degree of censorship currently in place, is mind boggling. Few know how draconian it really is. Little P. appears to be a very scared man. 

6 hours ago, jonclark said:

I think what the NCPO is doing here is actually very sympathetic to the plight of a large section of society.

 

Given that reading a book is a very foreign or wholly uncommon practise here. The NCPO is preventing any confusion about what to do with a book. By simply banning em. Thus the public will not be confused by the continual appearence of new ones.

 

Thanks be to our great and wise masters. Who know better than we do what is best for us all.

 

 

I rarely have seen many local people reading a book, newspaper, magazine. I am always encouraging students, our daughter included, to read even the daily English printed newspaper for several reasons. To better ones grasp of the language, to keep abreast of current events. Our daughter tells me that she only has time to read her homework. Here it seems that free time is for TV, video games, eating and sleeping. I personally have so many books that I want to read that I wish I could connect and "read" them subliminally during sleep just to continue to complete the list of these books. Too much to do and not enough time in our lives.

 

14 hours ago, bangrak said:

What a waste of trees to print over 434 (four-hunderd-thirty-four!) pages such a North Korean glorifying fable about 'the great leader''s (via his puppet/clone-sister's) fabuloulsly successfull(y ruinous) rice scam (Nr.2)!

'The writers said the book is about the benefits the farmers gained from the Yingluck Shinawatra government's rice subsidy scheme': when it would be 'news', this would be the perfect example of fake news!

This is really scandalous, as the 'grassroots', the small, poor farmers got nothing, zilch, nada from the rice schemes(scams), but prices for seeds, fertilizer, pesticides higher than ever before, higher interest rates for loans, etc. (guess who collected most of the extra money generated by it: the 'friends of'...), ...that while the production of their rice culture was deemed too small for them to even participate to the (in)glorious scheme! Yes, red apologists, they probably would still follow the Shins' orders in an election, voting personally (under the watchfull eyes of ...), or 'renting-out' their ID-cards for a few days...

In fact, it would also be interesting to know who has been financing the printing and distribution of this masterwork of misleading propaganda...

The 'book' coming out now hasn't of course any link with the court hearings of Yingluck and the associated scammers being, at last, nearing their end, for sure, ...nor aiming to create any pressure on the ones to issue a sentence about the scam, ...and of course could never be associated with the intent to stir up tensions in the 'red territories' in case of a negative outcome for the scammers...

To conclude: the writers (as the inspirers(!), and sponsors(!)?) of the book cannot be accused of hypocrisy when they say it has been written 'about' the farmers, and not 'for' the farmers, as who could expect poor and, alas, little educated farmers to spend their short nights of rest to attempt(!) reading such a 434 pages logorrhea, even when they would get the book for free!

Why and for whom was this book written...? 

I was going to buy it but I won't bother now since you've given away the plot. In fact going by the length of the post, you've almost quoted it verbatim.

 

13 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

So a fairy tale for the gullible then. 

Funny how some people find it necessary to stop the sale of a fairy tale. I find the move really sinister.