Boleh urun pendapat?
Membandingkan kondisi Bangkok '98 dengan Bangkok '10, menurut pendapat dangkal
saya, jelas situasinya berbeda.
Di tahun 98 jelas krisis moneter ikut menjalar ke kawasan Asia Tenggara lainnya
karena kebetulan negara Asia Tenggara lain juga punya permasalahan yang sama.
Namun di tahun 2010 jelas masalah Thailand akibat krisis politik dengan
eskalasi jumlah korban yang dikutip dari Al Jazeera itu. Malaysia, Indonesia
ato Phillipina punya PR dalam politik internal juga. Berbeda dengan Indonesia
yg memanfaatkan momentum krisis serta ketidakbecusan rezim Orba untuk
menggulingkan kekuasaan. Thailand sepertinya tidak punya masalah besar di
ekonomi yg jadi bahan bakar untuk menggulingkan pemerintahan sekarang (maaf
saya tdk bisa menyertakan data pendukung indikator ekonomi Thailand sewaktu
krisis global hingga kini).
Dalam tatanan pasar finansial, potensi krisis di Thailand dapat berdampak pada
koreksi pasar saham atau perlemahan nilai tukar THB dengan USD.
Kalaupun hal ini menyeret bursa saham di Asia Tenggara lain, maka harus dilihat
kasus per kasus.
Mohon maaf jika kurang berkenan,
DAH
-Original Message-
From: herisetiono004 herisetiono...@yahoo.com.sg
Sender: AhliKeuangan-Indonesia@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 13:40:40
To: AhliKeuangan-Indonesia@yahoogroups.com
Reply-To: AhliKeuangan-Indonesia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Keuangan] OOT : Breaking News: Deadly clashes hit Bangkok
Moga moga dampak kerusuhan di Bangkok tidak mempengaruhi kawasan Asia Tenggara
seperti di tahun 98.
Aljazeera
UPDATED ON:
Saturday, May 15, 2010
At least 16 people have been killed and more than 100 injured after clashes
erupted in the Thai capital as security forces attempted to seal off an
anti-government protest camp.
Explosions and gunfire were heard in Bangkok's business district on Friday as
the so-called red shirts battled with troops using tear gas and rubber bullets.
The army said it was not planning to crack down on the main protest site in the
central Rajprasong business district, but was attempting to seal off the camp,
cut the protesters' supplies and limit the size of the crowd inside.
We will allow protesters to leave the area today, Sansern Kaewkamnerd, an
army spokesman, said.
Al Jazeera's Aela Callan, reporting from Bangkok, said that the violence
appeared to be intensifying around the protest camp.
As night has fallen, we have seen some more intense firing taking place, she
said. We are still hearing a lot of gunfire coming from the area. It's very
hard to say whether the gunfire is coming from the red shirts side as well as
the soldiers.
Callan said that the clashes had spread to just outside the demonstration area
as protestors headed to the area. Protestors have been able to come into the
site and their numbers have swelled slightly from earlier, she said. The red
shirts are showing no sign of leaving the area, despite the gun battles that
have been going on.
Civil war'
Sean Boonpracong, a red shirt spokesman, told Al Jazeera that the two sides
were unevenly matched and called on the army to end its operations against the
protest camp.
We want the army to cease fire, he said. We really seriously want peace. We
are really concerned at what is taking place.
Thaksin Shinawatra, the exiled former prime minister who is closely linked to
the red shirts, accused the Thai government of a grave infringement of human
rights.
The army had moved on a red shirts at a checkpoint set up outside the main camp
on Friday after a series of violent clashes left at least one person dead and
nine injured overnight.
Military vehicles and a bus were reportedly set on fire as the red shirts
attempted to halt the troops.
The protesters had gathered outside the Suan Lum night market to stop soldiers
from advancing towards the main site.
Electricity has been cut off to that part of the capital in an apparent attempt
to force the protesters out and sections of the city's elevated rail system
were closed, including at Sukhumvit Road, a key tourist area.
Bangkok is under a state of emergency, Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay, reporting from
the protest site, said.
So things are stepping up and the government is trying to increase pressure on
the red shirts.
There is still a hardcore of protest leaders there who are staying put.
The military has said that snipers could be deployed to the area and armoured
vehicles may also be used around the site to prevent more people joining the
protesters.
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