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Bangkok in a Mess... Is it Safe to go?
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They did. But those yellow chumps protested and then the Junta took charged.
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what a shithole, thailand, they cannot even open their crime divison now, murderer can do what they like.
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Thai protesters surround ministries
Anti-government protesters have forced the evacuation of Thailand's top crime-fighting agency, on the fourth day of street demonstrations.
The group, who want the government to step down, marched to a complex of government offices outside the city.
The protest leader said they wanted to shut down government ministries in a bid to cause disruption.
They accuse the government of being controlled by the prime minister's brother, Thaksin Shinawatra.
The protests are being led by former opposition Democrat Party lawmaker Suthep Thaugsuban, for whom police have issued an arrest warrant.
They began on Sunday and so far have targeted the finance, foreign and interior ministries, among others.
Thailand seems stuck on a merry-go-round of political conflict, replaying chaotic episodes that were scarcely believable the first time round. Why?
Ask the protesters and the answer is simple. One name. Thaksin Shinawatra.
They are a mix of middle-class city-dwellers and provincial folk from the south, the stronghold of the opposition Democrat party, and they all repeat the same mantras we heard during the last round of "yellow" protests in 2008.
That the former prime minister elevated corruption, always a pernicious problem here, to new heights; that he tried to control everything, and is still doing so from self-imposed exile, through his sister Yingluck, the current prime minister.
Chaos replays in Bangkok
"Let the people go to every ministry that remains to make civil servants stop serving the Thaksin regime,'' the Associated Press news agency quoted him as saying.
"Once you take over, civil servants can no longer serve the Thaksin regime. Brothers and sisters, go seize the city hall."
Despite the arrest warrant, police made no attempt to detain him as he led protesters to government offices.
On Wednesday afternoon, hundreds of protesters surrounded the Department of Special Investigations (DSI), which is Thailand's equivalent of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The DSI is a particular target for the demonstrators - they accuse its chief of conducting partisan investigations against opponents of the government, says the BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok.
The DSI chief ordered his staff to leave as protesters surrounded the building, Reuters news agency said.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra - who on Monday invoked special powers allowing officials to impose curfews - said that the government would not use force against protesters.
"This is not the 'Thaksin regime', this is a democratically elected government," she told media outside parliament.
In the wake of those events, a government led by Ms Yingluck and the Pheu Thai party was elected, mostly by rural voters who benefited from Mr Thaksin's policies.
But many urban and middle class voters are bitterly opposed to him.
They say he controls the current government from self-imposed overseas exile.
They have been angered by now-shelved political amnesty legislation that they say could have allowed his return without serving a jail sentence for corruption.
Until now, the government and the police have chosen not to confront the protesters, in the hope that the movement will run out of steam, our correspondent adds.
That is not happening yet, and protest leaders insist they will not stop until the government is forced from office and replaced by what they call a People's Council.
But a more likely scenario would be a fresh general election - and the governing party, which has won the last five, would probably win again, our correspondent adds.
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Thai protesters surround ministries
Anti-government protesters have forced the evacuation of Thailand's top crime-fighting agency, on the fourth day of street demonstrations.
The group, who want the government to step down, marched to a complex of government offices outside the city.
The protest leader said they wanted to shut down government ministries in a bid to cause disruption.
They accuse the government of being controlled by the prime minister's brother, Thaksin Shinawatra.
The protests are being led by former opposition Democrat Party lawmaker Suthep Thaugsuban, for whom police have issued an arrest warrant.
They began on Sunday and so far have targeted the finance, foreign and interior ministries, among others.
Thailand seems stuck on a merry-go-round of political conflict, replaying chaotic episodes that were scarcely believable the first time round. Why?
Ask the protesters and the answer is simple. One name. Thaksin Shinawatra.
They are a mix of middle-class city-dwellers and provincial folk from the south, the stronghold of the opposition Democrat party, and they all repeat the same mantras we heard during the last round of "yellow" protests in 2008.
That the former prime minister elevated corruption, always a pernicious problem here, to new heights; that he tried to control everything, and is still doing so from self-imposed exile, through his sister Yingluck, the current prime minister.
Chaos replays in Bangkok
"Let the people go to every ministry that remains to make civil servants stop serving the Thaksin regime,'' the Associated Press news agency quoted him as saying.
"Once you take over, civil servants can no longer serve the Thaksin regime. Brothers and sisters, go seize the city hall."
Despite the arrest warrant, police made no attempt to detain him as he led protesters to government offices.
On Wednesday afternoon, hundreds of protesters surrounded the Department of Special Investigations (DSI), which is Thailand's equivalent of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The DSI is a particular target for the demonstrators - they accuse its chief of conducting partisan investigations against opponents of the government, says the BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok.
The DSI chief ordered his staff to leave as protesters surrounded the building, Reuters news agency said.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra - who on Monday invoked special powers allowing officials to impose curfews - said that the government would not use force against protesters.
"This is not the 'Thaksin regime', this is a democratically elected government," she told media outside parliament.
In the wake of those events, a government led by Ms Yingluck and the Pheu Thai party was elected, mostly by rural voters who benefited from Mr Thaksin's policies.
But many urban and middle class voters are bitterly opposed to him.
They say he controls the current government from self-imposed overseas exile.
They have been angered by now-shelved political amnesty legislation that they say could have allowed his return without serving a jail sentence for corruption.
Until now, the government and the police have chosen not to confront the protesters, in the hope that the movement will run out of steam, our correspondent adds.
That is not happening yet, and protest leaders insist they will not stop until the government is forced from office and replaced by what they call a People's Council.
But a more likely scenario would be a fresh general election - and the governing party, which has won the last five, would probably win again, our correspondent adds.
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What the fuck?! Pink scarf?!
Considering the majority the taksin faction won in their erections. I guess the yellow shirts r the noisy minority. But they must have the backing of the royal family n upper echelons of society. Tat y they keep coming back. This is the tyranny of the minority.
by keeping quiet, the demonstrators have the tacit approval of the king with funding from the upper echelons of society who never liked taksin. whatever the outcome, things must come to a head by his birthday celebrations on 5 dec and taksin has to make a move in a day or two.
may be you should see how the Thais and farangs in Thailand love Tugsin and Yinglug
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic...ead-him-on-cambodian-offshore-oil-investment/
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic...astermind-of-govt;-shrugs-off-stupid-comment/
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic...uck-offers-dialogue-to-end-political-debacle/
pls dun insult our intelligent. Singapore is safer than safe.
true, but it is monkey see monkey do.
pay some organisers, pay some people to people to show up, the rest will join in to see what is up.
stupid, the place getting more and more expensive for tourists, the currency is getting higher. If this goes on, the country will go down the longkang.
Why not? Depends where in Bangkok.
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