What Kasit said to the diplomats

http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2010/04/30/what-kasit-said-to-the-diplomats/ What Kasit said to the diplomats April 30th, 2010 by Andrew Walker · 6 Comments As Bangkok Pundit has reported, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit met on Tuesday 27 April with the Philippine Ambassador Antonio V. Rodriguez, the dean of the Bangkok diplomatic corps, to state the government's concern about various activities undertaken by diplomats. Here are some extracts of the note prepared by Ambassador Rodriguez and circulated to other members of the diplomatic corps. (Click on the image for a larger version.)  Apart from these points,  Kasit said that the government's strategy was to "keep on weakening the protesters by neutralizing them and by bringing in more troops at Ratchaprasong." Tags: Royal family · Thailand · UDD 6 RESPONSES SO FAR ↓ 1MongerSEA // Apr 30, 2010 at 10:34 pm "… presence in and around the protest areas and … association with the protesters were being construed as giving legitimacy to people acting illegally to bring down the government by violent means." Would this also apply to a career politician who addresses a crowd illegally occupying an international airport, and goes on to be appointed Foreign Minister? What's sauce for the goose, Minister Kasit… 2Untolerable thai // Apr 30, 2010 at 10:37 pm Next time, before spreading of any information, make sure you ask for Thai govt's approval. You are warned!!! 3Nathan // Apr 30, 2010 at 10:44 pm Wasn't Kasit one of the "terrorist group" leaders who occupied and shut down the Bangkok International Airport and held about 300,000 foreign visitors to Thailand "hostage" without being able to return to their home countries for about 2 weeks, and caused about 10 billion USD damage to the Thai economy as a result? I wonder if that has any impact on his role vis-a-vis the various diplomats who are stationed in Bangkok? 4Maru // Apr 30, 2010 at 11:00 pm the iron curtain is closing in, the Thai government is steadily sliding towards the burmese model. Soon Bangkok Post and The Nation will blend to become 'The New Light of Thailand' pointing a hateful finger to evil foreign influence (or is it already the case?). The red shirts achieved their first step: push the establishement to come in the open, show their true face and expose the links between all the holders of power. Now they should be ready for step 2: a full scale revolution. 5Mungo Gubbins // May 1, 2010 at 3:20 am Maru #4 The red shirts achieved their first step: push the establishement to come in the open, show their true face and expose the links between all the holders of power. Now they should be ready for step 2: a full scale revolution. Could you give an indication as to how the revolution might be brought about? And maybe a map showing who the key players in the revolution might be please? 6Errin Purpose // May 1, 2010 at 8:03 am The absolute idiocy being exercised by these powers-that-be is merely the result of long-term self-adulation.