A coup, however, would need the tacit approval of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, but he is said to be ailing, with many decisions being made by Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn. The prince is a good mate of Thaksin, so it is unlikely he will want to get rid of the Government that is seen as Thaksin’s puppet.
- Extracted from Chris Topp, “Embarrassed citizens plan retaliation”, The Australian, 1 December 2008.
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1 Joy // Dec 1, 2008 at 11:11 am
Quote from Chris Topp”… coup, however, would need the tacit approval of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, but he is said to be ailing, with many decisions being made by Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn. The prince is a good mate of Thaksin, so it is unlikely he will want to get rid of the Government that is seen as Thaksin’s puppet. ”
I find the above quote weird… Hasn’t xxx been trying to topple the Somchai government all along??I want to say more but I can’t due to the restriction everyone in Thailand is aware of…what do people think?
2 Kate Gillogly // Dec 1, 2008 at 12:10 pm
New Mandala was down for me most of today. Where you all upgrading or having exceptionally heavy traffic?
3 NM fan // Dec 1, 2008 at 1:11 pm
It’s true that New Mandala was down yesterday. I hope it was technical and not because PAD sympathizers had hacked it.
4 Charles F. // Dec 1, 2008 at 2:04 pm
I was thinking that the Burmese junta had done a DOS on New Mandala, but was assured by Mr. Farrelly that it was a server problem.
And here I was, thinking that New Mandala had “arrived”.
5 David Brown // Dec 1, 2008 at 5:31 pm
the word I get from Thais is that Khun Thaksin has been involved in too many financial transactions that should not be publicised so he is persona non grata which is the sort of term I think would be used by european royalty
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