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PM downplays Jatuporn coup claim

Published: 10/02/2012 at 11:01 AM
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday played down Jatuporn Prompan's claims there could be a coup in April and his call for red-shirts to prepare to return to the streets in mass protest.

Ms Yingluck said it was more likely Mr Jatuporn's comments were intended only as a deterrent.

Mr Jatuporn, a Pheu Thai Party list MP, said on Wednesday that there could be a coup planned for April.

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dontetley
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Discussion 9 : 10/02/2012 at 11:16 AM9
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The government to include Yingluck and the General are both duty bound to seek the facts related to the claims of Jaturporn. If Jatuporn fails to cooperate then he should be charged with inciting unrest. Face it, the Reds expect rewards and are willing to burn and pillage Thailand to get the most they can get. The current government will vote to have the taxpayers pay the rewards so best to nip this beast in the bud now.
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Discussion 8 : 09/02/2012 at 11:00 PM8
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Disc7 - Bluebottle... "There's no smoke without fire"... Oh really? You obviously haven't been following Jatuporn's comments very closely for the past 5 years. I can't remember a single prediction of his that has come true.... Ever.
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Discussion 7 : 09/02/2012 at 07:45 PM7
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There is no smoke without fire.
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Discussion 6 : 09/02/2012 at 05:57 PM6
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Last week Abhisit asked Peua Thai to curb Jatuporn's rhetoric for the sake of national harmony and he was blasted by the usual suspects on BP.
Looks like he was right and the Defence Minister agrees with him.
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Discussion 5 : 09/02/2012 at 04:29 PM5
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Yingluck thinks the remarks were meant as a deterrent (read threat), but I guess this is going to be the closest that Pheu Thai get to telling Jatuporn to shut up. Unfortunately this man is a loose cannon and is more than likely to do the party great harm in the coming months.
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Discussion 4 : 09/02/2012 at 03:46 PM4
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Lets wait and see what happens.
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Discussion 3 : 09/02/2012 at 03:42 PM3
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PM Yingluck is right...so is the defense minister.
The problem is that mr jutaporn is able to put fear in people and business.
something which easily become another mass red shirt rally.
what we, Thai citizens and us,foreign investors, need is a stable environment in were people can work on reconciliation instead of paranoid witch hunting in public.
Let the PM do her job, so far she is on the right track!
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Discussion 2 : 09/02/2012 at 03:28 PM2
Well, well, well. On a serious point when the military have actioned a coup, who then polices the military ? Are they a law unto themselves ? Who actually pulls the Generals strings ?
from iPhone application.
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Discussion 1 : 09/02/2012 at 01:54 PM1
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Whaw... even the government is starting to see the damage this clown is doing to the country... how he is ridiculising the PT/UDD government in front of the WHOLE world..... US intelligence giving him information...hahahahaha!
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