Twins temporarily released after surrendering to police
On 1 March, Suphot and Suphat Silarat, 30, turned themselves in to Chanasongkhram police, admitting that they had assaulted Worachet Pakeerut, a law lecturer and core leader of the Nitirat group, at Thammasat University on the previous day.
They were charged with collaborating to commit a premeditated attack, causing physical and mental injuries.
Since they turned themselves in to police, they were temporarily released. The police had to wait for medical reports on Worachet’s injuries before bringing the two suspects to court.
After checking with security cameras at the university after the incident on 29 Feb, the police sent a team to lie in wait for the suspects in front of their house in Thanyaburi District in Pathum Thani, but the suspects did not return home.
According to the police team, the father of the suspects said that Worachet deserved it and his sons were radicals.
After reporting to the police, the suspects were brought to the Metropolitan Police Bureau.
During a press conference, Pol Lt Gen Winai Thongsong, Metropolitan Police Commander, said that the suspects had confessed to police that they did what they did because of differing views.
When reporters asked whether they had been hired by anybody, the police commander said no. He had asked the suspects whether they belonged to any groups or had been involved in any political activities, and he was told that they did not belong to any group, and did not like either the yellows or reds, he said.
When given a chance to question the suspects directly, the reporters asked why they had attacked the law lecturer. Suphat said that they were dissatisfied.
Asked how they had planned the attack, he said that they disagreed with Nitirat which is running a campaign on Article 112.
Asked whether they had anything to say, he said ‘[I] want to kick reporters’ causing Pol Lt Gen Winai to interrupt and say that was enough.
The reporters continued to ask what they did for a living, and Suphot said that they sold clothes and perfumes. Pol Lt Gen Winai repeated that that was enough, otherwise they would quarrel.
If found guilty, the two suspects are faced with a penalty of imprisonment of up to three years and/or a fine of up to 6,000 baht.
According to Matichon, the twins work as security guards at a pub in Pathum Thani. Suphat has been charged with committing physical attacks at several police precincts in northern Bangkok and Pathum Thani.
Suphot has a Facebook account under his real name. His cyber activities mostly are about various online games, and no political comments are found.
In his photo section, there are pictures of guns and gun testing. He is also a fan of heavy metal music.
Photos from Matichon
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Released with no
Released with no bail?!?????
No flight risk?????
And elderly grandfathers and others who have committed no violent acts are imprisoned without bail for years at a time.............
It is truly disgusting.
No flight risk... because the
No flight risk... because the people who hired them will now make sure they never serve a day in jail... or are sufficiently compensated if they do. And are released for good behavior... after all they're "taking one for the king"... they're national heros. It's the sham called "Democracy with the King as Head of State".
At least that's the outright tone at outlets like The Manager... where convicted and sentenced financial fraud Sondhi, is out on bail, and will never see the inside of a jail... and the undercurrent at the Vejjajiva Post, which seems to have "forgotten" to report that these goons walked. But the Vejjajiva Post is the traditional mouthpiece for the Royal Thai Army in any case.
Could there be a more stunning vindication of the Nitirat's central thesis? That Thailand is run by the Royal Thai Army which asserts its "right" to intimidate, torture, murder and disappear any Thais who question that "right" and to do so with complete impunity?
Yes, - welcome to the
Yes, - welcome to the looking-glass world that is Thailand. Where anything that could remotely be considered disloyalty to the great totem. or appear like a failure to conform to someone else's idea of what Thais should think and feel are treated with impunity, knowing that the law is only there to undermine democracy and keep the big guy in power at all costs. As are the army and the judiciary. Check the yellow shirts, check the red shirts for a demonstration of this simple rule.
The whole edifice needs to be knocked down - and quickly, because I suspect Thailand is heading towards a crystallnicht of its own - while toe government that the red shirts elected sits on their collective thumbs and whistle dixie.
This all explains why
This all explains why Thailand has been relatively uneventful, peaceful and progressive throughout the decades, even centuries. Everyone has been taught to think, act and speak the same so there was never any reason to beat the heck out of people who deviated. But now with western introductions and that nasty internet, people are learning to form their own opinions (which is repulsive), express their honest views (not Thai, of course), and demand justice (it ain't gonna happen).
The utter nonsense in the role the police played in this case, and that is meant by the best Hollywood plots, is apparent to everyone except those trying to convince us that it's really what happened.
Paki, aunque con retraso, te
Paki, aunque con retraso, te comunico que todos los que lo solicist teis a trav s de los coemntarios est is admitidos/as
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This all explains why
Are you kidding??!!
See Junya Yimprasert's Political assassinations, extra-judicial killings and murders from 1947 (pdf) or Junya's full document (pdf) with its appendix enumerating 50 political prisoners held for "lese majeste".
Junya has documented 11,135 "extra-judicial", aka gangland, murders and disappearances carried out by the Royal Thai 'elite' since the year I was born, 1947. That's the gangland murder of an innocent Thai who raised his/he head to question the very same sort of acts every other day over the course of my entire life.
And those are just the ones Junya's been able to document.
Yeah... the real obscenity is that the Thai 'elite', with the cooperation of the capitalist, chiefly American, MSM has been able to project a "relatively uneventful, peaceful and progressive" image of itself over "decades, even centuries".
The satire was indeed
The satire was indeed intended.
"The satire was indeed
"The satire was indeed intended."
Hmmm. Well. the irony, intended or not, brings (as irony often does) the opposite reality to the fore. The fact is that Thailand has for a very long time not been a peaceful or harmonious place, and that is exactly because of the behaviour I describe - of trying to enforce a uniformity and conformity on a human population. It has never worked completely, though Thailand has been more successful than many.
The regular coups and military massacres in Thailand have been necessary exactly because the elites have tried to enforce conformity of thought on human beings. It doesn;t work too well generally, and in this scenario a minority of the population will always be prepared to put their money where their mouths are and stand up to the royalist bullying.
Hence the history of Thailand is not, as you ironically imply, either peaceful or harmonious. The elites clearly believe that Thais need to feel the jackboot at regular intervals. Its a part of the Thai psyche that if you have power, its incumbent on you to demonstrate that power, with or without reasonable justification - at regular intervals. Just so the peasants are kept aware that they are only peasants and don't get too uppity.
Oops, I just made an irony.
Not as good as yours was though.
Criminal act perpetuated by
Criminal act perpetuated by network monarchy.
Hilarious - we fight for
Hilarious - we fight for Somyot who is part of the UDD - many of whose leaders are hiding in Cambodia, Dubai, and other gangster paradises, we defend a man who promoted the murder of state officials, called for arson, assault etc., and now that the shoe is on the other foot we scream bloody murder.
Nitirat are liars and frauds. If the police and the state don't do something about them, people will take it up themselves - which is wrong, and why all frauds need to be rounded up and prosecuted as per the law.
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2012/01/globalist-lawyer-attends-color.html
Nitirat claims to be independent. This is an outright lie - they work directly for Thaksin and are an arm of the UDD - their entire audience is UDD members and Thaksin's own lawyer Robert Amsterdam was sitting in the front row of their last performance. Are people supposed to just sit idly by while these charlatans promote the division and destruction of their nation?
Nitirat, Prachatai, UDD, PAD, Democrats and Peua Thai alike - throw them all in jail and all you will have left are honest people working pragmatically to solve REAL problems for the people, not their billionaire paymasters in the name of lofty, abused ideals.
There need to be radical
There need to be radical changes to the constitution whatever you may say Tony Cartalucci.
I say - overthrow - or at best temper - the ruling elite here in Thailand who continue to repress and keep down the majority of ordinary law-abidding - honest and hard working Thai citizens.
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The US has what might be the
The US has what might be the best constitution ever conceived by man - yet it has still been made a mockery of, trampled, and left the people under its mandate exposed to naked tyranny.
Why is this? Because people in general are ignorant, and an uninformed population is easily manipulated - ESPECIALLY under the guise of a "democratic process."
Noam Chomsky said it best when he described the National Endowment for Democracy - who funds Prachatai as well as backs Thaksin and his UDD/Nitirat - that it is "an attempt to impose what is called democracy, meaning rule by the rich and the powerful, without interference by the mob but within the framework of formal electoral procedures."
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2011/08/exposed-indy-newspaper-funded-by-us.html
In Thailand's case, the people (Thaksin & his UDD/Nitirat mobs) proposing to "rewrite" the constitution are backed directly by the same corporate-fascists that have rendered moot the US Constitution and represent elitism just as dangerous if not more so than anything you claim plagues Thailand currently.
Overthrow the "elites?" Do you mean ALL elites including Thaksin and his Peua Thai cartel, or just Thaksin's opponents? And overthrow how? In a destructive civil war like in Libya where the streets are now plagued by genocidal racists and terrorists while Western corporations loot their national resources? Or boycott and replace national and international corporations to diminish their power while distributing wealth via entrepreneurship education and individual constructive pragmatic empowerment?
I agree with your first two
I agree with your first two paragraphs. In three and four you argue that Thaksin - corporate - banker oligarchs - whoever - are backing UDD/ Nitirat. Well in the case of Nitirat it was reported (in the Bangkok Post) that:“Members of the Nitirat law group at Thammasat University say they will continue with their activities to disseminate their opinions, in the spirit of academic principle, despite the attack."
In short - the Nitirat law group is a non violent - peaceful assembly - seeking essentially minor changes to the constitution. I personally don't believe for one moment their motives or actions are influenced by outside forces and - in particular - foreign funds. That really has got to be fanciful thinking in the extreme!
QUOTE(Tony Cartulucci):"Overthrow the "elites?" Do you mean ALL elites including Thaksin and his Peua Thai cartel, or just Thaksin's opponents?"
A very good question. In the last few months it has become increasingly obvious that the ruling Pheu Thai party has come to an agreement with the miltary and the ruling elite with regard to the monarchy - the unaccountability of the military during the Red-Shirt protests and the continuation of the existing status quo. Basically - as far as I can see - the ruling Pheu Thai government has turned its back on the Red-Shirt movement. Red-Shirts in Udon Thani and elsewhere have been sentenced to thirty-four years for arson during the protests often on the flimsiest of evidence. Wishy-washy evidence that would normally be thrown out of any proper court of law elsewhere in the world. Meanwhile - not one single member of the military has been brought to a Thai court of law concerning the illegal and unlawful slaughter of Thai civilians on the streets of Bangkok.
The Red-Shirt ideals are altruistic. They're sick and tired of the unbridled corruption and greed in their own country. Their ideals have nothing to do with US - Israeli - UK - French foreign policy objectives - PNAC - even if you think so. They may have received some sort of logistical and financial backing from Thaksin previously BUT when their political estrangement and distancing from Yingluck and her party becomes blatantly obvious in the months to come then everyone will see for themselves that they are very much their own bosses.
The old ruling elites here have had it too good for too long. Any movement that threatens their power base and authority has to be good for democracy. That's why the Red-Shirts are my choice.
This is from February 25,
This is from February 25, 2012 - this year, just a few days ago actually - that is Thaksin Shinawatra (Kim Jong-Ill style) in front of the "altruistic" red shirts. They are his violent brainwashed street-front and nothing more - everything they do or say is for his benefit and clearly, if you read the article,
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/282856/thaksin-leaves-no-doubt-change-is-inevitable
Thaksin is the one leading these "constitutional changes" that Nitirat just so happens to be promoting. Not to mention that Nitirat's ENTIRE audience is Thaksin's red shirts with his own lobbyist Robert Amsterdam sitting in the front row.
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2012/01/globalist-lawyer-attends-color.html
The UDD leadership is also verified to be consorting with the exact same corporate fascist foreign interests as those backing the degenerate elitist Thaksin Shinawatra....
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2011/08/confirmed-thailands-pro-democracy.html
So how that is "good for democracy" and not simply to the benefit of bigger elitists of Wall Street and London, is beyond me - see what I'm saying?
Sorry Peter, but you have failed to properly research this, so I would ask that you DO "believe for one moment" there is a possibility they are liars and frauds, like everything else involved in this fake push for "reform."
Thais need education, not handouts, they need better schools and infrastructure, not elections and charter amendments. They need to get together with apolitical pragmatic solutions, not put on colored shirts and follow corrupt traitors like Thaksin and his red shirt UDD.
"illegal and unlawful
"illegal and unlawful slaughter" - you sound like Robert Amsterdam - Thaksin's paid liar - and like him, you have failed utterly to provide a shred of evidence to back up your claim.
Conversely, I have provided over and over again evidence ranging from admissions by UDD red shirt leaders themselves that they fielded armed militants and called for arson during the 2010 Songkran riots, to domestic and foreign journalists, both professional and freelance, with both photographic and video evidence to confirm that the UDD had armed militants on the streets conducting "illegal and unlawful slaughter" themselves.
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2011/12/mainstream-propagandists-tale-of.html
In fact, on April 10, 2010, they drew first blood. This is confirmed by even Human Rights Watch, who in their report admit that UDD militants used M-16s - meaning that unless you have forensic evidence for each case (and you don't)- any one of the 91 dead you claim the army killed, could just as easily have been killed by the UDD since 5.56mm rounds were clearly employed by BOTH sides - and in some cases we have direct evidence that UDD were the sole culprits.
image: UDD militant clearly brandishing an M-16 - full video can be found via Al Jazeera on the above link. If he has an M-16, that means wounds & deaths caused by 5.56mm rounds could have been caused by either the military OR the red shirt militants.
Go back and show us the evidence or retract your baseless divisive, comments. You are clearly not stupid - you are purposefully making a mockery out of the evidence and the truth for your own political ends. You use the name "Peter Marshall" but you are referencing conversations I've had with "other" individuals.
Finally - PNAC has nothing to do with this? But PNAC members are involved in directly funding Prachatai and directly defending the activities of the UDD, Thaksin, and PTP. You say it will become "clear" in the future. Based on what evidence?
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2011/08/exposed-indy-newspaper-funded-by-us.html
They're arrogant - violent
They're arrogant - violent thugs. The police released them without bail being required. The police are just as bad as them.
QUOTE:"The police stated that “the father of the suspects said that Worachet deserved it and his sons were radicals.” Their father is an idiot!
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