Yingluck lifts ISA in Bangkok

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Published: 26 Nov 2012 at 16.48
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday signed an order lifting the Internal Security Act (ISA) invoked in three district of Bangkok on Nov 22 ahead of the Pitak Siam group's anti-government rally, government spokesman Tossaporn Serirak said.

Riot police wearing gas masks prepare for the anti-government Pitak Siam protest at Makkawan bridge near Government House on Nov 24. (EPA photo)

Mr Tossaporn said the order was effective immediately. The provisions of the special security law were imposed in Dusit, Phra Nakhon and Pomprap Sattruphai districts of Bangkok.

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democrazy
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Discussion 16 : 27 Nov 2012 at 00.3116
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The only legitimacy the current gov. has is the election in 2011.
The Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi in a decree on Nov. 22 put all his decisions beyond legal challenge.
Mursi was democratically elected in 2012.
What is the difference between a dictator and an elected dictator ?
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Discussion 15 : 26 Nov 2012 at 23.4615
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I guess the police can really do crowd control if its for Thaksin .
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Discussion 14 : 26 Nov 2012 at 22.3814
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“Gen Boonlert also denied having accepted money from fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to end the mass rally at the Royal Plaza on Saturday.”

Why would Thaksin waste his money that way ?
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Discussion 13 : 26 Nov 2012 at 22.1413
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The general suffers from a case of delusional self-importance.
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Discussion 12 : 26 Nov 2012 at 21.2712
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"it was all of sudden from feeling safest to now where to hide after that coup..... it was soooo scary"
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Scary? Really? I thought it was quite pleasant the day after the coup. Everyone was happy and relieved.

What WAS scary was the road down which Thaksin was headed which prompted the coup: marshal law and Mahathir-style dictatorship. Unfortunately, we're headed there again.
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Discussion 11 : 26 Nov 2012 at 21.0111
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#2, afflicting, before was an army state and Saturday some people rallied to have that again. I ear again this old lady saying "you told me our soldiers come to help us". Now you have a democratically elected Gvt so a people state. Police is just a tool and it works well when the Gvt is well elected.
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Discussion 10 : 26 Nov 2012 at 20.4910
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Good to know, Now pitak siam group will not held thais and tourists at their helm.... I was been there in Bangkok when 2006 coup was happened..... it was all of sudden from feeling safest to now where to hide after that coup..... it was soooo scary.... regular coups in thailand must have dicouraged many foreigners and investors keep themselves away from thailand..... so once pitak siam will calm hope there wont be any coup anymore and thailand will prosper more.....
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Discussion 9 : 26 Nov 2012 at 20.379
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It is nothing uncommon in normal everyday life while traveling to run into barricades, blockades etc set up by law enforcement. If you insist in bursting through these then you must expect the police to do their job. If you don't want to put people in harms way then never head up a mass rally. Instead of trying to blame the police we need to be asking why the demonstrators tried to break through the barricades. Many protestors never intended to make it to the rally site.
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Discussion 8 : 26 Nov 2012 at 20.238
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Three months ago, no people knew about General Boonlert of Pitak Siam. He appeared us look like a rabbit from the conjurer's hat... Manipulated innocent or perfidious manipulator ??? I understand people angry him. Angry him about many reasons...
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Discussion 7 : 26 Nov 2012 at 20.147
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" suspicious men on the rooftops " I wonder what they were suspicious about? LOL
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