Sing drag into the Thail politics

• ahtansh

  7 Mar 06, 19:38

  Will Singapore Foreign Affairs release a warning to Singaporean in Thailand over the Anti-Thaksin protest. Or they will only do it when things happened!
  
  http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=32365
  
  Singaporeans living in Thailand or visiting as tourists may have reason to feel nervous at the manner in which the affluent city-state is portrayed in the increasingly bitter political debate that has engulfed Bangkok.
  
  http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=38750
  
  THAILAND: Singapore labeled unethical investor
  Singaporean government accused of buying 'tainted' assets from Thaksin
  
  Thaksin has been accused of corruption and abuse of power, particularly because of the sale of his family's telecommunications firm in Singapore for $1.9 billion -- none of which was paid in taxes.
  
  If only its a good business decision
• charlize

  8 Mar 06, 12:03

  Apparently there has been some protest outside the Singapore embassy in Thailand today.
  
  http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/060308/15/3z7lk.html
  
  
• Rexdriver

  8 Mar 06, 12:10

  Singapore having transparency issues outside of Singapore as well...
• borgkilla

  8 Mar 06, 12:11

  good business decision by SG
  but bad decision by Thai PM for not wanting to pay tax
  
  tsk tsk tsk
  make so much $$$$ at least pay tax lor
• Lowclassman

  9 Mar 06, 13:44

  Originally posted by borgkilla:

  good business decision by SG
  but bad decision by Thai PM for not wanting to pay tax
  
  tsk tsk tsk
  make so much $$$$ at least pay tax lor

  He wanted to bring most of his money with him to hell after his death. Like many high ranking officers are doing in singapore.
• Yi Peng

  9 Mar 06, 14:38

  Don't worry about it. Its OK.
  The people who opposed it are the vocal minority, thats why they refuse to stand for elections knowing very well that the people are against them.
• Rexdriver

  9 Mar 06, 14:51

  Things should simmer down in Thailand now that the King has intervened. Damn, don't you wish there was a King here too?
• Yi Peng

  9 Mar 06, 15:08

  Originally posted by Rexdriver:

  Things should simmer down in Thailand now that the King has intervened. Damn, don't you wish there was a King here too?

  If you have a good king OK, if you have a bad king, sian. The next Thai king, you won't like.
• Thailand_Hero

  9 Mar 06, 15:21

  Originally posted by Yi Peng:

  Don't worry about it. Its OK.
  The people who opposed it are the vocal minority, thats why they refuse to stand for elections knowing very well that the people are against them.

  haha...and we all know who that 'minority' means....the same ones who will find any reasons to riot
• countdracula

  9 Mar 06, 16:15

  we've got a king too, $2.5 mil per annum cut ribbons, jogs along east coast and learning to speak mandarin. holds second key but cannot use it, if try to use then when die get no state funeral....lol
• sgdiehard

  9 Mar 06, 16:35

  Originally posted by countdracula:

  we've got a king too, $2.5 mil per annum cut ribbons, jogs along east coast and learning to speak mandarin. holds second key but cannot use it, if try to use then when die get no state funeral....lol

  we also have an emperor, the one with the real power. The King is paid by the company, the emperor owns the company. The king holds the second key for show, the real and the first key is with the emperor.
• sbst275

  9 Mar 06, 17:11

  The thing is that, Temasek is state owned