The “Times Online” has unofficially refused to comply with a request by the Thai government to hand over the controversial taped interview with former Prime Minister
Thaksin Shinawatra to Thailand, which contained parts that are deemed lese majeste, according to the Minister to the PM’s Office Satit Wonghnongtaey. (PRD)
And even deeper into the Rabbit Hole :
The government will not stop requesting the tape of an interview by ousted Prime
Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from the Times Online although the latter has unofficially rejected the request, according to Minister to Prime Minister’s Office Satit Wonghnongtoey.
Mr Satit stated that the news agency had already denied Thailand’s request, claiming that it was the right and freedom of the press. However, the government
had assigned officials concerned to submit another letter to the Times Online demanding an official statement to clarify the matter, he said.
The minister affirmed that the government would not stop asking for Mr Thaksin’s interview tape since the issue has hurt the feelings of Thai people.
He added that if the Times Online was sincere and did not have any deals with the ex-prime minister, the news agency should give cooperation to the Thai government in the investigation process. (PRD)
Paranoid. And hysterical. Totally. Those are the proper words to qualify such behaviour.
To read this famous interview and my comments, click here.
So to summarize : an english media has given the finger to those thai maniacs who think that the world is besieging Thailand, that there is a universal conspiracy to “hurt the
feelings of Thai people“, that there is a global threat against “thai national security“, orchestrated by Thaksin and legions of devil foreign journalists who don’t understand Thailand (of course).
Oh dear… we do understand… too well. That’s their problem.
But the worst is : those clowns might indeed believe their own words and fantasies. That’s the scary part.
Because, beyond the obvious political manipulation (they push everything at their hand against Thaksin), there is a nefarious way of thinking gaining some momentum right now in Thailand.
It’s called Thoughtcrime. They arrest a doctor who wrote something on the web about the King’s health. They ask foreign medias to “comply” with their requests… etc. They accuse
foreign new editor of lese-majeste. Shall we see a pattern there ?
Something is seriously wrong in Thailand…
And meanwhile, we still wait for some bright comments coming from Abhisit, our young, dashing and Oxford-educated Prime Minister. You know the guy who loves to speak about “democracy” and “rule of law” on CNN (and here)…
What does he think about this stuff ? Afterall, this minister is close to him.
So do we have to conclude that Abhisit agrees ? That Abhisit doesn’t give a shit about the
freedom of the press ? That Abhisit has forgotten everything they (allegedly) taught him in Oxford ?
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