"The fatal bomb attack in front of Big C Supercentre on Rajdamri Road on Sunday may result in the state of emergency in Bangkok being continued, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday. He said there were security leads about bomb attacks prior to the blast on Sunday, which occurred near the Rajprasong intersection killing one person and wounded eight others.
Asked why it could not be prevented, he said: "Tip-offs do not reveal when and where the attacks will take place." Asked whether the tip-offs indicated any future attack, the prime minister said: "Tip-offs always come and are not issues that can be made public all the time. It's the authorities' responsibility to deter attacks."
Abhisit did not rule out the possibility that the Big C bomb attack was not politically motivated. He said it was still difficult to jump to such a conclusion, although the attack took place on a by-election day in Bangkok. "All factors that would represent the attackers' intention to send a message would need to be considered," he said.
Asked if there were any tip-offs suggesting who was behind the bomb attack, he quoted police as saying, the way the bomb was assembled was the best lead available, and it "coincided with the method in two previous bomb attacks". He did not elaborate."
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PM plays up Big-C bmb to keep State of Emergency
Started by Sexpat, Jul 28 2010 07:47 AM
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Posted 28 July 2010 - 09:52 AM
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The fatal bomb attack in front of Big C Supercentre on Rajdamri Road on Sunday may result in the state of emergency in Bangkok being continued, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday
In other words, all that the boys calling the shots in Bangkok have to do is set off a bomb every other week and most of populated Thailand will ended up living under the same permanent state of emergency that the south has had for years. It will kill tourism for sure but then all they care about is running Thailand, no matter how bad the economy suffers. If you don't think these guys aren't as bad as gangsters , who do you think assassinated General Khattaya ?
