Friday, December 25, 2009

Of secrecy, deception and camouflage

December 25, 2009
By Thanong Khanthong
The Nation

SO, General Surayud Chulnanont, the former interim prime minister and a member of the Privy Council, would like to act as a mediator in the conflict between Thaksin Shinawatra and the government, would he?
However, he did deny that he had ever given any impression to Bangkok Post reporter, Vassana Nanuam, that he would be willing to serve as the mediator. He only said that if - a theoretical if - Thaksin were to call him, he would accept the call and talk to him. There was no further truth beyond that, he said, as he had talked to Thaksin several times in the past.
Vassana, who became famous with her book, "Lap, Luang, Phrang" (Secrecy, Deception and Camouflage), stood her ground. She wasn't quite sure what was real or deceptive. Could she have fallen into her own trap of lap, luang, phrang - which, like a spy thriller, chronicled the military coup of 2006?

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