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Thailand: Is Prem losing his influence?

By Bangkok Pundit Mon, Sep 05, 2011 10:00AM UTC Comments Off

The following cartoon appeared in ASTV Manager last week: Source: ASTV Manager Quote caption as translated colloquially: “Yes, in the past, Luang Por Prem at Wat Si-Sao is sacred/powerful. [Wearing one of his amulets] made you invincible/invulnerable when you were attacked with a knife or gun… But now in this era, he is not longer sacred/powerful…...

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A new cavalry unit in Thailand’s north-east: Old wish, new threat?

By Siam Voices Thu, Mar 03, 2011 9:30AM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut The Thai military is getting a new cavalry unit near the north-eastern town of Khon Kaen. The cabinet has recently approved the formation of the 3rd Cavalry Unit (essentially a division of tanks) that will cost 70bn Baht ($2.3bn). This is also a treat for privy council president Prem Tinsulanonda, who has mentioned that a...

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Red Shirt to ‘sue’ Thai privy councilors over cable

By Siam Voices Wed, Jan 12, 2011 9:00AM UTC View Comments

Former Thai Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda. Pic: AP.

By Saksith Saiyasombut Last week, VoiceTV* reported this: Gen Prem Tinsulanonda, Anand Panyarachun and ACM Siddhi Savetsila were Thursday sued on lese majeste charges. Gen Prem, the chief privy counsel and former prime minister, Mr Anand, a former prime minister, and ACM Siddhi, a former foreign minister, were altogether charged by Red Shirt movement for alleged...

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WikiLeaks & the Thai Privy Council – what is plan B?

By Siam Voices Fri, Dec 17, 2010 9:48PM UTC View Comments

By Andrew Spooner Earlier today fellow Asian Correspondent blogger Bangkok Pundit posted on the Thai government and media’s labyrinthine supine wriggling regarding the latest splurge of Thai-orientated WikiLeaks cables (for discussion on the content of the cables see my fellow Siam Voices blogger Saksith Saiyasombut here and here and my earlier post here) As predicted...

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Thai Privy Council feature in latest WikiLeak – but did they commit lese majeste?

By Siam Voices Thu, Dec 16, 2010 6:57AM UTC View Comments

By Andrew Spooner In the latest round of WikiLeaks’ cable releases by The Guardian a potential hand grenade was thrown directly into the maelstrom of Thai politics [because of Thailand’s draconian lese majeste laws no link to the cable can be given here]. The cable in question describes a meeting between former prime minister, Anand...

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