BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTING!

[boundThunter]

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI

# At least 140 members and supporters of the Red Shirts have been arrested and are being detained, most without charge.

# One of the UDD leaders is being held in a military base in Prachuabkeereekan, 200km south of Bangkok. A prominent supporter, an academic, is being held in a military base in Saraburi, 200km north east of Bangkok. (The legal team is not releasing their names for fear they may be singled out for harsher treatment.) It is believed that the remaining 140 are being held in police stations across Bangkok and the north and north east, but there exact location is not known.

# Many of the 140 detainees have been denied access to a lawyer, breaching international laws.

# A further 50 people arrested in the days leading up to the crackdown on May 19 have been denied due process of law. Many of them have been brought before the courts, faced a summary trial, without access to a lawyer, and were sentenced to 18 months' jail. The Thai-based legal team will appeal.

 

[boundThunter]

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI

Dr. Suthachai Yomprasert, one of the detainee

To whom it may concern (especially the human rights organizations),

This is urgent information regarding Dr. Suthachai Yomprasert, a historian professor who was arrested by the Thai authorities on May 24, 2010. *Please help campaign for his release.*

Professor Bayan, Dr. Suthachai’s wife, visited her husband at the Adisorn Army Camp in Saraburi earlier today. The army allows only his wife and mother to visit him, and in the morning only.

Dr. Suthachai is detained in a solitary unit. So is Mr Somyos Pruksakasemsuk who was arrested at the same time. Neither has been charged. In fact the arrests of them involved deception by the authorities. Both had got warrants to report to the police for some questioning. They complied. The police told them that they would bring them to the Crime Suppression Headquarter. Instead, they sent them to the Adisorn Army Camp in another province.

Legally, neither is Dr. Suthachai nor Mr. Somyos a law-breaker or a criminal since there is yet any charge. They are detained for interrogation. But they have been treated as if they were felons. Their treatments are more severe than the UDD leaders who are detained at the Naresuan Police Camp.

Dr. Suthachai brought some books to prepare for his class (at Chulalongkorn University) in a few weeks. But the soldiers took those books away and do not allow him to read anything (except a magazine about horses left by someone in this room). Dr. Suthachai, therefore, protests by going on a hunger strike. Our serious concern is that he has diabetes, requiring insulin injections twice a day. The lack of food may have serious effects on his condition, including a danger to his life.

Every words in the conversation between Dr. Suthachai and his wife on visiting day was recorded by 5 soldiers who stand around the couple.

This coming Sunday is the funeral for Bayan’s father. Dr. Suthachai’s lawyer will make an appeal to the court to allow him to attend the funeral of his father-in-law. But we do not know if the appeal would be granted, even though he is not yet charged or being a suspect or criminal of any kind whatsoever.

Sincerely,

On behalf of friends and family of Dr. Suthachai Yimprasert.

 

[boundThunter]

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI

Keep them stupid and debilitated, says the king.

Keep them poor and disorientated, says Abhisit.

The continued crackdown, arrests, and censorship throughout Thailand indicate that the Democrat Party led coalition government believes it can drive home its advantage from the bloodbath of May.

Having taken it so far it is hardly surprising that the government is willing to weather criticism of further human rights abuses, including holding people without charge under Thaksin-sponsored 2005 Emergency Legislation, which the Democrat Party opposed whilst in the opposition.


The poor and the dispossessed could learn a thing or two...i.e., Your enemy's enemy is my friend...

 

[boundThunter]

Marco Polo says...

A Dead Italian Tells No Tales...

Fabio Polenghi, the Italian photographer shot dead by bullet but the Thai authority claimed his death was caused by M79 grenade.

Weapons of Mass Destructions.


Gibberish is a courtly dialect in Thailand and spoken by her ministers. -- Marco Polo :oIo:

 

[boundThunter]

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI

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Deaths at Wat Pathum. A sanctuary violated.
Karmic retributions on the way ???

 

[boundThunter]

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI

Kwa similanjiao ? Yes,I survived Bangkok's Riot 2010.

 

[ahleebabasingaporethief]

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI

ArBIGSHIT was born in BRITAIN. He does not care about the poor in Thailand.

Fuck him and his REGIME for killing poor thais. The International community are now telling the world the REAL things that happened; with photos, videos, and eye witness accounts.
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[boundThunter]

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI

Dr. Suthachai Yomprasert, one of the detainee

Good news, Dr.Suthachai has been released. But what about the other detainees ??? Keep asking...

 

[kensington]

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI

TRT used to mean Thai Rak Thai but nowadays are synonymous with Thai's Royalist Tyrants.


Same same but different...

Not in particular order but complicit all the same.
Throw in Panitan, Col Sanserm and THE fat bluewhale, they are a most formidable 7-a-side.




Thai royalist tyrants use violence to cling to power
Giles Ji Ungpakorn

The gang of royalist tyrants: Abhisit’s Democrat Party, the Military, the Palace and the bureaucratic elites, can only cling to power through violence and lies. As they use armed troops and tanks against pro-democracy demonstrators in Bangkok for the 5th time in forty years, the tyrants hope that a blanket of censorship throughout Thailand will allow them to do their dirty work in secret. But their censorship is not working and the assembled masses of pro-democracy Red Shirts are resisting.

The Red Shirts want Democracy and want immediate elections, but Democracy and elections are the last things that the tyrants want. They have lorded it over the people for years. They have never won an election and they have never been happy with respecting election results. They are supported in their bloody work by the fascist Yellow Shirted PAD, most middle-class academics and the self-appointed NGO leaders. Together they are contemptuous and fearful of ordinary working people, the poor, the farmers, the citizens.

Hovering over the repression and exploitation of the people, like a mean and nasty dark cloud, is the King and his network of toadies. Ever since coming to the throne, King has served the army and the elites well, giving them a legitimacy based on superstition, hierarchy and grovelling.

The people have risen up against the tyrants. The “refined” mask of Eton and Oxford educated Abhisit Vejjajiva has slipped off to reveal just another tin pot dictator. It is time to clear away all the gangsters and parasites who have held sway over Thai society for too long.

Down with the Military!
Down with the Monarchy!
Down with the Dictatorship!
Power to working people!


http://wdpress.blog.co.uk/2010/04/10/thai-royalist-tyrants-use-violence-to-cling-to-power-8341761/

 

[yinyang]

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI

Small change?

http://www.bangkokpost.com/lite/topstories/38876/rally-billions-uncovered

 

[Muthukali]

Re: Marco Polo says...

A Dead Italian Tells No Tales...

Fabio Polenghi, the Italian photographer shot dead by bullet but the Thai authority claimed his death was caused by M79 grenade.

Weapons of Mass Destructions.


Gibberish is a courtly dialect in Thailand and spoken by her ministers. -- Marco Polo :oIo:

when will be TONY CHAT's turn?

 

[Watchman]

Re: Marco Polo says...

What it started again ?

 

[Watchman]

Re: Marco Polo says...

Thailand extends Bangkok emergency
Critics of the emergency law say the inability red shirts to protest could led to conflict [Reuters]

The Thai government has extended the state of emergency in the capital, Bangkok, and 18 provinces due to lingering fears of anti-government protests leading to unrest.
Opposition groups had called for the emergency laws, which ban gatherings of more than five people and give police the power to detain suspects for 30 days without charge, be revoked before a by-election on July 25.
But the government said on Tuesday that the measures were still necessary in some areas despite the so-called red shirt protesters having abandoned their two-month demonstration on Bangkok's streets.
The measures came into force in April, after 90 people were killed and almost 2,000 injured in clashes between the military and the red shirts.
"We have been informed there are people who continue to try to spread false information to spur hatred and instigate unrest," Ongart Klampaiboon, the minister to the prime minister's office, told reporters.
The emergency decree will expire in five of the country's 76 provinces, but in Bangkok and 18 others, mostly in the rural north where the bulk of the red shirt support comes from, it will be extended for another three months.

'Situation volatile'

The govenment made its decision after the office set up to handle the crisis in the capital said it believed anti-government protesters would seek to stir up trouble if the measures were dropped.
in depth


"The CRES [Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation] believe the situation remains volatile with attempts to distort information, to instigate the crowd in some areas," Sansern Kaewkamnerd, the body's spokesman, said.
"Some people involved in the violence are still on the run while others may attempt to operate underground."
The International Crisis Group (IGC), a think-tank, voiced concern on Monday that the emergency laws had empowered authorities to stifle anti-government movements, including the red shirts.
"While the Red Shirts have no opportunity for open and peaceful expression because of draconian laws, their legitimate frustrations are being forced underground and possibly towards illegal and violent actions," ICG said.
Human rights campaigners have voiced concerns that the government's use of the sweeping emergency powers lacks transparency and violates freedom of expression.
Somyos Preuksakasemsuk, an anti-government activist briefly detained in May, said that the law was being maintained to prevent the red shirts from co-ordinating any future activity.
"As long as the decree is in place, we cannot regroup. It's too risky even for a low-key provincial gathering," he said.
A red shirt leader detained on charges of terrorism during the unrest earlier this year is running in the Bangkok by-election as a candidate for the opposition Puea Thai Party.
The red shirts had been demanding that the prime minister resign and call fresh elections, but their protests were ended when Thai security forces moved on their positions in Bangkok on May 19.

 

[kensington]

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI

224 cases pending on terrorism, weapons, assault, etc


Seven cases out of a total of 231 matters involving allegedly illegal activities by red shirts, which the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) took over |from police, have been submitted |to public prosecutors for indictment, the Justice Ministry said yesterday.

The seven cases involve an RPG (grenade) attack on Wat Phra Kaew (the Emerald Buddha Temple); a fire-bomb at the front of the 2nd Cavalry Division and a bomb attack on the Army-run Channel 5; arms allegedly possessed by two red-shirt guards near Soi Rang Nam; possession of explosives near Bangkok Christian College, and possession of several M-79 grenades by a Khoo Khot station officer.

One case - a pipe-bomb attack on a Siam Nissan office - had been closed, because "the investigation found no clues to the attackers". And the DSI had not pressed charges over a bomb hoax; no reason was given on that matter.

There were now 194 suspects in custody in relation to the 231 cases, out of a total 562 red shirts sought after by arrest warrants.

The 231 cases are divided into four categories: 131 involve terrorism charges; another 15 were about possession of government-issued weapons; with 20 relating to intimidation of state authorities; and another 65 cases of assault against individuals and state officials.

SUSPECTS MUST MAKE REQUEST

Niran Phithakwatchara, a member of the National Human Rights Commission, remarked last week that the Corrections Department had "failed" to provide free legal counselling for 28 red shirt detainees.

However, Fuengwut Aniruth-thewa, secretary to the justice minister, said the prisons and the department were not empowered to appoint lawyers to represent suspects in custody.

The suspects needed to make a request themselves to judges presiding over their trials, and the judges would give approval on a case-by-case basis, he said.

DSI director-general Tharit Phengdit said a type of explosive residue was found during last week's search of the Bangkok home of Warisriya Bunsom, who is suspected of plotting the botched bomb attack at the Bhum Jai Thai Party compound.

The residue was found on a table possibly used to assemble the bomb, as well as in the kitchen and on the floors.

The DSI is expected to announce this week whether the RDX explosive residue found at Warisriya's home was also detected outside the BJT headquarters in northern Bangkok.

An independent committee may employ foreign experts in forensic science and crime scene investigation to collect evidence if local experts are not available or "not accepted by the Thai people", lawyer and national reconciliation panel member Somchai Homla-or said yesterday.

Foreign experts would be asked to play an advisory role and provide technical support to the panel, but the panel members would then make judgements and law-binding recommendations on evidence available, he said.

 

[kensington]

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI

By James Harriman


In a few weeks time, Bangkok will hold an important by-election to replace the late Democrat MP Thewa Ngernyuang. The election is likely to serve as a local referendum on the military crackdown and fires that engulfed Bangkok in May. The Democrat Party is the early frontrunner based on results from the 2007 election, though it’s certainly not a lock.



The upcoming contest is for constituency 6, covering Nong Jauk, Khlong Samwa, Kanayao, and Bueng Kum districts. In the 2001 and 2005 elections these districts were separate single-member constituencies, as per the 1997 Constitution. In 2007, the new Constitution combined the districts into one multi-member constituency. Thaksin’s Thai Rak Thai Party swept the constituencies in 2001 and 2005, while in 2007 the Democrats took the top two spots, with Thaksin-backed People’s Power Party (now Puea Thai) finishing third (see results below).



In this election, Puea Thai’s Korkaew Pikulthongpit will face off against Democrat Party candidate Panit Vikitsreth. The PAD yellow shirts had earlier planned to run General Kittisak Ratprasert under the New Politics Party, but he has since withdrawn. Kittisak’s departure is probably a sign the PAD and Democrats don’t want to split the vote, as this would benefit Puea Thai in what’s expected to be a close race.



Puea Thai’s Korkaew, also a UDD leader, is currently being held in Bangkok Remand Prison on terrorism charges relating from the red shirt’s May protest. He will likely remain in jail for the duration of the contest. Whether this helps or hinders his campaign is debatable. Korkaew’s campaign financing capabilities are also in question. After the May protest and crackdown, authorities either froze or placed heavy restrictions on his bank account, along with 83 other suspected red shirts. Korkaew has since opened a new account through a Bangkok Bank representative at the jail, while his lawyer says he will request that CRES lift restrictions on his assets.*



The Democrat’s candidate Panit is a former Bangkok Metropolitan Authority deputy governor, having served from 2004 to 2008. He recently resigned his post as deputy foreign minister to run in the election. He is not considered a “superstar” candidate nor has he previously run in the constituency. In fact, both parties have deferred putting up big name candidates in order to pre-empt any major loss of face should their candidate lose.



The Democrat Party, again, is the odds on favorite, having finished at the top of the pack in 2007. According to Matichon Weekly, “The Democrats have the advantage because, in addition to being the party in power, they still hold power in Bangkok.” In the 2007 general election, 27 of the city’s 36 seats went to the Democrat Party. Other important advantages noted by Matichon include: continuation of the emergency decree, government control of Korkaew’s money, and ubiquitous government-run media showing the “reds burn the country” story, while not mentioning the deaths of 90 people during the military crackdown.



One factor not mentioned by Matichon, but worth considering, is the vote-base of Thanakan Damrongrat. Thanakan is the younger brother of former Deputy Finance Minister and Puea Pandin Party member Pruttichai Damrongrat. The Democrats removed Pruttichai in the recent cabinet reshuffle. Interestingly, Thanakan ran seventh as a Puea Pandin candidate in the 2007 election, garnering 18,705 votes. Will Puea Pandin voters, especially those behind Thanakan, vote Puea Thai to punish the Democrats for sacking Thanakan’s brother? If so, will it be enough to sway the election one way or the other? Of course this is just one scenario, and it’s equally plausible that voters from the coalition parties (Chart Thai, Bhum Jai Thai, etc.) could vote Democrat and moot out the Puea Pandin votes.



In the end, the election seems likely to boil down to the events of May.
A Democrat win, with a similar margin of victory as in 2007 (plus coalition votes), will indicate that neither side has been moved politically by the May turmoil. A Democrat loss, however, will signal public disapproval of the crackdown and the government’s reconciliation plan. It would be an unmitigated disaster to say the least. For Puea Thai, a loss by a substantial margin will serve as a strong rebuke to its May protest. It will also throw into question its control over its remaining Bangkok seats and those in nearby provinces for the next election.

 

[kensington]

The Circus Is Back In Town, Again !!!

Conspiracy to overthrow the monarchy


The Department of Special Investigation has begun its operations dealing with the antimonarchy movement, setting up nine teams comprising nearly 300 agents from various agencies to do the task.

In identifying people whose behaviour is considered "detrimental or illminded" to the monarchy, the DSI will rely on the controversial Mind Map composed by the government's Centre for Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES), which indicted 27 key figures released during the runup to the redshirt protests in Bangkok.

DSI director general Tharit Phengdit said he could not tell whether the blacklisted 83 people whose assets had been frozen by the CRES were taking part in the movement. "We will look into their connections with the antimonarchy movement, but we cannot tell now how close they are to each other," he said.

Some members of the movement are related to the Democratic Alliance against Democracy, which is linked to the opposition Pheu Thai Party and took part in arranging the redshirt protests in May, he added.

The DSI yesterday unveiled nine teams of officials comprising 200 DSI agents and 89 others from relevant agencies, including police. Each team is tasked with different roles in various areas, including intelligence and banking crimes.
...
No deadline has been set for the completion of all lesemajeste and antimonarchy cases. "All cases involved a large number of people through complicated networks of operations. The overall DSI investigation will be lengthy, as these cases are different, and we need to exercise extra caution in handling them," Tharit added.

The DSI has identified two types of wrongdoing: online publication of lesemajeste content; and public statements in various forms, including public interviews, speeches during allies and distribution of hard copies.

The wrongdoers involved are divided into three levels: the leadership and commanders, who allegedly funded the antimonarchy operations, gave directions and tactics and issued ideological themes.

The second level are the "operatives", who delivered lese majeste content or speeches as directed by the leadership - individually, as groups, or systematically as a whole. The third level are "the masses", who used public activities or gatherings to support the people in the second level.

The DSI took over a total of 256 lese majeste cases from police since 2006, 194 of which had been completed and later resulted in indictment by public prosecutors. It will ask to takeover another 38 cases from police.

The Controversial Mind Map

Well, The Circus Is Back In Town Again...

 

[kensington]

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI

PM Abhisit is lying, again !!!


Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday that he had no plans to dissolve the House of Representatives this year, but was not ruling out the possibility of an abrupt political change leading to an early general election either.change leading to an early general election either.

"I can't give you a 100-per-cent guarantee. We are in a parliamentary system and some political changes could lead to House dissolution. But my intention is to see the country stable until at least the end of the year, so the reconciliation plan can progress. Part of the plan is to hold a new general election next year," the prime minister said.



He was speaking to reporters at Government House after answering calls from the public as part of the "Six Days and 63 Million Ideas:

Moving Thailand Forward" campaign. Abhisit said a man from Khon Kaen had called yesterday to tell him that early House dissolution would be a better move for ending the political conflict. The man said that he believed that most Thais wanted to see peace restored.

Abhisit said he responded by saying that his government had not ruled out the idea of dissolving the House and holding early general elections, but they wanted to see a friendlier political environment first.

The premier answered four calls during the 10 minutes he spent manning the phones yesterday. The campaign, into its second day yesterday and being broadcast on Channel 7, has several television actors and celebrities participating. Unlike Thursday, when the campaign was launched, there were no system glitches because more switchboards were added.

Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij, who was also manning the phones at Government House yesterday, said of the 10 calls he answered yesterday, only one was related to politics, when the caller accused the government of condoning double standards. He said other callers had complained about problems in the economy, the rising cost of living as well as higher debts compared to income - issues that he said are "very important and need to be addressed urgently".

Korn said one of the calls was from a truck driver, who complained that highway police officers repeatedly demanded bribes from him while he ran goods from Ranong to Samut Songkhram, and another was from a security guard, who said he earned just Bt7,500 a month for 12-hour shifts and that this was not enough for his family.

The finance minister said the government was addressing these problems through measures like pushing for higher minimum wages and introducing asset and property taxes.

He also said that government measures for bringing down poor people's cost of living was not part of a populist policy aimed at wooing votes. "My view is that the government is helping poor people and whatever measures are introduced, it is the people who will benefit. That's the main point," Korn said.

 

[kensington]

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI

Election Commission Results, 2007 and earlier. No contest earlier before TRT was dissolved even in the heart of Bangkok, the centre of PAD fascists.

By James Harriman
Independent Political Analyst
Washington, D.C.
[email protected]


A by-election is scheduled in Bangkok on July 25 to replace a recently deceased Democrat MP.After there were initial hints that Puea Thai would select Nattawut, one of the key UDD leaders, they instead went for a less prominent UDD leader Korkaew, who is resident in the area. The Bangkok Post:

Mr Vicharn, chairman of Bangkok opposition MPs, said the party decided to field Mr Korkaew instead of Mr Natthawut because he is fully qualified and has long lived in the constituency, which encompasses Bang Kum, Khanna Yao, Khlong Samwa and Nong Chok districts.

The party feared that Mr Nathawut might not be eligible since he is not a native of Bangkok. The requirement for him to reside in Bangkok for at least five consecutive years in order to qualify may also pose a problem and need a decision by the Constitution Court.

Puea Thai's lawyers would seek Mr Korkaew's release on bail to enable him to register for candidacy on Monday, June 28, Mr Vicharn said.

Both Mr Korkaew and Mr Natthawut are among the 11 UDD leaders and red guards being detained at Bangkok Remain Prison and Klong Prem Prison after being charged with terrorism.


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Things were fairly competitive in 2007. Now, of course there have been some changes since then. Bhum Jai Thai and others have left Puea Thai, the coalition partners won't be contesting, and last, but not least, the recent red shirts protests and burning of buildings, but also the deaths of almost 90 people so there is no guarantee that things will be close this time around. However, let's be realistic, if the New Politics Party's candidate had competed, this would have reduced the Democrat vote total. Even the Democrats concede this, per the Bangkok Post:

Thepthai Senpong, personal spokesman for the Democrat Party leader, admitted that the decision by the New Politics Party to contest the poll could affect support for the Democrats. Some of Democrat supporters might turn to the New Politics Party.

Now, while publicly the Democrats were still confident before the withdrawal of the New Politics Party's candidate, privately they admitted concerns. The Bangkok Post's Terry Fredrickson tweeted:

On the program, BKK Post editor-in-chief Pichai said Dem party source told him party poll indicated they would lose const 6 if NPP was race.

BP: For James' numbers, on the right-hand column above, you need to divide by three as voters received 3 votes. If BP was to make an educated guess, the Democrats will win by by about 20,000 votes and as long as the New Politics Party candidate didn't contest it is fairly safe for the Democrats. Now, if he had contested, things would likely have been very, very close and we could have seen almost open political warfare between the Democrats and the PAD. Some new local and national factors may influence the race in the final few weeks, but it will be a mammoth task for Puea Thai to win. The question is, how close will they get?

A BIG THANK YOU to BP for putting all these together and make it comprehensible.
All the best.

 

[chowka]

Journalist sues Thai Prime Minister Abhisit, 12 others for 'attempted murder'


Thai PM, 12 others sued for 'attempted murder'

วันพฤหัสบดี ที่ 22 ก.ค. 2553

BANGKOK, July 22 - An independent reporter on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and other 12 persons for attempted murder and mayhem in the army's security operation to retake the anti-government Red Shirt rally site at Khok Wua intersection on April 10.

Bodin Watcharobol, who described himself as an independent reporter, asked Udom Prongfa, personal legal adviser of the fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to file a suit against Prime Minister Abhisit and other 12 persons at Criminal Court.

Among the 12 named are Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, director of the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES), Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan, army chief Gen Anupong Paochinda, CRES spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd and acting government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn.

They have been accused of the attempted killing of demonstrators and of mayhem which led to a number of deaths and injuries from the army operation on Ratchadamnoen Avenue's Khow Wua intersection and at Satriwittaya School on April 10.

Mr Udom said this time it is the people themselves who filed a lawsuit against the government in order to protect their rights and freedoms, saying the government's order is inappropriate.

The lawyer said he had earlier filed a complaint at Nang Lerng police station but that no progress has been made, so he decided to lodge the complaint in court. He asserted that Mr Thaksin had nothing to do with his move.

Mr Udom said he has brought copies of a CD about the April 10 army crackdown as evidence. The court set the preliminary hearing on the case on September 13.

Twenty-five people including the deputy chief of staff of the 2nd Infantry Division Romklao Thuwatham were killed and more than 800 persons, including soldiers, were wounded in the bloody confrontation between Red Shirt protesters and army troops.

The government explained the high toll of casualties was caused by a group of unidentified persons in black outfits and masks who mingled with the red-shirted protesters. They fired M79 grenades, M67 hand grenades and automatic weapons at the troops and the crowd.

(MCOT online news)

 

[ahleebabasingaporethief]

Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI

Panich claims victory in hotly contested by-election

• Published: 26/07/2010 at 12:28 AM
• Online news: Local News

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<!-- end heading-panel --> The Democrat Party's Panich Vikitsreth has clinched a narrow victory over his rival in the by-election in Bangkok's Constituency 6.

Democrat Party candidate Panich Vikitsreth, hands held high, celebrates after learning of his victory yesterday in the by-election in Bangkok’s Constituency 6. THITI WONNAMONTHA

Mr Panich yesterday managed to retain the parliamentary seat for the Democrats, which was left vacant following the death of cancer on June 11 of Thiwa Ngernyuang.

The Democrat candidate won more than 96,000 votes, beating his rival, Korkaew Pikulthong of the Puea Thai Party, by almost 15,000 votes at the end of counting in the constituency's four districts of Bung Khum, Kannayao, Nong Chok and Klong Sam Wa.

Unofficial voting results showed Mr Panich with 96,480 votes, against 81,776 for Mr Korkaew.

The turnout for the by-election was 49.55 per cent — 191,598 votes out of 386,660 eligible voters.

Mr Panich said he considered the result a landslide victory and said the by-election was an affirmation that democracy had now returned to the country.

He was speaking at the Democrat Party headquarters after he learned of his clear lead ahead of his contenders on Sunday.

Prime Minister and Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva, who was on holiday with his family on Koh Samet in Rayong, telephoned to congratulate Mr Panich.

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Mr Panich said Puea Thai should have fielded a candidate who could travel and meet voters. Puea Thai had opted for Mr Korkaew who is being held at Bangkok Remand Prison on a terrorism charge related to violence during the red shirt protests from March to May.

Wicharn Meenchainant, who was in charge of running the Puea Thai Party's campaign in the by-election, conceded defeat after learning the unofficial results.

Mr Wicharn said the emergency rule, which remains in force, was partly to blame for his party's defeat.

Mr Wicharn claimed the by-election was tainted with electoral fraud.

He also accused the government of using state media to attack Puea Thai in the lead-up to the by-election.

He said on Saturday a host of a radio show on 103FM run by the Public Relations Department attacked Puea Thai for being involved in the political violence in May. Mr Wicharn criticised the Election Commission for not doing enough to inform the public of the by-election.

He also said he disagreed with the scheduling of the election which coincided with the long public holiday.

Political scientist Anek Laothammathat said Mr Panich's narrow victory over Mr Korkaew had shown the middle class were not enthusiastic about the by-election.

They had preconceptions about who would win the poll, so they did not bother to turn up to vote, Mr Anek said, adding that voters were mostly supporters of the Puea Thai and Democrat parties.

Ramkhamhaeng University political science dean Wutthisak Larpcharoenpol said the candidates of the two main parties were not outstanding enough to draw voters.

He said Mr Panich's narrow victory showed that Puea Thai's support base in Bangkok remained strong.

Election commissioner Prapun Naigowit said the EC would hold a meeting to endorse Mr Panich's election within seven days if there were no complaints of electoral fraud.

Number crunching A state official, above, adds up the votes in yesterday’s byelection in Bangkok’s Constituency 6 as red shirt supporters, down, watch to make sure nothing is amiss. The unofficial result showed red shirt leader and Puea Thai Party candidate Korkaew Pikulthong losing to Democrat Party candidate Panich Vikitsreth. PHOTOS BY PATIPAT JANTHONG

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