Military coup in Thailand (life, dangerous, places, train)

[P47P47]

Two rules for government change in Thailand:

1. Don't mess with the King. You mess with the King, and you lose any support you may have had from the people.

2. Don't mess with foreigners. Tourism brings a LOT of money to Thailand. Don't want to scare the tourists away.

[Forest_Hills_Daddy]

If I were Yingluck I would call the military's bluff and threaten to turn Thailand into another Myanmar. Lets see if the Thai elite would like that.

[Chasva69]

Originally Posted by Forest_Hills_Daddy

If I were Yingluck I would call the military's bluff and threaten to turn Thailand into another Myanmar. Lets see if the Thai elite would like that.

can you elaborate a bit? How could she do that?

[sargentodiaz]

I've read dozens of internet posts on this and the opinions seem to be the same - it's a good idea because of the immense amount of corruption in the current government.

They also fear the growing uprising of Muslims in the south supported by groups based in Indonesia.

An acquaintance from Thailand says he thinks its a good thing and will stabilize problems going on for many years.

[Greysholic]

Originally Posted by Forest_Hills_Daddy

If I were Yingluck I would call the military's bluff and threaten to turn Thailand into another Myanmar. Lets see if the Thai elite would like that.

Sorry but she just got arrested....
Omg things are really getting scary.

[Forest_Hills_Daddy]

Originally Posted by Chasva69

can you elaborate a bit? How could she do that?

By telling the military to take a hike and daring them to send her to jail.

[Chasva69]

Originally Posted by Forest_Hills_Daddy

By telling the military to take a hike and daring them to send her to jail.

well the latest news is that she has been arrested is and being held in an undisclosed location - so maybe she did just that. (And I think this is exactly what the Thai elite wanted; it remains to be seen how her Red Shirt supporters will respond).
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27544972

[Vivia28]

Poll shows over 75 percent of the people support martial law

More than 75 percent of the people surveyed by Suan Dusit Poll agreed with the martial law.
Suan Dusit Poll of Ratchabhat University’s Suan Dusit campus conducted an opinion survey from a total of 1,264 people during May 20-21. The results of the survey are as follows:

- 50.93 percent said the martial law would help ease the tensioin and the army are capable of controlling the situation and preventing confrontation.

- 25.75 percent believe that martial law is a way out of the conflict and the people will feel more secured.

- 11.49 percent are worried because the martial law may affect their livelihood and render inconvenience to their travelling.

- 7.14 percent are concerned that the martial law will impact on the country’s image and stability.

- 4.66 percent are afraid that the special law may provoke resistance which may lead to more violence.

The poll showed that 75.95 percent agreed with the martial law because it would help prevent violence and people feel more secured whereas 12.34 percent said that with or without martial law the political conflict would not be resolved and protests would continue as normal.

The 11.71 percent who opposed the law said that the martial law was unjustified because there was no riot or serious violence to justify the imposition of the law. Moreover, the law will give a false impression that a coup has taken place.

Credit: Poll shows over 75 percent of the people support martial law | Thai PBS English News

[kasroa]

Martial law is different from the coup and I think the poll is not comprehensively made and it is made for the martial law only, we can't say the same to the coup. The majority of thai people wants to vote and mostly are against the coup.

As a matter of course, martial law should be performed under control and approval of the government, but It's so weird in Thailand the Army overpower the government, and they finally committed the coup, shamelessly usurping power from the thai people.

[MattNguyen]

This Thai King killed his brother to usurp the throne. It's a dirty secret most Thais don't know because it's a crime to speak ill of the King. I hope the people rise up and overthrow this illegitimate monarchy.