"Supreme Commander Gen Songkitti Jakkabatra denied Saturday that the military had spent Bt2 billion in a secret fund of Bt2 billion to try to neutralize the network of supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The supreme commander was responding to allegations made by leaders of the Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship.
He said the military did not receive such a huge secret fund at all. "There is no such thing as secret fund. I've never seen the Bt2 billion money at all,"" Songkitti said, laughing when reporters approached him for comments on the allegations.
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Army Spokesman Col Sunsern Kaewkamnerd Saturday denied that the military was using its second flood worth Bt2 billion to carry out projects to break up groups of red-shirted supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Sunsern said the Army did not have such projects but Army was carrying out sufficiency economy projects to help those affected by the economic crisis."
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Army denies secret political funds
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Posted 08 February 2009 - 05:57 PM
"Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Sunday denied that his government had allocated Bt2 billion for the Army to disperse future protests by pro-Thaksin protesters. The central government budget for which he is responsible was not set aside for this programme.
However, he said, the government could use such funds to build reconciliation and strengthen the democratic system among people in the country.
The prime minister said he had not heard rumours about an attempt to assassinate Thaksin, who was ousted in a bloodless coup in September 2006 and is now living in self-imposed exile. The government isn't paying special attention to the movements Thaksin, whom he referred to as a retired police colonel, because there are "a number of crucial issues, especially economic problems," that occupy the central concern of the government, Mr. Abhisit said.
The prime minister said he had discussed a political reform plan with Chalerm Yoobamrung, chairman of the opposition Puea Thai Party, who agreed with the idea but wanted to further study the details."
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However, he said, the government could use such funds to build reconciliation and strengthen the democratic system among people in the country.
The prime minister said he had not heard rumours about an attempt to assassinate Thaksin, who was ousted in a bloodless coup in September 2006 and is now living in self-imposed exile. The government isn't paying special attention to the movements Thaksin, whom he referred to as a retired police colonel, because there are "a number of crucial issues, especially economic problems," that occupy the central concern of the government, Mr. Abhisit said.
The prime minister said he had discussed a political reform plan with Chalerm Yoobamrung, chairman of the opposition Puea Thai Party, who agreed with the idea but wanted to further study the details."
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Posted 08 February 2009 - 06:15 PM
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However, he said, the government could use such funds to build reconciliation and strengthen the democratic system among people in the country.
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Posted 09 February 2009 - 09:29 AM
"The Army has tried to evade a direct question on whether it allocated Bt2 billion to undermine the opposition movement led by the red shirts, protest organiser Natthawut Saikua said yesterday.
Natthawut said after he had disclosed the existence of a document used during a meeting at the Army headquarters in early January, Army spokesman Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd and other military officers failed to clarify the issue of the alleged secret funds.
Army chief of staff General Prayuth Chan-ocha presided over the opening session and his assistant Lt General Daopong Ratanasuwan led the discussion with about 500 to 600 unit commanders on a plan to counter the opposition movement, he said.
Some officers at the meeting leaked the information, including a copy of the PowerPoint presentation document, he said. The plan was dubbed the strategy to build the solidarity of the people - but it actually outlined countermeasures against the red shirts, Natthawut said.
He claimed that under the plan, the Army would earmark Bt15,000 per village to sway the sentiment in 74,000 villages nationwide. He said certain officers in the meeting raised objections on the grounds the Army was taking the government's problem as its own. Many questioned whether the plan was practical because of the Army's limited manpower to cover every village."
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Natthawut said after he had disclosed the existence of a document used during a meeting at the Army headquarters in early January, Army spokesman Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd and other military officers failed to clarify the issue of the alleged secret funds.
Army chief of staff General Prayuth Chan-ocha presided over the opening session and his assistant Lt General Daopong Ratanasuwan led the discussion with about 500 to 600 unit commanders on a plan to counter the opposition movement, he said.
Some officers at the meeting leaked the information, including a copy of the PowerPoint presentation document, he said. The plan was dubbed the strategy to build the solidarity of the people - but it actually outlined countermeasures against the red shirts, Natthawut said.
He claimed that under the plan, the Army would earmark Bt15,000 per village to sway the sentiment in 74,000 villages nationwide. He said certain officers in the meeting raised objections on the grounds the Army was taking the government's problem as its own. Many questioned whether the plan was practical because of the Army's limited manpower to cover every village."
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Posted 12 February 2009 - 11:21 AM
"Army chief General Anupong Paochinda on Thursday ruled out the allegation about allocating Bt2 billion secret funds to counter the red-shirt crowd.
"The Army has no secret funds for such purpose and has no intention to get involved in politics nor to fight any political camp," Anupong said.
He said the Army project on civil affairs was about the promotion of the theory of sufficiency economy which had nothing to do with politics."
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"The Army has no secret funds for such purpose and has no intention to get involved in politics nor to fight any political camp," Anupong said.
He said the Army project on civil affairs was about the promotion of the theory of sufficiency economy which had nothing to do with politics."
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Posted 12 February 2009 - 11:28 AM
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He said the Army project on civil affairs was about the promotion of the theory of sufficiency economy which had nothing to do with politics
Which theory has nothing to do with economics either, as far as I can tell.
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