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The Hardliners
3 Feb2010
(photo credit: Thaienews)
This photo, purportedly taken in Dubai on 3 February, shows Thaksin Shinnawatra being surrounded by some of his most trusted henchmen. Clockwise from top left: Gen Panlop Pinmanee, Thaksin, Major Gen Kattiya Sawasdiphol, Suporn Attawong, and Arisman Pongruangrong.
Each of these Thaksin loyalists is known to be inclined, albeit to varying degrees, to use violence in order to achieve whatever goals he has in mind. They can be considered members of the “hawkish” wing of the Thaksin camp. The 73-year-old Panlop was, for a while, linked with the car bomb plot to assassinate Thaksin in 2006 (yes I know, the crazy world of Thai politics). Denying his involvement, he famously declared, “If I had wanted to kill him, the prime minister [Thaksin] would not have escaped.”
Could this gathering of hardliners in Dubai be a sign of things to come?
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- In: Politics|Red shirts|Thaksin
- Tags: Peua Thai Party, Red shirts, Thailand, Thaksin
4 Responses to The Hardliners
john francis lee
February 7th, 2010 at 10:07 am
Thaksin hi-jacking the reds is bad enough. These guys are very bad news. See PPT Red shirt debates.
The red shirts need to take responsibility for their movement before it’s hi-jacked by the far-right, as popular movements have been in Thailand since Phaol hi-jacked the People
s Party.
StanG
February 8th, 2010 at 3:08 am
Thaksin has created, financed, and directed red shirt movement since its inception.
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February 8th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
[...] StanG: Thaksin has created, financed, and directed red shirt movement since its inception. [...]
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May 12th, 2010 at 2:18 am
[...] During the change of power ‘Seh Daeng’ has been demoted to an aerobics instructor. Almost a year later, after becoming more involved in the red movement, he was suspended by the defense minister for an unauthorized trip to Cambodia in order to meet Thaksin. There also have been pictures of his visit to Thaksin in Dubai circulating around in Thai web boards and email forwards (also see this meeting of red hardliners with Thaksin in February 2010). [...]