One of the worst things about this whole case is that, where a person is presumed innocent unless proven guilty, he was convicted on the grounds that “he could not prove his innocence”.
This sad case has truely disgraced the Kingdom of Thailand. One can only dream now that a posthumous pardon would be granted to at least restore Ah Kong’s honour for his family.
CT: “In my opinion, these people who are accomplices in killing Ah Kong include…”
… as are the countless other people who seem to be unable to engage with serious moral issues of national importance, just as they are also:
1. accomplices in the extrajudicial killings of Thaksin’s War On Drugs (red shirt Weng’s tacit support of the whole thing during a Ratprasong interview is particularly reprehensible given that he is supposed to be an enlightened Marxist);
2. accomplices in the towing of hundreds of Rohingyis out to the ocean by the military to face death at sea and seeing in this only shame to the nation and not the moral issue of cold blooded murder that would perhaps land them in Mah─Бraurava hell, “the “piercing” Naraka. Punishment … for people who maintain their own body by hurting others. In this hell, ruru animals known as kravy─Бda torment them and eat their flesh. Life in this Naraka is 6.63552├Ч1015 years long.”
I first saw the notice on the Thai language side of Prachatai today. The total contradiction against Buddhist tenets of the railroaded process against him from the first Abhisit secretary filing through police and the prosecutor and court was a sad study in man’s inhumanity against man. I trust that God will hand out justice to those involved.
It’s tragic. Remember when Harry Nicolaides was about to get on the plane home he learned that his mother had just suffered a stroke and would probably never speak again. Joe Gordon is being denied medical treatment. The hypocrites who use lese majeste as an instrument of terror need to pay.
In my opinion, these people who are accomplices in killing Ah Kong include (but are not limited to):
-Person who revived lese majeste law after end of absolute Monarchy for their own gain
-Person who gave assent to this law
-People who are involved with brainwashing Thai citizens to believe that this law is justified
-Judges who distort the legal rationale in such an unreasonable way just so that they can convict him
-People who have a power to pardon him, and witness him suffering in jail with illness and chose to do nothing about it
Shame on them that they still dare to act like a figure of virtue, figure of justice, protector of the nation in the Thai Society while in fact these people are bunch of dictators who are ready to kill anyone for their personal gain. Don’t they have any shame?
Ah Kong, a frail elderly grandfather fraudulently convicted by the “royalist”, “politicized” Thailand “Justice System” and inhumanely thrown in prison as it turns out for the rest of his “life”.
This is obscene. Much more obscene than any possible offense to the “Sacred Person” at the apex of the inhuman and unjust Thailand system.
He is said to be in poor health for some times. Last Friday he had severe pain in his abdomen and was sent to prison hospital. He died there alone this morning. His wife is visiting the prison at this moment to arrange for the funeral. They just had their 44th anniversary of their wedding May 5th.
I was in Taungyii, Shan State pre-elections, in February, and those big red signs were still there, but I didn’t notice any in Yangon. I imagine they will be slower to come down in ethnic minority areas…
Long before Nishizaki did his field research, a journalist from The Nation went to Suphanburi (in 1991) to solve the puzzle of what good reasons people in this provinces might have to support Banharn. The key sentence is his/her report is as follows.
“Many structures in the provincial town were named after him [Banharn] and his wife, Jamsai, indicating the couple has sponsored or somehow helped support their construction. In the heart of the town stands the ‘Banharn-Jamsai’ clock tower. Nearby there are the ‘Banharn-Jamsai’ secondary and vocational schools. Ailing locals go to the ‘Banharn-Jamsai’ hospital. Policemen rest in a ‘Banharn-Jamsai’ police booth. Devout Buddhists make merit at the ‘Banharn-Jamsai’ Temple in Danchang district. On their way to the temple, some travel along ‘Banharn-Jamsai’ road or pass the ‘Banharn-Jamsai’ intersection. Families can soon visit the ‘Banharn-Jamsai’ park, presently being created. A sign in the town reads: ‘Suphan Buri people are grateful for the contributions of Your Excellency Ban-harn Silapaarcha’” (The Nation, March 3, 1991).
The case of Banharn, then, seems to confirm the old insight that continuously performing activities that the people in a given socio-political locality (be it a town, a tambon, an MP constituency, or even an entire province) perceive as good deeds that benefit them (mostly various forms of patronage) results in barami (attitudes of respect) and a big phuak (informal group of followers). Both of which translate into votes, if the person doing such good deeds happens to be a politician running for office.
Another in a continuing series of careless, useless posts by plan B.
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Ar Kong dead
Nothing is cheaper than the lives of Thais to those who run Thailand.
Ar Kong dead
One of the worst things about this whole case is that, where a person is presumed innocent unless proven guilty, he was convicted on the grounds that “he could not prove his innocence”.
Ar Kong dead
This sad case has truely disgraced the Kingdom of Thailand. One can only dream now that a posthumous pardon would be granted to at least restore Ah Kong’s honour for his family.
R.I.P. Ah Kong
Ar Kong dead
The King, through his assent to this vile law and his acquiscence to have the lese majeste prisoners jailed, has KILLED Ar Kong.
Yes, in my opinion, if there is someone who is responsible for Ar Kong’s death, it is the King himself.
Ah Kong and his family
CT: “In my opinion, these people who are accomplices in killing Ah Kong include…”
… as are the countless other people who seem to be unable to engage with serious moral issues of national importance, just as they are also:
1. accomplices in the extrajudicial killings of Thaksin’s War On Drugs (red shirt Weng’s tacit support of the whole thing during a Ratprasong interview is particularly reprehensible given that he is supposed to be an enlightened Marxist);
2. accomplices in the towing of hundreds of Rohingyis out to the ocean by the military to face death at sea and seeing in this only shame to the nation and not the moral issue of cold blooded murder that would perhaps land them in Mah─Бraurava hell, “the “piercing” Naraka. Punishment … for people who maintain their own body by hurting others. In this hell, ruru animals known as kravy─Бda torment them and eat their flesh. Life in this Naraka is 6.63552├Ч1015 years long.”
Ar Kong dead
We know now how much weight we have to give to the words of the Thai boss. Nobody really receives a pardon after all. Shame on Thailand.
Ar Kong dead
What an awful tragedy, both for Ar Kong’s family and Thailand. The royalists live in a bubble of their own.
Ar Kong dead
We are all Ah Kong.
Ar Kong dead
Rest in peace,
It’s shameful for Thailand’s justice system, a prisoner couldn’t get bailed to defend himself in this kind of crime.
Ar Kong dead
I first saw the notice on the Thai language side of Prachatai today. The total contradiction against Buddhist tenets of the railroaded process against him from the first Abhisit secretary filing through police and the prosecutor and court was a sad study in man’s inhumanity against man. I trust that God will hand out justice to those involved.
Thailand’s Fearlessness: Free Akong
All this is just such an utter shame…
Ah Kong and his family
It’s tragic. Remember when Harry Nicolaides was about to get on the plane home he learned that his mother had just suffered a stroke and would probably never speak again. Joe Gordon is being denied medical treatment. The hypocrites who use lese majeste as an instrument of terror need to pay.
Ah Kong and his family
In my opinion, these people who are accomplices in killing Ah Kong include (but are not limited to):
-Person who revived lese majeste law after end of absolute Monarchy for their own gain
-Person who gave assent to this law
-People who are involved with brainwashing Thai citizens to believe that this law is justified
-Judges who distort the legal rationale in such an unreasonable way just so that they can convict him
-People who have a power to pardon him, and witness him suffering in jail with illness and chose to do nothing about it
Shame on them that they still dare to act like a figure of virtue, figure of justice, protector of the nation in the Thai Society while in fact these people are bunch of dictators who are ready to kill anyone for their personal gain. Don’t they have any shame?
Ah Kong and his family
Ah Kong, a frail elderly grandfather fraudulently convicted by the “royalist”, “politicized” Thailand “Justice System” and inhumanely thrown in prison as it turns out for the rest of his “life”.
This is obscene. Much more obscene than any possible offense to the “Sacred Person” at the apex of the inhuman and unjust Thailand system.
The citizens of Thailand need to “wake up”.
Ah Kong and his family
Ah Kong died in prison this morning. Very sad.
https://twitter.com/#!/RichardBarrow/statuses/199710616192155648
https://twitter.com/#!/Thai_Talk/statuses/199711521406844930
Thailand’s Fearlessness: Free Akong
A Kong IS DEAD THIS MORNING.
He is said to be in poor health for some times. Last Friday he had severe pain in his abdomen and was sent to prison hospital. He died there alone this morning. His wife is visiting the prison at this moment to arrange for the funeral. They just had their 44th anniversary of their wedding May 5th.
The end of Tatmadaw rhetoric?
I was in Taungyii, Shan State pre-elections, in February, and those big red signs were still there, but I didn’t notice any in Yangon. I imagine they will be slower to come down in ethnic minority areas…
Review of Political Authority and Provincial Identity in Thailand
Long before Nishizaki did his field research, a journalist from The Nation went to Suphanburi (in 1991) to solve the puzzle of what good reasons people in this provinces might have to support Banharn. The key sentence is his/her report is as follows.
“Many structures in the provincial town were named after him [Banharn] and his wife, Jamsai, indicating the couple has sponsored or somehow helped support their construction. In the heart of the town stands the ‘Banharn-Jamsai’ clock tower. Nearby there are the ‘Banharn-Jamsai’ secondary and vocational schools. Ailing locals go to the ‘Banharn-Jamsai’ hospital. Policemen rest in a ‘Banharn-Jamsai’ police booth. Devout Buddhists make merit at the ‘Banharn-Jamsai’ Temple in Danchang district. On their way to the temple, some travel along ‘Banharn-Jamsai’ road or pass the ‘Banharn-Jamsai’ intersection. Families can soon visit the ‘Banharn-Jamsai’ park, presently being created. A sign in the town reads: ‘Suphan Buri people are grateful for the contributions of Your Excellency Ban-harn Silapaarcha’” (The Nation, March 3, 1991).
The case of Banharn, then, seems to confirm the old insight that continuously performing activities that the people in a given socio-political locality (be it a town, a tambon, an MP constituency, or even an entire province) perceive as good deeds that benefit them (mostly various forms of patronage) results in barami (attitudes of respect) and a big phuak (informal group of followers). Both of which translate into votes, if the person doing such good deeds happens to be a politician running for office.
Kachin media war continues
Another in a continuing series of careless, useless posts by plan B.
What does Guns And Ammo magazine have to do with the Chinese PLA arming the KIO?
You should think before you write.
Rama VII and Hitler
Hitler was ‘above’ the law, his (god like) word was the law…remind you of any supreme being?