Politics

What's going on in Thailand as of late?

On February 26, ousted former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was accused of abusing his power as prime minister, causing damage to the state and favoring Shin Corp (the firm controlled by his family before it was sold to Temasek Holdings of Singapore) by implementing policies which benefited it through five measures when he was the government leader.

The Supreme Court thus made the decision to seize 46 billion baht ($1.4 billion) in assets from him on the belief that he and his wife owned the Shin Corp shares up until they were sold to Temasek. The court found his personal holdings amounted to about 30 billion baht before he gained ''unusual wealth'' while in office, so the court left him with 30 billion baht in assets.

In response to the Supreme Court verdict regarding the disposition of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's frozen assets, small explosive devices were discovered and/or detonated outside five separate banks in metropolitan Bangkok. In the lead up to the expected March 12-14 demonstrations and rallies, it is anticipated that more of these small explosive devices may be planted.

How do we feel about this?

Well, no matter where you live, there are always dangers and problems of different sorts: tsunamis, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, lack of food, drug trafficking, kidnapping, people trafficking, robbing, gangs, mafias, nuclear bombs, murder, domestic violence, school shootings, international terrorism, prostitution, war etc. So really, no one is ever safe at any point in time.

We live in a fallen world, friends. So all we can do is just put our hope and trust in God and pray that He would keep us safe in this life that we live here on earth. Obviously we need to be cautious, careful and aware of the world around us too, but Christ is our rock and our salvation and so we will fear no evil, for nothing can separate us from the love of Christ.