Ex-Thai PM Samak dies

[RonRon]

BANGKOK - FORMER Thai prime minister Samak Sundaravej, who was forced from office in 2008 for appearing in television cooking shows, died of liver cancer on Tuesday at the age of 74, associates said.

Samak led the People Power Party (PPP) to victory in elections in December 2007, the first since a military coup that ousted his ally, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, just over one year earlier.

'He died just before 9am (0200 GMT, 10am Singapore time) in hospital. We still don't know his funeral plans,' one close political associate said. An official at private Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok also confirmed his death.

Samak had been battling liver cancer for more than a year.

His time as prime minister was abruptly cut short in September 2008 when Thailand's top court ruled that he had breached rules by accepting payment for two television shows, in which he cooked and critiqued food. -- AFP

 

[Watchman]

Look at him and the people around him doesn't look too happy .

Looks like another despot .

 

[halsey02]

Look at him and the people around him doesn't look too happy .

Looks like another despot .

he joins the ASEAN, across the River Styx...with Tengku Abdul Rahman, Tun Abdul Razak Norodom Shinanouk, F. Marcos, Suharto, Sukarno, Ne Win..etc., to await the arrive of OLD FART! and Dr. mad hatter !!!

 

[postnew]

he loves food

Also love to cook

They force me to quit be'cos I love to cook.

Those bastards!.

 

[tonychat]

There is always food exhibitions at exhibition center when he is PM.

 

[postnew]

Look at him and the people around him doesn't look too happy .

Looks like another despot .

Samak Sundaravej is of Chinese descent (ancestral surname Lee (李))


Hopefully they will not cancel my TV show down there...hehehehe....

 

[postnew]

Thaksin expresses condolence to Samak's family

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra expressed condolence to the family of former prime minister Samak Sundaravej.
Shortly after Samak's death was reported, Thaskin wrote on his twitter page that he would like to send his condolence to the family and he was sorry that he could not attend the funeral rite.

 

[hairylee]

Samak Sundaravej is of Chinese descent (ancestral surname Lee (李))


Hopefully they will not cancel my TV show down there...hehehehe....

Yes, and no coincidence he is a Hakka.
One troublesome Hakka less in Asia.

 

[HTOLAS]

The last time I looked Norodom Sihanouk is still alive. In fact he was at the big military parade in which Zhang Yuanyuan marched.

he joins the ASEAN, across the River Styx...with Tengku Abdul Rahman, Tun Abdul Razak Norodom Shinanouk, F. Marcos, Suharto, Sukarno, Ne Win..etc., to await the arrive of OLD FART! and Dr. mad hatter !!!

 

[diversifyx2]

Too much eating of pig liver, chicken liver, goose liver, duck liver, goat liver etc....

 

[postnew]

李大哥, you come soon, Ok? I will cook for you my 拿手好菜 ..

 

[halsey02]

李大哥, you come soon, Ok? I will cook for you my 拿手好菜 ..

na yi ge li?..xiao li fei dao?