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What flood prevention? The Rangsit canals haven't been dredged as promised; the illegal shacks are still straddling the canals especially on Khlong 2 and the debris from last year's flood is still there
#5250444 No Megaflood In Thailand This Year: Water Committee Chair
Posted
on 2012-04-26 08:24:28
#5084709 Thai PM Yingluck Slams 'Nonsense' Attacks, Sues Rivals
Posted
on 2012-02-24 20:24:09
tlansford, on 2012-02-24 18:39:40, said:
So the PM did deny that there was a meeting when first confronted with it. Given that she was also immediately accused of sexual misconduct (which has been denied here, but reading the public reports makes it clear that indeed this was the case) is a plausible (albeit IMO still not a good) reason for the initial denial. Call it stonewalling if you want. The accusations were absurd from the first moment. The denial is understandable, if not the best choice.
There could have been an inquiry into conflict of interest without the personal attacks, but that did not seem to suit either the opposition nor the opposition media outlets. But a straight-forward query regarding conflict of interest would have been in the public interest.
As for suing, it seems to be the weapon of choice in Thai politics. Politicians might actually get work done if they weren't so busy trying to unseat each other via lawsuits.
Which makes me regret not keeping count of the number of times the opposition has threatened to sue or impeach the PM and those in her cabinet during the last 6 months. Somehow it would not surprise me if that number were 20-30 times or more...
To be perfectly clear for critics on TVF, yes, the above is a defense of the PM. The sexual misconduct accusations were absurd from the first moment, and this non-issue circus (excepting an honest look into potential conflict of interest) has gone on for 2 weeks. The PM should sue the hell out of those trying to defame her just because she is female. And the Democrats involved should shut up and get back to work. Good luck to her.
There could have been an inquiry into conflict of interest without the personal attacks, but that did not seem to suit either the opposition nor the opposition media outlets. But a straight-forward query regarding conflict of interest would have been in the public interest.
As for suing, it seems to be the weapon of choice in Thai politics. Politicians might actually get work done if they weren't so busy trying to unseat each other via lawsuits.
Which makes me regret not keeping count of the number of times the opposition has threatened to sue or impeach the PM and those in her cabinet during the last 6 months. Somehow it would not surprise me if that number were 20-30 times or more...
To be perfectly clear for critics on TVF, yes, the above is a defense of the PM. The sexual misconduct accusations were absurd from the first moment, and this non-issue circus (excepting an honest look into potential conflict of interest) has gone on for 2 weeks. The PM should sue the hell out of those trying to defame her just because she is female. And the Democrats involved should shut up and get back to work. Good luck to her.
The allegations of sexual misconduct could have arisen due to the fact the PM has never married the father of their son, and the father himself is never seen in public with Yingluk.. In addition Mr Chetta is a very handsome man.
Until now she hasn't clearly explained why she had to go to the hotel to exchange opinions with property developers.
#5059311 Chalerm Seeks Speedy Killing Of Drug Convicts
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on 2012-02-16 01:12:42
Fine, kill them, but start at the top and work your way down, not at the bottom and never work your way up.
#4979666 Forget Gay Marriage; We've More Important Things To Do: Thai Opinion
Posted
on 2012-01-14 23:51:16
Fantastic5, on 2012-01-14 23:48:36, said:
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I don't go out of my way to affend people, I simply do not understand the positive necessity of it and it counteracts the most necessary Fuction.
I don't go out of my way to affend people, I simply do not understand the positive necessity of it and it counteracts the most necessary Fuction.
Debating with you is a black hole. We can't convince you that two men sexing it up can ever create babies because it can't and you are obsessed that the potential to make babies is the only thing of value in human sexuality.
#3856565 Two Thai Teenagers Held Over 9y-Old Schoolboy Shooting
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on 2010-09-02 14:47:55
Two teenagers held over Thai schoolboy shooting: police
BANGKOK (AFP) -- Two Thai teenagers aged 16 and 19 were arrested on suspicion of murder Thursday over the shooting of a nine-year-old boy on his way to school in Bangkok, police said.
The younger suspect, whose name has been withheld to protect his identity, appeared at a police press conference with his face hidden by a balaclava and confessed to firing the shots that killed Jatupon Ponpaka on Wednesday.
"I did not intended to hurt him. I apologise to his family," he told reporters.
The male teenagers were both vocational students in the Thai capital, said Deputy Commander Colonel Somboon Phuthapong of Bangkok's police force.
He said both the 16-year-old and the 19-year-old, who was named as Pariwat Lohphuwee, were charged with murder.
Jatupon was killed when a student gang fired at his bus in an apparent attack on pupils from a rival school, who were also passengers in the vehicle.
About 10 teenagers launched the attack at a stop in eastern Bangkok and Jatupon, who was about to get off with his elder brother, was shot in the face and neck as the bus sped away.
Ungsu Khamwong, Jatupon's mother, has called for an end to street fights between school gangs, which are a common menace in Thailand and often result in innocent people getting caught up in the violence.
Education Minister Chinaworn Boonyakiat called a meeting of 18 vocational schools in Bangkok to address the attacks, which have escalated in recent days, threatening them with eventual closure if the brawls persist.
-- ©Copyright AFP 2010-09-02 | AFP News Sponsor
Published with written approval from AFP.
BANGKOK (AFP) -- Two Thai teenagers aged 16 and 19 were arrested on suspicion of murder Thursday over the shooting of a nine-year-old boy on his way to school in Bangkok, police said.
The younger suspect, whose name has been withheld to protect his identity, appeared at a police press conference with his face hidden by a balaclava and confessed to firing the shots that killed Jatupon Ponpaka on Wednesday.
"I did not intended to hurt him. I apologise to his family," he told reporters.
The male teenagers were both vocational students in the Thai capital, said Deputy Commander Colonel Somboon Phuthapong of Bangkok's police force.
He said both the 16-year-old and the 19-year-old, who was named as Pariwat Lohphuwee, were charged with murder.
Jatupon was killed when a student gang fired at his bus in an apparent attack on pupils from a rival school, who were also passengers in the vehicle.
About 10 teenagers launched the attack at a stop in eastern Bangkok and Jatupon, who was about to get off with his elder brother, was shot in the face and neck as the bus sped away.
Ungsu Khamwong, Jatupon's mother, has called for an end to street fights between school gangs, which are a common menace in Thailand and often result in innocent people getting caught up in the violence.
Education Minister Chinaworn Boonyakiat called a meeting of 18 vocational schools in Bangkok to address the attacks, which have escalated in recent days, threatening them with eventual closure if the brawls persist.
-- ©Copyright AFP 2010-09-02 | AFP News Sponsor
Published with written approval from AFP.
