Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Killing in the name of Thailand's king...

The Thai hyper-royalists say they will kill in the name of the King.

The royalists have launched a vicious campaign against a group of law professors from the esteemed Thammasat University, calling themselves Nitirat or “law for the people." The Nitirat have proposed an immediate amendment to the anachronistic lèse-majesté law. These hyper-royalists have accused the Nitirat of attempting to overthrow the monarchy, a dire crime in Thailand.

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At the forefront of the witch-hunt is the yellow-shirt People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), known for its acts of seizing the Government House and Suvarnabhumi Airport in 2008. Supporters of the PAD have demanded that the military to abduct members of the Nitirat or throw them from helicopters. They have called for names, addresses, phone numbers and maps of the house locations of the Nitirat members to be published. They wanted the members to be necklaced and burned alive in front of their houses.

They suggested that these law professors be beheaded and their heads put on stakes outside the front of the entrance to Thammasat University. They also said they hoped that the leader of the Nitirat, Dr Worachet Pakeerut, would be executed.

 Joining the hyper-royalists in their malicious campaign are leading personalities in the government and academic community in Thailand. Army Chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha branded Nitirat’s law professors “mentally ill people” while urging them to leave the country because of their disrespect for the monarchy. Meanwhile, members of the opposition Democrat Party launched a vicious war of words. Full story...

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