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I dagens Bangkok Post kan man läsa mer om "popcorn skytten" och dennes bekräftade band till PDRC, hyllandet och framställandet av "popcorn skytten" som en hjälte ifrån PDRC,s sida.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/894768/popping-the-question-of-hero-or-killer
Popping the question of hero or killer
12 Mar 2016 at 01:15
Kong Rithdee Life Editor
A hero to some is a murderer to others — how I wish the world were less tortuous.
Vivat Yodprasit, better known as the popcorn gunman, was recently sentenced to 37 years and four months in prison for murder and illegally possessing an assault weapon at the bloody, chaotic clash at Laksi between a People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) mob, who had laid siege to a polling booth, and pro-government counter-protesters.
It was Feb 1, 2014, the day before the cursed election, and one bystander was tragically killed and left in a puddle of his own blood for hours. Armed with an M16, Vivat hid the weapon in a green and yellow popcorn sack, hence the nickname he was given. At the height of the confrontation Vivat, a low-paid labourer from Phitsanulok, was part of the PDRC’s “protection team” that was urged to shoot at “whoever pops up”.
While justice was served, some people have chosen to see the whole thing from a different perspective. After news of the sentence came out, some PDRC members turned up in “popcorn T-shirts” to show support for their hero. They wanted to raise funds to help Vivat’s poor family (he refused). To them, Vivat was a shield, a talisman, a protector — but protecting them from what? From evil, of course, either real (the M79s that hit the PDRC site during their long protest) or imaginary (the persistent ghost of electoral democracy).
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