Chalerm: I'm Thaksin's servant

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Published: 19 Nov 2012 at 13.15
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Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung insists he will not answer questions from the media if a Channel 7 reporter is among the interviewing group, and has admitted he has been serving fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra for a long time.

"From now on, I won't give interviews if Ms Somjit Nawakruasunthorn is in that particular group of reporters because I don't want to have a quarrel.

"I've been Thaksin's servant for a long time -- don't you know that?" Mr Chalerm told reporters on Monday.

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howell
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Discussion 21 : 19 Nov 2012 at 19.5921
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'She asked whether the government wants a “one-way communication” and if so, could people still call the administration with such ideas as a “democratic government”?'

Of course he wants one way communication; every dictatorship does.
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Discussion 20 : 19 Nov 2012 at 19.5620
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Good for him, why tolerate a persistent and tough questioning reporter. Why are paparazzi called paparazzi ?
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Discussion 19 : 19 Nov 2012 at 19.4819
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Good on you Charlerm why should you talk to some reporter that simply wants to make a problem with thier foul mouth.
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Discussion 18 : 19 Nov 2012 at 19.2518
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Man..if this was the US the press would have a field day of him
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Discussion 17 : 19 Nov 2012 at 19.2417
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If more media people such as Ms Somjit stood up to all the lies the politicians tell on a daily basis and challenged them for the truth, the politicians couldn't get away lies and corruption so easy. After yesterday when Thaksin denies he is calling the shots for Yingluck, Chalerm admits he is.
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Discussion 16 : 19 Nov 2012 at 19.1516
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Abbisitt and the dems closed down hundreds of radio stations, tv channels and newspapers because they did'nt want the people to know the truth about their dirty deeds
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Discussion 15 : 19 Nov 2012 at 18.5415
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Kudos to Ms Somjit. How I wish we had more reporters will balls like her.
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Discussion 14 : 19 Nov 2012 at 18.4214
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Chalerm, awk pai!!
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Discussion 13 : 19 Nov 2012 at 18.3413
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Utterly shameless. I hope Chalerm one day gets supeona'd in the case of Dissolving Peua Thai for being 'a brazen proxy representative of a fugitive criminal'. Well done Somjit!!
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Discussion 12 : 19 Nov 2012 at 17.1012
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I expect that, as a cabinet member and government official, K. Chalerm would have taken an oath to uphold the constitution and the laws of the country.

Wouldn't his admission to be in the service of a convicted lawbreaker and fugitive constitute a conflict of interest? Just wondering...
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