Skulle Du möjligen kunna komma med några konkreta exempel.
Inte för att betvivlar att de finns, men eftersom att jag bor i Thailand så är det ingen man talar om här, och jag gillar som bekant fakta.
Poffa
Gjorde en slarvig sökning och hittade detta.
Intressant läsning om CPB, the Crown Property Bureau.
Det var inte där jag först läste om fenomenet men det ger iaf en bild av spelet.
Okunnig som jag är om Thailändsk politik ska jag säga att jag inte har en susning om
denna tidnings politiska tillhörighet, motiv eller tillförlitlighet.
Et litet exempel från artikeln som finns att läsa i sin helhet här:
http://www.asiasenti...d=402&Itemid=32
The fear of upsetting the monarchy goes a long way to explain why so little has been written about the Crown Property Bureau. King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s golden robe shields the bureau from public criticism, allowing it to oversee a modern form of feudalism with little scrutiny.
More than any institution over the past hundred years, the CPB has shaped Bangkok and in recent years it has only picked up speed. Since recovering from huge debts incurred during the 1997 financial crisis, the CPB has aggressively sought to boost profits from its prime Bangkok land plots, often pushing out poorer shop owners and tenants that have lived on the land for generations.
The ceaseless development of huge malls, hotels and office buildings is rarely debated as the bureau avoids public criticism. When its officials do speak, they simply tout the king’s theory of a sufficiency economy, which preaches moderation, reasonableness and immunity. As the bureau has found, however, the best immunity from an economic downturn is to make sure its birthright properties are yielding large amounts of cash.
och om jämförelsen med Thaksins operationer...
The Crown Property Bureau’s operations are important to scrutinize in light of the September 19 coup. It was argued that the coup was justified because Thaksin abused his powerful position to boost the financial gains of his many companies, intimidated the media into favorable reporting, and flaunted foreign ownership laws and tax loopholes in his family’s sale of Shin Corp.
These arguments certainly have merits, but they are dubious justifications for the palace-supported coup. The CPB is also guilty of what Thaksin is accused of. The bureau has used its powerful position for decades to acquire its massive landholdings, winning favorable business deals and paying no taxes. It intimidates the media by linking itself to the god-like Bhumibol, leaving newspapers afraid to touch it for fear of violating lese-majeste laws.
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