Authorities respond to question about missing plaque with arrests, silence

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Authorities respond to question about missing plaque with arrests, silence

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

Teeranai Charuvastra and Sasiwan Mokkhasen

 

Government transparency activist Srisuwan Janya is taken into military custody Tuesday morning at the military government's complaint center in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — A transparency advocate was taken into military custody Tuesday when he arrived to file a complaint over the missing the 1932 Revolution plaque, as City Hall denies it has security camera footage of the incident and police say they won’t take action.

 

Srisuwan Janya, a familiar face for his more than 3,000 administrative and criminal complaints over alleged corruption and malfeasance, was taken into custody at the government’s petition center on Phitsanulok Road. Srisuwan had traveled to submit a letter addressed to the prime minister this morning asking him to bring to justice those who removed it and return the original plaque to its place in the Royal Plaza. It was unknown where he was taken, and he could not be reached by telephone.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2017/04/18/authorities-respond-questions-missing-plaque-arrests-silence/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2017-04-18

[whatawonderfulday]

Now you see him - Now you don't

[nisakiman]

Taken into military custody when he arrived to file a complaint.

Police say they won't take action.

 

I think that pretty much explains what happened to the plaque if anyone had any doubts before.

[SoFarAndNear]

I think this incident starts a very dark new chapter in Thai history. ? Am I allowed to say that? Very scary, indeed.

[baboon]

7 minutes ago, SoFarAndNear said:

I think this incident starts a very dark new chapter in Thai history. ? Am I allowed to say that? Very scary, indeed.

Not a bit of it. Just a quick trip to the Ministry of Love for a chat and we'll be seeing him at the Chestnut Tree café very soon, alive and well...

[z42]

Absolutely dreadful form. This a shocking realization as to how far things have sunk.

One doesn't have to be sherlock holmes to connect the dots here. I just hope the next moves won't include indifference by the masses. A very sad and pathetic episode ?

[webfact]

PM petition-bearer arrested 
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Security personnel arrested Srisuwan Janya, secretary general of the Association to Protect the Thai Constitution, on Tuesday morning while he waited to submit a petition to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to urged him to investigate a missing historical plaque marking Thailand’s switch from an absolute to constitutional monarchy.

 

Srisuwan and two of his followers were reportedly taken in a van from a building opposite Government House to the military’s nearby First Division of the King's Guard.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30312584

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-04-18

[baboon]

2 minutes ago, z42 said:

Absolutely dreadful form. This a shocking realization as to how far things have sunk.

One doesn't have to be sherlock holmes to connect the dots here. I just hope the next moves won't include indifference by the masses. A very sad and pathetic episode ?

The masses will maybe have a little grumble to themselves, before picking up their sh1t sandwiches and munching away. Nothing will happen as a result of this one in a long line of outrages.

[jonclark]

Hands up if anyone thinks these actions will build trust reconciliation and encourage the public to show the critical thinking skills the PM would like the Thai people to have?

 

 

[heybruce]

Apparently it is a crime to ask questions when the junta is rewriting history.

[Emster23]

Nothing in the article concerning what crime he had committed to justify arrest. Contrast that with son of red bull and how that non-arrest was handled.

[jerojero]

Stupid move on the military's part. Good way to win over hearts and minds of ordinary citizens. Not!

[AGareth2]

Fear

never works in the long run

Even Pol Pot found that out

[ratcatcher]

1 hour ago, baboon said:

Not a bit of it. Just a quick trip to the Ministry of Love for a chat and we'll be seeing him at the Chestnut Tree café very soon, alive and well...

[rkidlad]

I'm trying to think of a single scenario (regardless of playing the culture card) where it's ever been a good idea for so few to have such control over so many. 

 

Absoltely shameful. The thirst for greed and power seems to know no bounds for some. There was an interesting documentary about greed and power. Some powerful people were discussing how they could be even richer and more powerful. One person had the decency to ask "Why do you crave this power and money? Why will you go to such depths to get it?" Their answer was "because we can". 

[darksidedog]

Actions speak louder than words, and these actions spell a very plain and simple guilty. Stupid and wrong reaction to a very fair request.

[GarryP]

Wonder if he will have a different haircut when released?  

[rkidlad]

Just to save you time in the future from having to click any links and read any more new on this - foreigner diplomats and the UN are happy with it all understand the actions. 

[lvr181]

All smoke and mirrors as an official cover-up! Ownership does not matter (ownership is with the peoples of Thailand)! That is just a bulls hit excuse for not doing anything.

 

The original plaque represented a defining moment in Thai history.

 

Someone, who does not wish to be identified, is trying to rewrite/change history. Who could that be?  

 

The man who is in power because he believes in democracy, should step up and demand the original plaque be returned to its rightful place, to show that he is indeed a true supporter of democracy. Actions speak louder than words.

[mtls2005]

At least they can say they've made an arrest in the case.

 

Anyone else want to complain about it? Didn't think so. No sit down, and shut up.

 

More reconciliation you'll love, or else.

 

No let's see if they can make this thing disappear? Get David Copperfield on the horn.

 

For sale: One monument to democracy, very low mileage, only taken out occasionally, no longer needed, quick sale required, funds needed for tanks, subs and another salary increase for the NCPO.

 

[lvr181]

11 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

At least they can say they've made an arrest in the case.

 

Anyone else want to complain about it? Didn't think so. No sit down, and shut up.

 

More reconciliation you'll love, or else.

 

No let's see if they can make this thing disappear? Get David Copperfield on the horn.

 

For sale: One monument to democracy, very low mileage, only taken out occasionally, no longer needed, quick sale required, funds needed for tanks, subs and another salary increase for the NCPO.

 

Who is the owner of the Democracy monument? Just saying/thinking.............

[pentap]

Arrested and spirited away.

For what? On what charge?

For simply seeking answers.

Alarm bells are slowly and quietly starting to ring in my mind.


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[soalbundy]

4 hours ago, heybruce said:

Apparently it is a crime to ask questions when the junta is rewriting history.

not re-written, just renovated for the good of all

[soalbundy]

4 hours ago, Emster23 said:

Nothing in the article concerning what crime he had committed to justify arrest. Contrast that with son of red bull and how that non-arrest was handled.

He bad man, he ask question

[CantSpell]

When you definitely don't want or cannot answer the question...

 

Arrest the one asking it... 

[ikke]

4 hours ago, Becker said:

Don't worry. The junta supporters will be around shortly to explain why this is a good thing and that everything's Thaksin's fault anyway.

Don't think the DJ and the Pumpkin have anything to comment on this....

[heybruce]

"The head of Thailand’s military government on Tuesday warned people against making a political issue of the vandalism of a plaque marking the country’s 1932 transition to democracy that was ripped and stolen from a public plaza."

 

"Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said that protests over the incident would interfere with what he described as his government’s efforts to move the country forward."  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/thai-pm-warns-against-protesting-missing-democracy-plaque/2017/04/18/b606ef5e-2442-11e7-928e-3624539060e8_story.html?utm_term=.a5dda95d9336 

 

I question the general's sense of direction.  I don't think "forward" is where the country is headed.

[Thechook]

14 hours ago, Emster23 said:

Nothing in the article concerning what crime he had committed to justify arrest. Contrast that with son of red bull and how that non-arrest was handled.

I think his crime was trying to ask prayuth to put it back.  

 

[debate101]

Tyranny's on the march. Pity the poor military saps who have to play the part of public pin cushion. At least their bank accounts are blowing up.

[baboon]

15 hours ago, pentap said:

Arrested and spirited away.

For what? On what charge?

For simply seeking answers.

Alarm bells are slowly and quietly starting to ring in my mind.


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"The thing that he was about to do was to open a diary. This was not illegal (nothing was illegal, since there were no longer any laws), but if detected it was reasonably certain that it would be punished by death, or at least by twenty-five years in a forced-labour camp."

 

Luckily that is just a quote from a work of fiction...