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Day 1: Thailand Martial Law
3:00am – My bosses start calling me. If the situation gets out of hand, I am to evacuate by whatever means out of the country. I tell them that it’s a peaceful coup.
7:00am – The “Bangkok Post” devotes its front page to the Coup. And little else. Looks like a media blackout. BBC/CNN are all off the the air.
7.10am – Realize that the Bangkok Post’s website is down. Were they shutdown or have crashed due to high traffic?
7:20am – Fat dude at the hotel cafe informs everybody that he saw this coming. What a jerk.
9:00am – Locals inform me that yesterday, middle to high ranking police officers were all told to expect the unexpected and keep the people calm.
9:30am – Travel advisory arrives from my company. The Bangkok Dong Muang airport remains open. No employees are to travel to Bangkok in the next 24 hours. Employees already in Thailand are to contact our travel agents for possible evacution, notify our embassies and stay in our hotels.
10:11am – Thaksin says he has fired the general in charge of the coup. Is he still PM though?
10:12am – TV shows that Coup leaders have told the king they’re taking over the country.
10:14am – I’ve learned that Thaksin has canceled his speech to the UN and it is unclear when he will be returning to Thailand. I hope he told his hotel that he might be extending his stay…
10:15am – Here’s the profile of Coup Leader One
10:22am – Found a great Flickr group with photos of the coup events.
10:24am – Somebody sent me this link. There is now a rumor that Thaksin’s cabinet and politicial figures are now plan to hold a satellite government in Singapore with the hope to lobby the UN to back them as the true representative government.
10:31am – Here’s the frontpage of the Bangkok post. Click to see larger image.
10:34am – Thaksin’s wife has fled to Singapore. His children’s whereabouts are unknown and his followers in Bangkok have been detained (via)
10:46am – I’ve been told that the stock market, banks and schools are closed.
10:48am – Thai Baht, Bonds slip even further with closure of the stock market. The baht was quoted at 37.735 to the dollar, down from 37.305 late Tuesday. (via)
10:50am – Holed up in a plush New York hotel as tanks rumbled into Bangkok, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was a spectator at his own downfall as a coup by mutinous generals played out on live TV. (via)
11:13am – Realize with great relief that my company has its own canteen (8 canteens in fact), showers in the washrooms, enough staff to form an army and 3 ATM’s. In case shit happens, we would be able to establish a rebel state. Haha.
11:15am – Head hurts. I should not have drank so much Bacardi last night.
11:55am – Locals tell me that the opposition party has praised the army for staging the coup.
11:59am – Traders who hoard goods will be dealt with severely. Political gatherings of more than 5 people is now banned.
12:01pm – Rumours say Thaksin is fleeing to London.
12:04pm – The Information and Communication Technology Ministry has been ordered to review and censor material that will impede Thailand’s return to normal life. Goodbye to the Thai edition of Playboy.
12:52pm – Travel agent calls to see if I’m alive and kicking. Asks if I would like to leave immediately.
12:56pm – Pondering how this will affect business of the whores in Bangkok. Poor biatches…
01:03pm – My staff in Thailand are generally happy that Thaksin is out. He looked like such a good person…. but was an arsehole maximus.
03:21pm – Bank of Thailand Governor MR Pridiyathorn Devakula is the new PM. He’s flying back to Bangkok from Singapore where he’s currently attending the IMF conference.
04:07pm – The democrat party is bisexual
04:10pm – A civilian government will be appointed to run the country within two weeks. Thaksin has arrived in London to reunite with his family. I guess they’re on permanent holiday. Also former Thai Rak Thai MP Surapol Kiartchaiyakorn is seen being taken away from the Chiang Mai Airport by soldiers on a military vehicle.
05:18pm – I’ve discovered a Thai Democrat Party sticker on the wall. Checkout the chick doing the sexxxy hair drying thing. Click to enlarge.
05:23pm – Bank of Thailand Governor Pridiyathorn Devakula said Wednesday he hasn’t been approached to become the country’s new prime minister (via)
05:28pm – Thai Coup Leader Says He’ll Be Acting PM (via)
07:05pm – Locals informed me that Mrs Thaksin has left Singapore for the UK. With 2 huge suitcases stuffed with cash. All his cronies have also flown off to rejoin him in the UK. And here is a great (if biased) blow-by-blow of how the people of thailand came to hate Thaksin.
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