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In a surprising twist of legal procedure, On June 24, 2025, the Bangkok Criminal Court convicted Sansiri Public Company Limited, Company Chairman Mr. Apichat Jutrakul, and Director Mr. Wanchak Buranasiri for filing false charges against a client. The client, part of a group of condominium buyers who previously won a civil lawsuit against Sansiri for damages, was targeted with multiple criminal and civil cases by Sansiri, all of which were dismissed. The client countersued for being wrongly accused, leading to the conviction. Company Chairman Mr. Apichart Jutrakul and Director Mr. Wanchak Buranasiri were each sentenced to three years in prison. Sansiri Public Company Limited was fined 80,000 Baht, with non-payment to be handled under Section 29 of the Thai Criminal Code. The convicted parties are currently under appeal. The court document is available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M8I6ec11lFOsDY8dLVaPPo7vhZ5E-OjR/view?usp=drivesdk.

The country in which I reported a data breach to a major developer run by a certain now prime minister, and ended up in criminal court for computer crime. Yes it was laughed out of court and I am counter suing for false charges and civil damages. But it destroyed 3 years of my life, cancelled my workpermit and cost me millions of THB in legal fees. Hub my arse.

Smile. Open mouth. Turn right. What a pitiful idiotic system

It’s not a landlord job to file TM30. It’s the housemaster job and that happens to be the one with the lease in hand.

As landlord I have no idea about the comings and going’s of my tenants. They have a lease and a POA and become “house master”. As such they need to report their and any other foreigner’s arrivals at the property. If there is an error or omission or fraud on the reporting form it would be criminal document fraud which I don’t want to engage in. So no, as landlord I absolutely refuse to file TM30 but I give the lessee the documents they need to accomplish the tasks

There once was a man named Bob, Whose wife's cooking skills did hob, With credit cards swiping, And friends out gallivanting, Perhaps Bob should learn to cook corn on the cob!

Exactly. Never had to do a single one in 18 years

You surely realize that as a foreigner you can only hold 49 percent of a Thai company unless you have permission from BOI otherwise. the other 51 percent must be held by Thai. It’s often some shady lawyer’s gardener’s sister in law or similar with a house book in Chiang Nowhere with already signed transfer documents to be acquired at will by another Thai later. the cheaper your legal fees the less likely your nominiere will ever be known to you. it is also illegal to use a Thai nominee shareholder structured. . Doing business since 2006 in Thailand (mostly under BOI).

The person you refer to sued me for defamation for much more polite commentary than that. Be careful.

If the court accepts the case you will have a criminal defamation suit on your hands. Loss of workpeemit if you have one. Visa will be changed to court visa and you will need to relinquish your passport. you might just have to settle this for an amount acceptable to the plaintiff. Legal fees can easily run into the millions and no guarantee. Even if you win the case you aste 3-5 years of your time. Good luck. Google JTJB law if you need a good lawyer. Prepare to pay big bucks.

North Phuket and Khao Lak as well as Khao Sok at national Park HQ area where there is nice junge

A few years ago I discovered an open customer database including thousands of sale contracts with credit card info etc from Sansiri when doing a simple yahoo search. I immediately reported this to Sansiri management. Their response: I was sued under computer crime act for opening the publicly available link. Case dismissed eventually but meanwhile 2-3’years of my life disturbed, lost workpermit during that time and cost millions of baht in legal fees. the only satisfaction is that we were able to file a criminal case for bringing false accusations into the court. If I am not mistaken the current prime minister is one of the criminal defendants …. Yes I name names because I usually do and the court record is a public document.

This „court visa“ is issued when a court has accepted a criminal case (such as defamation which can be brought by any individual or company for really dumb reasons such as a restaurant review). In this case the original visa is cancelled along with any work permit. The person will be bailed and surrender the passport to the court. Each time the person wishes to have the passport returned for any reason (immigration appointment, travel outside Thailand etc), the person‘s lawyer must attend to the criminal court and make a motion to temporary passport release. This usually takes the better part of the day and accumulates significant legal fees. The court must be convinced that the person has a legitimate reason to travel and will return for their next court date. if the person is granted travel permission, the court will issue a letter and notify immigration. At the airport the accused will have to show this letter to immigration police prior to being issued a boarding pass and again needs to show the letter upon entering Thailand again. It takes around 15-30 minutes extra. The person will have to make absolutely sure to attend court appointments. Even if or especially if granted overseas travel permission by the court. The entire process with the court hearings can take 6-24 months. During COVID it took up to 3 years. Once the court reaches a verdict the accused will be convicted and go to jail/pay a fine and maybe barred from Thailand, or the case dismissed and the passport and bail refunded. The person can then apply for a normal visa and reapply for their lost work permit again. usually all cases in Thailand are appealed by the losing party. So if the person has been found not guilty, there will usually still be an appeal. During the appeal process the person is considered innocent and there are no restrictions on visa or travel. Once the appeal court has confirmed the not guilty verdict, often there is a request by the losing party for the Supreme Court to review the verdict. But usually these requests are denied. The verdict is then finally „finall“. The whole procedure can take 3-5 years. Usually the courts will urge the parties to settle. There is a lot of pressure to plead guilty to „get it over with“. But in addition to criminal charges there can be a civil damages suit brought against the person. These can get very expensive in case of Anguilla plea. I recommend one not to skimp on legal costs to deal with such a case.

Nobody is going to buy ASEAN 8; moderators allow crap like this to linger on the site. If it’s still up in 24 hrs I am going to unsubscribe myself.

It’s. It the landlords job to do TM30. How is a landlord supposed to k own when a foreigner comes and goes from the apartment overnight ? Tenant is the possessor if they have a lease.