Row involving Froc, Thaiflood seems odd

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2011
Row involving Froc, Thaiflood seems odd

Something about your article on the dispute between Paramate Minsiri of Thaiflood and Froc struck me as odd.

 

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