From my Twitter (start at the bottom). (This is the link to the tapes I have been sent).
I agree with Khun Pleum:
Dissolution of political parties weakens the core of our democracy and emboldens the distatorship once more as the ultimate savior.
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1 Albert Park // Oct 17, 2010 at 10:21 am
AW can agree with Khun Pleum, but if the tapes are real, then there is more at stake than the dissolution of parties.
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2 Tarrin // Oct 17, 2010 at 12:11 pm
I think Pluem miss the point, these clip is not to pressure the court to dissolve the democrat party but to show that the Thai courts are not independent and heavily politicized.
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3 Somsak Jeamteerasakul // Oct 17, 2010 at 2:38 pm
You can download the full video clip here (all five parts in one single file):
http://www.4shared.com/video/3VyGPGve/topsecret_democrat_to_be_disso.html
and here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?178d9jvnd0wdn60
I provide the links here in good faith with the understanding that the authenticity of the clip has not been extablished, hence the clip is still technically legal – it could be just a fake. However, if and when it’s esblished that the clip is authentic, there could be legal issue arising from secret taping of conversation, and charge could be laid for distribution. If that becomes the case, I’d certainly be obliged to stop drawing attention to it in public. (As I’m writing these lines, Matichon online is still providing link to the clip on YouTube http://www.matichon.co.th/news_detail.php?newsid=1287228593&grpid=00&catid= )
I personally haven’t had time to study the whole clip in details, but what struck me most, as an acdemic, is the second part. The persons in that clip are shown discussing how to create ‘public opinion’ in favor of the Democrat Party’s escaping dissolution by having four or five academics coming out and speaking in public against the dissolution, without of course informing the public that these academics are prompted or asked to do so by the Democrats themselves.
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4 Apirux // Oct 18, 2010 at 1:39 am
It is clear that clips 3, 4, and 5 were recorded by a court official attending the meeting in the room (from the table that is opposite to Charan’s seat, you can see the serving of juice and moving of a coffee cup so that it does not block the picture, on one clip).
It is also clear how the court view the cases, and very irony that some members mentioned that they wanted to protect the law, in their style.
It is very revealing to see how these “amats” behave.
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5 sid // Oct 18, 2010 at 6:13 am
Can somebody explain more about the contentof the videos or point us to a English transcript?
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6 vp // Oct 18, 2010 at 9:19 am
@sid, BP has translated both the youtube description and summary from matichon here: http://asiancorrespondent.com/bangkok-pundit-blog/what-are-the-five-leaked-videos-about
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7 Tarrin // Oct 30, 2010 at 3:09 pm
3 additional clips has been uploaded,
http://www.youtube.com/user/ohmygod3009#p/c/F6A8A0BFF8C7DFC8
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