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Good review and while it aint my cup of tea it answers a few questions and I don't think it is quite as ridiculous as I did before, another option and it certainly seems a capable tool and good on Yamaha for pushing the envelope....

22 minutes ago, Eligius said:

The sad, sad thing is that never - or as good as never - are these coupsters held to account. None of them imprisoned for life - still less executed for high treason.

 

I don't see that changing anytime soon. 

Unfortunately I think you are right, just wish Thailand would grow a pair and put an end to this horrible cycle of injustice that the amart keep subjecting the country to but the kow-towing mind set the poor are taught from birth makes that highly unlikely....

Good that common sense has prevailed for once but I am still not clear on the B10 million fine they handed out, would he still pay that if the case was overturned I know that would be the case in a functioning justice system but we are talking about Thailand here....

'Those breaking the law will be fined up to 10,000 baht and/or jailed for up to six months said Pol Col Krisana Pattanacharoen'

There is absolutely no correlation within the crime committed and the sentence you 'could' receive, I state 'could' as we all know in a corrupt third world there is often the option to bribe your way out of trouble but come on, six months for having a beer on a 'Buddhist' holiday!!!!

No expert but wasn't Buddha a kind of live and let live kind of a chap, does seem slightly skewed when you can beat the living <deleted> out of somebody and receive nothing more than a B500 fine and a slap on the wrist so long as you are Thai obviously, different set of rules again if you are one of those damned interfering foreigners......

Did we really believe these cowardly hypocrites would do anything to change the abuse of recruits????

To those in power these conscripts are less than nothing, they are completely irrelevant and the only thing that concerns powers that be is loss of face if people start asking questions 

As has been previously stated by other posters this has zero to do with doing the right thing and everything to do about hiding their practices thus avoiding scrutiny and embarrassing questions

The people in power here and the RTA are truly beneath contempt and completely lacking in moral's, simply put they are a complete disgrace with no redeeming features....

Good, looks like they have had the book thrown at them obviously they are not from wealthy families as they will see the inside of a jail cell and no amount of monkhood or false platitudes are gonna get them out of it.......

Wouldn't it be nice if the law was used fairly in all cases, if it was there would be hope for the country, as it is I will just wait for the next hi-so to completely walk away from another murder or killing and unfortunatly I bet I won't have to wait very long....

I really hope Andy goes to press about this and starts making a noise about this as the more people see and hear about the reality of Thailand and its corruption and injustice the better.....

58 minutes ago, Thian said:

And the woman would have gotten a fine for not using her indicator lights.

 

 

There are apologists and then there are proper grade A class 1 apologists!

4 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Have they already bought the big tin of whitewash.

regards worgeordie

Would seem so wouldn't it....

The complete contempt they have for their own laws is staggering, bet they struggle to lie straight in their own beds as they all seem to be bent to the very core....

2 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Sounds like they're back to doing square bashing with all those about turns.

Must feel right at home.

True that, must get very dizzy...

I believe there must be a special recruitment process for junta spokesperson's they must be completely none emotional when instructed to give contradictory announcements within hours of each, come to think of it I think it is known as a frontal lobotomy and seems to be a very popular procedure with the junta 

My default setting with the little general and his minions is that anything they say is a lie, ergo any time one of the mouthpieces makes an announcement the truth is the opposite of what they are saying, try it it works really well the only time it doesn't work is when they have made such a glaring thuck up they are forced into an immediate about turn straight away.... 

Happiness occurs when everyone understands their roles and responsibilities

And there you have it peasants remember your places, spoken like a true Thai of the right social group unfettered by education or any discernible scruples.....

45 minutes ago, webfact said:

Public cynical about justice for ‘influential’ after Premchai case

By THE NATION

 

 

Although the investigation into construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta’s alleged illegal hunting is ongoing, the public has little confidence that he will be punished if found guilty.

File photo:  Premchai Karnasuta

 

Nearly two-thirds, or 64.2 per cent, of people recently surveyed believe the case, in which Premchai and three others are accused of poaching and possessing wildlife at the Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary in Kanchanaburi, will ultimately not see wrongdoers punished, because the suspects are from an “influential group”.

 

The survey was recently conducted by the Bangkok University Research Centre among 1,202 respondents nationwide, who were asked for their opinions on justice procedures in Thailand. 

 

The poll also found that 53.3 per cent of respondents thought the case against Red Bull heir Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya – who is wanted over a 2012 hit-and-run incident that left a Bangkok traffic policeman dead – would not see Vorayuth punished.

 

File photo: Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya

 

Fifty per cent of respondents also believed the case against Dhammakaya Temple ex-abbot and founder Phra Dhammachayo would also be unable to bring the controversial monk to justice.

 

File photo: Phra Dhammachayo

 

About 49 per cent believed no culprit would be punished over the suspicious death of teenage army cadet Pakapong Tanyakan at the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School in Nakhon Nayok.

 

 

Asked which group of people would likely get away with a crime, 69.2 per cent of the respondents ranked “the group of influential figures”. Also named were politicians (63.6 per cent); “high society” wealthy people (61.5 per cent); civil servants, police and military people (45.2 per cent); and monks (21.1 per cent). 

 

Over a third of respondents (37.6 per cent) believed the justice system contained loopholes that allowed wrongdoers to evade justice. Another 28.6 per cent thought the practice of “double standards” or discrimination was in play, while 23.6 per cent said they thought available punishments were too lenient compared to the crimes. Just 5.7 per cent believed that legal procedures were carried out justly and transparently, while 4.5 per cent said scapegoats had been used to take the blame for crimes.

 

Asked if they felt confident in justice procedures, 71.7 per cent said their confidence was low while the rest said confidence remained high.

 

Meanwhile, Counter Corruption Division deputy commander Pol Colonel Wacharin Pusit said Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary chief Wichian Shinwong and his subordinates would testify before police on February 22 as part of the investigation into Wichian’s complaint over Premchai’s alleged act of attempting to bribe a state official to evade arrest. Wacharin said officers would later summon Premchai to give information over the allegation.

 

As for four elephant tusks seized from Premchai’s Bangkok house earlier this month, police Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Division commander Pol Maj-General Panya Pinsook said they were still waiting for the result of a DNA test by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.

 

The tests, due to be completed in three weeks, should be able to confirm whether the tusks were from domesticated elephants, which require a licence to own, or from wild elephants, which cannot be legally owned. Panya also said Premchai should bring documents to explain his ownership of the tusks to police without having to wait for the results to be finalised.

 

Premchai has denied poaching charges brought against him and three others, following their arrest on February 4 in the wildlife sanctuary’s western area. Rangers searched the camp and found guns and protected wildlife animal carcasses, including that of a black leopard, a Kalij pheasant and a barking deer. 

 

The suspects have since been granted bail.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30339167

 

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Mushroom pickers no problem......

Appears the biggest scumbags in LoS are very often also the untouchables, you know the good people, hi-so aka rich.....

It happens all over the world but here it ain't half blatant, then again if you have the entire justice (injustice) system in your pocket you can do whatever you want...