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Old October 26th, 2008, 08:31 PM posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia,soc.culture.singapore,soc.culture.malaysia
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October 24, 2008 18:58 PM

Police Step Up Security In Bangkok

By D. Arul Rajoo

BANGKOK, Oct 24 (Bernama) -- The police have stepped up security in
the capital to avert clashes between the pro and anti-government
groups Saturday, as fears of a second coup in two years is gaining
momentum.

Former deputy police chief General Salang Bunnag has vowed to force
out the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) from the Government
House which they had been occupying since the Aug 26 seizure.

On Wednesday, he led a mass prayer at the nearby Royal Plaza and is
planning to cut off food and water supplies to hundreds of PAD
supporters in the premises where the office of the prime minister is
located.

But PAD leader Chamlong Srimuang said they would remain in the
compound and were ready to fight any attempt to drive them out.

In early September, a pro-government supporter was killed during
clashes with PAD and on Oct 7, two people and over 500 were injured
after police used tear gas to disperse PAD supporters from blocking
the Parliament.

Salang said he would mobilise former policemen to carry out the threat
and has also received support from another pro-government group, the
Democratic Allaince Against Dictatorship (DAAD).

The DAAD had a gathering of about 10,000 people on the outskirt of
Bangkok last week, and is planning another mammoth meeting on Nov 1 at
a stadium here where former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is
expected to address the crowd from his exile in Britain.

Thaksin was ousted by the military on Sept 19, 2006 while away in New
York attending the United Nations General Assembly.

His brother-in-law, Somchai Wongsawat, became the prime minister on
Sept 17, taking over from Samak Sundaravej who was disqualified by the
Constitution Court for appearing in a television cooking show.

With Somchai on his first overseas trip where he is attending the
Asian-Europe Summit in Beijing, speculation is rife that the military
would stage another coup, less than two weeks after Gen Anupong
Paojinda went on air to demand his resignation over the Oct 7
incident.

"It is only a matter of time. Right now, people fear there may be
another coup," Chulalongkorn University political and security analyst
Panitan Wattanayagorn told the Bangkok Post.

-- BERNAMA
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Old October 27th, 2008, 06:44 AM posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia,soc.culture.singapore,soc.culture.malaysia
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October 24, 2008 18:58 PM

Police Step Up Security In Bangkok

By D. Arul Rajoo

BANGKOK, Oct 24 (Bernama) -- The police have stepped up security in
the capital to avert clashes between the pro and anti-government
groups Saturday, as fears of a second coup in two years is gaining
momentum.

Former deputy police chief General Salang Bunnag has vowed to force
out the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) from the Government
House which they had been occupying since the Aug 26 seizure.

On Wednesday, he led a mass prayer at the nearby Royal Plaza and is
planning to cut off food and water supplies to hundreds of PAD
supporters in the premises where the office of the prime minister is
located.

But PAD leader Chamlong Srimuang said they would remain in the
compound and were ready to fight any attempt to drive them out.

In early September, a pro-government supporter was killed during
clashes with PAD and on Oct 7, two people and over 500 were injured
after police used tear gas to disperse PAD supporters from blocking
the Parliament.

Salang said he would mobilise former policemen to carry out the threat
and has also received support from another pro-government group, the
Democratic Allaince Against Dictatorship (DAAD).

The DAAD had a gathering of about 10,000 people on the outskirt of
Bangkok last week, and is planning another mammoth meeting on Nov 1 at
a stadium here where former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is
expected to address the crowd from his exile in Britain.

Thaksin was ousted by the military on Sept 19, 2006 while away in New
York attending the United Nations General Assembly.

His brother-in-law, Somchai Wongsawat, became the prime minister on
Sept 17, taking over from Samak Sundaravej who was disqualified by the
Constitution Court for appearing in a television cooking show.

With Somchai on his first overseas trip where he is attending the
Asian-Europe Summit in Beijing, speculation is rife that the military
would stage another coup, less than two weeks after Gen Anupong
Paojinda went on air to demand his resignation over the Oct 7
incident.

"It is only a matter of time. Right now, people fear there may be
another coup," Chulalongkorn University political and security analyst
Panitan Wattanayagorn told the Bangkok Post.

-- BERNAMA


Let the greedy thai king be the prime minister should solve all these
problem.


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Old October 28th, 2008, 07:42 PM posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia,soc.culture.singapore,soc.culture.malaysia
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On Oct 27, 1:44*pm, "AleXX"
wrote:
Let the greedy thai king be the prime minister should solve all these
problem.


One more coup and Thailand becomes a pariah state... :-(

Fast Forward Asia
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Old October 28th, 2008, 07:50 PM posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia,soc.culture.singapore,soc.culture.malaysia
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"Politikus" wrote in message
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On Oct 27, 1:44 pm, "AleXX"
wrote:
Let the greedy thai king be the prime minister should solve all these
problem.


One more coup and Thailand becomes a pariah state... :-(

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With murders in Goa, coups in Thailand and bombs in Bali where are the poor
dear backpackers going to go next?


--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.



 




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