Thursday, January 13, 2011

Yellows not allowed to close checkpoint

13/01/2011
Bangkok Post

The government will not allow supporters of the Thai Patriots Network to close the main border checkpoint in Sa Kaeo, as they threaten to do, Deputy Prime Minister for security affairs Suthep Thaugsuban said on Thursday.

Mr Suthep said other people’s rights would be abused if the checkpoint were closed. He had ordered state authorities in the border area to perform their duties as usual.

The yellow-shirts, rallying in front of Government House, are also planning to petition His Majesty the King, accusing the government of failing to help free the seven Thais being held in Cambodia,

Mr Suthep said the government and state authorities have been trying their best to get the seven Thais released.


“But the government cannot stop the Thai Patriots Netork feeling dissatisfied with its efforts,” he said.

The deputy prime minister said that even though both the red- and yellow-shirt people groups are planning to rally against the government, it was not necessary to again invoke the emergency decree. The authorities can keep the situation under control using ordinary law.

Chaiwat Sinsuwong, a core member of the Thai Patriots Network, on Wednesday said in members of his group may close the permanent Aranyaprathet-Poipet checkpoint in Sa Kaeo's Aranyaprathet district to pressure Cambodia to release the seven Thais.

Goods worth almost 30 billion baht pass through the permanent checkpoint each year, and many Thais cross over to spend money int he casinos.

Mr Chaiwat said his group needs to strike where it hurts Cambodia the most.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

THIS KIND OF RETHORIC FROM SIAMES WOULD MAKES VIETNAMES VERY HAPPY..CAMBODIAN.. WE WILL NOT SUFFER LIKE IN THE 70S AND THE EARLY 80 ANYMORE..STUPID SIAMES PLEASE WAKE UP FROM YOUR FANTASY DREAM..
LONG LIVE HUN SEN DYNASTY...

Anonymous said...

From Mike, Hi socheata, hope you are doing well
I respect all the comments above, and I personaly are very fine with Mr. Sam rainsy. here is my main concernt, Leader duty is the greatest affair of state, the basis of life and death, the way to survival or extinction, it must be thoroughly pondered and analiyzed.Leader must organized and disciplined, cause the people to be fully in accod with hime people they will die with him, they will live with him and not fear danger, that what it take for nation to survive. I am very much like you are,I always willing to share the common national interest, I do not like Youn, and Siam, I love Khmer, that why any one who preached and ignited the ideosensory of jealousy, criticism, and hatreat led to divide among Kmher its Hurt me badly. If we go to the past, the main reason that caused Khmer Empire fallent it is divission led to weakness Khmer national strength. YOUn, Siam, are the witch ghost who tooke advantage from our weakness start attack us left and right to swalow our land. please focus on one cultur(rebuild, our strong Khmer) by constructive chaleng, not any, any any form of Criticism. Criticsim is a giant ghost will suck blood from the men who call for it, men who preached it, and will ruin our nation. wasn't it?
You and me and all human are 30% right and 70 wrongs, in anythings we does. please focus on that 30 % not on that 70 %. What was Mr. Sam rainsy supperio, Hun sen supperior, or KI,Khmerization, or any Kmher achieved something talk about that agian, agian, and agian, that how people learn. Regards, Mike

Anonymous said...

:27am! IF YOU HAVE 70% WRONG THAN TRY TO IMPROVE IT FAST BEFORE YOU GO TO HELL, BOY!

IF YOUR FATHER TOLD YOU THAT, HE SOUND LIKE AH KWACH HUN XEN STUPID PhD WITH NO EDUCATION MOTHERFUCKER!

2:26 AM