SET rumours case 'complex'

Published: 30/10/2009 at 01:55 PM
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It will not be easy to take action against those who circulated the rumours about the health of His Majesty the King that led to the huge stock sell-off earlier this month, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said on Friday.

Mr Suthep admitted that the law in this area is rather complicated.

However, police were still working on the case.

Mr Suthep spoke a day after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva ordered police to go ahead with an investigation into four people suspected of spreading the rumours.

No details of the suspects were revealed by the prime minister.

Mr Suthep also refused to give information about them, saying he did not want to politicise the case.

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Terry

Discussion 2 : 30/10/2009 at 06:57 PM2
As somebody once said. The rumour travels all around the world while the truth is putting its boots on.
Sceptic

Discussion 1 : 30/10/2009 at 02:43 PM1
In any society there is always rumour and in a free society it is allowed and not punished. Stock markets, which are driven by sentiment have always been subject to rumour which is the stuff of speculation. But it is in the nature of markets that they tend to be self-correcting. The only answer to ill-founded rumours is openness. I fear there are some subjects in Thailand which are subject to such heavy news management that rumours will inevitably get out of hand from time to time. The answer is not, as Abhisit and Suthep suggest, legal pursuit and news repression, but much greater press freedom to inform the public and allow discussion of all the issues that inevitably concern them.

Terry

Discussion 2 : 30/10/2009 at 06:57 PM2

As somebody once said. The rumour travels all around the world while the truth is putting its boots on.

Sceptic

Discussion 1 : 30/10/2009 at 02:43 PM1

In any society there is always rumour and in a free society it is allowed and not punished. Stock markets, which are driven by sentiment have always been subject to rumour which is the stuff of speculation. But it is in the nature of markets that they tend to be self-correcting. The only answer to ill-founded rumours is openness. I fear there are some subjects in Thailand which are subject to such heavy news management that rumours will inevitably get out of hand from time to time. The answer is not, as Abhisit and Suthep suggest, legal pursuit and news repression, but much greater press freedom to inform the public and allow discussion of all the issues that inevitably concern them.

SET rumours case 'complex'