In addition to shouting out his "challenge" to his opponents, former Prime Minister Police Lt Col Thaksin, the defendant in the B76-billion assets-seizure case, also sent his latest message through a video-link to the participants in a seminar organized by the "Bangkok '50 Group." His message focused on the key issues and dealt a blow to every one involved in this historic court case.
In his message, Police Lt Col Thaksin clearly spelled out in threatening tone that if his assets were seized, he would fight back with all his might in 2010.
In his statement through a video-link on 22 February 2010, Thaksin said: "Today if both sides take a few steps back, Thailand will be able to return to normalcy; but if they want to crush me to death, 2010 will be a year when all hell will break loose."
Thai Judiciary System
On top of that, Police Lt Col Thaksin emphatically referred to the "charismatic person" (Privy Councilor President Gen Prem Tinnasulanon), saying that the latter sneakily ordered all state machinery, as well as the previous Election Commission, to attack him. More significantly, he indicated that the Thai judiciary system was interfered with. He said that if he would be slapped with unjust verdict on 26 February, he would try to petition the World Court!
Evidently, this was not the first time that Police Lt Col Thaksin tried to involve the international agency in his case. He has repeatedly tried to do that. When he was toppled from power by a coup in 2006, in addition to his angry diatribe against the "new power" and the charismatic person, Privy Councilor President and Statesman Gen Prem Tinnasulanon, Police Lt Col Thaksin also amplified the issue by veering into the question of justice. He rejected the Thai justice system directly in his own words and indirectly though his bosom buddy, Cambodian Prime Minister Somdet Hun Sen.
His words at the time when he was toppled from power and his words today when his assets are about to be seized might differ to some degree, particularly as he is facing the uncertain future and when it is difficult to predict the result of the court case.
Bureaucratic Polity
By mentioning the World Court amid his supporters, Police Lt Col Thaksin meant to discredit the Supreme Court that is about to rule on the assets seizure case in the next few days by demanding justice even though he did not know whether his assets would be seized or not. Moreover, he what he wanted to see after the attack on the Thai justice system is to rally his supporters to demonstrate after the verdict day. In other words, he already started his rabble-rousing campaign in advance, in case his assets might be seized.
If Police Lt Col Thaksin loses his case because his opponent chooses not to compromise and negotiate with him, or grant him amnesty despite his signals that he wanted it, Police Lt Col Thaksin's next move after the verdict day might be to elevate the issue onto the international stage and use all the multimedia channels in his hand to rally the international community again to jointly pressure the powers-that-be in Thailand.
In tandem with the red-shirted mob, he will finally resort to "the world besieging Thailand" tactic again in a bid to undermine the Thai government and the bureaucratic polity, so that he will be able to fulfill his dream of returning to power soon.
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