Saturday , November 7 , 2009
Jitters over arrests of Thai ‘rumour’ trio - from The Malaysian Insider
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Jitters over arrests of Thai ‘rumour’ trio BANGKOK, Nov 5 — The arrests of three people accused of spreading rumours about health, sparking a stock market plunge as a result, has raised eyebrows and sent jitters through the media.The trio were arrested under Thailand’s draconian Computer Crimes Act, and more arrests are expected.A statement on Monday by Tharit Pengdit, director-general of Thailand’s....
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Crazy Nationalism better than conservative patriotic feudalism against the traitors - article from PTT
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The rabid fascists are ratcheting up the ante. Now they are emphasising that the big bogeyman is Cambodia. The devil abroad. I wouldn't give the inexperienced Thai troops much chance against the hardened forces that were once the Khumer Rouge.Does Abhisit want war ? He is making threatening undertones that could quite easily escalate into a situation he can't control. He should have stayed waiting ta....
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Tuesday , November 3 , 2009
First they came for BBB, and I did not speak out
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 First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist;Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist;Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew;Then they came for me—and there was no one left ....
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Political crimes, rumours, repression
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 More evidence that Thailand is taking the political road to Burma:-Political crimes, rumours, repressionThe story on the Democrat Party-led government’s attempt to further crackdown on political activity through the opportunity created by the health rumours is developing remarkably rapidly.Bangkok Pundit has an excellent summary of the development of the arrests and asks about government strategy tha....
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How Did the Authorities Track Down the Two Accused ?
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How Did the Authorities Track Down the Two People?A question that arises is how the authorities were able to identify both of them, Khatha and Thiranan? When the webmasters of both political websites have said that the authorities never asked them for the IP numbers of the accused. This is reminiscent of the recent arrest of Nat Sattayapornpisut, where it was never explained how the Thai authorities....
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