Why Did Thaksin Come To Singapore?
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Meet up with old friends? Funny. I didnt know he had good rapport with Jaya and Wong.
If so, Thai gov is not happy about it...
Thailand's Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram had remarked on former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra meeting Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Professor S Jayakumar in Singapore recently.
In response to media queries on the comment, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Dr Thaksin was in Singapore on a private visit.
He had asked to meet DPM Jayakumar, who is an old friend.
As the meeting was purely social and private, the Ministry has no further comment.Thailand summoned Singapore's ambassador on Tuesday after ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, now living in exile, was reported to have met two Singapore cabinet ministers over the weekend. A Singaporean diplomat told Reuters the meeting between top Foreign Ministry official Krit Garnjana-goonchorn and Ambassador Peter Chan was scheduled for 0930 (0230 GMT), but declined to give other details.
Thai newspapers reported that Thaksin met Singapore Deputy Prime Ministers S. Jayakumar and Wong Kan Seng over the weekend. The Singapore Foreign Ministry said the meeting between Thaksin and Jayakumar was "private".
Coming less than a week after Bangkok cancelled Thaksin's diplomatic passport, the meeting upset army-appointed Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, who said the Foreign Ministry would have to take some "diplomatic actions" on the matter. -
I smell a fish ...a very big one somemore. Also, we can be accused of meddling in ppl's internal affairs -
if thaksin dun have passport can sg deport him back to thailand as a "gesture of friendship" towards the thai authority?
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he came to eat Pak Ku Teh in Serangoon Rd.No big deal
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Cos, his arse hole is itchy.
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To discuss how to get his share of $ from Tamasick over Shih org in Thailand!!! -
Yes he did
He was spotted at Ng Ah Sio Bak Kut Teh -
Thailand discriminate Spore.
Thaksinhas spent most of his time since then in exile in London or Beijing
and spent days in HK.
Have Thai dared to protest to PRC or UK?
If Thai do so to PRC and UK ,I salute them.
2.Spore is not a small bro any more,to any one,even to US.Take note.
3.Tell me which country will crash with US President just for
canning a teen who name is Michael Faye .
ONLY SPORE DARE TO DO THIS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
4.Even Thai Foreign Ministry said He and his wife can travel on ordinary passports.
So,what is wrong they are in Spore.Notwithstanding, both Pol. Lt. col. Thaksin and Khunying Potjamarn, are still able to travel with their ordinary passports.
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PRC and UK had nothing to do with Shin Corp..
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As always..... bully the ''smaller'' country.
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Originally posted by lionnoisy:
Discriminate your arsehole!!!
Thailand discriminate Spore.
Thaksin [b][url=http://sg.news.yahoo.com/070116/3/45zta.html]
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Sinkapore ought 2 b fruked!!!Originally posted by Lowclassman:Discriminate your arsehole!!!
Wat will be PRC's reaction when Ah Bian was shopping in USA?
SOMEMORE THIS GUY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CURRENT AFFAIR OF THAILAND NOW AND OUR MINISTERS R MEETING HIM !!!
Pls be sensitive to other country ppls! pls dont use ass hole 2 think!!!! -
Reminds me of the time when the younger Lee went over Taiwan and offended Beijing, then he made some comments that angered the Taiwanese.
I talked to my cousin about this issue recently, he said our minister "bu qin chu", a bit confused and muddleheaded. -
To try out Ba Cho Mee with pig liver and Mee Siam with Hum.
Dun forget the Ba Ku Teh that the HK Chief Executive didn't have the chance to taste, so that he can taunt him whenever he had the opportunity..... -
(Updates after meeting, adds Army chief comments)
By Nopporn Wong-Anan
BANGKOK, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Thailand''s military government
summoned Singapore''s ambassador on Tuesday to express its anger
at ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra''smeeting with one of
the city-state''s cabinet ministers at the weekend.
"We weren''t too happy about it," an official who attended the
30-minute meeting between top Thai Foreign Ministry mandarin Krit
Garnjana-goonchorn and Ambassador Peter Chantold Reuters. The
official declined to give further details.
Singapore described Thaksin''s talks with Deputy Prime
Minister S. Jayakumar as "private".
But the meeting, less than a week after Bangkok cancelled
Thaksin''s diplomatic passport,upset army-appointed Prime
Minister Surayud Chulanont, who said the Foreign Ministry would
have to take some "diplomatic actions".
Thaksin also used his Singapore visit to give his first
televised interview since a military coup on Sept. 19. Hehas
spent most of his time since then in exile in London or Beijing,
where he has declined interview requests.
The billionaire businessman, who won election landslides in
2001 and 2005 before opponents started a street campaign against
him,promised to quit politics and return to private life for
good.
However, no Thais got to see him telling CNN "enough is
enough" as cable television operators complied with a directive
from the Council for National Security (CNS), as the generalswho
ousted him now call themselves, not to air Thaksin footage.
"We have sought cooperation and given guidelines to
television operators on how to keep stability and unity in the
country," CNS leader and army chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin told Channel 3 television. "It is their decision."
ANONYMOUS CALLS
No television stations aired the interview, but some morning
news bulletins read out international news agency reports of the
interview published in the domestic press.
Thaksin denied any involvement in New Year''s Eve bombs in
Bangkok that killed three people. The army and its interim
appointed government have stopped short of blaming Thaksin
explicitly, but have blamed the eight blasts on "politicians who
lostpower."
Thaksin appealed to be allowed to return home to defend his
name in person. Sonthi knocked down his request.
"Our national reconciliation is gradually improving, which is
what we all would like to see. His return won''t do the country any good," he said.
Staff at CNN in Bangkok, which is still officially under
martial law imposed after the coup, said they had received a
number of anonymous phone calls on Tuesday apparently aimed at
unsettling Thai employees.
In a separateinterview with the Wall Street Journal, Thaksin
accused "the old elite" of being behind the coup -- an apparent
swipe at the Privy Council, the secretive panel which advises
revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
He also said the interim, post-coupadministration, which
introduced capital controls in December to stem a rise in the
baht and then tightened up foreign investment laws, was taking
the country down the road to economic isolation.
"Whether we like it or not, we have to live under
capitalist system," Thaksin told the newspaper. "And to live in
it successfully, we have to open up our economy and society.
Competition is unavoidable, so we have to prepare for it."
Thai media had reported Thaksin also met with Wong Kan Seng, another Deputy Prime Minister, while in Singapore but this has
not been confirmed.
((Reporting by Nopporn Wong-Anan, editing by Ed Cropley and
Karen Iley; Reuters Messaging:
[email protected]; +662 648 9739))
Keywords:THAILAND SINGAPORE/
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FYI! the reaction from Thail gov to our sinkapore gov. -
Thaksin came to Singapore to thanks Temasek that contributed to his downfall?
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Seriously, there's no wrong to visit Singapore using a normal passport no matter who he is meeting or he have met.
They're just finding faults to bring Thaksin down further. -
Common sense will tell you that he is here to shop for property.
He already made so much money from the deal.
I dun think he is here to meet any one of people that he have cheated.
As for the bullying, please be clear that greed have brought the downfall of the Tea company.
The siam people have better things to do than to bully the sg people.
Please dun think of sg people so high. (Too much elite education have made us stupid to be proud, but silly enough to be cheated of our sweat money)
That is nothing to bully, just a business blunder. -
asylum?
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I heard from cable news on TV that Thailand has cancelled an invitation to visit Thailand by Singapore's foreign minister, as a protest for this Thaksin matter.
I hope the leadership of Singapore will be more sensitive from now on, especially since SG is seen as the principal foreign party involved in the saga which eventually brought down Thaksin.
It is actually neccessary to deliberately keep a low profile for some time until the situation normalize, in my opinion.
Also, as a response to a previous poster,
I dont think Thailand is bullying Singapore. I think they suspect Thaksin might be planning something with Singapore. And of course it cannot be compared to visits to London or HongKong, because as I recall, Thaksin didnt meet any top officials there. He had nowhere to go, so he went to London, HongKong, Bali. Play golf, met businessmen, but I dont recall he met any officials.
Meat Pao. -
That TA Sing got smuggle few cartons of cigarettes anot ah? SG ciggs beri ex leh
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Can't a man get a decent bowl of bak kut teh without arousing conspiracy theories nowadays?
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I doubt we have any much major strategic business relationship with Thailand other than Shin corp anyway. What thailand is doing is simply setting a negative precedence.
It would be great if the UN security council could start imposing Sanctions against the country for human rights violations. -
He is cash rich, maybe he wants to do business with Temasek again?
