Bail ruling on reds due Friday

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Published: 30 Nov 2012 at 00.00
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The Criminal Court is expected to rule Friday on a petition filed by a Democrat MP to revoke bail granted to six co-leaders of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship charged with terrorism.

Democrat MP Nipit Intarasombat has accused Deputy Commerce Minister Nattawut Saikuar, Weng Tojirakarn, Korkaew Pikulthong, Wiphuthalaeng Pattanaphumthai, Karun Hosakul, and Pichet Sukjinda of violating their bail conditions.

Mr Nattawut testified Thursday that since his temporary release on bail, he had only taken part in some peaceful political activities.

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wandee
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Discussion 24 : 03 Dec 2012 at 09.2324
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D22 Pjt you seems to live in the past. 2006 was prior to the scandal that rocked the house of commons and the house of Lords and members of it have been put into prison for fraud. Maybe if you read other papers too and not only the Guardian you would be aware that most members of the British parliament fiddled their expense claims and the House of Lord members did the same. Maybe you quote what the Guardian and other papers had to say about politicians. Cobblers would be a nice expression compared to that.
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jacksprat
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Discussion 23 : 30 Nov 2012 at 15.3523
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If enough MPs are put in prison, the government can just meet there. No Problem.
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Discussion 22 : 30 Nov 2012 at 14.4722
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D14@wandee - some people are very gullible. Please put your quote onto a search engine. I did not need to go beyond the Guardian article dated 20 March 2006 which described it as 'cobblers' - suggest you read it
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Discussion 21 : 30 Nov 2012 at 11.5521
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Disc #6: The figures you quote are completely without truth, they come from a hoax email that has been doing the rounds for at least 6 years. It wasn't true then, and it's not true now.
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Discussion 20 : 30 Nov 2012 at 09.4120
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#15: Thank you for the comment. I think we all know that as long as Thaksin is in charge of Thailand, whatever the Red Shirt leaders do, they will get cleared and never do prison time. There will always be reason why they are innocent of any charge. They will be charged for terrorism, and then cleared after the cases have dragged on for years because the witnesses have withdrawn their evidence. If they are unlucky, they will be given a suspended sentence because of the lack of hard evidence. Maybe when the government changes, the cases will start all over again. By the way, I'm not a Yellow Shirt. I'm just critical of corrupt politicians.
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Discussion 19 : 30 Nov 2012 at 09.2419
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17. Yes this is Thailand, and we can sit here and argue about what MP's do is wrong until the cow's come home. But we are not Thai. It is great however that we want betterment for all. And I wholeheartedly agree that those in positions of leadership should be held to a higher standard. I think what D14 wandee is saying is this...we should be making these same comments about our own governments as well, because last I checked there is a lot of dodgy things going on there also. Would you not agree? Or should we just simply ignore because we aren't there?
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Discussion 18 : 30 Nov 2012 at 08.5618
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#7, "The rule of law must be followed. No matter what political party they belong to.". I would agree with you really but that's just the problem. How many Yellow leaders have tasted the jail since 2008? Last saturday, a guy inciting the violence against the police and called the army all the day for intervention against the security forces (risk of civil war). " respect the rule of the law and avoid violence at all costs". Tell me this guy and his sponsors must be in jail now more than Korkaew and i believe your speech.
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Discussion 17 : 30 Nov 2012 at 08.5217
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14. As this is a discussion about the Thai government what you are talking about is completely irrelevant.
I do notice from your list though that none have them have been charged with encouraging people to burn down cities. Then, maybe, you would have a point.
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Discussion 16 : 30 Nov 2012 at 08.4616
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Interesting double standards ... earlier Boonlert said "If" he was in charge of the army, he would do this ... a statement which is by definition hypothesis, but which the PTP/UDD now call an act of treason. Korkeaw makes a statement against the judiciary promising violence, but now the PTP/UDD call it hypothesis and not a crime. The law must apply equally to all, not a red version vs an everyone else version.
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Discussion 15 : 30 Nov 2012 at 08.4115
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RE: D11....here is what he was quoted as saying the the article you refer to: "The red-shirts exist in large numbers, some of them may well think the tactic of staging protests adopted by core members takes too long to achieve victory. So they may resort to violence," he said."
So that looks to me as if he is making an assessment of the situation as it stands., I can not see it any other way. Note: he is stating that the core members are for staging protests but the followers are not so patient....is he not? If you take off your yellow tinted glasses and read the quote, it it says the opposite of what you say it does.
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