The military being fully armed always,
has a different mindset compared to civilians, like search and destroy, neutralize and disarm training. So when
they deal with civilian movements like flashing three fingers, they become
paranoid, onion-skinned, pikon. Why did they even consider arresting people who only flash 3 fingers?
A Thai friend, Jyoti, sent me this disturbing, BIG Brother/Government youtube clip by the Bangkok Post (BP) last June 01, 2014, in my facebook wall.
"A
woman was forced into a taxi by suspected plainclothes police officers after
she allegedly flashed three-finger signs signalling her opposition to the
military coup near Asoke BTS station this afternoon.
During
the struggle, one of the people who tried to pull her out of the car was able
to grab her purse. The woman's ID card was found in the purse. She was
identified as Pairin Phuangsiri. Her fate is not known at this time."
(Bangkok
Post video)
(3,867 likes, 9,382 shares as of 10:36am Manila time, June 05)
I thanked Jyoti for that link. One comment from the BP fb page that I like:
ခြန္ ဒီးယမ္ I'm from Burma ,your neighbor country.
Thai people, please please be very
careful ..... when a group of men with guns got the taste of power, you guys
are on the brink of hell.... Believe me, we had first hand experiences ...
As shown above, that video went viral somehow, so many people have seen and shared it. There was public outrage, so the Thai police was forced to admit that they indeed made that abduction -- yes abduction, but they did not use that term.
This news report from Bangkok Post is troubling.
Published: 2 Jun 2014 at 20.57
The Lumpini district police chief on
Monday confirmed his undercover officers detained and forced a woman into a
taxi after she staged a one-person protest against the military junta on
Sukhumvit Road...
Pol Col Chaiya Kongsub said the woman
was taken away because she acted aggressively to the undercover police, who
took her to the police station to “calm down”.
He identified the woman as Sunanta
Puangsiri, 50. She was the first of six people arrested for violating martial
law regulations during Sunday's anti-coup protest rallies held at various
locations in Bangkok.... All six were still held Monday at Crime Suppression
Division.
Ms Sunanta was caught by photographers
and video cameras as she was subdued by at least four plain-clothes policemen,
who said she resisted arrest
The video drew wide criticism from
social media users, who said the officers overreacted and never told her what
offence she had commiited. Some questioned the identity of the men in the
video, but Pol..Col Chaiya confirmed they were his undercover officers.
The Lumpini police chief said Ms
Sunanta’s behavior appeared to be “more violent than other protesters” and the
officers took her to police station.to calm her down and to prevent her from
“violating NCPO orders too much”. After that, she was taken from the police
station by military officers for questioning, he added.
Military officers said they had yet to
press charges against Ms Sunanta and five other protesters.
And another spying by the new police state:
Charges of corruption, abuse of power by
the civilian government, are not justified for the power grap and Martial Law
by the military government. There are constitutional processes to be followed,
like proper succession of leadership and the job of the military and police is
to implement that constitutional process, not grab power on their on their own.
As societies modernize, political
leadership should rely less on guns and tanks, more on reason and public
discourse. When men with guns rule, paranoia and irrationality dominate.
------------See also:
Thai politics and the Monarchy, December 04, 2008
Killings in Thailand and Military Crackdown, April 16, 2009
Rule of Law 4: On Thailand Crackdown, April 18, 2009
Thailand Politics and the Monarchy, Part 2, January 14, 2014
Thailand Politics and the Monarchy, Part 3, February 3, 2014
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