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Thai military detains former PM Yingluck
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Latest info - Defence Minister Bargain Hen will be part of the team as medic. Vivien on stand-by in case Hen keng kau liao.
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What about Shamu, Tharman and sleepy Teo?
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Ah Teo will be Ag PM. No idea why the two Nehs not involved. Maybe coz they werent generals before.
Do you know that Singapore gave... yes...gave free of charge - a squadron of F-16s to Thailand?
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why khaw neber volunteer? His $8 charge per visit will be welcum.
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cannot remember is F-5 or F-16. or both?
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No wonder Madam Ho is so happy this morning.
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Were cuffs used ?
most likely in a safehouse with rope and whip. :o
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Cant volunteer. Pinky chooses. With Kee Chiu, TCJ and LTY, I dare say a very formidable team with Col LHK on standby. The Thais now gave up. They know Pinky and team sure succeed in rescue mission. Who dare say our generals are useless?
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never rope in capt goh meh.... so many heavy weights. balls also heavy.
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Must be scholar general ministers. That s why LHK baru reserve on stand by coz he Col only. Cpl Charles Chong was to go as GDman. Too bad no action now. Thai generals saw our line-up, their balls drop. Pinky to take Yingluck as second wife.
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Hi Ah Joe...no wonder give the thais..must b used to salvage for parts. N wats the news on the ground? Cannot go Poseidon rite?
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[h=1]Thai military detains ousted leaders for "up to a week"[/h]
[h=2]Thailand's military will detain former premier Yingluck Shinawatra and ousted government leaders for up to one week, the army said Saturday, tightening its grip over the country following a coup that has provoked an international outcry.[/h]
An anti-coup protester (C) holds a placard as they are blocked by Thai Army soldiers during a protest in Bangkok. Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been detained by the military junta that seized power in a coup, a source in her Puea Thai party said. (AFP/Manan VATSYAYANA)
BANGKOK: Thailand's military will detain former premier Yingluck Shinawatra and ousted government leaders for up to one week, the army said Saturday, tightening its grip over the country following a coup that has provoked an international outcry.
Briefing the media for the first time since seizing power Thursday, the military junta declined to specify where the detainees were held but said they were in no danger, as sporadic protests flared in Bangkok.
"They will be detained for up to one week depending on how directly they were involved (in Thailand's political turmoil)," army spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvaree told reporters.
In the latest twist to years of escalating political strife, gruff army commander General Prayut Chan-O-Cha deposed the civilian government, acting to prevent the kingdom degenerating into another "Ukraine or Egypt".
The United States, which has led international calls for restoration of civilian rule, took its first concrete steps, saying it would suspend US$3.5 million in military assistance for the country, about one-third of its aid.
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said Washington was considering further cuts. US law mandates suspension of assistance to foreign militaries that overthrow elected governments.
Under the new regime, civil liberties have been drastically curbed, most of the constitution abrogated, and rival political protesters cleared from Bangkok's streets.
A night-time curfew has tamed the city's notoriously rowdy night-life, further chilling a vital tourist sector already cooled by the recent strife.
Yingluck and dozens of other figures in the now-deposed government and her Puea Thai party -- as well as many of their fierce political rivals -- were called in Friday by the army as it corralled potential threats to the overthrow.
"She is under detention, and she is fine," Lieutenant General Thirachai Nakwanich, commander of Thailand's central military region including the capital, told AFP.
He declined to give her location but said she and others detainees were taken in under a martial law provision allowing the military to hold people for up to seven days without charge.
It was not clear whether any charges were being prepared.
The army said 135 people had so far answered the summons, including Yingluck's successor, ousted caretaker prime minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan.
Most appear to have been Pheu Thai members or allies.
Political analysts view the coup as the culmination of an effort by a Bangkok-based power elite -- aligned with the monarchy and military -- to eliminate a political threat embodied by Yingluck's elder brother Thaksin Shinawatra.
Thaksin, a billionaire telecoms tycoon, shook up Thai politics by winning devotion among millions of rural poor with populist measures, catapulting him to prime minister in 2001 polls.
He was deposed in 2006 in a military coup, fleeing abroad two years later to avoid a corruption conviction, but his family and allies continued to triumph at the ballot box as political temperatures rose.
The constitution was replaced after 2006 with one intended to curb Thaksin's electoral influence.
"This time, the constitutional changes will be more thorough," Thai politics analyst Paul Chambers said.
He said measures could include "electoral gerrymandering, even more power granted to the judiciary, and finally -- and most ominously -- more power granted to the army."
Anti-Thaksin forces -- alleging corruption in Yingluck's administration -- have staged months of deadly Bangkok protests, triggering rival demonstrations by the pro-Thaksin "Red Shirt" movement.
The tensions spiralled in early May with Yingluck's dismissal from office in a controversial court ruling that set the stage for Thursday's takeover.
Sporadic demonstrations denouncing the takeover have occurred in Bangkok, although no clashes have been reported.
On Saturday, about 50 demonstrators were locked in a tense stand-off with soldiers and riot police in a northern neighbourhood, demanding the right to march in protest to an army installation.
"We are not Red Shirts. We just want democracy. We don't like the military," said one 45-year-old protester who identified himself only as Noi.
The US, EU, UN chief Ban Ki-moon, and major foreign investment source Japan have led calls for civilian control to be restored.
The "Red Shirts" have warned a government overthrow could trigger civil war and all eyes were on the movement's response.
There has so far been no sign of significant tank or troop deployments, in contrast to the 2006 coup.
The takeover has brought a mixed reaction from Thais, with some protest-fatigued Bangkok residents expressing hope it will bring stability, while others lamented the threat to democracy.
Thailand's democratic development has now been interrupted by 19 actual or attempted coups since 1932, interventions that traditionally require the monarchy's approval.
It was unclear whether 86-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej had blessed Prayut's takeover.
- AFP/ac
[h=2]Thailand's military will detain former premier Yingluck Shinawatra and ousted government leaders for up to one week, the army said Saturday, tightening its grip over the country following a coup that has provoked an international outcry.[/h]
BANGKOK: Thailand's military will detain former premier Yingluck Shinawatra and ousted government leaders for up to one week, the army said Saturday, tightening its grip over the country following a coup that has provoked an international outcry.
Briefing the media for the first time since seizing power Thursday, the military junta declined to specify where the detainees were held but said they were in no danger, as sporadic protests flared in Bangkok.
"They will be detained for up to one week depending on how directly they were involved (in Thailand's political turmoil)," army spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvaree told reporters.
In the latest twist to years of escalating political strife, gruff army commander General Prayut Chan-O-Cha deposed the civilian government, acting to prevent the kingdom degenerating into another "Ukraine or Egypt".
The United States, which has led international calls for restoration of civilian rule, took its first concrete steps, saying it would suspend US$3.5 million in military assistance for the country, about one-third of its aid.
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said Washington was considering further cuts. US law mandates suspension of assistance to foreign militaries that overthrow elected governments.
Under the new regime, civil liberties have been drastically curbed, most of the constitution abrogated, and rival political protesters cleared from Bangkok's streets.
A night-time curfew has tamed the city's notoriously rowdy night-life, further chilling a vital tourist sector already cooled by the recent strife.
Yingluck and dozens of other figures in the now-deposed government and her Puea Thai party -- as well as many of their fierce political rivals -- were called in Friday by the army as it corralled potential threats to the overthrow.
"She is under detention, and she is fine," Lieutenant General Thirachai Nakwanich, commander of Thailand's central military region including the capital, told AFP.
He declined to give her location but said she and others detainees were taken in under a martial law provision allowing the military to hold people for up to seven days without charge.
It was not clear whether any charges were being prepared.
The army said 135 people had so far answered the summons, including Yingluck's successor, ousted caretaker prime minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan.
Most appear to have been Pheu Thai members or allies.
Political analysts view the coup as the culmination of an effort by a Bangkok-based power elite -- aligned with the monarchy and military -- to eliminate a political threat embodied by Yingluck's elder brother Thaksin Shinawatra.
Thaksin, a billionaire telecoms tycoon, shook up Thai politics by winning devotion among millions of rural poor with populist measures, catapulting him to prime minister in 2001 polls.
He was deposed in 2006 in a military coup, fleeing abroad two years later to avoid a corruption conviction, but his family and allies continued to triumph at the ballot box as political temperatures rose.
The constitution was replaced after 2006 with one intended to curb Thaksin's electoral influence.
"This time, the constitutional changes will be more thorough," Thai politics analyst Paul Chambers said.
He said measures could include "electoral gerrymandering, even more power granted to the judiciary, and finally -- and most ominously -- more power granted to the army."
Anti-Thaksin forces -- alleging corruption in Yingluck's administration -- have staged months of deadly Bangkok protests, triggering rival demonstrations by the pro-Thaksin "Red Shirt" movement.
The tensions spiralled in early May with Yingluck's dismissal from office in a controversial court ruling that set the stage for Thursday's takeover.
Sporadic demonstrations denouncing the takeover have occurred in Bangkok, although no clashes have been reported.
On Saturday, about 50 demonstrators were locked in a tense stand-off with soldiers and riot police in a northern neighbourhood, demanding the right to march in protest to an army installation.
"We are not Red Shirts. We just want democracy. We don't like the military," said one 45-year-old protester who identified himself only as Noi.
The US, EU, UN chief Ban Ki-moon, and major foreign investment source Japan have led calls for civilian control to be restored.
The "Red Shirts" have warned a government overthrow could trigger civil war and all eyes were on the movement's response.
There has so far been no sign of significant tank or troop deployments, in contrast to the 2006 coup.
The takeover has brought a mixed reaction from Thais, with some protest-fatigued Bangkok residents expressing hope it will bring stability, while others lamented the threat to democracy.
Thailand's democratic development has now been interrupted by 19 actual or attempted coups since 1932, interventions that traditionally require the monarchy's approval.
It was unclear whether 86-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej had blessed Prayut's takeover.
- AFP/ac
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