Thai Protestors Stormed into Government Headquarters!

[Hotshot85]

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/thai-government-to-ask/935218.html

 

"The protesters have vowed to block the February election, saying it will only return Thaksin's allies to power."

 

"They want an unelected "people's council" to run the country to oversee loosely-defined reforms."

 

Knn, these protesters doesn't want democracy at all??? So one small group of protestors just want their choice and insist of having it?? The rest of the majority can be disregarded??

 

At least in Singapore 40% don't go anyhow protest about it, but will wait peacefully till 2016. I see no end to Thailand's turmoil, will only bring more poverty to the country.

 

There is no such thing as democracy la. Voting does not equate to a democracy as long as its for show.

[Sabian]

 

screwed up? hardly..

 

they are a bunch of fantastic people

 

if this happen anywhere else in the world, the economy will collapse, the stock market crash

 

but in Thailand, things still going on as per normal.

 

That part everyone knows.

 

But a bunch of minorities who feel that they do not want a govt elected by the majority

 

and know that they are unable to win any democratic elections are resorting to other means to install their own government.

 

That alone to me is quite screwed up.

 

The Thai Index has been hitting lower lows in the last 1 year. While their stock index may not react violently downwards when tanks roll in or widespread protests results in the burning of shopping centers, a long drawn battle between the yellow shirts and red shirts will take its toll eventually.

 

If you ask me, the cost of this protracted sideshow is started to show up in the real economy.

[TVT]

 

If you ask me, the cost of this protracted sideshow is started to show up in the real economy.

 

But despite all these protests and so on....they are still the "Detroit Of the East".....

 

[Watwheels]

 

But despite all these protests and so on....they are still the "Detroit Of the East".....

 

 

Fwah. Shot dead! Game over....or should I say protest over. Time for shopping again.

 

 

http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/thai-protest-leader-shot-dead-10-hurt-outside-polling-station

 

 

BANGKOK - An anti-government protest leader was killed yesterday afternoon while leading a blockade at a polling station for advance voting in Bang Na in Bangkok, while 10 others were injured, according to the city's Erawan Emergency Centre.

Suthin Taratin, leader of People's Army to Overthrow the Thaksin Regime, was declared dead at Vibharam Hospital after being shot in the head outside the polling station in Wat Sri-iam Temple compound. Police have yet to identify the shooter at press time. The 10 injured were rushed to nearby hospitals.

The shooting happened at about 2pm as Suthin and protesters were confronted by red-shirt supporters at the temple. After reports of a skirmish between the two sides, police rushed to the scene to find a ransacked Toyota pick-up truck with a smashed windshield and windows, while two loudspeakers were dumped in a roadside ditch, and t-shirts with anti-government protest symbols scattered around the area.

Police retrieved a bullet-proof vest, a home-made shotgun, two shotgun cartridges, one M16 bullet, a foot-long knife, whistles, slingshots and metal balls from the truck as evidence. Police also found a pool of blood on the road island and one spent bullet.

Bang Na investigator Pol Lt Col Preuk Chaiwattana said witnesses claimed that anti-government protesters arrived at the polling station around noon and that red-shirts supporters arrived about an hour later. The red shirts circled the area for about 30 minutes before the clash occurred. Witnesses said gunshots were heard before fighting broke out.

 

Following the incident, former MP and anti-government protest leader Satit Wongnongtaey took to the Pathumwan rally stage to report that the protesters' caravan was leaving Wat Sri-iam when an armed red-shirt supporter shot at the truck with the loudspeakers and hit Suthin. He also claimed police on duty at the temple didn't offer any assistance. Satit later said soldiers rescued the anti-government protesters from the red shirts. He urged fellow protesters not to enter the area for their own safety, as red-shirts had allegedly surrounded the temple.

Deputy police chief Pol Gen Aek Angsananont led senior police to inspect the scene of the shooting at 4.30pm. He urged investigators to speedily interview witnesses and those involved, as well check CCTV security cameras in the area.

Meanwhile, at a polling station in Nong Kaem district, about 1,000 protesters showed up to force the district office to close, but left after officials presented them with a statement saying advance voting had been suspended.

However fighting erupted at the district office gate, as some 10 anti-government security guards allegedly assaulted a plainclothes policeman - later identified as Pol Col Itthikorn Lunsakaewong of Nong Kaem police station. The policeman was allegedly taking pictures of demonstrators and resisted attempts by the guards to search him.

The guards also allegedly seized his 11mm pistol and Bt6,000 in cash, before fleeing in trucks when uniformed police tried to intervene.

Itthikornm, who was treated for his injuries in hospital, filed a complaint with police.

Elsewhere, numerous scuffles took place at advance voting booths, including a confrontation between protesters and red-shirts at a polling station in Nakhon Ratchasima

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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/thai-government-to-ask/935218.html

 

"The protesters have vowed to block the February election, saying it will only return Thaksin's allies to power."

 

"They want an unelected "people's council" to run the country to oversee loosely-defined reforms."

 

Knn, these protesters doesn't want democracy at all??? So one small group of protestors just want their choice and insist of having it?? The rest of the majority can be disregarded??

 

At least in Singapore 40% don't go anyhow protest about it, but will wait peacefully till 2016. I see no end to Thailand's turmoil, will only bring more poverty to the country.

 

To summarise it,

 

1) Thaksin is a billionaire businessman turn politician.

 

2) Whether he wants it or not, he has a growing power base growing around him (through business deals, relationships etc)

 

3) The Bangkok elites (current protestors - or their masters) do not want another power base to rival the Thai King, which will inadvertently affect their business interest because they themselves has business deals with the King's business empire.

 

4) They (elites) know they cannot win an election outright, because they are unwilling to promise the same populist policies as what Thaksin does. So they are now resorting to disruptive methods to force the elected govt to bow to their demands, in effect, playing gangsters.

[Toapayohkid]

 

To summarise it,

 

1) Thaksin is a billionaire businessman turn politician.

 

2) Whether he wants it or not, he has a growing power base growing around him (through business deals, relationships etc)

 

3) The Bangkok elites (current protestors - or their masters) do not want another power base to rival the Thai King, which will inadvertently affect their business interest because they themselves has business deals with the King's business empire.

 

4) They (elites) know they cannot win an election outright, because they are unwilling to promise the same populist policies as what Thaksin does. So they are now resorting to disruptive methods to force the elected govt to bow to their demands, in effect, playing gangsters.

 

lol excellent summary. and that is how the cookie crumbles.

 

 

Fwah. Shot dead! Game over....or should I say protest over. Time for shopping again.

 

 

http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/thai-protest-leader-shot-dead-10-hurt-outside-polling-station

 

 

BANGKOK - An anti-government protest leader was killed yesterday afternoon while leading a blockade at a polling station for advance voting in Bang Na in Bangkok, while 10 others were injured, according to the city's Erawan Emergency Centre.

Suthin Taratin, leader of People's Army to Overthrow the Thaksin Regime, was declared dead at Vibharam Hospital after being shot in the head outside the polling station in Wat Sri-iam Temple compound.

 

 

suthep is next. shopping? barang barang or in terms of shares and funds? thai funds seem like good (risky) deal now.

 

 

[Playtime]

Every time suthep appears on TV, he is strutting like an overweight peacock dancing to bee gees "staying alive" soundtrack.

 

I think he is actually fighting for himself now, he was responsible for the death of red shirt protesters when he was in govt. Not to mention allegations of corruption.

 

He said he will stop if he don't get one million ppl. Or if there was violence. .. so far he still carry on.

 

If he fails now, he will likely face treason charges in addition to others.

 

Think he will risk civil war if he must to protect himself from prosecution.