Trenton42 Posted May 22, 2014 Author Share Posted May 22, 2014 7-11 stores closed tonight from 10PM until 5AM That's just not right! No late-night condom runs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton42 Posted May 22, 2014 Author Share Posted May 22, 2014 Sky Train closed at 9. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton42 Posted May 22, 2014 Author Share Posted May 22, 2014 Soi 4 closed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiamSam Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Soi 4 closed. Wow. Hard to imagine Soi 4 empty. You gotta get a picture for us Trenton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sustra Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 mhhhhh...following with interest....i am booked in soi 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton42 Posted May 22, 2014 Author Share Posted May 22, 2014 Tomorrow, Soi Cowboy will be operating under lockdown rules: bars can open at 2PM and will close when they're told to. NEP is in a different precinct, so NEP times may be different. But one shouldn't think they'll raise the curfew tomorrow; I think it's going to be in effect for at least a few days. Lots of things going on, and military is busy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton42 Posted May 22, 2014 Author Share Posted May 22, 2014 mhhhhh...following with interest....i am booked in soi 4 Take a girl ST just before 10 and she can't leave! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton42 Posted May 22, 2014 Author Share Posted May 22, 2014 mhhhhh...following with interest....i am booked in soi 4 Don't worry. It's still all about fun right up until the curfew. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton42 Posted May 22, 2014 Author Share Posted May 22, 2014 Wow. Hard to imagine Soi 4 empty. You gotta get a picture for us Trenton. Wow. Hard to imagine Soi 4 empty. You gotta get a picture for us Trenton. Logistics make it tough. But will do if I get the chance. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiamSam Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Logistics make it tough. But will do if I get the chance. Send in the drone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdogg Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra rejected the proposal by Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha that the Pheu Thai-led caretaker government resign, a Pheu Thai source said on Thursday. The source said Prayuth came up with three proposals during the seven-partite meeting on Wednesday. First, he proposed that a caretaker Cabinet to resign, secondly that an interim government be formed and thirdly, that both the red-shirt movement and the People's Democratic Reform Committee end their rallies, according to the source.The Pheu Thai representatives duly informed Thaksin of the proposals but he rejected them all and told Pheu Thai to fight to the full extent possible within the legal framework. The source said Thaksin counter-proposed that the Army should instead arrange for blanket amnesty for all sides and the Shinawatra family would wash its hands of politics. The source said Thaksin would also campaign to step up pressure on the Army to have the next election held as soon as possible. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Thaksin-rejects-Prayuths-proposal-to-have-caretake-30234277.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torurot Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Foreign diplomats to be briefed by the Military in the next few hours 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton42 Posted May 23, 2014 Author Share Posted May 23, 2014 True stations were just on for about 20 minutes, but they've just started playing patriotic videos on all premium channels. Thai free stations are back on except PBS. The military is frosted at PBS for continuing to broadcast on their website after being told to shut down. A lot of political stuff happened today; military looking for a lot of people. Democrat reform team was released from detention, but PDRC, PTP, & UDD reform teams are still being detained. Military called in close to 200 people, mostly PTP & UDD, but some PDRC also. Yingluck turned herself in around noon and is still being detained. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eroticadventurer Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 7pm ..........hmmmmm most Saphon stations back on ,,,,notably CNN is not....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton42 Posted May 23, 2014 Author Share Posted May 23, 2014 AOT recommends that foreigners carry their passports at all times. Gotta admit I don't, but have a Thai ID. Considering it's the military doing the asking now, it's probably not a bad idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdogg Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 but have a Thai ID. What does a farang need to do to get a Thai ID card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton42 Posted May 23, 2014 Author Share Posted May 23, 2014 DL is good enough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownLoLarry Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been taken into custody after reporting to the coup makers on Friday. She had first been brought to the reception hall at the First Division, King's Guard, before being taken to a "safe house", according to a source in the army. All of the people reporting to the coup makers after being summoned by them also got on 11 vans and left the Royal Thai Army auditorium in Thewes area at around 5pm. They were reportedly taken to different places. The group includes people loyal to the Shinawatra family and aides to Thaksin Shinawatra, as well as co-leaders of the People's Democratic Reform Committee. http://www.bangkokpost.com/most-recent/411452/yingluck-brought-to-afe-house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdogg Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 If you click the link you'll see pic, but I presume this is an old pic as Yingluck was taken away in a black van. Former PM Yingluck May Be Detained For '3-7 Days' BANGKOK — Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinwatra may be detained by the military for at least “3-7 days,” reports say. Ms. Yingluck, younger sister of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who was ousted in another military coup in 2006, arrived at the Army Club this morning in compliance with orders from the military junta and has yet to be released. Other prominent politicians of the previous government were also summoned to the Army Club, including former Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongphaisarn and former Deputy PM Pongthep Thepkanchana. None of these top politicians have been publicly released. Dozens of vans were seen leaving the Army Club after dark, and it is believed that the politicians were ferried away to military barracks for a prolonged detention. A source said Ms. Yingluck was sent to a military base in Saraburi, north of Bangkok, where she might be held for at least "3-7" days. Ms. Yingluck's aides were told in the evening to prepare personal belongings for the former leader, the source said. A senior military officer told Reuters that they would not detain Ms. Yingluck for more than one week. "That would be too long," the officer reportedly said. "We just need to organize matters in the country first." The source declined to say where Yingluck was being held. The military’s National Peace and Order Maintaining Council (NPOMC), which seized power on Thursday, has also detained dozens of Redshirt activists and allies of the previous government. More than 100 have been banned from leaving the country. http://en.khaosod.co.th/detail.php?newsid=1400855837§ion=11&typecate=06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton42 Posted May 24, 2014 Author Share Posted May 24, 2014 General Prayuth has just disbanded the Senate. Wasn't expecting that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton42 Posted May 24, 2014 Author Share Posted May 24, 2014 Thaksin's son just arrested. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiamSam Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Why are they arresting the Thaksin relatives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchieBunker Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Er um......because they can?? its good to be k..... er um at the top of the food chain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdogg Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Why are they arresting the Thaksin relatives? This could be one of several reasons: Thailand coup: Ex-PMs Thaksin Shinawatra, Yingluck Shinawatra to establish government in exile, says lawyer By Peter Lloyd, wires Updated Sun 25 May 2014, 12:18am AEST Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has revealed plans to set up a government in exile, in a direct challenge to the legitimacy of the military, following confirmation of a coup to remove the government led by his presumed proxy and sister Yingluck Shinawatra. The decision was relayed by Mr Thaksin's legal adviser, Robert Amsterdam, and revealed exclusively by the ABC. The announcement comes amid reports that coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha will remain at the head of a junta beyond his scheduled retirement in September, according to the Bangkok Post. General Prayuth has assumed the powers to act as prime minister; except Section 2, which acknowledges that the king is the head of state. On Saturday night the military junta disbanded the country's Senate and placed all law-making responsibility in the hands of General Prayuth. "The Senate is dismissed. Responsibility for any laws needing the approval of the parliament or Senate will instead be assumed by the leader of the (junta)," said an announcement on national television. The military tightened its grip on Friday by banning more than 150 prominent figures from leaving the country, and threatening to arrest politicians who disobey its orders. Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was among those who reported to the military junta. It is understood Ms Yingluck and several former ministers now being detained plan to join the protester-led government. A source in Ms Yingluck's Puea Thai party told AFP that the former prime minister's exact whereabouts were unknown. "It is confirmed that she was detained by the military since she reported to the junta yesterday," the source, who was present when Ms Yingluck answered a call to report to the army on Friday, said. "We are unsure of her whereabouts because the military confiscated her mobile phones and those of her aides." Military officials say Ms Yingluck will not be held for longer than a week and have made assurances that she will be looked after. "We provide them good facilities, perhaps even better than the facilities that I or everyone here [has] at the moment," a Thai military official said on Saturday. "Please do not worry." Number of nations offer to host exiled government: lawyer Mr Thaksin is negotiating with a number of states which Mr Amsterdam says have made offers to host the government in exile. Proximity would imply a neighbour state like Cambodia could house the former leaders, but it could invite military retaliation and sanctions from an angry and humiliated Thailand. It is unclear whether any Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) state would risk breaching the association's bedrock doctrine of non-interference to provide a political safe haven for Thaksin and Ms Yingluck. It could bring down the political order and harmony of ASEAN, a dull but effective piece of architecture that has assisted socio-economic and political development in the region for decades. Mr Amsterdam says so far there is no identifiable host state but it is believed by pro-government Red Shirts that there are a number of nations set to offer a safe place. It is understood that the Shinawatra-led Red Shirts protest movement was anxious to make the government in exile decision public ahead of a widely anticipated statement from the Palace giving direct or veiled support of the monarchy to the military take-over. There has been no official statement as yet. It comes as the Thai army ordered another 30 individuals, including academics and activists, to report to the military, adding to the more than the 100 people who have already received that order. A Thai military spokesman says they will be held for up to a week to give them "time to think". previous incidents, and after that they will become more relaxed," he said. "There will be no pressure on them and they'll be able to think about what they should do for the best of the country and for themselves, and we will look after them very well." US issues non-essential travel warning The US State Department has issued a travel alert advising against any non-essential travel to Thailand. Bangkok remains under military lockdown with a nightly 10pm curfew amid fears of a violent backlash. The US has suspended about $3.8 million in military aid following the coup and is reviewing the rest of the approximately $11.4 million annual assistance package to Thailand. "Several Thai military officers told me that they expect significant violent conflict in Bangkok with Red Shirt activists in the next two weeks," said Council on Foreign Relations analyst Joshua Kurlanzick in his latest blog report. Meanwhile, about 200 people have gathered in Bangkok to protest against the coup. Soldiers have been attempting to contain the situation, with a few of the protesters having already been arrested. The situation breaches martial law, which states that no more than five people at a time can be involved in a political rally. The ABC's South East Asia correspondent Samantha Hawley says the protesters are "visibly angry". "They don't want a coup, they don't want military rule in this country and they are making their voices heard," she told ABC News 24. "I would say it's a real mix of people. It's women, old and young, and there are men, old and young as well. There are students. "They are not the pro-Government Red Shirts. These are just ordinary Bangkok people, who don't want this coup." Yesterday, a group of about 100 protesters gathered in the first show of defiance against military rule, later dispersing and saying they would be back every night. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-24/former-thailand-pm-to-establish-government-in-exile-lawyer/5475648 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton42 Posted May 25, 2014 Author Share Posted May 25, 2014 General Prayuth announced anyone who violates the coup orders will stand before a court martial. The 150 or so that are currently being detained (including Yingluck) could be in a more difficult spot than they could have ever imagined. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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