Credibility of Thai justice system tested by probe of officials abetting Yingluck’s escape

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Credibility of Thai justice system tested by probe of officials abetting Yingluck’s escape

By THE NATION

 

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THE NATIONAL Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has been urged to appoint a credible committee to investigate police officers responsible for helping ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra flee the country ahead of the Supreme Court’s scheduled August 25 reading of its verdict on her criminal case.

Suriyasai Katasila, a deputy dean of Rangsit University, said the public had been closely watching the incident, so the NCPO must ensure that the truth is uncovered by credible investigators. In addition, he said, other security and related agencies should be appointed to take charge of the investigation since police investigators alone were not sufficient to give it credibility.

 

Pol Colonel Chairit Anurit, a deputy chief of the Bangkok Metropolitan Police, has admitted in a preliminary investigation that he had helped Yingluck exit the country via the Thai-Cambodian border by using police vehicles and other cars to pick up the ex-premier from her house in Bangkok’s Soi Watcharaphol area.

 

Suriyasai said many people were sceptical about the government’s handling of this issue. Also, the NCPO itself is seen by some as having tacitly allowed Yingluck to leave the country before facing the high court’s verdict in her case of negligence of official duty while overseeing her government’s rice-pledging scheme.

 

He said he believed high-level authorities were responsible for tacitly approving Yingluck’s efforts to flee and police investigators appear to be taking the case too lightly. This would affect the reputation of the justice system, reinforcing perceptions that the rich and powerful are often let go without having to face punishment, he added.

 

If the case was not handled seriously, the government and NCPO would be seen as conspiring with other interest groups to cheat the justice system, Suriyasai added.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30327552

 

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[wakeupplease]

Credibility here by the big bib now you are asking a bit much, just the old tin can, rattle rattle.

[Samui Bodoh]

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

If the case was not handled seriously, the government and NCPO would be seen as conspiring with other interest groups to cheat the justice system, Suriyasai added.

 

The current government came to power through a military coup AND gave themselves amnesty in advance for everything.

 

Any sense that the Thai justice system was fair or credible died a long time ago.

 

 

Edited September 24, 2017 by Samui Bodoh

[ezzra]

It seems that "Credibility" is last on the minds of people who's 

really doesn't know or care for it, as money is king in this country

everything else is not really important or matter much....

[Thaiwrath]

35 minutes ago, webfact said:

This would affect the reputation of the justice system, reinforcing perceptions that the rich and powerful are often let go without having to face punishment, he added.

I think you can substitute the word "affect" with "confirm" ?

[metisdead]

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[inThailand]

52 minutes ago, webfact said:

Credibility of Thai justice system tested 

 

Haven't they failed to pass this test many times before?

Can you purchase credibility?

[dinsdale]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Credibility of Thai justice system

 This is great. Another big giggle to start the week. If it's corrupt it cannot be credible by definition.

[mikebell]

The oxymoron 'Thai Justice' ranks alongside 'Thai Military Intelligence' (think balloons) and 'Thai Police work' (think protection money.)

[Moti24]

"This would affect the reputation of the justice system, reinforcing perceptions that the rich and powerful are often let go without having to face punishment...."

 

Yes, they certainly have a reputation for doing just that.

[klauskunkel]

"appoint a credible committee, police investigators alone were not sufficient to give it credibility"

put a monk in it, voila: believability

put a university lecturer in it, voila: respectability

put a lawyer in it, voila: deniability

put a general in it, voila: compliability

shake 'em, stir 'em, blend 'em and put an amulet in it, voila: bullshittability

 

 

[Damrongsak]

I feel the beginnings of a rap song coming on:

 

I wag my finger toward the hood
Yingluck did no good
Who cashed  the check?

[AhFarangJa]

2 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

I think you can substitute the word "affect" with "confirm" ?

Also change 'Often' to 'Always'.......

[rkidlad]

Yea, it's this case which the Thai justice system's credibility hinges on. Until the next time we see how corrupt and useless they are. Then it will be that case which defines them. 

[hawker9000]

2 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

I think you can substitute the word "affect" with "confirm" ?

Even "confirmation" is a term reserved for matters which are in at least some small doubt.  I think we're past "confirmation" and well on to "certification".

 

[YetAnother]

37 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:

"appoint a credible committee, police investigators alone were not sufficient to give it credibility"

put a monk in it, voila: believability

put a university lecturer in it, voila: respectability

put a lawyer in it, voila: deniability

put a general in it, voila: compliability

shake 'em, stir 'em, blend 'em and put an amulet in it, voila: bullshittability

 

 

point well taken; i do think you are still giving too much credit to those individual components

[gandalf12]

I hate to say it but Red Bull springs to mind 

[sweatalot]

"... Credibility of Thai justice system tested ..."

we know the results of all the tests before

 

No need for another test 

- but for another Thai justice system

[Mickmouse1]

Interesting reading .can not comment this time though or I will be shown a red card??

[Andyfez]

I wonder what they will be charged with, as she wasnt (yet) convicted of anything.

Or will it be a 100 Baht Fine?

Edited September 25, 2017 by Andyfez
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[SOUTHERNSTAR]

Another ill informed article. As there was no warrant out for her arrest the people that helped her leave the counry (if she have done so) have broken no law. Read the opinion piece in Bkk post about this. As for the approval of the junta for her leaving is another matter. But then again why spend so much energy on this trivial issue when we are faced with a junta imposed political system that have little or no support. 

[halloween]

12 minutes ago, Andyfez said:

I wonder what they will be charged with, as she wasnt (yet) convicted of anything.

Or will it be a 100 Baht Fine?

Well said. Up until she allegedly crossed the border, the only crimes committed were minor. The arrest warrant wasn't issued until the 25th, and there were no bail restrictions on her movements.

[wvavin]

Thai justice system has never been credible since time immemorial! It is really a waste of time time asking the people, who assisted Yingluck to escape to investigate.

[Katipo]

"This would affect the reputation of the justice system, reinforcing perceptions that the rich and powerful are often let go without having to face punishment"...

 

...indeed it is a problem that certain individuals are "let go", but this bigger issue is an entire corrupted system that can let them go.

[Becker]

1 hour ago, hansnl said:

In case of the amnesty of course the Shins gave a good example trying to get an amnesty for Mr T and eventual followers.

The "but but but Thaksin" replies never end, do they....

[Ron19]

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[Juan B Tong]

Pol Colonel Chairit Anurit and accomplices moved to inactive posts or retired. Set for life with "mysterious" increases in net worth from unknown sources.

[halloween]

Are there not signs of change? Boonsong, Sorayuth, Apichart and the KTB conspirators jailed, Janepob sentenced to 30 months, Yingluk very likely to get a custodial sentence, NOB under investigation. Yes, the wealthy still flee the country, as they do elsewhere, but does anybody believe most on that list would have been prosecuted under the last government? And is that because of political pressure from the government, or removal of it?

[Becker]

8 minutes ago, halloween said:

Are there not signs of change? Boonsong, Sorayuth, Apichart and the KTB conspirators jailed, Janepob sentenced to 30 months, Yingluk very likely to get a custodial sentence, NOB under investigation. Yes, the wealthy still flee the country, as they do elsewhere, but does anybody believe most on that list would have been prosecuted under the last government? And is that because of political pressure from the government, or removal of it?

Don't you dare leave out the beach chairs and the state lottery!!!

[DM07]

Yeah, because so far it was tooooootally credible.

But this one might put that to the test!