WEB NEWS - Thai protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban
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Today on the net: the controversial leader of the opposition movement in Thailand; some racist graffiti sets the American Twittersphere abuzz; and a video documenting the first weeks in the life of a giant panda cub…
Thai protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban
Suthep Thaugsuban is the leader of the opposition movement in Thailand, masterminding the anti-government protests of recent weeks, which have seen protesters storm and occupy a number of official buildings in Bangkok. His supporters and his 470 000 or so Facebook fans in particular, hold him up as a hero. Many say they will stand by him in his fight against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, no matter what it takes, they say she represents a corrupt political system.
But Suthep Thaugsuban is also a controversial figure. His critics say he has blood on his hands. Writing on the site “Asia Sentinel”, associate professor Pavin Chachavalpongpun, tells readers as deputy prime minister, he was responsible for a crackdown on pro-Thaksin red shirts in the Thai capital in 2010 in which 90 people were killed and two thousand others injured.
Social networkers are saying the opposition leader is hardly in a position to talk about ethics in Thai politics. As revealed in this US diplomatic cable exposed by Wikileaks and currently doing the rounds online, Suthep Thaugsuban, has been involved in a number of cases of wrongdoing in the past. But these scandals don’t appear to be stopping him from depicting himself as a figurehead in the fight against corruption.
Racist graffiti against Sikh model in New York
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Thai protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban
Suthep Thaugsuban is the leader of the opposition movement in Thailand, masterminding the anti-government protests of recent weeks, which have seen protesters storm and occupy a number of official buildings in Bangkok. His supporters and his 470 000 or so Facebook fans in particular, hold him up as a hero. Many say they will stand by him in his fight against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, no matter what it takes, they say she represents a corrupt political system.
But Suthep Thaugsuban is also a controversial figure. His critics say he has blood on his hands. Writing on the site “Asia Sentinel”, associate professor Pavin Chachavalpongpun, tells readers as deputy prime minister, he was responsible for a crackdown on pro-Thaksin red shirts in the Thai capital in 2010 in which 90 people were killed and two thousand others injured.
Social networkers are saying the opposition leader is hardly in a position to talk about ethics in Thai politics. As revealed in this US diplomatic cable exposed by Wikileaks and currently doing the rounds online, Suthep Thaugsuban, has been involved in a number of cases of wrongdoing in the past. But these scandals don’t appear to be stopping him from depicting himself as a figurehead in the fight against corruption.
Racist graffiti against Sikh model in New York
This photo was posted to Twitter by a US journalist, some New Yorkers will have seen it in the subway: it&r... Go on reading on our web site.
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