Pheu Thai wants new truth panel

Published: 22 Sep 2012 at 13.23
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The Pheu Thai Party wants the government to set up a new fact-finding commission on the political violence and crackdown of 2010, deputy spokesman Jirayu Huangsap said on Saturday.

Mr Jirayu said relatives of the red-shirt protesters killed and injured in the April and May 2010 events were unhappy with the report released last week by the Truth for Reconciliation Committee (TRC).He said Pheu Thai MPs for more than 20 provinces in the North, Northeast and Central plains reported receiving complaints from red-shirts’ relatives that the TRC report was biased.They were unhappy that the report placed heavy emphasis on the actions of the shadowy "men in black" and their links to the red shirts' United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), said Mr Jirayu.The TRC report has won support in other quarters for its conclusion that both the UDD and the Democrat-led government of the day had to accept responsibility for the way events played out.The relatives wanted to send as many as 10,000 representatives to Bangkok to ask the TRC and the National Human Rights Committee to produce facts on the 2010 events, said Mr...

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bangkokbob
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Discussion 19 : 22 Sep 2012 at 14.5919
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These people are pathetic. They will accept nothing but a whitewash of their crimes and the crimes of their fugitive paymaster. Thailand is going nowhere fast with these people in charge.
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Discussion 18 : 22 Sep 2012 at 14.5318
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So PT is not happy with the report, as it goes against them, so the easiest answer is to get a report they like then they will be happy. Truly Amazing Thailand!
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Discussion 17 : 22 Sep 2012 at 14.4717
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" Thida insisted that the red shirts would not accept this report because it has been distorted, is not transparent, and it slandered the red shirts while creating [justification] for government forces to use violence to crack down on people".

Thank god we have a military.
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Discussion 16 : 22 Sep 2012 at 14.4416
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No doubt the PT Party and their UDD sponsors will keep calling for more and more panels until their version of "truth" prevails.
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Discussion 15 : 22 Sep 2012 at 14.4215
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Thailand has reached a stage where if the government and red shirts do not agree with any report and/or findings from a committee or a judgment from a Court, immediately the members of the committe and the Court should be replaced.
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Discussion 14 : 22 Sep 2012 at 14.4014
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Agree to 100% Must be a 3 d part with honest lntentions.
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Discussion 13 : 22 Sep 2012 at 14.3613
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The new Truth Panel proposed by the PTP will be probably composed of the people from the 'S' clan.
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Discussion 12 : 22 Sep 2012 at 14.2812
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"Mr Jirayu also called on Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva to refrain from making comments on TRC report because he is a person to gain or lose benefit from it"
On the contrary, DEM leader Abhisit should not refrain his comments on TRC report because he is a concerned person from this report...
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Discussion 11 : 22 Sep 2012 at 14.2711
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The P.T and reds want this and the P.T and reds want that. Basically they want everything to be the red way. May I present a fact here, this government came to power through an election, no grudging that BUT their one sided and corrupt policies are being implemented and financed by tax paid by ALL Thai income earners and not just the reds. If they just want a red kingdom here, then we might need two governments for the country. Pardon me but, is it this attitude that is getting the south Thailand problem more severe every day?
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Discussion 10 : 22 Sep 2012 at 14.2410
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??? "Mr Jirayu also called on Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva to refrain from making comments on TRC report because he is a person to gain or lose benefit from it." So are all Red Shirts one way or another an so are you as the Pheu Thai MP for Bangkok.
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