I am not sure about the ethical component of trading off credibility with vulnerability.
My impression of Thai police has since hardly been complimentary. When those enforcing the law don’t even investigate the motivations of those with vested interests in filing allegations, something is wrong.
And from The Nation’s website on Friday;
…
Yesterday,(Thursday) an independent bookshop owner in Bangkok told The Nation an officer in uniform stood and stared at the Fah Diew Kan magazine for more than ten minutes without uttering a single word. “I feel a bit threatened. Another bookshop has already removed the magazine from its shelves.”
…
(http://www.nationmultimedia.com/option/print.php?newsid=30138155)
>It makes no sense to anonymously attack someone and then cowardly hide behind some notion that putting your name to your comment will generate a lese majeste accusation. Lese majeste is real, we know. But this is exactly the kind of laughable argument that people feel they can make precisely because they think there are no consequences.
This is the complaint of authoritarian regimes everywhere – the cowardly attacks of the anonymous against a ‘noble establishment’. It’s very sad to see this same complaint being made here.
>But this is exactly the kind of laughable argument that people feel they can make precisely because they think there are no consequences.
The option of anonymity is a fundamental part of free speech. And yes it is precisely because people feel there are no consequences that it is free.
Those that choose to be public are always trading off greater vulnerability for greater credibility, which is exactly as it should be.
Scandinavia has a long tradition of excellent Thai studies.
Among notables in recent years – 2005’s Stockholm School of Economics study titled Institutional Change In Southeast Asia, edited by Jose Tongzon and Fredrick Sjoholm, published by Routledge – is one very fine example.
Its’ chapters on Thailand provide considerable evidence to answering how much Thaksin did or did not do for Thailand’s poor.
This book on Thailand’s Monarchy promises equally to be a “must-read”.
Including the indirect slapdowns, we’re pushing a hundred thumbs down now. That should get me onto double secret probation, alright! Interesting, though, that the original posting made it past moderation.
First off, I owe New Mandala’s readership both an apology and an explanation. The apology is for being too clever by half, as the Brits say; and I see that if one is going to be hyper-ironic in a blog posting, one better have more perfect familiarity with the subject.
Knowing that “Raja” is a given name amongst Hindus and Sikh, ‘though not ordinarily amongst Muslims, but not knowing that for Malays, “Raja” is an honorific for descendants of royalty (which appears to be the case with RPK), I was completely flat-footed on the “polytheist” bit… Sorry about that. I’ve only been to Malaysia as a tourist and what I know about that country is mostly what I see in the newspapers.
But I would have thought that with the blog handle “Hanoi Paris Hilton”, readers would have been clued in that the posting was not necessarily to be taken literally.
So let me state unequivocally that I don’t now, nor did I ever, believe that RPK is a “cats-paw of the Zionists”.
What I was alluding to there –obviously way too obliquely, and maybe fatally undercut by my evident ignorance– was that the “Z”-word, and discarding the Z figleaf, the “J”-word as well, figures appalingly large in the political discourse in Malaysia, and not just amongst marginalized figures.
E.g., here’s Anwar Ibrahim –the erstwhile golden boy in the North of Islamic moderation and reform (referring here, I believe, to the present Malaysian administration):
“How can our foreign policy have changed dramatically,” unless Jews were controlling Malaysian affairs for America’s benefit?…I have evidence proving that the government is backing the Jewish lobby in the U.S. and some parties inside Israel.”
And to rehash the astonishing remarks of Dr. Mahathir, who seems to have been converted by James Cameron into a troofer:
“Speaking at the General Conference for the Support of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) here, Tun Dr Mahathir said killing as an excuse for war is not new to the US. He also argued that Israel was created to solve the ‘Jewish problem’ in Europe, saying the Holocaust had failed as a final solution against the community. ‘In September 2001, the World Trade Center was attacked allegedly by terrorists. I am not sure now that Muslim terrorists carried out these attacks. There is strong evidence that the attacks were staged. If they can make Avatar, they can make anything’…
The former premier said Israel was created after the Europeans failed to massacre the Jewish community. ‘The Jews had always been a problem in European countries. They had to be confined to ghettoes and periodically massacred. But still they remained, they thrived and they held whole governments to ransom. Even after their massacre by the Nazis of Germany, they survived to continue to be a source of even greater problems for the world’…”
Getting back on topic, while RPK asserts that he’s properly anti-Zionist (as he’s likewise, anti-Nazi and anti-imperialist), he does seem to be squishy-soft on the Zs and on the Js, saying,
“I am against Zionism. I am not against Jews or Israel…I would like to visit Israel if I were allowed to. But I can’t do that because Malaysians are banned from travelling to Israel. I oppose this policy…So, being a loyal Malaysian, I follow the rules although there are ways I can travel to Israel if I want to without the government finding out. This is the issue. The issue is not that we hate Jews or Israel.
In fact, I love Jews. I think the Jews are the most talented people in the world. My favourite singers/entertainers, song writers/composers, actors/actresses, movie producers/directors, writers/authors, thinkers/philosophers, doctors/scientists, and whatnot, are Jews. Hey, almost all the Prophets of the People of the Book were Jews. Abraham, Moses, Jesus and many more were Jews. So how can I hate Jews?”
So is there anybody out there who really thinks that when push comes to shove, the Z and J cards won’t be played mighty harsh onto RPK? The situation regarding alleged UMNO-links to the exploded corpse of the unfortunate Ms. Altantunya seems to be getting quite ugly already.
Indeed, with the “most talented people” bit (above), he’s made himself quite the target for just such a smear. But, no, the “polytheist” angle won’t be in there.
LKY’s been having a go at successive Burmese governments by saying publicly too many times they are stupid idiots.
I still remember many years ago he openly ridiculed Ne Win for wearing a steel helmet while playing golf with him in Rangoon. Ne Win was scared of snipers and LKY thought it was ridiculous.
LKY definitely have low opinion of Burmese. Singaporean government’s policies about Burma and LKY’s actions confirmed that too.
One of them is Letting Burmese drug lords launder their dirty money through Singapore by allowing them buy inflated assets like normally unsellable condominiums and office buildings during the global downturn. I personally know one who now permanently resides in Singapore since becoming a citizen there.
Anyway please read my comment #16 carefully again and you two will see my point.
I still believe we Burmese are really stupid to believe that perverted nationalist version of our modern history for last 60 years.
The current simpleton version, “Burma was good till the English came and it was good after English were kicked out by Aung San and his army and then suddenly bad again because of Ne Win and his thuggish soldiers from the same bloody army,” is just simply a propaganda bullshit to keep us Burmese in the dark so that the ruling class, whether military or the nationalist politicians, can rule us forever.
In the case of Thailand, woodfuel was heavily used prior to the 1970s (approx), even in engines designed for other fuels. I heard of short railway lines being built solely to the purpose of accessing woodfuel producing forests. Did you by any chance include in your Altas specific information on these lines and on woodfuel consumption by railway operators ?
One area of contention in the forest history of Thailand (and elsewhere in SEA for that matter) is the extent to which intensive industrial woodfuel production can be seen as a proximal cause of deforestation independent of agricultural expansion. In other words, has this form of forest exploitation led to a reduction of “existing forest areas” even when agricultural expansion did not take place afterwards?
Probably explains why the National Library collection is so piss-poor: it’s controlled by The Misery of Culture, who are dedicated to the suppression of cultural development.
Goodonyer RPK!!! Every country should have people like you…pity they often have to get out, though.
Another vdos in this series, “ISA & religious brainwashing,” is well worth watching. It’s an anecdote about his questioning of the Thought Police. The would-be interrogator flees.
It’s disappointing to see that librarians who should be in the business of making information and opinion accessible are in the business of ferreting out and suppressing views which don’t accord with those of their masters.
Yeah, I had noticed that, but I really don’t know how you can read that interview and interpret LKY’s comments as being an attack on the Burmese people rather than the generals. I mean, I’m in the completely crazy position of defending LKY. I never thought I’d see that day.
Hla Oo is on a mission to blur the distinction between the rulers and the ruled, just in case you haven’t noticed. Plan B calls it self-flagellation, but I think only outwardly so.
Typically he blames the Burmese diaspora not on the generals who had made life in Burma definetely wanting to absolutely impossible, but on the people who had to leave for various reasons.
good news is : one of the seriously (almost fatally) wounded journalists / bloggers has sufficiently recovered already, so that he is able to speak and give interviews. he is gonna get home to Canada and is already got appointment for interview.
looks like he has even resumed blogging ! 🙂
the 1st blog post in 4 months, since May 18th – on May 19th he almost died. this is really a very good news that he feels better now – I found his blog as one the best on Thailand.
I was completely paralyzed on the entire right hand side. I also had serious trouble seeing and recognizing objects and couldn’t even recognize myself in a mirror.
Despite my injuries, I surprised everyone – including my gaggle of doctors – by checking myself out of the hospital and hobbling away just three weeks later.
And three months later, I have emerged with very few permanent injuries. Hearing damage, many scars, and an ugly limp, but I am walking and back at work.
So, needless to say, I am taking a break from bloging and concentrating on physiotherapy and work.
But, considering Thailand’s political turmoil is far from over, I don’t think it will be a long break.
Who is RPK? He seems as bold and free on parliamentary amnesty as the ones in Thailand ie giving hell to the power that be. Wonder a coup will do the trick in negara aku?
Frank sorry to hear you are going through this ordeal. I know it’s of not much help but I’m afraid my own experience of being the defendant in a somewhat similar criminal case taught me to have a lot of patience and expect much wasted time. You will find when summoned to appear in court it can be only to find the prosecutor asking for another postponement as they are not ready. This is, I guess, why Thai court cases can drag on many years. I found taking a book with me helped.
“…political demonstrations in Bangkok and northern Thailand to mark the fourth anniversary of the September 2006 coup and the four-month anniversary of the end of the 2010 demonstrations in Bangkok. Supporters of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD or “red-shirts”) are organizing activities that will include September 17 wreath layings at prisons where UDD members are being held and a vehicular procession from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, where participants will join UDD activities on September 19.
On September 19, UDD supporters in Bangkok plan gatherings at Thammasart University and Democracy Monument. The UDD is scheduled to hold a rally in the Ratchaprasong between approximately 1700 – 1900 hours; about 2,000 people are expected to participate. UDD supporters in Chiang Mai plan to assemble in the area of the Chiang Mai railroad station, proceed to the Tha Pae Gate area, then march along the moat that surrounds the
old city, and then rally at the Municipal Sports Stadium. UDD
supporters could also gather at the Three Kings Monument and at the
Grand Worarot Hotel (near Wat Phra Singh). These areas are frequented by foreign tourists, including U.S. citizens. Other possible
demonstration sites include government buildings and military and police installations. UDD gatherings in other provinces across northern Thailand are also likely on September 19.”
Ed:
Please feel free to print and send on as needed. Use a “We have been informed of the following by a principle in the case…”
An update of the Akbar Khan case against Frank G Anderson, a full eighteen months after Khan first filed criminal defamation allegations with police against the defendant because of a mild critique of khan on the Korat Post website…
On 16 September 2010, Frank G Anderson appeared as requested at prosecutor’s office at Criminal Court on Rachadaphisek Road in Bangkok. The meeting was compulsory, and as indicated by the prosecutor, only held to update Anderson on the progress of the case. Anderson was informed at the meeting that material that should have been translated by police prior to submitting the case to prosecutor had been sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for correct translation. Anderson points out that this is exactly what he asked the police to do back in April 2010 when he was first summoned by the police to respond to Khan’s allegations.
The current upshot is that if the prosecutor asks Anderson to come back again for twenty more visits of this nature, Anderson is forced to comply and incur travel expenses each time.
During this last visit, however, Anderson spoke to the prosecutor regarding his own counter-filings against Khan and Khan’s police friend Wattanasak, stating that he had filed against them with Phahon Yothin police because he sincerely felt that the two had filed fraudulently. Anderson had taken a copy of the counter-allegations against the two and the prosecutor made a copy, expressing some interest in the matter.
Anderson’s several questions, however, were unproductive relating on which state agency would be responsible for his expenses on the one hand, and on the other, for helping him arrange a suit against police for malfaesance.
At the moment, Anderson continues to mull over whether to file civil charges against Khan, Wattanasak and the police.
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Ji Ungpakorn on Thai political change
I am not sure about the ethical component of trading off credibility with vulnerability.
My impression of Thai police has since hardly been complimentary. When those enforcing the law don’t even investigate the motivations of those with vested interests in filing allegations, something is wrong.
Clouds on the Same Sky horizon
And from The Nation’s website on Friday;
…
Yesterday,(Thursday) an independent bookshop owner in Bangkok told The Nation an officer in uniform stood and stared at the Fah Diew Kan magazine for more than ten minutes without uttering a single word. “I feel a bit threatened. Another bookshop has already removed the magazine from its shelves.”
…
(http://www.nationmultimedia.com/option/print.php?newsid=30138155)
Ji Ungpakorn on Thai political change
>It makes no sense to anonymously attack someone and then cowardly hide behind some notion that putting your name to your comment will generate a lese majeste accusation. Lese majeste is real, we know. But this is exactly the kind of laughable argument that people feel they can make precisely because they think there are no consequences.
This is the complaint of authoritarian regimes everywhere – the cowardly attacks of the anonymous against a ‘noble establishment’. It’s very sad to see this same complaint being made here.
>But this is exactly the kind of laughable argument that people feel they can make precisely because they think there are no consequences.
The option of anonymity is a fundamental part of free speech. And yes it is precisely because people feel there are no consequences that it is free.
Those that choose to be public are always trading off greater vulnerability for greater credibility, which is exactly as it should be.
The Railway Atlas of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia
A Railway Atlas which includes Laos ???!!!
Obviously going to be a short chapter, that one !
Saying the unsayable about Thailand’s monarchy
Scandinavia has a long tradition of excellent Thai studies.
Among notables in recent years – 2005’s Stockholm School of Economics study titled Institutional Change In Southeast Asia, edited by Jose Tongzon and Fredrick Sjoholm, published by Routledge – is one very fine example.
Its’ chapters on Thailand provide considerable evidence to answering how much Thaksin did or did not do for Thailand’s poor.
This book on Thailand’s Monarchy promises equally to be a “must-read”.
Clouds on the Same Sky horizon
Maybe they can organize a bonfire of banned books for Banned Book Week (http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm)?
Raja Petra Kamarudin: UMNO’s public enemy number 1
Including the indirect slapdowns, we’re pushing a hundred thumbs down now. That should get me onto double secret probation, alright! Interesting, though, that the original posting made it past moderation.
First off, I owe New Mandala’s readership both an apology and an explanation. The apology is for being too clever by half, as the Brits say; and I see that if one is going to be hyper-ironic in a blog posting, one better have more perfect familiarity with the subject.
Knowing that “Raja” is a given name amongst Hindus and Sikh, ‘though not ordinarily amongst Muslims, but not knowing that for Malays, “Raja” is an honorific for descendants of royalty (which appears to be the case with RPK), I was completely flat-footed on the “polytheist” bit… Sorry about that. I’ve only been to Malaysia as a tourist and what I know about that country is mostly what I see in the newspapers.
But I would have thought that with the blog handle “Hanoi Paris Hilton”, readers would have been clued in that the posting was not necessarily to be taken literally.
So let me state unequivocally that I don’t now, nor did I ever, believe that RPK is a “cats-paw of the Zionists”.
What I was alluding to there –obviously way too obliquely, and maybe fatally undercut by my evident ignorance– was that the “Z”-word, and discarding the Z figleaf, the “J”-word as well, figures appalingly large in the political discourse in Malaysia, and not just amongst marginalized figures.
E.g., here’s Anwar Ibrahim –the erstwhile golden boy in the North of Islamic moderation and reform (referring here, I believe, to the present Malaysian administration):
“How can our foreign policy have changed dramatically,” unless Jews were controlling Malaysian affairs for America’s benefit?…I have evidence proving that the government is backing the Jewish lobby in the U.S. and some parties inside Israel.”
[source: http://newledger.com/2010/04/the-reversal-of-anwar-ibrahim/%5D
And to rehash the astonishing remarks of Dr. Mahathir, who seems to have been converted by James Cameron into a troofer:
“Speaking at the General Conference for the Support of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) here, Tun Dr Mahathir said killing as an excuse for war is not new to the US. He also argued that Israel was created to solve the ‘Jewish problem’ in Europe, saying the Holocaust had failed as a final solution against the community. ‘In September 2001, the World Trade Center was attacked allegedly by terrorists. I am not sure now that Muslim terrorists carried out these attacks. There is strong evidence that the attacks were staged. If they can make Avatar, they can make anything’…
The former premier said Israel was created after the Europeans failed to massacre the Jewish community. ‘The Jews had always been a problem in European countries. They had to be confined to ghettoes and periodically massacred. But still they remained, they thrived and they held whole governments to ransom. Even after their massacre by the Nazis of Germany, they survived to continue to be a source of even greater problems for the world’…”
[source: http://www.xtremeplace.com/yabbse/index.php?action=printpage;topic=70757.0
Getting back on topic, while RPK asserts that he’s properly anti-Zionist (as he’s likewise, anti-Nazi and anti-imperialist), he does seem to be squishy-soft on the Zs and on the Js, saying,
“I am against Zionism. I am not against Jews or Israel…I would like to visit Israel if I were allowed to. But I can’t do that because Malaysians are banned from travelling to Israel. I oppose this policy…So, being a loyal Malaysian, I follow the rules although there are ways I can travel to Israel if I want to without the government finding out. This is the issue. The issue is not that we hate Jews or Israel.
In fact, I love Jews. I think the Jews are the most talented people in the world. My favourite singers/entertainers, song writers/composers, actors/actresses, movie producers/directors, writers/authors, thinkers/philosophers, doctors/scientists, and whatnot, are Jews. Hey, almost all the Prophets of the People of the Book were Jews. Abraham, Moses, Jesus and many more were Jews. So how can I hate Jews?”
[source: http://www.malaysia-today.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31087:judaism-israel-and-zionism&catid=22:the-corridors-of-power&Itemid=100085%5D
So is there anybody out there who really thinks that when push comes to shove, the Z and J cards won’t be played mighty harsh onto RPK? The situation regarding alleged UMNO-links to the exploded corpse of the unfortunate Ms. Altantunya seems to be getting quite ugly already.
Indeed, with the “most talented people” bit (above), he’s made himself quite the target for just such a smear. But, no, the “polytheist” angle won’t be in there.
Burma in Limbo, Part 2
Aiontay and Moe Aung,
Thanks for ganging up on me.
LKY’s been having a go at successive Burmese governments by saying publicly too many times they are stupid idiots.
I still remember many years ago he openly ridiculed Ne Win for wearing a steel helmet while playing golf with him in Rangoon. Ne Win was scared of snipers and LKY thought it was ridiculous.
LKY definitely have low opinion of Burmese. Singaporean government’s policies about Burma and LKY’s actions confirmed that too.
One of them is Letting Burmese drug lords launder their dirty money through Singapore by allowing them buy inflated assets like normally unsellable condominiums and office buildings during the global downturn. I personally know one who now permanently resides in Singapore since becoming a citizen there.
Anyway please read my comment #16 carefully again and you two will see my point.
I still believe we Burmese are really stupid to believe that perverted nationalist version of our modern history for last 60 years.
The current simpleton version, “Burma was good till the English came and it was good after English were kicked out by Aung San and his army and then suddenly bad again because of Ne Win and his thuggish soldiers from the same bloody army,” is just simply a propaganda bullshit to keep us Burmese in the dark so that the ruling class, whether military or the nationalist politicians, can rule us forever.
Thanks again.
The Railway Atlas of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia
Great!
In the case of Thailand, woodfuel was heavily used prior to the 1970s (approx), even in engines designed for other fuels. I heard of short railway lines being built solely to the purpose of accessing woodfuel producing forests. Did you by any chance include in your Altas specific information on these lines and on woodfuel consumption by railway operators ?
One area of contention in the forest history of Thailand (and elsewhere in SEA for that matter) is the extent to which intensive industrial woodfuel production can be seen as a proximal cause of deforestation independent of agricultural expansion. In other words, has this form of forest exploitation led to a reduction of “existing forest areas” even when agricultural expansion did not take place afterwards?
Clouds on the Same Sky horizon
Probably explains why the National Library collection is so piss-poor: it’s controlled by The Misery of Culture, who are dedicated to the suppression of cultural development.
Raja Petra Kamarudin: UMNO’s public enemy number 1
Goodonyer RPK!!! Every country should have people like you…pity they often have to get out, though.
Another vdos in this series, “ISA & religious brainwashing,” is well worth watching. It’s an anecdote about his questioning of the Thought Police. The would-be interrogator flees.
Clouds on the Same Sky horizon
It’s disappointing to see that librarians who should be in the business of making information and opinion accessible are in the business of ferreting out and suppressing views which don’t accord with those of their masters.
Red Shirt activities to mark the coup
No fireworks and no burning ceremonies??
Burma in Limbo, Part 2
Moe Aung,
Yeah, I had noticed that, but I really don’t know how you can read that interview and interpret LKY’s comments as being an attack on the Burmese people rather than the generals. I mean, I’m in the completely crazy position of defending LKY. I never thought I’d see that day.
Burma in Limbo, Part 2
aiontay
Hla Oo is on a mission to blur the distinction between the rulers and the ruled, just in case you haven’t noticed. Plan B calls it self-flagellation, but I think only outwardly so.
Typically he blames the Burmese diaspora not on the generals who had made life in Burma definetely wanting to absolutely impossible, but on the people who had to leave for various reasons.
Red Shirt activities to mark the coup
Echos of bloody May 2010 …
good news is : one of the seriously (almost fatally) wounded journalists / bloggers has sufficiently recovered already, so that he is able to speak and give interviews. he is gonna get home to Canada and is already got appointment for interview.
looks like he has even resumed blogging ! 🙂
the 1st blog post in 4 months, since May 18th – on May 19th he almost died. this is really a very good news that he feels better now – I found his blog as one the best on Thailand.
Raja Petra Kamarudin: UMNO’s public enemy number 1
Who is RPK? He seems as bold and free on parliamentary amnesty as the ones in Thailand ie giving hell to the power that be. Wonder a coup will do the trick in negara aku?
Ji Ungpakorn on Thai political change
Frank G Anderson – 22
Frank sorry to hear you are going through this ordeal. I know it’s of not much help but I’m afraid my own experience of being the defendant in a somewhat similar criminal case taught me to have a lot of patience and expect much wasted time. You will find when summoned to appear in court it can be only to find the prosecutor asking for another postponement as they are not ready. This is, I guess, why Thai court cases can drag on many years. I found taking a book with me helped.
Red Shirt activities to mark the coup
From the US embassy:
“…political demonstrations in Bangkok and northern Thailand to mark the fourth anniversary of the September 2006 coup and the four-month anniversary of the end of the 2010 demonstrations in Bangkok. Supporters of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD or “red-shirts”) are organizing activities that will include September 17 wreath layings at prisons where UDD members are being held and a vehicular procession from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, where participants will join UDD activities on September 19.
On September 19, UDD supporters in Bangkok plan gatherings at Thammasart University and Democracy Monument. The UDD is scheduled to hold a rally in the Ratchaprasong between approximately 1700 – 1900 hours; about 2,000 people are expected to participate. UDD supporters in Chiang Mai plan to assemble in the area of the Chiang Mai railroad station, proceed to the Tha Pae Gate area, then march along the moat that surrounds the
old city, and then rally at the Municipal Sports Stadium. UDD
supporters could also gather at the Three Kings Monument and at the
Grand Worarot Hotel (near Wat Phra Singh). These areas are frequented by foreign tourists, including U.S. citizens. Other possible
demonstration sites include government buildings and military and police installations. UDD gatherings in other provinces across northern Thailand are also likely on September 19.”
Ji Ungpakorn on Thai political change
16 December 2010
Ed:
Please feel free to print and send on as needed. Use a “We have been informed of the following by a principle in the case…”
An update of the Akbar Khan case against Frank G Anderson, a full eighteen months after Khan first filed criminal defamation allegations with police against the defendant because of a mild critique of khan on the Korat Post website…
On 16 September 2010, Frank G Anderson appeared as requested at prosecutor’s office at Criminal Court on Rachadaphisek Road in Bangkok. The meeting was compulsory, and as indicated by the prosecutor, only held to update Anderson on the progress of the case. Anderson was informed at the meeting that material that should have been translated by police prior to submitting the case to prosecutor had been sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for correct translation. Anderson points out that this is exactly what he asked the police to do back in April 2010 when he was first summoned by the police to respond to Khan’s allegations.
The current upshot is that if the prosecutor asks Anderson to come back again for twenty more visits of this nature, Anderson is forced to comply and incur travel expenses each time.
During this last visit, however, Anderson spoke to the prosecutor regarding his own counter-filings against Khan and Khan’s police friend Wattanasak, stating that he had filed against them with Phahon Yothin police because he sincerely felt that the two had filed fraudulently. Anderson had taken a copy of the counter-allegations against the two and the prosecutor made a copy, expressing some interest in the matter.
Anderson’s several questions, however, were unproductive relating on which state agency would be responsible for his expenses on the one hand, and on the other, for helping him arrange a suit against police for malfaesance.
At the moment, Anderson continues to mull over whether to file civil charges against Khan, Wattanasak and the police.