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The Thai Appeals Court has upheld a previous court decision over the involvement of 5 key Thai politicians and activists in violent 2008 demonstrations. A Thai TV news presenter and 3 former leaders of the disbanded People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), widely known as the “Yellow Shirts”, face a year in jail without suspension over their involvement in the 2008 violence. For their key involvement in the protests, the Appeals Court found 5 offenders guilty of criminal association and causing unrest, among other offences. However, one of the former leaders, Somkiat Pongpaiboon, died last year during the trial. Phuwadol Songprasert, […]

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After the Constitutional Court found Samak had violated the Constitution by hosting TV cooking shows while holding public service, he had to resign.

So all Public Servants, which includes Politicians, Armed Forces and Police,  violate the Constitution if they do anything they get paid to do outside their Public Service brief.  

Think a hell of a lot more should be resigning then.

 

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3 hours ago, Thaiger said:

The Thai Appeals Court has upheld a previous court decision over the involvement of 5 key Thai politicians and activists in violent 2008 demonstrations. A Thai TV news presenter and 3 former leaders of the disbanded People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), widely known as the “Yellow Shirts”, face a year in jail without suspension over their involvement in the 2008 violence. For their key involvement in the protests, the Appeals Court found 5 offenders guilty of criminal association and causing unrest, among other offences. However, one of the former leaders, Somkiat Pongpaiboon, died last year during the trial. Phuwadol Songprasert, […]

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Throwing under the bus ,say what! 

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A great way to create martyrs around which an even stronger anti government group can coalesce. Bring on the election!

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