Thread: Thaksin 'dying in the desert'

Thaksin 'dying in the desert'
28/06/2009

Ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra urged his supporters not to leave him "dying in the desert" of Dubai on Saturday as he made an impassioned address to a rally in Bangkok.

The fugitive politician, who is living in exile to avoid a jail sentence for corruption, made a 50-minute telephone address to tens of thousands of anti-government protester who gathered despite heavy rain in the Thai capital.

"We come here because we want to see real democracy. We hate injustice and double standards,'' Thaksin told the cheering red-clad crowd, which numbered 25,000 according to police estimates.

"I am fine and doing some business and travelling around but I am really lonely, I want to go back,'' Thaksin said. "Why do you have to leave me dying in the desert when I can work for our country?"

Appealing to his grassroots support base in the poorer north of Thailand, Thaksin said the government of premier Abhisit Vejjajiva should wipe out household debt and attacked its record on the economy.

"This government is good for three things: borrowing, hiking taxes and hounding Thaksin," the exiled media tycoon said.

The crowd of "Red Shirt'' protesters in the historic quarter of Bangkok made up the biggest anti-government rally since bloody riots erupted two months ago.

Protest leader Jatuporn Prompan said it would organise three more gatherings, without saying when they may be.

"They (the government) hoped that they had wiped out the Red Shirts after the last crackdown but instead we are getting stronger and red over Thailand,'' said Jatuporn.

He repeated the group's demands to a jubilant crowd _ that Abhisit must dissolve parliament and call fresh elections _ and berated royal adviser Prem Tinsulanonda, whom they accuse of instigating the 2006 coup that ousted Thaksin.

The group have said they will stay at the site until dawn on Sunday but have promised a peaceful demonstration.

Police said more than 3,000 officers and 1,000 soldiers were on hand to guard government offices and search the crowd for trouble-makers.

Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban has placed the national police chief in control of security but said he had drafted a document to invoke an internal security law that gives more power to the army in case the rally turns sour.

bangkokpost.com

Drama Queen . . . so very typical of some of the Thai men I have met. . . whine, whine and cry

Originally Posted by Mid

Police said more than 3,000 officers and 1,000 soldiers were on hand to guard government offices

yes, can't let protesters occupy public buildings, can we . .

Originally Posted by panama hat

Drama Queen . . . so very typical of some of the Thai men I have met. . . whine, whine and cry

So you're suggesting that our boy is Thai typical? Some might differ...

Originally Posted by panama hat

yes, can't let protesters occupy public buildings, can we

only if they wear yellow and the entire protest was planned in the queens head in cuckoo land near Newcastle

what a crying baby, what is he expecting ?

the reds are really a bunch of fucking idiots, no balls, and still worshiping a former dictator as their leader, no fucking credibility

Oh, butterfly I know you are the expert on balls but your argument fails on credibility

Originally Posted by Mid

"I am fine and doing some business and travelling around but I am really lonely, I want to go back,'' Thaksin said. "Why do you have to leave me dying in the desert when I can work for our country?"

Die then cvunt! Will send your kin a feckin paper crane by way of appeasement, Like the Tak Bai widows whose husbands were murdered under your management, and those inconsequential 2,500 or so druggies ofcourse.

Originally Posted by gjbkk

Oh, butterfly I know you are the expert on balls but your argument fails on credibility

and yours is ?

you are supporting a bunch of idiots and hooligans and think they are the best thing that ever happened since the French and American Revolution,

typical uneducated freshly arrived sexpat with no clue,

Now Now ! We are supposed to together and uniting the country !

Thai Democracy = pearls to swine

they don't want it and don't even know what it is,

Originally Posted by Mid

Thaksin 'dying in the desert'Ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra urged his supporters not to leave him "dying in the desert" of Dubai on Saturday as he made an impassioned address to a rally in Bangkok.

Swan song

"I am fine and doing some business and travelling around but I am really lonely, I want to go back,'' Thaksin said. "Why do you have to leave me dying in the desert when I can work for our country?"

So come back then - nobody forced you to leave, nobody is stopping you from coming back to face the court.

Friggin' lying two-faced SOB.

I can just imagine how awful it must be, for a U$D billionaire, to be forced to stay in such a horrible place like Dubai

The really sad thing is how the fact he would even bother to say anything this stupid shows the lack or education and sophistication among Thai voters.

So, when are the elections?