What sort of organisation was Thaiflood and why would its withdrawal from the relief effort have such a big impact on the distribution of supplies, as the article implies? You state that Thaiflood is “a large civic network”, but recently it was described by another publication as a website operator with no real office and no employees of note.
I have also discovered that Paramate Minsiri, who claims that red-shirt groups were being given preference in the distribution of supplies, advised the post-coup military-backed government on how to block websites. Is that relevant to this dispute? I don’t know, but it makes you wonder.
Robin Grant
Bangkok