Suthep says DSI murder claim part of amnesty ruse

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Suthep says DSI murder claim part of amnesty ruse

Published: 20 Sep 2012 at 00.00
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Even if murder charges are laid against Democrat executives, the party will not back down and support the government's bid for a blanket amnesty to help ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, its MP for Surat Thani Suthep Thaugsuban says.

Suthep: Dares Tarit to charge him right away

Political observers say the government is using the threat of criminal charges against Democrat Party key figures as leverage to obtain a pardon for Thaksin.

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dickemery
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Discussion 16 : 20 Sep 2012 at 08.5416
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when is the fugitive going to be charged for murder,instigating the violent rally and inciting unrest ?
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englishjon
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Discussion 15 : 20 Sep 2012 at 08.2815
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The red shirt supporters on here have a real problem with their moral compass.

If Abhisit and Suthep have blood on their hands, it is in the same way as commanders of allied soldiers in world-war 2 : a consequence of the battle to stop evil and corrupt men from getting power to abuse.

Some people here should think about Thailands future, not their own.
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Discussion 14 : 20 Sep 2012 at 08.0214
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subconman - funny, I just read a report yesterday by the UN human watch group and the conclusions were very similar to TRC.
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Discussion 13 : 20 Sep 2012 at 07.5413
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Suthep and the military have blood on their hand. We all know this.
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Discussion 12 : 20 Sep 2012 at 07.4712
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Thaksin fans are always eager to point out that the prosecution against their hero was politically motivated. Let’s look at the current case:
1. Would it be politically motivated to charge AV and Suthep with murder? Yes
2. Should they be prosecuted if there is evidence against them? Yes
3. Should they go to jail if the court finds them guilty of murder? Yes
4. Should the DEM supporters after a verdict be able to say: No, it was politically motivated so AV and Suthep should not go to jail? I don’t think so; if the evidence is there and they are guilty they should do the time. But obviously if there is no evidence to proof they are murderers then they should be declared innocent in this case.
Now let’s go back to Thaksin:
1. Was his prosecution politically motivated? Yes
2. Was there a lot of evidence against him? Yes
3. Was he rightfully sentenced to jail because of all that evidence? Yes
4. Should he be free because all this was politically motivated? No!
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Discussion 11 : 20 Sep 2012 at 07.1611
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Subcoman D6: Amnesty international and the like are organizations who usually sit far away from the scene and simply defend and protect anything that has two legs and can somehow speak. The red riots were and are well documented by the media, that's the advantage of today's technology. We don't need Amnesty International in New York to tell us what happened and who did wrong.
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Discussion 10 : 20 Sep 2012 at 07.1410
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I humbly appeal to the moderators at BP to allow this comment.

For those that would stack the for/against voting on this forum please note: It is obvious and quite disengenuous.
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Discussion 9 : 20 Sep 2012 at 06.589
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'Political observers say the government is using the threat of criminal charges against Democrat Party key figures as leverage to obtain a pardon for Thaksin.'

This is right on the mark.

D1, 5 and 6: Abhisit/Suthep are standing by their word and ready to face charges since they are confident the charges of 'murder' are tenuous. What they are saying is that by implicating responsibility all the way to the top, all those along the way (ie CRES and that includes Tharit) would be culpable too. Amnesty International et al, did NOT describe this as government murdering a bunch of unarmed protestors, it's a bit more complicated than that, and they would have made a fool of themselves doing so, re read the report.

As the TRCT report explains, there were alot of suspicious or culpable parties and extenuating circumstances complicating this and much that you try and rubbish it because it was 'set up by the Anti-Thaksin crowd', it does not explain away various issues such as 'men in black', dead soldiers, about face from the UDD negotiators, abuse of protest rights and so on.
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Discussion 8 : 20 Sep 2012 at 06.168
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Thaksin must be getting desperate, if he has to choose such a weak case to try to get Democrat support for a personal whitewash. I would say that he is willing to sacrifice Tarit to get what he wants; a characteristic of his, which we have seen before. Every time Thaksin tries a new strategy, he seems to fail.

The government seems to be spending all its time to support the Thaksin and Red Shirt case. I suppose it is too much to ask them to work on the country's more pressing problems too.
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Discussion 7 : 20 Sep 2012 at 06.027
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Does this now mean that Thaksin will be neld responsible along with ALL the Police commanders for all the deaths of some 2,500 in the dirty drugs war as he was the PM at the time?

Or is that down to double standards and Thaksin can do no wrong?
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