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Home » News from Thailand » Bangkok attack not the work of southern rebels
Bangkok attack not the work of southern rebels
The attack in the center of Bangkok does not seem to be the work of the insurgents in the south of the country. That is what the most senior Thai soldier, General Udomdej Sitabutr, said.
"It does not correspond to incidents in the south," the general said on Thai television. According to him, another type of bomb was also used. In the south of Thailand, Muslim rebels are fighting against the Buddhist rulers.
According to the Thai prime minister, a suspect has been seen on surveillance images. But who that is is still unclear. No group has yet claimed responsibility. At least 22 people were killed in the attack at a Hindu temple. More than 120 people were injured.
Reports on the number of foreign deaths vary from three to twelve. The foreign dead are all Asians. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague says that there are no known Dutch victims.
Thailand's defense minister told the BBC that the attack targeted tourists and the Thai economy.
Source: NOS
No, dear defense minister. The attack is aimed at the military regime. The (consequences of the) bomb attack must strike the military regime to the heart. Where it thinks it has control. It could wait for that. Every military regime, anywhere in the world, is confronted with this. Soldiers belong in the barracks and should be an instrument of a legal government in defense of the country's borders. No more and no less. All Prayuth-loving expats notwithstanding.
You cannot compare military rule anywhere else in the world with Thailand. It is clear that the Tourist-religion Industry had to be affected?. It may also be that some Budha adherent has something against Hinduism?. One of the few industries in Thailand that has no problem with the current government is budism and tourism.
If I wanted to hit the government, I would knock over a few high-voltage pylons, for example. I do NOT meet innocent (praying) foreigners with that.
Your view of the military is that of the West in general. That is why the military authority did not give a damn when the red governments were in power and they got into trouble with the yellow shirts. I believe that the military is abusing this situation to further denounce/accuse the red shirts. Everything points to the southern style of terrorism and to have a greater impact on this regime, more powerful bomb(s) have been used in the lion's den. The arrogance of this regime to think that they are lord and master in a metropolis like Bangkok that contains so many vulnerable places is phenomenal.
Put everything together in the correct order. The behavior of red, yellow and blue shirts is not a statement for the military, but for the then government and police. Those two then gave -not at home-. Notabene, the police hospital was located in the part of Bangkok occupied by the red shirts. That was when the democratically elected government of Thailand did nothing about it.
So it is quite correct that the Thai military then put an end to that corruption-plagued and maintained government, police and their "friends" who clearly had no interest at all in lifting the occupation of Bangkok.
That the red shirts in any case do not feel like helping Thailand forward, but only filling their own pockets, is proven by the fact that they then looted 24 Bangkok Bank branches. In between they looted the Central World and set it on fire because they did not want to pay a ransom. The Paragon did pay and was spared.
Then the military may not be the right organization to solve this and so far I agree with your vision. But Thailand can't do anything with a democracy based on the western example. Thailand is not yet ready for it. Everyone does what they want in Thaialnd (the expats too) and if it's not possible, a 1000 baht note will help. That's Thailand 2015
Dear Martin,
What you "sort out" concerns the reasons for the military coup. You are absolutely right that the political parties in Thailand have made a mess of things. This raises the question of how it could have come to this and even more how to proceed.
Democracy comes in different forms. The most famous is a parliamentary democracy. According to our concepts, democracy stands for freedom, equality and economic prosperity. The latter, economic prosperity, is certainly not reserved for countries with a democratic structure. Just look at the “four Asian tigers”, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Japan and China.
Let me state first that no country has been able to achieve a mature democracy in a short period of time. It took Europe and the USA many years and several wars to arrive at what we now call democracy. Slowly but surely, Africa is also “on the way” to a more or less democratic continent, even if that will certainly take decades. Asia will come through trial and error to a democratic continent in which freedom and equality will be claimed by the people. Sometimes one step forward and then another step back. This is happening all over Southeast Asia.
The army coup in Thailand is a step backwards in the process. The politicians in Thailand are so intertwined with their supporters that making compromises seems almost impossible. Corruption does not help either. What a country needs in such a case is a wise, decisive leader who is respected and trusted by all layers of the population. Unfortunately, it is currently missing. Whether the army coup can be justified with that I doubt. In any case, the army does not have the support of broad layers of the population.
Prayuth runs an autocratic regime that derives its power from the military. They need each other to survive. That alone does not do much good.
Who did it is irrelevant.
THAT something like this can be done and is happening worldwide is a disgrace.
How can innocent people protect themselves against these kinds of things and or be protected. I fear that we as citizens will be subject to even more and more frequent checks.
I also feel sorry for the victims and wish their families a lot of strength.
Of course it does matter who is behind the attacks. Only then can something be done about it.
The problem with any government is that people (thinking differently) are often not taken seriously. Unheard dissatisfaction is a breeding ground for violence. Fortunately, most people are peace-loving and do not allow themselves to be guided by violence. But dictatorial behavior by a government often leads to extremist behavior. Combating this with violence only provokes more violence. After all, it confirms the thinking pattern of the extremist.
The only solution for Thailand is for military authority to be handed over to a democratically elected government, preferably a government of national unity, as soon as possible. It can democratically arrive at a new constitution that can count on the support of broad layers of the population. This will not eliminate extremism, but it will substantially reduce it. Furthermore, I would rather say MUST, the then authoritative government can engage in dialogue with dissatisfied minorities, even with the Muslim extremists in the south.
Creating mass hysteria is precisely their intention.
The chance of dying in a traffic accident is still higher.
Only rulers like Thailand are asking for trouble, and now the wrong friends, Russia, China and North Korea, once enough is enough
It could be, said Bredero!
On 'Thairath' a video of the possible suspect. It is clearly visible that he carries a backpack, takes it off and then walks away, leaving the backpack behind and busy with a mobile phone as he walks away.
https://www.facebook.com/ThairathFan/videos/10153632267167439/
The wrong boyfriends, Russia, China and North Korea. This means that this could be an attack by the US, NATO or EU. Or am I seeing it wrong? What Bredero has to do with this is completely a mystery to me.
So more attacks will follow as happened this Tuesday afternoon, fortunately without casualties, but it would have been close to killing again…
After taking some things into consideration, it seems to me that it concerns a person who may be acting alone and wants to express his frustration from his country of birth or country of residence in another country. It reminds me of the attack in Boston where a backpack was also used. In terms of appearance, I don't immediately think of a Thai man. A group such as the Islamic State or Al Khaida had already openly waved the flag of praise but did not claim it. The on-site investigation and the type of bomb used in combination with all matters still to be investigated will ultimately provide clarity and until then it is better not to speculate and make statements that could damage others.
All speculation about how and who ultimately committed the attack. Didn't IS indicate through the media a few weeks ago that it would carry out attacks in major world capitals, including Tel Aviv.
Perhaps Bangkok is the first city and who will follow next.
But be that as it may , if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time then your life is done .
By the way , this also applies to traffic accidents anywhere in the world .
I am not afraid of such attacks, and I also do not think that the tourist sector in Thailand will suffer serious damage in the short and long term.
The first few days it is still world news , but after a few days it ebbs away again , and it is business as usual again .
And nowhere in the world are you more safe and sure of your life .
The Netherlands could also be startled by the same type of attack tomorrow .
Jan Beute.
Could it be that this military government is too close on the heels of some senior civil servants, policemen and senior army officers? The fight against corruption has already killed some!
The Thai citizen can file a complaint against corruption with the newly established offices, which are open to this.
A dictatorship can never be justified, but here it was perhaps a choice between the plague and cholera. What did democracy mean here before?
I think it's appropriate to give a little respite.
As we see, the violence is not far away! Only the military could stop that violence from some time ago.
Just an exchange of views!
I continue to hope for a peaceful Thailand for all its citizens and for us who live here or come on leave.
John VC
@Jan VC I feel the same way, the red and yellow shirts were well on their way to civil war. The army has put things in order. That's how it is in Thailand. The Belgian and Dutch army would also be better off committing a coup against our naive European governments that are making Europe Islamic.
Who committed this bomb attack is still speculation.
22 innocent victims and also the lives of the families are destroyed, there are more and more madmen on our planet.
The message is now circulating in the Thai media that this attack may have to do with the recently deported Uighurs from China. It is a Turkish Muslim minority in China and is oppressed by the Chinese government.
The suspected perpetrator with the backpack would also look like such an uighur. They could have committed this attack in revenge for the expulsion of this group.
Now they blame the Uyghurs (Turkish people from the Chinese autonomous region of Sinkiang) that is how it works in Thailand today. The Thai never has anything to do with it, we have to keep our own street clean, the "government" thinks.
If a few tourists are killed on a beautiful island, you blame a few souls from Myanmar. If you have a big mouth against this government then you go to jail, if you are a bit more assertive as a journalist than the average Thai newspaper (the Telegraaf is a quality newspaper compared to the daily Thai comic books) then you go to jail. If you form a group of more than 7 people, it will be seen as a demonstration.
YES really nice to hear this government and of course stupidly adopting everything that is said in Uncle Prayuth's weekly pep talk.
Both the English-language digital newspaper http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/main yesterday, if http://www.thaivisa.com/ today, report that the chief of the national police remarked: “the bomb attack at Ratchaprasong is not the sole work of foreign terrorist but with help from some Thais”.
Another quote: “the two bombing incidents were perpetrated by the same group of elements thought to be Thais.” Now you again, but better stick to the (news) facts.