Another fantastical exercise in happy happy make-believe fairyworld wish fulfilment. Cringeworthy and embarrassing stuff churned out by the increasingly shrill and desperate royalists.
Back to your original point – that the Thai establishment will just hand over power in order to prevent a blood bath.
I stand by my original response that there is ample evidence in other countries, and in Thailand itself, that such elites rarely capitulate without a lengthy and often terrible struggle. And sometimes end up destroying themselves in the process. Civil wars happen, violent insurrections happen, regimes are overthrown and people die in their 100s of 1000s in such scenarios.
Is Thailand close to that? Some believe the potential is there for such an outpouring of violence. Clearly the kinds of threats Nitirat are getting (and many others have experienced in the past – many have also seen these threats turn to actions) implies that there is an undercurrent of violence and hatred. And once such acts are committed they tend to unleash more which then unleashes more and so on.
I hope and pray all of that is avoidable.
But it does seem that violence and mayhem may be in enough people’s interest for it to occur.
I do hope your analysis and not mine is proven to be the more accurate.
(So you didn’t live in the Townships then. Fair enough.
You said – “I know it’s very exciting to imagine the illustrious ANC marching to war with all guns blazing against the evil white man.”
I imagine it is for some. But such conflicts tend to be more about horror than anything else. And wasn’t it Umkhonto we Sizwe who had the guns? Maybe you were being facetious too?)
Andrew Spooner #14; re- new political prison. Not sure which political prisoners have been transfered– but it is not 112’ers. In a recent statement from seasoned 112 victim Surachai Sae Dan, the proposed
highly discussed transfer of political prison or prisoners of conscience to a “special prison” has not eventuated. [http://thaienews.blogspot.com/2012/01/2-28.html] The Department of Corrections has been pressured by some “unknown forces” to exclude all 112 prisoners from the new deal. This determination of who to move and when is left to permanent public servants in the department (whose allegiance to “higher authority” is not to the elected government). Surachai is to write a letter to the Director General of the Department of Corrections and if no appropriate response he will commence a hunger strike. Readers may recall Surachai’s opening debates a few years back on 112 & related issues before his incarceration, which were actually devoid of any anger or ill-will. He, like other 112’ers, is a victim of political conscience as other less prominent 112 victims also fall foul of the new elite [amaat] cunning and its damning of 112 prisoners to a continued life of suffering and bullying in a mixed common prison for the most violent of Thailand’s criminals. This must end. Readers may wish to write a letter of protest to the DG of Department of Corrections:
Pol Colonel Suchart Wong-ananchai,
Director General,
Department of Corrections,
222 Nonthaburi 1 Street,
Suanyai Sub-district, Muang district,
Nonthaburi province, Thailand 11000
Just to clarify and reiterate my position . I want to reemphasize the issue of the timing. The transition will take place. It is inevitable. Having said that, I want to express my admiration for those who are courageous enough to take the initiatives and put up the fight. I want to encourage them on. Thai people are known for their short attention span and forgetfulness. So persistence is vital. As someone who has the vested interest in the actual state of affair and wellness of the country, I just want the outcome to be achieved with the least collateral damage, if that is possible.
‘The Manager mob’ has yet to learn the lessons of historical fascism, which they seemingly wish to enact in the name of nationalist illusions and lies. The rule of law and justice cannot prevail if any attempt to voice counter-truths are crushed in a State of Exception in which delusion reigns.
The Rakhines may have come to the Cox’s Bazar area after 1784, but remember, long before Bodawpaya, there were settlements of Rakhine/Marma population in Chittagong, have a look at Rajmala – the history of the Tripuras.
You are right, there are no citizenship for Rohingyas … but there is citizenship for Bengalis in Arakan, or else how come many were elected in the elections?
Forget your peace treaty … as recently as last week Santu Larma called on a new struggle for the establishment of peace treaty. Hasina signed the treaty to catch UNESCO award … she never meant any good for the minority people.
For your kind information … that Chakma ambassador has been ‘defrocked’ of his ambassador cloak last week.
I’ve always wondered. How much “prestige” do the descendants of these figures get in Laos? Particularly their families? I do recall a story about Khamsay flaunting his royal roots before seeking asylum in New Zealand.
Have you heard of Tony Hall? I believe he was banned from writing for S. African newspapers and magazines after interviewing the then on-the-run Nelson Mandela in 1961. As I can recollect, his wife, Eve, was sentenced to prison for 6months and later worked for the ILO and helped to set-up the women’s section of the ANC. She joined the ANC the day after the Sharpeville massacre when 69 people were killed by the Apartheid regime.
I was lucky enough to meet Tony a few years back before he died. His son, Andy, is a close friend of mine.
The entire family had to go on the run for over two decades to escape the Apartheid regime.
Tony’s interview with Mandela makes for interesting reading –
“He said: “It is time for action in a revolutionary sense. There is a great need for a united Non-White front with Africans as its spearhead.
” The immediate aims should be to disorganise the system of Apartheid to make it totally unworkable, to divide the Whites seriously, if possible, and to use the resulting situation to demand further democratic rights.”
Today Mandela says of the planned demonstrations for the end of May: “This is the beginning of the head-on clash with apartheid.”
Of course Apartheid didn’t end until 30years later.
And, according to the Nelson Mandela Foundation – “many thousands of people died in the struggle to end apartheid”.
Andrew.Let me number my responses to make it easier to follow:
1. No I didn’t. I’m still very much there, although I spend a great deal more time elsewhere these days.
2. Yes I was , between 1985 and 1992 when it was still a banned organisation. By the U.S Government’s definition that made me a terrorist! With some regrets, I’m no longer a member.
3. I spent the worst part of two years in and out of Alex as a young rifleman under conscription. Later, I was frequently in and out of Soweto and Thembisa (and also Alex as necessary) as a reporter for an international news service and for some years as a newspaperman at the major Johannesburg daily. Since 1995 I maintain a home (and since 2003 a third-share in a shebeen) in Khayelitsha.
4. No. I think my answer above qualifies me as more than just visiting. I haven’t seen as much as many, and possibly more than most; but I have seen enough.
5. Yes I have. In fact, not only have I read the book but I also know him quite well.
6. Yes he does. In his book you will find he refers to most of the things I talked about in my previous comment. By and large, I saw things in much the same way he did. We agree on all the facts, although our opinions or interpretations sometimes differ. On your point, though, yes they did indeed use force of arms. But that wasn’t my point. White South Africans, almost to a man (bar several lunatics in Bophuthutswana in 1994), calmly and deliberately chose not to go to war. Most did so, I believe, because a bloodbath would have seen the destruction of everything they had built over three and a half centuries. In rude terms, we simply came to our senses. We also very probably would have been killed…which would have been to our detriment. This was my point when I compared us to privileged Thais. I know it’s very exciting to imagine the illustrious ANC marching to war with all guns blazing against the evil white man. But it’s well recorded in fact, and acknowledged by all parties involved, that the overwhelming majority of the “The Struggle” was defined by so-called black-on-black violence. The largely white National Party had started reaching out to the ANC long before. I hope this “red on red” violence (to coin an awkward phrase) doesn’t happen in Thailand, although in this regard the circumstances are different.
7. No, there’s only one South Africa. In fact, it was a blank reality that all sides came to terms with very early during negotiations in the early 1990s. I’m glad they did. I suspect you’re being facetious.
Phetsarat represents an anticolonial, non-communist nationalism which makes him a problematic figure for revolutionary historiography. He just won’t fit into either one of the opposite categories “reactionaries” or “revolutionaries” and remains somewhere in between. The official Pavatsat Lao calls him a patriot for his role in the 1945 independence movement. However, the book gives more credit to the leadership of the Indochinese Communist Party for shaking off the colonial yoke and writes Souphanouvong into the story of 1945. Because Phetsarat refused to join the ‘struggle’ afterwards and remained in Thai exile until 1957, he is not mentioned any further in the Pavatsat Lao. Even his conciliatory role in the negotiations between Souphanouvong and Souvanna Phouma is ignored. His death in 1959 coincides with the escalation of the Lao civil war.
Phetsarat’s biography by Maha Sila Viravong remains a best-seller of the Lao publisher Dokked (run by Maha Sila’s family) and his “saksit” image can be seen in many buses and taxis. Maybe official state commemoration of this popular figure would imperil the official narrative which highlights Kaysone and Souphanouvong as liberators of the Lao nation. Therefore only minor commemorative activities can be expected, no prominent statue.
Just a question – did you leave South Africa during Apartheid?
Were you a member of the ANC yourself?
What experience did you have of living in the Townships? (you said you could only comment on places you lived in, and you also said how separate the two worlds, black and white, were in S Africa at that time).
Or did you just visit?
I also don;t know if you’ve ever read the autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
In that he makes it pretty clear that it was necessary to use force of arms to end Apartheid.
But maybe the South Africa he’s referring to isn’t the one you lived in?
For general information, I am sending along this draft translation of Worachet (Enlightened Jurist leader) biography from Thai Wikipedia. There has been some interest in his bio. Not a lot of meat here but it’s a start.
DRAFT TRANSLATION
р╕зр╕гр╣Ар╕Ир╕Хр╕Щр╣М р╕ар╕▓р╕Др╕╡р╕гр╕▒р╕Хр╕Щр╣М
р╕Ир╕▓р╕Бр╕зр╕┤р╕Бр╕┤р╕Юр╕╡р╣Ар╕Фр╕╡р╕в р╕кр╕▓р╕гр╕▓р╕Щр╕╕р╕Бр╕гр╕бр╣Ар╕кр╕гр╕╡
Worachet Pakeerut
From Thai Wikipedia th.wikipedia.org/wiki/р╕зр╕гр╣Ар╕Ир╕Хр╕Щр╣М_р╕ар╕▓р╕Др╕╡р╕гр╕▒р╕Хр╕Щр╣М
р╕гр╕и.р╕Фр╕г.р╕зр╕гр╣Ар╕Ир╕Хр╕Щр╣М р╕ар╕▓р╕Др╕╡р╕гр╕▒р╕Хр╕Щр╣М р╣Ар╕Ыр╣Зр╕Щр╕нр╕▓р╕Ир╕▓р╕гр╕вр╣Мр╕ар╕▓р╕Др╕зр╕┤р╕Кр╕▓р╕Бр╕Ор╕лр╕бр╕▓р╕вр╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕Кр╕Щ р╕Др╕Ур╕░р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М р╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕зр╕┤р╕Чр╕вр╕▓р╕ер╕▒р╕вр╕Шр╕гр╕гр╕бр╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М р╕бр╕╡р╕Кр╕╖р╣Ир╕нр╣Ар╕кр╕╡р╕вр╕Зр╕Ир╕▓р╕Бр╣Ар╕Ыр╣Зр╕Щр╕Щр╕▒р╕Бр╕зр╕┤р╕Кр╕▓р╕Бр╕▓р╕гр╕Вр╕нр╕Зр╕Др╕Ур╕░р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕гр╕▓р╕йр╕Ор╕гр╣М
Professor Dr. Worachet Pakeerut is a professor of Public Law, Faculty of Law, at Thammasat University. He is known as an academic with the Enlightened Jurist group.
1 р╕Ыр╕гр╕░р╕зр╕▒р╕Хр╕┤ Personal history
2 р╕Ыр╕гр╕░р╕зр╕▒р╕Хр╕┤р╕Бр╕▓р╕гр╕Чр╕│р╕Зр╕▓р╕Щ Work history
3 р╕гр╕▓р╕Зр╕зр╕▒р╕е Awards
4 р╕нр╣Йр╕▓р╕Зр╕нр╕┤р╕З References
5 р╣Бр╕лр╕ер╣Ир╕Зр╕Вр╣Йр╕нр╕бр╕╣р╕ер╕нр╕╖р╣Ир╕Щ Other sources of Information
р╕Ыр╕гр╕░р╕зр╕▒р╕Хр╕┤ Personal history
р╕зр╕гр╣Ар╕Ир╕Хр╕Щр╣М р╕ар╕▓р╕Др╕╡р╕гр╕▒р╕Хр╕Щр╣М р╣Ар╕Бр╕┤р╕Фр╣Гр╕Щ р╕Ир╕▒р╕Зр╕лр╕зр╕▒р╕Фр╕Юр╕гр╕░р╕Щр╕Др╕гр╕ир╕гр╕╡р╕нр╕вр╕╕р╕Шр╕вр╕▓ р╕бр╕╡р╕Юр╕╡р╣Ир╕Щр╣Йр╕нр╕З 4 р╕Др╕Щ р╕Ър╕┤р╕Фр╕▓р╣Ар╕Ыр╣Зр╕Щр╕нр╕Фр╕╡р╕Хр╕Щр╕▓р╕вр╕кр╕Цр╕▓р╕Щр╕╡р╕гр╕Цр╣Др╕Яр╕Ър╣Йр╕▓р╕Щр╕бр╣Йр╕▓ р╕зр╕гр╣Ар╕Ир╕Хр╕Щр╣Мр╕Кр╕╖р╣Ир╕Щр╕Кр╕нр╕Ър╕Бр╕▓р╕гр╣Ар╕бр╕╖р╕нр╕Зр╕Бр╕▓р╕гр╕Ыр╕Бр╕Др╕гр╕нр╕Зр╕бр╕▓р╕Хр╕▒р╣Йр╕Зр╣Бр╕Хр╣Ир╣Ар╕Фр╣Зр╕Б р╕Ир╕Щр╕бр╕╡р╕Др╕зр╕▓р╕бр╕Др╕┤р╕Фр╕Чр╕╡р╣Ир╕Ир╕░р╣Ар╕гр╕╡р╕вр╕Щр╕гр╕▒р╕Рр╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣Мр╣Бр╕ер╕░р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М р╕Кр╕╖р╣Ир╕Щр╕Кр╕нр╕Ър╕Щр╕зр╕Щр╕┤р╕вр╕▓р╕в р╕нр╕▓р╕Чр╕┤ р╕бр╕▒р╕Зр╕Бр╕гр╕лр╕вр╕Б р╕др╕Чр╕Шр╕┤р╣Мр╕бр╕╡р╕Фр╕кр╕▒р╣Йр╕Щ
Worachet Pakeerut was born in the province of Ayuthaya, has four siblings, his father a former rail station head at Baan Ma station. Worachet has been fond of politics from childhood, motivating him to study political science and law. He likes novels, especially Monkon Yoke, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, [where] prowess with daggers [was part of the theme.]
р╕зр╕гр╣Ар╕Ир╕Хр╕Щр╣М р╕Ир╕Ър╕Бр╕▓р╕гр╕ир╕╢р╕Бр╕йр╕▓р╕гр╕░р╕Фр╕▒р╕Ър╕Кр╕▒р╣Йр╕Щр╕нр╕Щр╕╕р╕Ър╕▓р╕е р╕Ир╕Щр╕Цр╕╢р╕Зр╕Кр╕▒р╣Йр╕Щр╕Ыр╕гр╕░р╕Цр╕бр╕ир╕╢р╕Бр╕йр╕▓р╣Вр╕гр╕Зр╣Ар╕гр╕╡р╕вр╕Щр╕Ир╕┤р╕гр╕░р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣Мр╕зр╕┤р╕Чр╕вр╕▓ р╕Ир╕▒р╕Зр╕лр╕зр╕▒р╕Фр╕Юр╕гр╕░р╕Щр╕Др╕гр╕ир╕гр╕╡р╕нр╕вр╕╕р╕Шр╕вр╕▓ р╕бр╕▒р╕Шр╕вр╕бр╕ир╕╢р╕Бр╕йр╕▓р╕Хр╕нр╕Щр╕Хр╣Йр╕Щр╕Ир╕▓р╕Бр╣Вр╕гр╕Зр╣Ар╕гр╕╡р╕вр╕Щр╕лр╕нр╕зр╕▒р╕З р╕Щр╕▒р╣Ир╕Зр╕гр╕Цр╣Др╕Яр╣Др╕Ыр╕Бр╕ер╕▒р╕Ър╕Чр╕╕р╕Бр╕зр╕▒р╕Щ р╣Вр╕Фр╕вр╕ер╕Зр╕Чр╕╡р╣Ир╕кр╕Цр╕▓р╕Щр╕╡р╕гр╕Цр╣Др╕Яр╕Ър╕▓р╕Зр╣Ар╕Вр╕Щ р╣Бр╕ер╣Йр╕зр╕Хр╣Ир╕нр╕Фр╣Йр╕зр╕вр╕гр╕Цр╣Ар╕бр╕ер╣Мр╣Др╕Ыр╣Вр╕гр╕Зр╣Ар╕гр╕╡р╕вр╕Щр╕лр╕нр╕зр╕▒р╕З р╕бр╕▒р╕Шр╕вр╕бр╕ир╕╢р╕Бр╕йр╕▓р╕Хр╕нр╕Щр╕Ыр╕ер╕▓р╕вр╕Ир╕▓р╕Бр╣Вр╕гр╕Зр╣Ар╕гр╕╡р╕вр╕Щр╣Ар╕Хр╕гр╕╡р╕вр╕бр╕нр╕╕р╕Фр╕бр╕ир╕╢р╕Бр╕йр╕▓[1] р╕Ыр╕гр╕┤р╕Нр╕Нр╕▓р╕Хр╕гр╕╡р╕Ир╕▓р╕Б р╕Др╕Ур╕░р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М р╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕зр╕┤р╕Чр╕вр╕▓р╕ер╕▒р╕вр╕Шр╕гр╕гр╕бр╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М р╣Ар╕бр╕╖р╣Ир╕нр╕Ыр╕╡ р╕Ю.р╕и. 2530 р╕Ыр╕гр╕┤р╕Нр╕Нр╕▓р╣Вр╕Чр╣Бр╕ер╕░р╕Ыр╕гр╕┤р╕Нр╕Нр╕▓р╣Ар╕нр╕Б р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕Ър╕▒р╕Ур╕Ср╕┤р╕Х р╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕зр╕┤р╕Чр╕вр╕▓р╕ер╕▒р╕вр╣Ар╕Бр╕┤р╕гр╣Мр╕Чр╕Шр╕┤р╕Зр╣Ар╕Бр╣Йр╕Щ р╕Ыр╕гр╕░р╣Ар╕Чр╕ир╣Ар╕вр╕нр╕гр╕бр╕Щр╕╡ р╕Фр╣Йр╕зр╕вр╕Чр╕╕р╕Щр╕нр╕▓р╕Щр╕▒р╕Щр╕Чр╕бр╕лр╕┤р╕Фр╕е р╕Ир╕Ър╕Фр╣Йр╕зр╕вр╕Др╕░р╣Бр╕Щр╕Щр╕кр╕╣р╕Зр╕кр╕╕р╕Ф
Worachet completed primary and elementary school at Jirasart Wittaya School in Ayuthaya province, and junior high school at Horwang School. He rode the train back and forth daily, getting off at Bang Kaen station, then connecting with the mail train to Horwang School. He completed high school at the preparatory school and bachelor’s at the faculty of law of Thammasat University in 1987, master’s and Ph.D. and Master of Law at the University of Göttingen, Germany, with an Ananda Mahidol Scholarship. He received the highest marks.
р╕Ыр╕гр╕░р╕зр╕▒р╕Хр╕┤р╕Бр╕▓р╕гр╕Чр╕│р╕Зр╕▓р╕Щ
Work history
[Translator’s note: At a press conference on TV today, 25 January 2012, Thailand’s army commander-in-chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha, once more denounced the Nitirat group, citing as one of the shortfalls of its membership lack of experience, youth, and never really managing anything.]
р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕Бр╕г р╕Чр╕╡р╣Ир╕кр╕│р╕Щр╕▒р╕Бр╕Зр╕▓р╕Щр╕Бр╕Ор╕лр╕бр╕▓р╕в р╕Ър╕гр╕┤р╕йр╕▒р╕Чр╕Ыр╕╣р╕Щр╕Лр╕┤р╣Ар╕бр╕Щр╕Хр╣Мр╣Др╕Чр╕в
р╕нр╕▓р╕Ир╕▓р╕гр╕вр╣Мр╕Ыр╕гр╕░р╕Ир╕│р╕Др╕Ур╕░р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М р╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕зр╕┤р╕Чр╕вр╕▓р╕ер╕▒р╕вр╕Шр╕гр╕гр╕бр╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М
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The govt’s compromised position on LM is painful to watch but does it actually indicate a worsening of the situation “on the ground” or is it just rhetoric?
I’ve recently interviewed several of the LM prisoners and a whole bunch of prisoners at the new political prison at Laksi.
These guys are in the front line of the political struggle and their views, for me, are important to hear.
In brief, what they told me was that they all think the govt has done the right thing by opening up the political prison.
In terms of LM they all consider it a “political crime”.
They all seemed to understand the difficult position the govt was in, and still felt, at least for the UDD non-LM prisoners, that it is “their govt” and was better than what came previously.
“It is not perfect but it comes from the people” one political prisoner told me.
I’ll be revealing what ALL of these prisoners, including the LM and political, said about both AI and HRW at a later date. I’m sure it’s pretty easy to guess.
As for 112 – I have heard from many sources that the Army are threatening a coup if there is an amendment. Some of the sources say that this is not an excuse not to amend or abolish LM and the govt should do it anyway.
To be honest, the Nitirat proposals for LM are also a compromise and if they were enacted would likely mean people would stay in prison. Why no criticism for HRW’s Sunai Phasak’s disgraceful comments on a previous LM case as revealed by the Political Prisoners’ Thailand blog? PPT also revealed that Sunai as a politicised anti-Thaskinite who was pro the 2006 military coup. An astonishing revelation that seriously undermines and damages the credibility of HRW to report on the present government with any degree of neutrality.
So my question is – if Human Rights Watch aren’t willing to take on LM cases unless they’re “attractive” is it then hypocritical of them to criticise the government when they don’t?
Furthermore, why aren’t some of the deficiencies in Nitirat’s LM amendments discussed? Should their be a prison sentence at all for LM? And what will happen to the existing LM prisoners should the Nitirat amendment actually happen? Or are academics and NGO workers the only parties allowed to make compromises on LM?
The govt is certainly guilty of making compromises on LM but it seems that so are many other parties.
I stand chastened and corrected. Maybe I was being a little naive in my hope that the above ‘proposal’ would be subject to critical-discussion and review by its authors and supporters, perhaps, along the lines you suggest.
I agree, go the Red Village and show them what is out there. Show them the “Boogey Thai” video and see what their reaction is.
Right now, all they hear about is is stopping reasonable political discussions, what you people don’t talk about is what the majority of the content actually is.
Fantastic review. Finished reading it. These lines are so … enlightening:
“….there has been a gradual turn towards textual studies which take into account art-historical, archaeological, and material-cultural evidence”
“Besides the material-culture turn, there has been a similar growth in textual-anthropological studies, which look at how texts are received, translated, ritualized, catalogued, edited, illuminated, and changed in a variety of local contexts.”
“Unlike many previous studies, they do not see Pali texts composed or circulated in Southeast Asias simply derivative of South Asian exemplars.”
Also true for the Burmese case. Take, for instance: The Golden Rock at Kyaik-hti-yo, Donald M. Stadtner, SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, Volume 6, Issues 1&2, Spring & Winter 2008 (published & available online).
Here Pali story motifs (e.g. Gavampti) can be seen going up and down the continuum from high Pali text to oral folktale and even working their way into ethnohistories [definition: folktales with varying degrees of objective historical truth] such as U Kala’s Burmese history and the Mon Yazadarit.
Hope you have a regular column here some day. In the future, when Burma and Thailand’s political problem’s have faded, academics maybe will use their valuable brain bandwidth for this kind of intellectual pursuit, uncovering the intellectual legacies of the region, thanks Justin 🙂
Is this tome an exercise in self-censorship and prolonging myth making after all who makes history common people lets hear their narratives of suffering at the hands of illusions and lies
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Another fantastical exercise in happy happy make-believe fairyworld wish fulfilment. Cringeworthy and embarrassing stuff churned out by the increasingly shrill and desperate royalists.
A catalogue of threats against the Khana Nitirat
stuart
Back to your original point – that the Thai establishment will just hand over power in order to prevent a blood bath.
I stand by my original response that there is ample evidence in other countries, and in Thailand itself, that such elites rarely capitulate without a lengthy and often terrible struggle. And sometimes end up destroying themselves in the process. Civil wars happen, violent insurrections happen, regimes are overthrown and people die in their 100s of 1000s in such scenarios.
Is Thailand close to that? Some believe the potential is there for such an outpouring of violence. Clearly the kinds of threats Nitirat are getting (and many others have experienced in the past – many have also seen these threats turn to actions) implies that there is an undercurrent of violence and hatred. And once such acts are committed they tend to unleash more which then unleashes more and so on.
I hope and pray all of that is avoidable.
But it does seem that violence and mayhem may be in enough people’s interest for it to occur.
I do hope your analysis and not mine is proven to be the more accurate.
(So you didn’t live in the Townships then. Fair enough.
You said – “I know it’s very exciting to imagine the illustrious ANC marching to war with all guns blazing against the evil white man.”
I imagine it is for some. But such conflicts tend to be more about horror than anything else. And wasn’t it Umkhonto we Sizwe who had the guns? Maybe you were being facetious too?)
Pheua Thai but for lese majeste
Andrew Spooner #14; re- new political prison. Not sure which political prisoners have been transfered– but it is not 112’ers. In a recent statement from seasoned 112 victim Surachai Sae Dan, the proposed
highly discussed transfer of political prison or prisoners of conscience to a “special prison” has not eventuated. [http://thaienews.blogspot.com/2012/01/2-28.html] The Department of Corrections has been pressured by some “unknown forces” to exclude all 112 prisoners from the new deal. This determination of who to move and when is left to permanent public servants in the department (whose allegiance to “higher authority” is not to the elected government). Surachai is to write a letter to the Director General of the Department of Corrections and if no appropriate response he will commence a hunger strike. Readers may recall Surachai’s opening debates a few years back on 112 & related issues before his incarceration, which were actually devoid of any anger or ill-will. He, like other 112’ers, is a victim of political conscience as other less prominent 112 victims also fall foul of the new elite [amaat] cunning and its damning of 112 prisoners to a continued life of suffering and bullying in a mixed common prison for the most violent of Thailand’s criminals. This must end. Readers may wish to write a letter of protest to the DG of Department of Corrections:
Pol Colonel Suchart Wong-ananchai,
Director General,
Department of Corrections,
222 Nonthaburi 1 Street,
Suanyai Sub-district, Muang district,
Nonthaburi province, Thailand 11000
Pheua Thai but for lese majeste
Well, maybe the LM ball is now firmly in the Yingluck government’s court. PPT has been fairly reluctant to attribute any of the recent cases wholly to the Yingluck/Thaksin govt. However, it seems they have now found a new one that suggests a case found and being processed under this government (http://thaipoliticalprisoners.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/is-this-the-yingluck-governments-first-lese-majeste-case/).
My perspective is that an LM case or two now would be functional for the govt and royalists as they try to get debate on LM closed down. Perhaps they can make calls for amending LM a case of LM (see Prayuth’s calls for Nitirat to shut up or be shut up: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/276845/prayuth-tells-nitirat-group-to-think-again).
Pheua Thai but for lese majeste
Just to clarify and reiterate my position . I want to reemphasize the issue of the timing. The transition will take place. It is inevitable. Having said that, I want to express my admiration for those who are courageous enough to take the initiatives and put up the fight. I want to encourage them on. Thai people are known for their short attention span and forgetfulness. So persistence is vital. As someone who has the vested interest in the actual state of affair and wellness of the country, I just want the outcome to be achieved with the least collateral damage, if that is possible.
A catalogue of threats against the Khana Nitirat
‘The Manager mob’ has yet to learn the lessons of historical fascism, which they seemingly wish to enact in the name of nationalist illusions and lies. The rule of law and justice cannot prevail if any attempt to voice counter-truths are crushed in a State of Exception in which delusion reigns.
Pheua Thai but for lese majeste
They sure can amend LM but on only one condition.
A new legal tool must be ready for them to serve their purposes.
Decades ago various laws were used and no LM was needed.
Examples are Communist Act, Article 17 of the constitution and Constitution protection act.
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Abid Bahar
The Rakhines may have come to the Cox’s Bazar area after 1784, but remember, long before Bodawpaya, there were settlements of Rakhine/Marma population in Chittagong, have a look at Rajmala – the history of the Tripuras.
You are right, there are no citizenship for Rohingyas … but there is citizenship for Bengalis in Arakan, or else how come many were elected in the elections?
Forget your peace treaty … as recently as last week Santu Larma called on a new struggle for the establishment of peace treaty. Hasina signed the treaty to catch UNESCO award … she never meant any good for the minority people.
For your kind information … that Chakma ambassador has been ‘defrocked’ of his ambassador cloak last week.
Thanks for your of being blind of one wye!
Revolutionary statues reloaded
Martin,
I’ve always wondered. How much “prestige” do the descendants of these figures get in Laos? Particularly their families? I do recall a story about Khamsay flaunting his royal roots before seeking asylum in New Zealand.
Pheua Thai but for lese majeste
One has to understand who ultimately owns Chalerm’s balls.
A catalogue of threats against the Khana Nitirat
stuart
Have you heard of Tony Hall? I believe he was banned from writing for S. African newspapers and magazines after interviewing the then on-the-run Nelson Mandela in 1961. As I can recollect, his wife, Eve, was sentenced to prison for 6months and later worked for the ILO and helped to set-up the women’s section of the ANC. She joined the ANC the day after the Sharpeville massacre when 69 people were killed by the Apartheid regime.
I was lucky enough to meet Tony a few years back before he died. His son, Andy, is a close friend of mine.
The entire family had to go on the run for over two decades to escape the Apartheid regime.
Tony’s interview with Mandela makes for interesting reading –
“He said: “It is time for action in a revolutionary sense. There is a great need for a united Non-White front with Africans as its spearhead.
” The immediate aims should be to disorganise the system of Apartheid to make it totally unworkable, to divide the Whites seriously, if possible, and to use the resulting situation to demand further democratic rights.”
Today Mandela says of the planned demonstrations for the end of May: “This is the beginning of the head-on clash with apartheid.”
Of course Apartheid didn’t end until 30years later.
And, according to the Nelson Mandela Foundation – “many thousands of people died in the struggle to end apartheid”.
A catalogue of threats against the Khana Nitirat
Andrew.Let me number my responses to make it easier to follow:
1. No I didn’t. I’m still very much there, although I spend a great deal more time elsewhere these days.
2. Yes I was , between 1985 and 1992 when it was still a banned organisation. By the U.S Government’s definition that made me a terrorist! With some regrets, I’m no longer a member.
3. I spent the worst part of two years in and out of Alex as a young rifleman under conscription. Later, I was frequently in and out of Soweto and Thembisa (and also Alex as necessary) as a reporter for an international news service and for some years as a newspaperman at the major Johannesburg daily. Since 1995 I maintain a home (and since 2003 a third-share in a shebeen) in Khayelitsha.
4. No. I think my answer above qualifies me as more than just visiting. I haven’t seen as much as many, and possibly more than most; but I have seen enough.
5. Yes I have. In fact, not only have I read the book but I also know him quite well.
6. Yes he does. In his book you will find he refers to most of the things I talked about in my previous comment. By and large, I saw things in much the same way he did. We agree on all the facts, although our opinions or interpretations sometimes differ. On your point, though, yes they did indeed use force of arms. But that wasn’t my point. White South Africans, almost to a man (bar several lunatics in Bophuthutswana in 1994), calmly and deliberately chose not to go to war. Most did so, I believe, because a bloodbath would have seen the destruction of everything they had built over three and a half centuries. In rude terms, we simply came to our senses. We also very probably would have been killed…which would have been to our detriment. This was my point when I compared us to privileged Thais. I know it’s very exciting to imagine the illustrious ANC marching to war with all guns blazing against the evil white man. But it’s well recorded in fact, and acknowledged by all parties involved, that the overwhelming majority of the “The Struggle” was defined by so-called black-on-black violence. The largely white National Party had started reaching out to the ANC long before. I hope this “red on red” violence (to coin an awkward phrase) doesn’t happen in Thailand, although in this regard the circumstances are different.
7. No, there’s only one South Africa. In fact, it was a blank reality that all sides came to terms with very early during negotiations in the early 1990s. I’m glad they did. I suspect you’re being facetious.
Revolutionary statues reloaded
Phetsarat represents an anticolonial, non-communist nationalism which makes him a problematic figure for revolutionary historiography. He just won’t fit into either one of the opposite categories “reactionaries” or “revolutionaries” and remains somewhere in between. The official Pavatsat Lao calls him a patriot for his role in the 1945 independence movement. However, the book gives more credit to the leadership of the Indochinese Communist Party for shaking off the colonial yoke and writes Souphanouvong into the story of 1945. Because Phetsarat refused to join the ‘struggle’ afterwards and remained in Thai exile until 1957, he is not mentioned any further in the Pavatsat Lao. Even his conciliatory role in the negotiations between Souphanouvong and Souvanna Phouma is ignored. His death in 1959 coincides with the escalation of the Lao civil war.
Phetsarat’s biography by Maha Sila Viravong remains a best-seller of the Lao publisher Dokked (run by Maha Sila’s family) and his “saksit” image can be seen in many buses and taxis. Maybe official state commemoration of this popular figure would imperil the official narrative which highlights Kaysone and Souphanouvong as liberators of the Lao nation. Therefore only minor commemorative activities can be expected, no prominent statue.
A catalogue of threats against the Khana Nitirat
stuart
Just a question – did you leave South Africa during Apartheid?
Were you a member of the ANC yourself?
What experience did you have of living in the Townships? (you said you could only comment on places you lived in, and you also said how separate the two worlds, black and white, were in S Africa at that time).
Or did you just visit?
I also don;t know if you’ve ever read the autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
In that he makes it pretty clear that it was necessary to use force of arms to end Apartheid.
But maybe the South Africa he’s referring to isn’t the one you lived in?
A catalogue of threats against the Khana Nitirat
For general information, I am sending along this draft translation of Worachet (Enlightened Jurist leader) biography from Thai Wikipedia. There has been some interest in his bio. Not a lot of meat here but it’s a start.
DRAFT TRANSLATION
р╕зр╕гр╣Ар╕Ир╕Хр╕Щр╣М р╕ар╕▓р╕Др╕╡р╕гр╕▒р╕Хр╕Щр╣М
р╕Ир╕▓р╕Бр╕зр╕┤р╕Бр╕┤р╕Юр╕╡р╣Ар╕Фр╕╡р╕в р╕кр╕▓р╕гр╕▓р╕Щр╕╕р╕Бр╕гр╕бр╣Ар╕кр╕гр╕╡
Worachet Pakeerut
From Thai Wikipedia th.wikipedia.org/wiki/р╕зр╕гр╣Ар╕Ир╕Хр╕Щр╣М_р╕ар╕▓р╕Др╕╡р╕гр╕▒р╕Хр╕Щр╣М
р╕гр╕и.р╕Фр╕г.р╕зр╕гр╣Ар╕Ир╕Хр╕Щр╣М р╕ар╕▓р╕Др╕╡р╕гр╕▒р╕Хр╕Щр╣М р╣Ар╕Ыр╣Зр╕Щр╕нр╕▓р╕Ир╕▓р╕гр╕вр╣Мр╕ар╕▓р╕Др╕зр╕┤р╕Кр╕▓р╕Бр╕Ор╕лр╕бр╕▓р╕вр╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕Кр╕Щ р╕Др╕Ур╕░р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М р╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕зр╕┤р╕Чр╕вр╕▓р╕ер╕▒р╕вр╕Шр╕гр╕гр╕бр╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М р╕бр╕╡р╕Кр╕╖р╣Ир╕нр╣Ар╕кр╕╡р╕вр╕Зр╕Ир╕▓р╕Бр╣Ар╕Ыр╣Зр╕Щр╕Щр╕▒р╕Бр╕зр╕┤р╕Кр╕▓р╕Бр╕▓р╕гр╕Вр╕нр╕Зр╕Др╕Ур╕░р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕гр╕▓р╕йр╕Ор╕гр╣М
Professor Dr. Worachet Pakeerut is a professor of Public Law, Faculty of Law, at Thammasat University. He is known as an academic with the Enlightened Jurist group.
1 р╕Ыр╕гр╕░р╕зр╕▒р╕Хр╕┤ Personal history
2 р╕Ыр╕гр╕░р╕зр╕▒р╕Хр╕┤р╕Бр╕▓р╕гр╕Чр╕│р╕Зр╕▓р╕Щ Work history
3 р╕гр╕▓р╕Зр╕зр╕▒р╕е Awards
4 р╕нр╣Йр╕▓р╕Зр╕нр╕┤р╕З References
5 р╣Бр╕лр╕ер╣Ир╕Зр╕Вр╣Йр╕нр╕бр╕╣р╕ер╕нр╕╖р╣Ир╕Щ Other sources of Information
р╕Ыр╕гр╕░р╕зр╕▒р╕Хр╕┤ Personal history
р╕зр╕гр╣Ар╕Ир╕Хр╕Щр╣М р╕ар╕▓р╕Др╕╡р╕гр╕▒р╕Хр╕Щр╣М р╣Ар╕Бр╕┤р╕Фр╣Гр╕Щ р╕Ир╕▒р╕Зр╕лр╕зр╕▒р╕Фр╕Юр╕гр╕░р╕Щр╕Др╕гр╕ир╕гр╕╡р╕нр╕вр╕╕р╕Шр╕вр╕▓ р╕бр╕╡р╕Юр╕╡р╣Ир╕Щр╣Йр╕нр╕З 4 р╕Др╕Щ р╕Ър╕┤р╕Фр╕▓р╣Ар╕Ыр╣Зр╕Щр╕нр╕Фр╕╡р╕Хр╕Щр╕▓р╕вр╕кр╕Цр╕▓р╕Щр╕╡р╕гр╕Цр╣Др╕Яр╕Ър╣Йр╕▓р╕Щр╕бр╣Йр╕▓ р╕зр╕гр╣Ар╕Ир╕Хр╕Щр╣Мр╕Кр╕╖р╣Ир╕Щр╕Кр╕нр╕Ър╕Бр╕▓р╕гр╣Ар╕бр╕╖р╕нр╕Зр╕Бр╕▓р╕гр╕Ыр╕Бр╕Др╕гр╕нр╕Зр╕бр╕▓р╕Хр╕▒р╣Йр╕Зр╣Бр╕Хр╣Ир╣Ар╕Фр╣Зр╕Б р╕Ир╕Щр╕бр╕╡р╕Др╕зр╕▓р╕бр╕Др╕┤р╕Фр╕Чр╕╡р╣Ир╕Ир╕░р╣Ар╕гр╕╡р╕вр╕Щр╕гр╕▒р╕Рр╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣Мр╣Бр╕ер╕░р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М р╕Кр╕╖р╣Ир╕Щр╕Кр╕нр╕Ър╕Щр╕зр╕Щр╕┤р╕вр╕▓р╕в р╕нр╕▓р╕Чр╕┤ р╕бр╕▒р╕Зр╕Бр╕гр╕лр╕вр╕Б р╕др╕Чр╕Шр╕┤р╣Мр╕бр╕╡р╕Фр╕кр╕▒р╣Йр╕Щ
Worachet Pakeerut was born in the province of Ayuthaya, has four siblings, his father a former rail station head at Baan Ma station. Worachet has been fond of politics from childhood, motivating him to study political science and law. He likes novels, especially Monkon Yoke, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, [where] prowess with daggers [was part of the theme.]
р╕зр╕гр╣Ар╕Ир╕Хр╕Щр╣М р╕Ир╕Ър╕Бр╕▓р╕гр╕ир╕╢р╕Бр╕йр╕▓р╕гр╕░р╕Фр╕▒р╕Ър╕Кр╕▒р╣Йр╕Щр╕нр╕Щр╕╕р╕Ър╕▓р╕е р╕Ир╕Щр╕Цр╕╢р╕Зр╕Кр╕▒р╣Йр╕Щр╕Ыр╕гр╕░р╕Цр╕бр╕ир╕╢р╕Бр╕йр╕▓р╣Вр╕гр╕Зр╣Ар╕гр╕╡р╕вр╕Щр╕Ир╕┤р╕гр╕░р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣Мр╕зр╕┤р╕Чр╕вр╕▓ р╕Ир╕▒р╕Зр╕лр╕зр╕▒р╕Фр╕Юр╕гр╕░р╕Щр╕Др╕гр╕ир╕гр╕╡р╕нр╕вр╕╕р╕Шр╕вр╕▓ р╕бр╕▒р╕Шр╕вр╕бр╕ир╕╢р╕Бр╕йр╕▓р╕Хр╕нр╕Щр╕Хр╣Йр╕Щр╕Ир╕▓р╕Бр╣Вр╕гр╕Зр╣Ар╕гр╕╡р╕вр╕Щр╕лр╕нр╕зр╕▒р╕З р╕Щр╕▒р╣Ир╕Зр╕гр╕Цр╣Др╕Яр╣Др╕Ыр╕Бр╕ер╕▒р╕Ър╕Чр╕╕р╕Бр╕зр╕▒р╕Щ р╣Вр╕Фр╕вр╕ер╕Зр╕Чр╕╡р╣Ир╕кр╕Цр╕▓р╕Щр╕╡р╕гр╕Цр╣Др╕Яр╕Ър╕▓р╕Зр╣Ар╕Вр╕Щ р╣Бр╕ер╣Йр╕зр╕Хр╣Ир╕нр╕Фр╣Йр╕зр╕вр╕гр╕Цр╣Ар╕бр╕ер╣Мр╣Др╕Ыр╣Вр╕гр╕Зр╣Ар╕гр╕╡р╕вр╕Щр╕лр╕нр╕зр╕▒р╕З р╕бр╕▒р╕Шр╕вр╕бр╕ир╕╢р╕Бр╕йр╕▓р╕Хр╕нр╕Щр╕Ыр╕ер╕▓р╕вр╕Ир╕▓р╕Бр╣Вр╕гр╕Зр╣Ар╕гр╕╡р╕вр╕Щр╣Ар╕Хр╕гр╕╡р╕вр╕бр╕нр╕╕р╕Фр╕бр╕ир╕╢р╕Бр╕йр╕▓[1] р╕Ыр╕гр╕┤р╕Нр╕Нр╕▓р╕Хр╕гр╕╡р╕Ир╕▓р╕Б р╕Др╕Ур╕░р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М р╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕зр╕┤р╕Чр╕вр╕▓р╕ер╕▒р╕вр╕Шр╕гр╕гр╕бр╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М р╣Ар╕бр╕╖р╣Ир╕нр╕Ыр╕╡ р╕Ю.р╕и. 2530 р╕Ыр╕гр╕┤р╕Нр╕Нр╕▓р╣Вр╕Чр╣Бр╕ер╕░р╕Ыр╕гр╕┤р╕Нр╕Нр╕▓р╣Ар╕нр╕Б р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕Ър╕▒р╕Ур╕Ср╕┤р╕Х р╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕зр╕┤р╕Чр╕вр╕▓р╕ер╕▒р╕вр╣Ар╕Бр╕┤р╕гр╣Мр╕Чр╕Шр╕┤р╕Зр╣Ар╕Бр╣Йр╕Щ р╕Ыр╕гр╕░р╣Ар╕Чр╕ир╣Ар╕вр╕нр╕гр╕бр╕Щр╕╡ р╕Фр╣Йр╕зр╕вр╕Чр╕╕р╕Щр╕нр╕▓р╕Щр╕▒р╕Щр╕Чр╕бр╕лр╕┤р╕Фр╕е р╕Ир╕Ър╕Фр╣Йр╕зр╕вр╕Др╕░р╣Бр╕Щр╕Щр╕кр╕╣р╕Зр╕кр╕╕р╕Ф
Worachet completed primary and elementary school at Jirasart Wittaya School in Ayuthaya province, and junior high school at Horwang School. He rode the train back and forth daily, getting off at Bang Kaen station, then connecting with the mail train to Horwang School. He completed high school at the preparatory school and bachelor’s at the faculty of law of Thammasat University in 1987, master’s and Ph.D. and Master of Law at the University of Göttingen, Germany, with an Ananda Mahidol Scholarship. He received the highest marks.
р╕Ыр╕гр╕░р╕зр╕▒р╕Хр╕┤р╕Бр╕▓р╕гр╕Чр╕│р╕Зр╕▓р╕Щ
Work history
[Translator’s note: At a press conference on TV today, 25 January 2012, Thailand’s army commander-in-chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha, once more denounced the Nitirat group, citing as one of the shortfalls of its membership lack of experience, youth, and never really managing anything.]
р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕Бр╕г р╕Чр╕╡р╣Ир╕кр╕│р╕Щр╕▒р╕Бр╕Зр╕▓р╕Щр╕Бр╕Ор╕лр╕бр╕▓р╕в р╕Ър╕гр╕┤р╕йр╕▒р╕Чр╕Ыр╕╣р╕Щр╕Лр╕┤р╣Ар╕бр╕Щр╕Хр╣Мр╣Др╕Чр╕в
р╕нр╕▓р╕Ир╕▓р╕гр╕вр╣Мр╕Ыр╕гр╕░р╕Ир╕│р╕Др╕Ур╕░р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М р╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕зр╕┤р╕Чр╕вр╕▓р╕ер╕▒р╕вр╕Шр╕гр╕гр╕бр╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М
р╕гр╕нр╕Зр╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╕▓р╕Ир╕▓р╕гр╕вр╣Мр╕Ыр╕гр╕░р╕Ир╕│р╕Др╕Ур╕░р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М р╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕зр╕┤р╕Чр╕вр╕▓р╕ер╕▒р╕вр╕Шр╕гр╕гр╕бр╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М
р╕лр╕▒р╕зр╕лр╕Щр╣Йр╕▓р╕лр╕ер╕▒р╕Бр╕кр╕╣р╕Хр╕гр╕Ыр╕гр╕░р╕Бр╕▓р╕ир╕Щр╕╡р╕вр╕Ър╕▒р╕Хр╕гр╕Ър╕▒р╕Ур╕Ср╕┤р╕Хр╕Чр╕▓р╕Зр╕Бр╕Ор╕лр╕бр╕▓р╕вр╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕Кр╕Щ р╕Др╕Ур╕░р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М р╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕зр╕┤р╕Чр╕вр╕▓р╕ер╕▒р╕вр╕Шр╕гр╕гр╕бр╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М
р╕гр╕нр╕Зр╕Ьр╕╣р╣Йр╕нр╕│р╕Щр╕зр╕вр╕Бр╕▓р╕гр╣Вр╕Др╕гр╕Зр╕Бр╕▓р╕гр╕нр╕Ър╕гр╕бр╕Ыр╕гр╕░р╕Бр╕▓р╕ир╕Щр╕╡р╕вр╕Ър╕▒р╕Хр╕гр╕Бр╕Ор╕лр╕бр╕▓р╕вр╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕Кр╕Щ р╕Др╕Ур╕░р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М р╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕зр╕┤р╕Чр╕вр╕▓р╕ер╕▒р╕вр╕Шр╕гр╕гр╕бр╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М
р╕нр╕▓р╕Ир╕▓р╕гр╕вр╣Мр╕Юр╕┤р╣Ар╕ир╕й р╕Др╕Ур╕░р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М р╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕зр╕┤р╕Чр╕вр╕▓р╕ер╕▒р╕вр╕гр╕▒р╕Зр╕кр╕┤р╕Х [2]
Lawyer with the Siam Cement Company
Lecturer with the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University
Head of the Public Law Graduate Degree program, Thammasat University
Deputy Director, Public Law Training Program, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University
Special professor, Faculty of Law, Rangsit University
р╕гр╕▓р╕Зр╕зр╕▒р╕е
Awards
р╣Ар╕Бр╕╡р╕вр╕Хр╕┤р╕Щр╕┤р╕вр╕бр╕нр╕▒р╕Щр╕Фр╕▒р╕Ър╕кр╕нр╕З [Thai spelling corrected to р╣Ар╕Бр╕╡р╕вр╕гр╕Хр╕┤р╕Щр╕┤р╕вр╕бр╕нр╕▒р╕Щр╕Фр╕▒р╕Ър╕кр╕нр╕З] р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣Мр╕Ър╕▒р╕Ур╕Ср╕┤р╕Х р╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕зр╕┤р╕Чр╕вр╕▓р╕ер╕▒р╕вр╕Шр╕гр╕гр╕бр╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М
р╣Др╕Фр╣Йр╕гр╕▒р╕Ър╕гр╕▓р╕Зр╕зр╕▒р╕ер╣Ар╕гр╕╡р╕вр╕Щр╕Фр╕╡р╕Чр╕╕р╕Щр╕ар╕╣р╕бр╕┤р╕Юр╕ер╣Гр╕Щр╕Рр╕▓р╕Щр╕░р╕Ър╕▒р╕Ур╕Ср╕┤р╕Хр╕Чр╕╡р╣Ир╣Др╕Фр╣Йр╕Др╕░р╣Бр╕Щр╕Щр╕кр╕╣р╕Зр╕кр╕╕р╕Фр╕Вр╕нр╕Зр╕Др╕Ур╕░р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣Мр╕Ыр╕гр╕░р╕Ир╕│р╕Ыр╕╡р╕Бр╕▓р╕гр╕ир╕╢р╕Бр╕йр╕▓ р╣Тр╣Хр╣Ур╣У
р╣Др╕Фр╣Йр╕гр╕▒р╕Ър╕Юр╕гр╕░р╕гр╕▓р╕Кр╕Чр╕▓р╕Щр╕Чр╕╕р╕Щр╕бр╕╣р╕ер╕Щр╕┤р╕Шр╕┤р╕нр╕▓р╕Щр╕▒р╕Щр╕Чр╕бр╕лр╕┤р╕Фр╕ер╣Гр╕лр╣Йр╣Др╕Ыр╕ир╕╢р╕Бр╕йр╕▓р╕зр╕┤р╕Кр╕▓р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╣М р╕Бр╕Ор╕лр╕бр╕▓р╕вр╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕Кр╕Щ р╕У р╕кр╕лр╕Юр╕▒р╕Щр╕Шр╣Мр╕кр╕▓р╕Шр╕▓р╕гр╕Ур╕гр╕▒р╕Рр╣Ар╕вр╕нр╕гр╕бр╕▒р╕Щ
р╕кр╕│р╣Ар╕гр╣Зр╕Ир╕Бр╕▓р╕гр╕ир╕╢р╕Бр╕йр╕▓р╕Щр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕ир╕▓р╕кр╕Хр╕гр╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕Ър╕▒р╕Ур╕Ср╕┤р╕Хр╕Лр╕╢р╣Ир╕Зр╣Ар╕Ыр╣Зр╕Щр╕Др╕░р╣Бр╕Щр╕Щр╕кр╕╣р╕Зр╕кр╕╕р╕Фр╕Хр╕▓р╕бр╕лр╕ер╕▒р╕Бр╕кр╕╣р╕Хр╕г Magister luris р╕Вр╕нр╕Зр╕бр╕лр╕▓р╕зр╕┤р╕Чр╕вр╕▓р╕ер╕▒р╕вр╣Ар╕Бр╕┤р╕гр╣Мр╕Чр╕Шр╕┤р╕Зр╣Ар╕Бр╣Йр╕Щ
Second class honors, Bachelor of Law, Thammasat University
Received Bhumibol Scholarship Award as a graduate with the highest marks in the Faculty of Law for the year 1990.
Received royal funding from Ananda Mahidol Scholarship to study public law at
The Federal Republic of Germany.
Graduated Magister luris with highest marks
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Pheua Thai but for lese majeste
The govt’s compromised position on LM is painful to watch but does it actually indicate a worsening of the situation “on the ground” or is it just rhetoric?
I’ve recently interviewed several of the LM prisoners and a whole bunch of prisoners at the new political prison at Laksi.
These guys are in the front line of the political struggle and their views, for me, are important to hear.
In brief, what they told me was that they all think the govt has done the right thing by opening up the political prison.
In terms of LM they all consider it a “political crime”.
They all seemed to understand the difficult position the govt was in, and still felt, at least for the UDD non-LM prisoners, that it is “their govt” and was better than what came previously.
“It is not perfect but it comes from the people” one political prisoner told me.
I’ll be revealing what ALL of these prisoners, including the LM and political, said about both AI and HRW at a later date. I’m sure it’s pretty easy to guess.
As for 112 – I have heard from many sources that the Army are threatening a coup if there is an amendment. Some of the sources say that this is not an excuse not to amend or abolish LM and the govt should do it anyway.
To be honest, the Nitirat proposals for LM are also a compromise and if they were enacted would likely mean people would stay in prison. Why no criticism for HRW’s Sunai Phasak’s disgraceful comments on a previous LM case as revealed by the Political Prisoners’ Thailand blog? PPT also revealed that Sunai as a politicised anti-Thaskinite who was pro the 2006 military coup. An astonishing revelation that seriously undermines and damages the credibility of HRW to report on the present government with any degree of neutrality.
So my question is – if Human Rights Watch aren’t willing to take on LM cases unless they’re “attractive” is it then hypocritical of them to criticise the government when they don’t?
Furthermore, why aren’t some of the deficiencies in Nitirat’s LM amendments discussed? Should their be a prison sentence at all for LM? And what will happen to the existing LM prisoners should the Nitirat amendment actually happen? Or are academics and NGO workers the only parties allowed to make compromises on LM?
The govt is certainly guilty of making compromises on LM but it seems that so are many other parties.
Open letter about lese majeste
Jon:
I stand chastened and corrected. Maybe I was being a little naive in my hope that the above ‘proposal’ would be subject to critical-discussion and review by its authors and supporters, perhaps, along the lines you suggest.
Pheua Thai but for lese majeste
I agree, go the Red Village and show them what is out there. Show them the “Boogey Thai” video and see what their reaction is.
Right now, all they hear about is is stopping reasonable political discussions, what you people don’t talk about is what the majority of the content actually is.
Review of Cicuzza and Shimizu
Fantastic review. Finished reading it. These lines are so … enlightening:
“….there has been a gradual turn towards textual studies which take into account art-historical, archaeological, and material-cultural evidence”
“Besides the material-culture turn, there has been a similar growth in textual-anthropological studies, which look at how texts are received, translated, ritualized, catalogued, edited, illuminated, and changed in a variety of local contexts.”
“Unlike many previous studies, they do not see Pali texts composed or circulated in Southeast Asias simply derivative of South Asian exemplars.”
Also true for the Burmese case. Take, for instance: The Golden Rock at Kyaik-hti-yo, Donald M. Stadtner, SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, Volume 6, Issues 1&2, Spring & Winter 2008 (published & available online).
Here Pali story motifs (e.g. Gavampti) can be seen going up and down the continuum from high Pali text to oral folktale and even working their way into ethnohistories [definition: folktales with varying degrees of objective historical truth] such as U Kala’s Burmese history and the Mon Yazadarit.
Hope you have a regular column here some day. In the future, when Burma and Thailand’s political problem’s have faded, academics maybe will use their valuable brain bandwidth for this kind of intellectual pursuit, uncovering the intellectual legacies of the region, thanks Justin 🙂
Review of A Life’s Work
Is this tome an exercise in self-censorship and prolonging myth making after all who makes history common people lets hear their narratives of suffering at the hands of illusions and lies