BANGKOK, Jan 15 (MCOT online news) -- Refuting accusations by an activist Thailand Patriots Network (TPN) group that senior Thai military officers have made gains along the Thai-Cambodian border, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said Saturday no high ranking military officers received money for personal gain as charged.
He also gave assurance that Thai forces along the border are sufficient and there is no need for reinforcements.
Activists from the TPN, the so-called patriots on Friday rallied at the Defense Ministry calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Foreign Affairs Minister Kasit Piromya and Defense Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan.
They charged that the Abhisit government is sitting by idly after the arrest of the Thais at the border Dec 29 on Cambodian charges that they had intruded into Cambodian territory, when the so-called 'patriots' believed themselves to be on Thai soil.
The demonstrators also charged that senior Thai military officers chose to stay idle because several had received payoffs on the border.
Mr Suthep said the TPN accusations were unfair to Gen Prawit because he is a major force coordinating with Cambodian government leaders in a bid to bring the seven detainees back to Thailand.
The deputy premier also said no senior Thai military officers had been paid off as charged by the activists.
The deputy premier said that current movements by the so-called patriots would not affect the stability of the Thai government because “a majority of the people don’t want violence” and without the support of the public the group could not be successful.
He emphasised that the government is trying assure that the activists stay within the law in their actions.
On reports that Cambodia has reinforced its troops along the Thai border at Kantharalak district in Si Sa Ket, Mr Suthep urged Thais not to panic, saying that Thai troops are ready to defend the sovereignty of the country.
The deputy premier will query the military as to whether the reinforcement reports are true.
It is still unnecessary to reinforce Thai troops along the border, he said.
As five of the seven Thais are still in custody denied bail by the Cambodian court, Mr Suthep said, it is the responsibility of the Foreign Affairs Ministry to find ways of freeing them, but according to rules and regulations.
On plans by Democrat MPs to travel to Phnom Penh to visit Panich Vikietsreth, an MP for Bangkok and member of the party, Mr Suthep said he would ask the lawmakers not to do so as it could send a wrong signal to Phnom Penh.
The Cambodian authorities might react negatively if their feel the planned visit is aimed at pressuring them to release all the detained Thais.
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in 1998 the result of people power, cost indonesia to lost East-timore, In soviet Union they lost, poland, Ajarbiajan, Hongary, yougoslavy, and east german. In china they lost Manchury to Japan, and lost the whole china to Enggland, In Cambodia, people power, provoke demostration every months from 1960s we lose to Pot pot. What do we want any of thise, who is your strongest leader that may drive youn out, or Saim?
Regards from Mike
the international law stupid!!!
oct. 23rd 191 Paris Peace Accord
will set us free from those bastards!
7:25am, that would be you, MIKE. Seems like you're the braviest one among all of us. I'm not about to risk breaking my head or die over a cause that may never turn into anything else, but death. Look at the Red Shirt in Thailand. That's how you want it to be? Die over nothing? If you don't have a family or anything to live for, then go for it.
There are many nations that are still feuding over land, not just us. What makes you think that a revolt or a demonstration will help with anything? It's not going to do shit. Only thing it will do is cause chaos and death.
ahahahhahhahahah!
Thailand needs a war room? The nature of war had change so much over the years! War can be fought by any mean by conventional or unconventional whether through the use of military, economic, politic or use airplane as missile or use human as suicide bomber!
It doesn't really matter whether Thailand or anybody want to go to war with Cambodia because the third party will change the whole nature of the war! Then outcome of any defeat will give rise to guerilla warfare and the use of million of landmines…!
Siem leaders keep forgetting that they are just a small shrimp among whales! If these Siem leaders know any better and they need to learn from the Vietcong misadventure into Cambodia!
The Super Powers use Cambodia as bait to get what they want!
THIS IS ABOUT HUN SEN GAME FOR THE STUPID SIAMES... HUN SEN JUST WANNA STIRS UP THE PROBLEM IN THAILAND POLITIC..HUN SEN WANNA SEE HOW HIGHT THESES STUPID PAD CAN JUMP UP AND DOWN FOR THEIR GOVERNMENT...H.E MR HUN SEN YOU ARE THE GREATEST...
LONG LIVE HUN SEN DYASTY..
KHMER FROM OHIO..
The fucken idiot PAD Thais want Thai military to go to war with HunXen to liberate the 5 still in jailed for its own selffish reasons (gain vote for the Thai New Political Thinking party). Fucken lunitic PAD Thais will never be elected by the Thai people, using this blind nationalism. Its leader Somkwamkhid will rot in hell in Prey Sar prison for his arrogant and defiance.
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