Supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship push against a police barricade outside the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry. The group yesterday demanded that the government prosecute former prime minister Surayud Chulanont for encroaching on a forest reserve at Khao Yai Thieng in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Pak Chong district. THITI WANNAMONTHA24/12/2009
Bangkok Post
The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship is planning a major rally next week and is considering taking action against media outlets it believes are guilty of biased reporting, sources say.
The group said it would conduct its protest on Sunday and Monday.
UDD core member Natthawut Saikua said he could not rule out the possibility that some red shirt protesters might "drop by" at media outlets they have found to take political sides.
"They have the right [to rally]," Mr Natthawut said. "And the press should be open to the customers' freedom of expression."
He said the UDD had not yet made a resolution on the matter.
The speculation about the red shirts' possible rally at the media offices comes after former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra criticised the media's "unjust reporting" in his Talk Around The World programme shown on Thaksinlive.com.
Thaksin said red shirts who visited him in Phnom Penh planned to visit some press offices during a mass rally.
"I told them to come in peace ... to ask for justice," he said.
Another UDD core member, Jatuporn Prompan, yesterday insisted the group would hold a major rally early next year and it would be a prolonged one.
He said the red shirts were ready for a drawn-out rally to pressure the government into stepping down.
Mr Jatuporn yesterday also revealed a set of documents which he said supported his allegations last week that the government was orchestrating a plot to assassinate Thaksin.
The documents, allegedly prepared by the Foreign Ministry, detail steps to respond to Cambodia in the wake of the souring of relations between Bangkok and Phnom Penh.
Mr Jatuporn said the documents state: "The root cause of the Thailand-Cambodia relations problem stemmed from Thaksin who has an objective to demolish the government's existence.
"To tackle this problem, it needs to focus on the root cause ... eliminate the main threat."
Mr Jatuporn said the word "eliminate" used in the documents meant to "kill".
He also said he would today expose a scandal involving Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu, who he accused of interference in the building of a courthouse in Mae Hong Son's Pai district.
Chavanond Intarakomalyasut, secretary to the foreign minister, said the Foreign Ministry was consulting with its lawyers and prosecutors on whether to file a lawsuit against Mr Jatuporn for disclosing classified state documents.
The ministry is also looking into who leaked the documents.
There are at least 20 people to be investigated.
The UDD said its rally on Sunday would be held at Sanam Luang with member Jakrapob Penkair's phone-in "being the highlight".
Mr Jakrapob lives abroad after fleeing lese majeste charges.
Somyos Prueksakasemsuk, a leader of the Group of June 24, a red shirt faction, said the rally would centre on the government's failure to tackle problems.
Early yesterday, about 300 red shirt supporters rallied in front of the Election Commission offices to protest against the agency's delay in deciding whether to seek the dissolution of the ruling Democrat Party.
The protesters were led by Puea Thai Party member Arisman Pongruangrong, the leader of the red shirt protesters who laid seige to the Asean summit in Pattaya in April and forced the hurried evacuation of regional leaders.
The UDD protesters slammed the EC for its alleged use of double standards and for being indecisive in the case against the Democrat Party. The party is accused of unlawfully obtaining a 258 million baht donation from TPI Polene.
The EC has refused to vote on whether to seek the dissolution of the ruling party and referred the matter to EC chairman Apichart Sukhagganond, in his capacity as ex-officio political party registrar.
Mr Apichart is expected to bring down a decision after the New Year.
The group said it would conduct its protest on Sunday and Monday.
UDD core member Natthawut Saikua said he could not rule out the possibility that some red shirt protesters might "drop by" at media outlets they have found to take political sides.
"They have the right [to rally]," Mr Natthawut said. "And the press should be open to the customers' freedom of expression."
He said the UDD had not yet made a resolution on the matter.
The speculation about the red shirts' possible rally at the media offices comes after former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra criticised the media's "unjust reporting" in his Talk Around The World programme shown on Thaksinlive.com.
Thaksin said red shirts who visited him in Phnom Penh planned to visit some press offices during a mass rally.
"I told them to come in peace ... to ask for justice," he said.
Another UDD core member, Jatuporn Prompan, yesterday insisted the group would hold a major rally early next year and it would be a prolonged one.
He said the red shirts were ready for a drawn-out rally to pressure the government into stepping down.
Mr Jatuporn yesterday also revealed a set of documents which he said supported his allegations last week that the government was orchestrating a plot to assassinate Thaksin.
The documents, allegedly prepared by the Foreign Ministry, detail steps to respond to Cambodia in the wake of the souring of relations between Bangkok and Phnom Penh.
Mr Jatuporn said the documents state: "The root cause of the Thailand-Cambodia relations problem stemmed from Thaksin who has an objective to demolish the government's existence.
"To tackle this problem, it needs to focus on the root cause ... eliminate the main threat."
Mr Jatuporn said the word "eliminate" used in the documents meant to "kill".
He also said he would today expose a scandal involving Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu, who he accused of interference in the building of a courthouse in Mae Hong Son's Pai district.
Chavanond Intarakomalyasut, secretary to the foreign minister, said the Foreign Ministry was consulting with its lawyers and prosecutors on whether to file a lawsuit against Mr Jatuporn for disclosing classified state documents.
The ministry is also looking into who leaked the documents.
There are at least 20 people to be investigated.
The UDD said its rally on Sunday would be held at Sanam Luang with member Jakrapob Penkair's phone-in "being the highlight".
Mr Jakrapob lives abroad after fleeing lese majeste charges.
Somyos Prueksakasemsuk, a leader of the Group of June 24, a red shirt faction, said the rally would centre on the government's failure to tackle problems.
Early yesterday, about 300 red shirt supporters rallied in front of the Election Commission offices to protest against the agency's delay in deciding whether to seek the dissolution of the ruling Democrat Party.
The protesters were led by Puea Thai Party member Arisman Pongruangrong, the leader of the red shirt protesters who laid seige to the Asean summit in Pattaya in April and forced the hurried evacuation of regional leaders.
The UDD protesters slammed the EC for its alleged use of double standards and for being indecisive in the case against the Democrat Party. The party is accused of unlawfully obtaining a 258 million baht donation from TPI Polene.
The EC has refused to vote on whether to seek the dissolution of the ruling party and referred the matter to EC chairman Apichart Sukhagganond, in his capacity as ex-officio political party registrar.
Mr Apichart is expected to bring down a decision after the New Year.
2 comments:
To all Khmer compatriots, ladies and gentlemen,
Dear Khmer Kandal and Khmer Krom fighters,
Mr. Sam Rainsy and his party non-violence policy towards Hun Sen/CPP will not and never be work and Vietnam does not want to understand what is democracy, what is human right and what is oppressed, colonized, occupied Cambodia who was once upon the time fed, sheltered, supported Crocodile’s Vietnam to win over United States Arm forces in Vietnam War.
On 16th December, 2009 Mr. Hun Sen said in Cambodian public that Mr. Sam Rainsy will not be tolerated again this time, he must come in Cambodia and go to Prey Sar prison (sic), or he should ask Thai government to let him form a Khmer Exile Government at the Khmer-Thai territory along the Western border.
What Mr. Sam Rainsy ought to do is neither goes to Prey Sar prison nor goes to Vietnamese court in Hanoi. If, I were Mr. Sam Rainsy I would negotiate with Mr. Abbhisit Vejjajiva the Thai prime minister to follow Mr. Hun Sen suggestion in forming a Khmer Exile Government at the Thai-Cambodia border. I can assure you there will be 100 of thousands Khmer inside Cambodia will come to join the new Khmer Exile Government like in 1979’s.
Khmer king Norodom Sihamoni appointed Thaksin Shinawatra as Hun Sen adviser. Therefore, Mr. Sam Rainsy can form a Khmer Exile Government along Khmer-Thai border too. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WHICH CAN brings Vietnam and their slave Mr. Hun Sen/CPP to respect the 23rd October, 1991 Paris Peace Agreement by convene another international conference on Cambodia.
Regards,
Kulen Monorom
(The rice farmer’s son)
To the Honorable President Barracks Obama, The United States President of America,
Mr. Hun Sen says there are 100,000 North Vietnamese Communist arm forces still occupied Cambodia everyday and they stay on top of his head.
Eyes witness said there are 4 to 5 million illegal Vietnamese communists also occupied Cambodia to give illegal vote to Mr. Hun Sen and his CPP illegitimate government.
My appeal to President Barracks Obama are:
(A)***** Can the United States of America rescue Cambodia from Vietnamese communist government through their puppet Mr. Hun Sen/CPP government swallowing Cambodia now??? Your past policy in helping Cambodia on Human Right, Democracy, Health and education were so great, but they will not stop Vietnamese government from swallowing Khmer country in the near future.
Cambodia always wanted to be USA ally in her own independent right, not through the satellite of Hanoi government.
(B)***** Can the United States of America stay in Cambodia for ever by not desert Cambodia and left innocent Khmer as the most trust US ally to be slaughtered by Vietcong/NVA/Khmer Rouge soldiers (prince Sirimatak Sisowath last letter in March 1975 to then US Ambassador John Anthony Dean) like the USA did on the 12th of April 1975???
(C)***** Can the United States of America rescue Cambodia from the dictator Mr. Hun Sen the same way as America did rescue Iraqi people from the dictator Mr. Saddam Hussein???
(D)***** Can the United States of America do it now either by law or by force, before the Hanoi government swallowing Khmer people and Khmer land through it puppet Mr. Hun Sen/CPP government completely soon.
President Obama, by helping all Khmer inside Cambodia to stand up strong and tall against the dictatorship and corruption of Mr. Hun Sen and the Cambodian People Party (CPP) like Ambassador Rodley did in the Cambodian Olympic Stadium this year, US may also soon help rescue the whole of Cambodia from the occupation of the 100,000 disguised Communist Vietnamese Army + their advisers + 4 to 5 millions illegal Vietnamese immigrants who have not left Cambodia according to the 23rd October 1991 Paris Peace Accord yet!!!
In the East we have got colonized by Hanoi, whereas in the West we have the threat from the Thai government and her powerful Arm Forces everyday since July 2008.
President Obama, may I urge you to put pressure on Mr. Hun Sen and his Royal Cambodian government to immediately accept 10,000 of American Arm Forces plus 10,000 United Nations Arm forces to the Khmer-Thai and to Khmer-Vietnamese border to:
1- Prevent the Royal Thai Arm forces from burning Khmer civilians alive again.
2- Prevent the Royal Thai Arm forces from invading Cambodia and killing all the former Khmer Rouge soldiers and their teenage sons on Hanoi and Mr. Hun Sen government behalf.
3- Prevent Mr. Hun Sen government from signing any new contracts with his master Hanoi in bringing 100,000 or more Bodoi troops to fight with the Royal Thai Arm forces from Inside Khmer territory. Although, previously there were 100,000 of NVA + 4 to 5 millions of illegal Vietnamese immigrant inside Cambodia already, but the 25 years troop intervention (invasion) contract between Hanoi government and the Royal Cambodian Government in the past have finished many years ago.
May almighty God Jesus Christ bless America and little innocent Cambodia.
May almighty God Jesus Christ rescue Cambodia from Vietnam swallowing and from the Royal Thai Arm forces invasion.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all Americans and to all Cambodians.
Regards,
Kulen Monorom
the rice farmer's son)
Thursday 24th of December, 2009
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