By Andrew Spooner, Asian Correspondent |
<p>Whilst the <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2012/08/28/white-lie-comment-puts-minister-on-hot-seat/?mod=WSJBlog&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">Wall Street Journal</a>, Financial Times and other associated bloggers and foreign media are fixated on the non-lethal lies of the Thailand’s finance minister, the leaders of Thailand’s Democrat Party and their allies in the Thai Army remain able to lie, scheme and threaten with complete impunity.</p>
<p>The Centre for the Resolution of Emergency Situation officially approved the use of snipers during its crackdown on the red shirts in 2010, according to one of its own classified documents, despite the Army Chief’s recent ‘no snipers’ claim.</p>