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[TheYenta]

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In a play on some recent Chinese history, the BP published this morning its own version of Thailand's Gang of Four, who were four former Thai leaders who were the subject of some assets seizures by the government that succeeded them. If you read the article, you will see that three men were generals who seized power illegally after coups and who tried to justify the coups as "eliminating corruption" by grabbing the assets of their predecessors. In the fourth, the wealth of a health minister who stole money from the public was confiscated.

In all cases, it was alleged that the men were unusually wealthy because they were corrupt in government. The BP asks the question: "Will Thaksin join the Gang of Four ?" As far as I can tell, none of the cases has any parallel with the Thaksin family case, which was wealthy before Thaksin ever entered politics. In fact, in one case, a Thai court later invalidated the seizure as illegal.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/3329...in-gang-of-four

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[Gene]

The legal geniuses at the Thai newspapers are working overtime. Yesterday, BP ran a full page spread without attribution (posted by Yenta above) suggesting that there were at least four precedents for seizing PM Thaksin's personal and family assets. The article basically ignored the fact that those so-called "precedents" were either one dictator seizing the assets of his predecessor or a clear case of embezzlement. One seizure was actually invalidated as illegal by a court. That didn't stop BP from printing this garbage.

Well, today the Nation is running an article, linked below, which says that the "Thaksin case has no legal precedent." In the article, the author clearly indicates that those four "precedents" published yesterday in the BP really have little bearing on judging the Thaksin assets case. It's the closest thing to an objective article I have seen yet in the Nation on the issue. But it makes you wonder what legal journalism standards are applied by Thai newspapers, if any.

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/...t-30123215.html