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'Nong Cartoon' Alleged Murderer Has No Known Family

Mr. Nui showing the police the spot where he allegedly raped and murdered his 6 year old victim, 17 December 2013

(17 December) The police have escorted the homeless man accused of raping and murdering a 6 year old girl to stage a crime re-enactment at his crime scene in Bangkok suburb.

As expected, large crowd gathered around the secluded area near Soi Sukhumvit 105 and Bearing BTS Station, where the rape and murder are believed to take place, to shout abuses and curses at the 36 year old suspect, named simply as Mr. Nui.
 
Mr. Nui has confessed that he has lured nong Cartoon away from the pick-up truck where his father had left her to sleep on her own on 6 December. He said he later took her to the secluded spot, then proceeded to rape and murder her. The suspect was arrested on Sunday.
 
One company of police had to shield Mr. Nui from the angry crowd who bellowed their threats against him during the crime re-enactment. 
 
He was later sent to be detained at Phra Kanong Court; the police have contested his rights to be released on bail. A police officer said the police are additionally investigating Mr. Nui′s claim that he had murdered other girls he had raped. 
 
The police are also struggling to find details of Mr. Nui′s background. Pol.Col.Lt Sitthisak Nakhamart of Bangna Police Station said Mr. Nui has no registered surname and the national ID card database does not contain information about him. 
 
"The only papers he had on him is certificates of his boy scout classes," and documents related to his previous imprisonment in Khon Kaen province, Pol.Col. Lt Sitthisak said. Both documents identified Mr. Nui only by his first name, he added.
 
The officer said investigations suggested that Mr. Nui was an orphan with no known family members. He was raised by adoptive parents in Khon Kaen until they passed away, Pol.Col.Lt Sitthisak said, leaving him on his own.
 
Records say the suspect was also housed in state shelter home for some time, and he later committed crimes which landed him in Khon Kaen prison, the officer said. 
 
 

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Protests Won't Disrupt New Year Celebration: Paradorn

Members of Student and People Network For Political Reform of Thailand posing for photo with the Thai national flag, 16 December 2013

(17 December) Chief of the National Security Council has assured the public that the ongoing anti-government protests won?t spoil the festive mood for New Year celebration.

Lt.Gen. Paradorn Pattanatabutr told reporters that although the protests will continue to 2014, the protesters will refrain from engaging in new offensives during the New Year festival. 
 
"I believe they will renew their campaigns next year," Lt.Gen. Paradorn said, citing intelligence reports. 
 
He was speaking prior to Cabinet meeting at Army Club in Bangkok. 
 
According to Lt.Gen. Paradorn, the protests have greatly dwindled from their peak on 9 December. The number of protesters last night (16 December) stands at 4,000-5,000 people, he said, and only 1,000 people were present at the protest site in the morning.
 
He expected the protesters, led by People′s Committee for Absolute Democracy With the King As Head of State (PCAD), to besiege the offices of the Election Committee in the future, since the PCAD has demanded that an unelected People′s Council must be formed to "reform" Thai political system before any election can take place.
 
However, as of the moment only the core supporters of Student and People Network For Political Reform of Thailand are taking the helm of offensive movements, Lt.Gen. Paradorn said, with the rest of protesters remaining in their position. 
 
Asked by a reporter whether he believes any political party is behind the anti-government protests, Lt.Gen. Paradorn said it′s normal for political wings of political parties to mobilise their supporters in their local areas. 
 
 
 

 

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PM Yingluck Turns Down Call For Resignation

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra taking questions from reporters, 17 December 2013

(17 December) Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has said she will not resign from her caretaker position demanded by anti-government protesters.

The People′s Committee for Absolute Democracy With the King As Head of State (PCAD), led by former Democrat MP Suthep Thaugsuban, has been calling for Ms. Yingluck′s resignation and a royal appointment of an unelected Prime Minister along with the formation of unelected ?People′s Council? to rule the country as a transitional government.
 
But in a press conference earlier today after a Cabinet meeting in Bangkok, Ms. Yingluck stressed that she will not resign, because the Constitution requires her to stay until the next election. 
 
She also told reporters that the election will go ahead on 2 February 2014 as scheduled; the protesters have demanded that the election be postponed and their "reform" of Thailand be implemented first.
 
However, she refused to say whether she will run as the top ticket of Pheu Thai Party again, stating that there is still plenty of time to decide. 
 
Also attending the Cabinet meeting was Pol.Lt.Gen. Kamronwit Thoopkrachang, chief of Bangkok Metropolitan Police, who refused the talk to reporters about the police strategies to contain the prolonged protests. 
 
Asked whether the election will happen on 2 February 2014, Pol.Lt.Gen. Kamronwit said he does not know. "We have to evaluate that possibility from many [agencies]", but insisted that police can provide security for the election. 
 
 

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Nong Cartoon's Murderer 'Has Killed 3 More Victims'

Mr. Nui, the alleged murderer of 6 year old nong Cartoon

(16 December) The alleged murderer of nong Cartoon, the 6 year old girl who had gone missing, has claimed he had previously raped and murdered three other girls.

Mr. Nui, a homeless man with no registered surname, said in the press conference after his arrest that he had raped "more than ten" girls around the country. Some of them he murdered, Mr. Nui claimed, and some he allowed to survive. 
 
He said he cannot control his emotion whenever he encountered a vulnerable child. 
 
The case of nong (little sister) Cartoon has been captivating the nation′s attention since 6 December, when Cartoon′s father alerted the police that he had lost the child during a folk music (lookthoong) concert near Bearing BTS Station in Bangkok. 
 
Reportedly, he took Cartoon to see the concert, but she soon became sleepy, so he left his daughter at the pick-up truck to sleep and returned to the concert. When he returned at 23.00, he said, he could not found his daughter there.
 
CCTV records from Bearing BTS Stations and nearby 7-Eleven stores showed an unidentified man taking the girl across the road. The images were later shared on the social networks, and posted in every police station across the country, in hope that she would be located.
 
However, on 15 December a skull along with a skeleton, and floral purple short pants with a bar of chocolate in one pocket were found in a secluded wooded area in Bangkok′s Bang Na district. 
 
The skull was partly covered with dirt when it was found. Initial investigation found no direct knife-inflicted cut on it, leading to the speculation that the reptile may have dug up the body and torn away the flesh.
 
DNA tests revealed that the clothes belongs to Cartoon police said, but results of the forensic tests on the bones have not yet released to the public.
 
Once nong Cartoon′s father saw the skull, he broke into tears and crouched over it, tearfully saying that he should not have left her alone.
 
According to Cartoon’s father, whose name is withheld per Khaosod′s printing regulations, the chocolate found in the abandoned clothes was given to Cartoon on the day he lost her.
 
Later in the same day, police in Nong Khai province arrested the man believed to be captured on the CCTV footage with the missing girl. The man was alter identified as Mr. Nui, or Tingtang, 32, a homeless man who, police said, has served a previous jail term in Khon Kaen province for charges related to child abuse.
 
Reports say Mr. Nui had been hired by a traveling lookthoong band to help assemble concert stages throughout the country, and he was working at one such site in Nong Khai province when the concert organiser noticed that Mr. Nui resembled the man he has seen in the news. The organiser later called police. 
 
Upon the arrest, Mr. Nui confessed to his crime, stating that he saw the girl when he went out to buy beer. He then reportedly took her to the snack shop, and lured her to a secluded place, where he raped her and strangled his victim afterward. 
 
Mr. Nui claimed he was not aware that the girl was dead. 
 
In his bag, police also found the clothes he allegedly wore on the night of the incident, and female underpants, which he claimed to belong to his girlfriend.
 
As for Mr. Nui′s claim that he had murdered other victims, police reported that there are two unsolved murders in Loey province and one case in Bangkok′s Bang Bon district which could have been committed by Mr. Nui.
 
Mr. Nui has been charged with numerous offences, including murder, abuction, and rape. Further investigation is proceeding. 
 
 

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Govt Urged To Prosecute Red Student For Lese Majeste

Mr. Uthai Yordmanee

(16 December) Coordinator of an anti-government network has urged the government to prosecute a Redshirts student activist for allegedly insulting the monarchy.

Mr. Uthai Yordmanee, leader of Student and People Network For Political Reform of Thailand, said in a press conference that Mr. Ekkaphob Lueangra, a self-described vocational student who supports the Redshirt movements, has gravely defamed the monarchy in his speech at Rajamangala Stadium, where the Redshirts were holding mass rallies, on 28 November 2013.
 
Although Mr. Uthai did not specifically identify the parts of Mr. Ekkaphob′s speech which he considered as a lese majeste offence, he nevertheless called on Mr. Jarupong Ruangsuwan, chairman of Pheu Thai Party, and Mr. Chaturon Chaisang, Minister of Education, to take legal responsibility for Mr. Ekkaphob′s remarks.
 
The two politicians must be held accountable since they allowed Mr. Ekkaphob to deliver his speech on the rally stage in the stadium, Mr. Uthai said.
 
"Pheu Thai Party has always claimed to be loyal to the institution [of the monarchy]" Mr. Uthai said, "Therefore, to allow the individual with such behaviour to give speech that greatly insults the monarchy … is something the two cannot deny responsibility".
 
The Student and People Network will give the government 7 days to locate Mr. Ekkaphob and have the police arrest the man, Mr. Uthai said. If Mr. Jarupong and Mr. Chaturon failed to do so, he warned, they must resign from their caretaker positions. 
 
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra would also have to show her responsibility for the incident, Mr. Uthai added.
 
Lese majeste, or insults of monarchy, is punishable up to 15 years in prison per offence according to Article 112 of Thai Criminal Codes.
 
Anti-government and Yellowshirts factions routinely accuse the government of insulting the monarchy, or discreetly encouraging republican activists to disrespect the monarchy. 
 
 

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Suthep Condemned For Threatening Yingluck's Son

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, with her son Suphasek Amornchat at her side, making merits at a temple in Chiang Mai province, 15 December 2013

(16 December) Pheu Thai Party has condemned anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban for threatening Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra′s 10 year old son to leave the country.

During his speech on the stage of the anti-government People′s Committee for Absolute Democracy With the King as Head of State (PCAD) protest last night, Mr. Suthep said that if the Prime Minister does not quit her position as acting Prime Minister now, she will find herself with no country to live in, as well as her son, Suphasek Amornchat.
 
"This is her last chance!" Mr. Suthep told the crowd.
 
Mr. Suthep also sarcastically advised Ms. Yingluck to find her son a tutor in Arab language, since her family might be expelled from Thailand and join her brother, former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, who is living in exile in Dubai soon.
 
Prime Minister’s Office Deputy Spokesperson, Ms. Sunisa Lertphakawat, said at Pheu Thai Party headquarters that her party condemns Mr. Suthep′s remarks, which she described as "inappropriate, verging on making threats and spreading fear".
 
"Is this [not] an act fitting for a ransom kidnapper?" Ms. Sunisa said, "Since he cannot do anything to the mother, so he will vent it out on her son?"
 
She added that a senior politician like Mr. Suthep should not resort to this harsh language. "It′s how you use a child as a victim of politics", Ms. Sunisa insisted.
 
According to the Deputy Spokesperson, many people have already filed their complaints to Pheu Thai Party Office about Mr. Suthep′s speech.
 
“We ask everybody to logically think of the situation from their own point of view: what if such things happen to your own children?”, said the deputy spokesperson “Please keep politics away from an innocent child”.
 
Ms. Sunisa also dismissed PCAD’s demand for the Prime Minister’s resignation, explaining that it is impossible and against the constitution. 
 
She also derided Mr.Suthep’s claims of protecting the politics, democracy, rule of law and state of law, claiming that Mr. Suthep was actually the one who abuses the constitution and the country’s rule of law.
 
It is not the first time Ms. Yingluck′s son, better known to the Thai public by his nickname ?Pipe?, appears to be targeted by anti-government protests. Last month a report emerges that a group of parents with anti-government leaning blew whistles at Pipe in the compound of his school. 
 
The harassment has been praised by a number of anti-government critics on the social network, who view it as a necessary method to inform Ms. Yingluck how much she is allegedly hated by the public.
 
Meanwhile, the founder of Child Protection Foundation, Mr. Montri Sintawichai, also criticised Mr. Suthep for using 10 year old Suphasek to pressure his mother. Such rhetoric was used to fan the hatred against Shinawatra family, including the young Mr. Suphasek, said Mr. Montri, who is also known as Kru Yun.
 
The incident of whistle-blowing at Suphasek′s school and Mr. Suthep′s speech directly affect the boy, Mr. Montri warned. 
 
“It is unfair for the boy, as he is not in the status that is relevant to politics. He’s not even old enough to elect anyone into the House of Representatives”, said Mr. Montri, “It is inappropriate if we don’t separate him from the role of his mother.”
 
Mr. Montri also commented that Ms. Yingluck′s son should be protected and left outside the political games.
 
“Those people who listen to Mr. Suthep’s speech without questing his action are quite worrying”, added Mr. Montri, “if we use children as a pawn in any political game, it means adults would no longer have to consider about how to express their opinions toward children in an appropriate way. That is truly dangerous.”
 
 

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Tourists Awed By Frosts At Nation's Highest Mountain

(16 December) Temperature continues to plunge around Doi Inthanont National Park in Chiang Mai province, with frost forming in many parts, attracting many tourists.

Travel to the colder parts in the northern region is a popular leisure in the tropical kingdom, where common jokes have it that Thailand has only three seasons: hot, hotter, and the hottest. 
 
The frost can be seen along the three kilometres road leading up to Doi Inthanont, the tallest mountain peak of Thailand. It is the third appearance of frost this year, said  Mr. Kriangsak Thanonphan, Director of Doi Inthanon National Park
 
A couple of days ago, Mr. Kriangsak said, the province witnessed heavy rain and temperature dropping to 2 Celsius degree, resulting the long wave of frost and sea of mist along the road up to Thailand’s highest hill.
 
Azelea flowers also bloom in welcome of the region′s cool season. However, Lady Slipper Orchids are withering due to heavy rain. In Mae Wang district, Wild Himalayan Cherry or Thai Sakura also blooms all over the hill in a spectacular sight.
 
The National Park Director said he believes that the frost will be seen everyday until the end of the cool season, and encourages tourists to come and witness Thailand’s natural beauty.
 
“Although the accommodation on Doi Inthanont Hill is 100% fully booked until next year, tourists can choose to camp out. We still have numbers of camping tents available”, said Mr. Kriangsak, adding that the national park had improved the roads to accommodate the tourists.
 
“However, I must warn tourists who wish to drive up the hill to check the capability of their cars. It is crowded during New Year’s Celebration, and we do not wish to witness any tragic accident”, said Mr Kriangsak. 
 

 

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ASEAN Backs Thai Democracy: Surapong

Japanese girl group AKB48 performs at gala dinner of ASEAN-Japan summit in Tokyo, 14 December 2013 (AFP)

(16 December) Members of the ASEAN have expressed their wish that Thailand would solve the current political situation via democratic means, the Minister of Foreign Affairs said.

The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations has recently attended a summit with Japan on 13-14 December in Tokyo. In the summit, leaders of ASEAN countries – which include Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam – discussed about further cooperation between the group and Japan. 
 
Additionally, Mr. Surapong Tovichakchaikul, who also serves Deputy Prime Minister and Director of Centre for Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO), said in a press conference that the national leaders of ASEAN are closely monitoring the situation in Thailand, and noted that Thailand has the potential to become the distinguished member of the bloc.
 
The foreign leaders kindly suggested that every party in Thai politics should negotiate about the situation peacefully according to the country’s democracy regime, Mr. Surapong said. 
 
As of today, 45 countries have expressed their support for the next general election, to be held on 2 February 2014, as announced by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, he added.
 
Anti-government protest leaders have rejected Ms. Yingluck′s call for election, opting instead for a plan to postpone the election and install an unelected ?People′s Council? to transform Thailand into an ?absolute democracy?.
 
 

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'Suud Soy' Named Political Word Of The Year

A group of Redshirts protesting 'suud soy' amnesty bill in Bangkok, 10 November 2013

(16 December) As 2013 is coming to an end in few weeks, Kasetsart University′s Faculty of Political Science has released the list of nicknames for political actors who have graced the headlines in Thailand throughout the year.

Handing nicknames to prominent figures such as celebrities and politicians is an annual tradition in Thailand.
 
In a statement, Kasetsart′s Faculty of Political Science explained that it has consulted many individuals on the nicknames compilation, and it hopes the humorous yet thought-provoking nicknames would encourage the public to be more interested in democracy. 
 
It also hopes that institutions and figures named in the list would be aware of how the public perceived their actions. 
 
"Hopefully they would improve and fix [their actions] in accordance with the criticism," the statement reads.
 
It nicknames the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ?Lim Prai? (tasting of peasants), arguing that although Ms. Yingluck′s faction claims to fight on behalf of the common people or Prai (peasants) in their words, its behaviours end up serving the interest of the elite.
 
Most notable example is its pursuit of blanket amnesty bill which ultimately failed, leaving imprisoned Redshirts to languish in their detention, and abandoning the fates of those convicted of lese majeste laws, the statement says. 
 
Meanwhile, the anti-government People′s Committee for Absolute Democracy With the King As Head of State (PCAD) is nicknamed ?Pheeboon Ror Sor 232? (The saintly revolt, 232 years since the founding of Bangkok). 
 
The nickname parodies the incident of a revolt in northeastern Siam of Rattanakosin Era (Ror Sor) 119, in which a group of rebels claimed themselves to be holy saints (Pheeboon) equipped with magical powers, and promised to lead Siam into salvation. Their virtuous crusade resembles many aspects of PCAD, which views itself as morally superior, according to the statement.
 
Rival political parties were also handed nicknames: ?the waiting canned fish? for the ruling Pheu Thai Party and ?anti-corruption devils? for the opposition Democrat Party.
 
In the case of Pheu Thai Party, its nickname makes fun of its numerous politicians and allies who are perceived to be always waiting for orders from their party executives, while Democrat Party′s nickname refers to its flamboyant campaign against corruption of Ms. Yingluck′s government – which appears to ignore numerous cases of corruption committed by previous Democrat-led administrations.
 
It names the notorious GT-200 ?bomb detectors? as the hallmark of corruption under the watch of Democrat government. Defended by the Former PM Abhisit Vejjajiva′s administration as legitimate bomb detecting devices imported by the United Kingdom, GT-200 turned out to be useless metal equipment costing millions of baht per piece.
 
As for the ?Word of the Year? category, the Faculty of Political Science awards it to ?suud soy? (to the end of the alley), a nickname the Thai press gave to the blanket amnesty bill pursued by Pheu Thai Party, which would absolve all political actors of their political crimes in past 7 years, including the corruption convictions of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
 
The extreme nature of suud soy amnesty bill is a new phenomenon in Thai political culture, where compromises are usually preferred, the statement says. 
 
"Suud soy means, in a negative way, to get what you want in the fullest way," the list compiler explains. 
 
 

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Military Chief Rebuffs Suthep's Call For Coup

Anti-government protesters at Democracy Monument watching live broadcast of public forum in which Suthep Thaugsuban meets with commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, 14 December 2013

(15 December) Supreme commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces has rejected protest leader′s plan to derail the upcoming general election.

However, the leader of People′s Committee for Absolute Democracy With the King As Head of State (PCAD), Suthep Thaugsuban, vowed to press on with his campaign to have the election postponed and his "reforms" for Thailand′s political structure implemented first.
 
The two met face-to-face at a public forum held yesterday by the Royal Thai Armed Forces at Peace Centre in Bangkok. The forum was described by the military as a panel in which different political factions can discuss their ideas in order to find the solution for Thailand′s turmoil.
 
Mr. Suthep has previously asked to meet with chiefs of the military, but they have denied him the chance, instructing him instead to voice his demands in the public forum. 
 
Although the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) has been invited, no Redshirts leader arrived at the forum. The chief of Royal Thai Police likewise did not attend, explaining that it would contradict with the police′s regulations since Mr. Suthep is currently wanted by an arrest warrant on insurrection charges.
 
General Thanasak Patimakorn, the commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, delivered the opening remarks,  expressing his wish that all representatives attending the forum would treat each other as fellow brethren. 
 
He also stressed that the military must act in accordance with the laws and the Constitution. "If I don?t control [the military] and let them behave in wrongful ways, it would become a large group of bandits," Gen. Thanasak said, "That is why we have to live under reasons and rules".
 
Mr. Suthep then said that he had intended to meet with Gen. Thanasak and other military commanders because he wanted to inform them that the government of Prime Minister Yingluck has already lost its legitimacy, with the PCAD exercising the sovereign rights of the people.
 
The fastest way to end the crisis, Mr. Suthep told the forum, is to have PM Yingluck resign from her caretaker position, and hand the governmental power to the unelected ?People′s Council? whose members would be appointed by PCAD.
 
"In the past, with our nation in such a severe condition, the military would have launched a coup already," Mr. Suthep said, "I know the military leaders these days are modern soldiers. The people don?t want the military to do that. But the military can decide on its own. They have duty to be responsible for Thailand".
 
He added, "I am not forcing anyone, but if the military makes up its mind quickly, they will be heroes of the people".
 
When Gen. Thanasak asked Mr. Suthep to remove the large banners resembling Thai national flag which his supporters had hung around the besieged Government House, PCAD leader said he would make sure the flag would be treated with dignity. 
 
He also told Gen. Thanasak to withdraw the police garrison in Government House and replace them with "5-6" soldiers.
 
Mr. Suthep went on, "The Prime Minister must quit, so the People′s Council can be set up in the vacuum. If she cannot do that, she will have to see people coming out to fight".
 
He stressed that the military must take side with the people. "I understand it is hard for you to decide … but today, every must decide already. The Great Mass of the People are willing to fight for another year. I came here today to tell you that the people want to do something for their country. They are waiting for the military′s decision".
 
However, Gen. Thanasak said in the conclusion of the forum that he would not allow the military to intervene against the government of Ms. Yingluck as requested by Mr. Suthep, and that he would like to see the next election taking place as scheduled. 
 
If Mr. Suthep is convinced the election would be rigged, Gen. Thanasak said, he should set up committees to oversee the election and make certain it would be a fair and clean one.
 
He insisted that the military would not launch a coup, because they have to respect rules and laws.
 
"The best way is to engage in dialogue and choose the best path. Everyone must exchange with each other, instead of turning their back to each other," Gen. Thanasak added, "Do this, and, I believe, there won?t be a civil war."
 
Asked by a reporter whether the military would play a role as referee in the period leading up to the election, Gen. Thanasak simply replied that the military does not possess knowledge about legal matters. 
 
"You?d better listen to academics who are knowledgeable about this matter", Gen. Thanasak told reporters.
 
 

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