The Thai Tycoon Buying His Way To Power (2001)
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Thaksin's Thailand (January 2001) - Thaksin Shinawtra telecommunications businessman is accused of corruption and vote-buying in an attempt to become the next Thai Prime Minister.
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Thaksin's landslide victory in 2001's election followed a lavish campaign and proven vote-buying. In a secretly filmed conversation, we hear how villagers were offered money in exchange for their ID cards and signing up for Thaksin's new party. For months the richest man in Thailand waged a lavish campaign featuring fireworks and laser shows. We reveal a system of ingrained corruption where the media and the police are bought off. But with the stock market rallying, could Thaksin's financial acumen assure a turnaround in the Thai economy?
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Long live Thaksin, the majority of Thais love him. For the past 25 years his party/allies won every election. The people love him.
From a point of view
Thaksin the best PM of Thailand and the best for poor peoples in Thailand.We are waiting come back again.
If Thailand have had no taksin, Thailand won't be in the top3 best countries in South East Asia
He Came From The way Of Democracy...
Thaksin did nothing illegal . before he corrupt anything he ordered the majority of parliament to change the law so that he can do anything he want.
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Very good. Love to see more new videos. If we can progress ahead, and at the same time reduce corruption, that will be good. Thai politics is no way clean but hopefully progress for the people are ahead of damages from corruptions.
Well done, this documentary makes me understand the current situation of the political death lock. Surprisingly, the documentary was made more than a decade ago.
Decade...?
Wasu Sonthichai Sorry, I thought you meant the date of which the video was uploaded. Really sorry.
Ballie Bunny with all the key players involved interviewed here too.. well spotted Journeyman
Generalissimo Genesis everyone party that wins...
Buying the way to power, money talk Thailand.
I don't think that Taksin sincerely does for the benefit of Thailand, deep in his heart, he does for himself. He tries to act like a good man and anyone who oppose him are bad.
Yeah, if you are a good police that dont take bribe from politicians.
You will never be promoted that fast to general.
While I am NO fan of Thaksin (corrupt- like most politicians in Thailand it seems-, he exacerbated the crisis in the South with the Muslims, the mass murder of the 'War on Drugs,' etc) he was the first ever prime minister to win an all out majority in 2005, and the first ever leader to implement policies aimed directly at helping the poor (e.g. universal healthcare, loans to villages, increasing access to upper secondary education, etc). Ever since the coup in 2006 with the ousting of Thaksin, and the subsequent coup in 2014 ousting his sister, Thailand is now in a dire situation and democracy has been set back many years! Thailand under the current junta is no solution for my dearly loved country...
Cool. Except he corrupted Thai government and looted the country.
He abused powers he made government create. No?
just study some psychology dude. democracy isn't everything, most humans want powers, and money. but sure, if a country could do a 100% democracy, there's still a treat from other countries.
At least in democracy, you have choice to elect your leader. Military dictatorship can not offer it to you people.
His skin would make a toughest handbag ... ever
Background music much louder than narrator voice. Hard to listen.
Agree. It's hard to listen, and in fact, irritating.
The loud background music and the other overly loud background noise indicates some rather shoddy production.
It seems as if they tried to make it "realistic" by including all that music and noise. But it defeats the purpose, since it just makes it impossible to understand much that the narrator says.
I've listened on speaker, on headphones, and on earphones, and nothing helps.
Oh, and one more thing. Thaksin and his sister are now where they belong. In exile.
Miss you Thaksin
Thaksin Shinnawatra is Ferdinand Marcos of Thailand.
eggcockroch👍👍👍👌👌👌
@yabadabadu he sucks dude..so glad that he is not in Thai politic anymore..
I see the comparison
Around the world, our brief flirtation with democracy has been stamped out by oligarchical systems, and even in the US, an all-out kleptocracy. :(
Very bad sound quality.. can u reupload
This documentary gives a comprehensive account of his crimes - but what of his opponents? The politics of Thailand is not a battle of good vs evil, rich vs poor. It is the corrupt vs the more-corrupt. Protesting on the streets will remove Thaksin's influence but it will not solve any of our problems nor bring peace to our country. Red and Yellow needs to negotiate law changes and constitution amendments and re-elect as soon as possible.
All politicians in Thailand were a Badass.
But why everyone focus on Thaksin?
Because he is probably be the worst leader in thailand.
All his doggy gangs can do anything hey want.
Their power are more than anything.
Yellow Submarine
Thaksin made 2 billion dollars, he is a successful businessman. That's exactly the type of leader you want if you want to grow an economy and become a wealthy country.
Or you could go with some violent socialist hipster that promise everything but never delivers...
Thaksin made billions thanks to his political connections. When you have a monopoly on the mobile phone system, which he did when it came it, it's hard not to make billions. As PM he used his position to increase his own wealth, not the country's.
+Mikael Hansson He failed at every business he ever attempted until he wrangled a monopoly on telecom back when Samak was minister of communications. Samak was legally bound to take bids from all sources, but suddenly and unilaterally announced bids were no longer necessary. Thaksin got the contract and started raking in the cash that enabled him to buy votes and influence. Once he was in powered he changed capital gains tax laws so that he wouldn't have to pay anything on the sale of his telecom business to Singaporean interests. That was when the people had had enough of such massive in-your-face manipulation was the last straw for the real powers behind the system. After he was exiled, his party made sure Samak was rewarded with the position of prime minister. It was nothing but a series of cynical transactions.
He & His Sister Became The Legend Of Thai Politician.Some Big One In Thailand jealous Them.You Know??
Wow, thanking for digging up some of the old clips. I have seen some of them when I was young (I clearly remember watching that clip of police taking bribes from truck drivers on ITV). These bring back so much memories. Anyway, I want to comment that, over so many years seeing the rise and fall of this guy, what shown here are not even 5% of the dirty political moves Thaksin used.
He is the best one ❤
Seems like Barisan Nasional in Malaysia. Buying vote to gain support from rural people.
he benefits for himself than the people, they are fooled by his charisma. but he is very successful guy
He got back money from selling his telecom company to Sintel of Singapore who become the loser.
I like Thailand.. and I like the king of Thailand..I do know the Thai king family is very wealthy.. but why he doesn't help the poor in Thailand ? This is what I not understand.. Thailand have over 30 billions dollar.. why he not donate half of his money build his country and hekp the poor of Thailand.. can any one explain ?
Thaksin stole all the money, so there's nothing left for the poor. He took it all and ran abroad.
Geir Erling Gulbrandsen I see that.. but still.. if this guy and the king just pull out the money.. every thing should take care.. from what I see is the king is more money than any one eles on earth.. but Thailand is not weathly country at all.. so.. how come the king can become ruchest man on earth ?
+sizong jin it's an unspoken issue, man
Brainsy not EVERY family are like that though it's quite true for some poor families ;(
And yeah, what they teach n' preach in school are pure bullsht
+Brainsy wow alle the poor people you just generalized them all. U Fucktard! Brainsy wut a tranny name! haha
very nice people you get to know there in Bangkok. Most of Thai people are the greatest people on this earth only few are corrupted and those are the one that are on the key positions in the society. And you are looking down on the poor people, u r such a bright human being. Bravo! your mom must be very proud of you!
And yes I am Filthy Rich and that's why I have servants to clean my shit up, work for me, cook, clean, suck my balls and so on. yes just bcoz I have money. So tell! why I should give up all this!? why should I share all this with the with the poor peopple when I can abuse them as much as I like.
Shame on u! Fucking retarded Farang!
Ironically it seems that Thailand is being run by ethnic Thai Chinese... Or on a more positive note, it seems that Thailand is the best example of social integration where everyone must adopt a Thai name. Interesting..
that’s bloody true, not many people do know that and that’s scary. thailand has the biggest chinese comunity in the world, even more than USA or Australia
@@beau_de_jour yeah, it should be real Thai people ruling the country of Thai, Chinese back ground at the end still Chinese, still connected to their main land with their ethnic customs
Bloody lovely bloke
This story is a bit one-sided. Here is the big picture:rt.com/op-edge/thailand-ongoing-political-crisis-364/
I believe the article you shared is only PR news. If you care to read every sentences, it's absolutely Shinawatra-sided. No facts but arrogation & accusation flooded over the article.
Anne, I see it as more of a classic socio-economic analysis from a Marxist perspective - and, given the source, that is no surprise. Am well aware that Mr. Thaksin arouses strong feelings, but so do opposition leaders AV and Suthep. So, putting them aside,what is going on in Thailand? Do you think democracy is essential for a modern country in the world today, and, if so, how should that democracy function in Thailand? I think you would agree that the current conflict is very bad for the country, and all I am hoping for is a peaceful conflict resolution such as I used to help negotiate for the UN in Africa and East Timor. But who can mediate in Thailand today? Any thoughts??
Many times, democratically elected Prime Minister was toppled illegally by military forces. Later on, legitimacy of the nation then was subjected to amendment in fond of winner's desires rather than fairness to all people. Sometimes, newly written law can perform retroactively to the persons whom should be eliminated from political system for real authorities that even gave an order to army chief to do what they want. Thailand is right now being trapped with hatre.Note: please consider why everytime coup d'etat is conducted ,after that constitutional law then will proceed to have the new one that certainly is written by pro-coup academics or soldiers.Ridiculously, sometimes, many people who claim their divine goodness for their own. aligned themselves as self-centred. They even don't know what problems are for people who live in rural area. Basically, in reality, problems for rural people should be left behind and this current social status of him/ her might maintain in their imagination. This is the way to take advantages from the poor easily.
I love shinawatra
Sad Thailand. Thailand actually mean land of freedom. T T
Must wait time wash an old and blood. Do we?
#dramaprab#peace
There is no credible source saying ไทย means 'free'. That was Plaek propaganda created during the dictator's toponym change from Siam to Thailand.
+slimturnpike you're absolutely right!
How long did it take the European nations to go from an absolute monarchy to democracy in England's case about three hundred years and we are still not a true democracy nobody votes for the members of the house of lords . Political corruption is rife in the western world , how about Russia, India . Not condoning the Thai system and military intervention never looks appealing but how bad is Thailand compared to the rest of the world ?
If you cannot say something nice ,don't say anything at all could be better
compared to other countries in the region, Thailand isn't that bad at all.. in fact Thailand isn't that bad compared to many corrupt countries in the EU..
However, I don't think they are comparing Thailand to other countries in this video - that's not the point of the video. lol.
Stephen Watson "if they do it we can too." I don't compare the different countries, I compare them each for their own faults.
That's a fair point , judge each countries on it's own merits but how do you decide the merits without comparing , I know that was not the point of the video but that is how the world views it's self .
They want you to judge by what others do. But it does not justify that they are wrong. What they are saying is "it's OK to be corrupt as long as we are less corrupt than somebody else." Corruption is Corruption and it is all wrong. There are no degrees of corruption, it's just corruption.
The truth is thai dictator are also corrupt and we can't investigate them. Hope Thaksin will back.
The best prime minister that we ever had
Thailand's king is like a God. Very interesting if you compare that UK.
Thaksin Shinnawatra was the Putin of SE Asia.
Wow Surayuth can speak English
i read it somewhere (a leak cable from WikiLeaks) that Surayuth and Prem were talking shit about -then the crown prince - Maha Vajiralongkorn to the US Ambassador on how the crown prince wasn't as popular as Rama IX and Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, if the people decided to rise up against the crown prince when he becomes king then they and the military might have to remove him and replace him with Princess Sirindhorn
@@mongtkb I’ve heard too but i think although who’s the king or queen the monarchy should to reform
Thaksin has winning the election fairly. There is anonimous voting in thailand, so vote buying is not possible, you still vote anonimously. Thaksin have clear all debts ti imf abd built the new airport who is now nr 5 in the world.
You are incorrect. Vote buying happens and promises are made. I have seen it happen in the last elections.
You can take money from all candidates and still vote for who you really want...so vote buying is usseless..look like majority of thai wants thaksins party to win.
Apu Montana Seriously? Convince me then how could you make sure what you claim can happen. Coz I believe there are plenty of ways to guarantee the success by buying votes.
This women received 500baht from thaksins party. She also received 1000baht and a bag of rice from the democrat party. At the end she voted for thaksins party as she believe its the best for the country.
Apu Montana What if that woman actually got 1500 baht from thaksin party? How could you know who pays more and by how much? What you are saying is such a weak statement as those are competing by buying votes and you claim that it has no effect.... Then why they do it if it serve no purpose?
He came from hell
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He one of the better PM though.
Gen Plaek brings all ethnicity together under the newly established Thailand.
Thaksin reengineered the Thai economy system into a more flexible and efficient system.
I hate the policy of his sister administration though. That's a disaster. He really has gone off the rail in his mission for revenge.
l am glad he's not reigning Thai anymore..Thank God.