Yingluck denies Thaksin Skype hype

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PM says Skype story baseless

Published: 1 Feb 2013 at 00.55
Online news: Politics

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Thursday brushed aside a New York Times report which claimed her elder brother Thaksin Shinawatra was running the country via Skype.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra presides over a meeting to review the performance last year of the Internal Security Operations Command, and announces the agency’s plans for the coming year at Government House Thursday. (Photo by Chanat Katanyu)

The report said most key decisions made during her time in office were made by the former prime minister, who lives in self-imposed exile abroad.

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sirron
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Discussion 9 : 01 Feb 2013 at 06.439
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If it's not true, the PM should sue the NYT. The USA is as much a culture of lawsuits as Thailand.
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Discussion 8 : 01 Feb 2013 at 06.348
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She makes me laugh and laugh! You can imagine her crying herself to sleep wondering why nobody believes her when she says that she is really the Prime Minister ... really, really! We know from before that Thaksin speaks to the Cabinet by Skype. The lady would make a wonderful comedian.
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Discussion 7 : 01 Feb 2013 at 06.307
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If the PM thinks that people will believe that I can pledge 10 million tons of rice this year at the top rice and sell it all on a G2G deal even at inflated prices.
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Discussion 6 : 01 Feb 2013 at 05.546
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She is a human "drone," no doubt about it!
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Discussion 5 : 01 Feb 2013 at 05.185
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boons #4 - For two and a half year, AV and his coalition government spent almost all their time and energy trying to catch him, but they failed. They even lied about the international arrest warrant and soured relationship with countries. I wonder how much of taxpayers' money was wasted. I don't think the present government has a policy to arrest someone whose people elected government was removed illegally and persecuted and welcomed by so many democratic countries.
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Discussion 4 : 01 Feb 2013 at 04.124
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This is a "straw man" defense. The allegations are that Thaksin is running the country via multiple means of communication, not necessarily that he is attending the cabinet meetings.

If it is meant to be a secret that Thaksin is actually prime minister, then it is the world's worst kept secret.

I shall believe otherwise when Madame Yingluck captures and imprisons the fugitive.
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Discussion 3 : 01 Feb 2013 at 03.143
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I do think people should leaving her alone. She seem nice
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Discussion 2 : 01 Feb 2013 at 02.102
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Her brother as being the de facto PM is actually reassuring since IMO he is considerably more capable.
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Discussion 1 : 01 Feb 2013 at 01.271
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Is that what her brother told her to say ?
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