webfact Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Yingluck sentenced to five years in jail By The Nation Fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been sentenced to a five-year jail term. The Supreme Court took almost four hours on Wednesday to read the verdict on Yingluck’s alleged negligence in her government’s rice-pledging scheme. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30327834 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-09-27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thai former PM Yingluck gets five-year jail term for negligence FILE PHOTO: Ousted former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrives at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, September 29, 2015. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom/File Picture BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's ousted former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was handed a five-year prison sentence on Wednesday after the country's highest court found her guilty of negligence in the management of a rice subsidy scheme. Yingluck was due to hear the verdict on Aug. 25, but failed to show up, surprising hundreds of supporters who had gathered at the court. Aides said she had fled Thailand, fearing a harsh sentence. Last month, Reuters reported that she had escaped to Dubai, where her brother, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, owns a home. Yingluck, who swept to power in a 2011 general election, introduced a rice subsidy scheme that proved wildly popular with farmers but which the military government says caused billions of dollars in losses. Her government was ousted by the military in 2014. (Reporting by Aukkarapon Niyomyat; Writing by Amy Sawitta Lefevre; Editing by Clarence Fernandez) -- © Copyright Reuters 2017-09-27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 (edited) Her "alleged" negligence is just negligence now that she has been convicted !! That's the last we'll see of her now... New beginnings :) Edited September 27, 2017 by cornishcarlos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulWater Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Good luck with that! Five years in a luxurious Dubai 20 acre estate with 100 bodyguards is more likely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 better send some more chocolate mousse up to the penthouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 Guilty Verdict And 5-Year Sentence For Former Premier Yingluck By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer BANGKOK — Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was convicted in absentia of malfeasance and sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday for corruption that occurred under her watch. Delivering its verdict after a trial that ran over two years and saw its defendant flee the country, the court made its ruling in the closely watched case. Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2017/09/27/court-finds-yingluck-guilty-absentia-sentences-former-prime-minister-5-years/ -- © Copyright Khaosod English 2017-09-27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwrath Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, webfact said: its verdict after a trial that ran over two years A verdict that was decided before the trial started ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangkokReady Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 19 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said: New beginnings :) ANUSTART for everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 Yingluck Shinawatra, former Thai PM, found guilty, sentenced to prison Lindsay Murdoch Bangkok: Thailand's Supreme Court has sentenced former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to five years' jail after finding her guilty of negligence over a rice subsidy scheme her government set up to help farmers. Nine judges took three hours to deliver the sentence on Wednesday, one month after Yingluck dramatically fled the country. The sentence will anger millions of supporters in Yingluck's "Red-Shirt" movement ahead of elections promised next year by the military that staged a coup to topple her democratically elected government after months of political unrest in 2014. Full story: http://www.smh.com.au/world/yingluck-shinawatra-former-thai-pm-found-guilty-sentenced-to-prison-20170927-gypqd9.html -- The Sydney Morning Herald 2017-09-27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasteddie Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 No surprise but no less outrageous, what a sad country Thailand has become. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaos Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Won't do a day thoSent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Surpriiiiiiiiiiiise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 A 'ClickBait' troll post has been removed, please see the following extract from the forum rules: The ThaiVisa News Team gathers and disseminates news bulletins from Thai and International sources, and republishes them in the News Forums for our members' information and enjoyment. Our News Team works hard to bring quality content to the News Forums, and should be respected for their efforts. Comments such as "slow news day" or "clickbait headline" are neither respectful nor welcome on the forum, and will be considered as troll comments and removed and the offending poster warned and/or suspended accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Now she is out of the way,who the next Shinawatra for the chop, 10/1 on "Oak", regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 Yingluck verdict ‘still being read’ at 2pm By The Nation Deputy spokesman of Pheu Thai Party Wim Rungwatanachinda told reporters the verdict in the case against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was still being read by the Supreme Court as of 2pm on Wednesday. He had left the courtroom to talk to reporters. The Supreme Court took almost three hours to read the verdict on the fugitive former prime minister’s alleged negligence in her government’s rice-pledging scheme. However, at 2pm, there was rumour that the court had finished reading the verdict. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30327831 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-09-27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 (edited) i just saw this on twitter: Clarification: Thai media reports about Yingluck’s guilty verdict and a 5 year sentence are based on a leak from inside, not official yet. https://twitter.com/SaksithCNA/status/912946266702614528 Edited September 27, 2017 by NCC1701A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksidedog Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Two years more than her brother got! I somehow doubt either of them will ever serve a single day of it though, regardless of how much bullshit we are going to hear about asking Interpol to bring them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Complete nonsense esso Sent from my SM-N915G using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropo Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, darksidedog said: Two years more than her brother got! I somehow doubt either of them will ever serve a single day of it though, regardless of how much bullshit we are going to hear about asking Interpol to bring them back. Her brother was sentenced by a legitimately elected government. Yingluck was sentenced by a military regime. There will be no extradition. She can claim political asylum anywhere she pleases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieranmc Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 I'm getting worried for Thailand. The reds will not stay quiet much longer. Something is brewing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaak327 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 So I suppose it is now time for Prayuth to reveal where Yingluck is ? Is it Dubai, London or the big flying saucer in Pathum Thani ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moegreen Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 12 minutes ago, darksidedog said: Two years more than her brother got! I somehow doubt either of them will ever serve a single day of it though, regardless of how much bullshit we are going to hear about asking Interpol to bring them back. 3 years more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moegreen Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 I guess this story is b. s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 8 minutes ago, tropo said: Her brother was sentenced by a legitimately elected government. Yingluck was sentenced by a military regime. There will be no extradition. She can claim political asylum anywhere she pleases. thaksin, yingluck both sentenced by courts not sentenced by the military. Maybe you should take the trouble to read the various reports of the charges and the many days of rebuttal she gave in court (in fact she attended court something like 6 times but offered nothing to prove that she was not guilty, plus her cronise also attended court and also gave nothing to prove her innocence). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InMyShadow Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 I'm getting worried for Thailand. The reds will not stay quiet much longer. Something is brewing. Getting run over by tanks will keep them brewing moonshine . At home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaak327 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Just now, scorecard said: thaksin, yingluck both sentenced by courts not sentenced by the military. Maybe you should take the trouble to read the various reports of the charges and the many days of rebuttal she gave in court (in fact she attended court something like 6 times but offered nothing to prove that she was not guilty, plus her cronise also attended court and also gave nothing to prove her innocence). the onus is not on the defendant to prove her innocence. Even in the dodgy Thai 'justice' system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Just now, sjaak327 said: the onus is not on the defendant to prove her innocence. Even in the dodgy Thai 'justice' system. Then why does the court allow her and other to defend her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwct Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Now she and her brother will never return to Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 18 minutes ago, Kieranmc said: I'm getting worried for Thailand. The reds will not stay quiet much longer. Something is brewing. Please share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropo Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 6 minutes ago, scorecard said: thaksin, yingluck both sentenced by courts not sentenced by the military. Maybe you should take the trouble to read the various reports of the charges and the many days of rebuttal she gave in court (in fact she attended court something like 6 times but offered nothing to prove that she was not guilty, plus her cronise also attended court and also gave nothing to prove her innocence). They were sentenced under the judicial system of 2 types of government. One elected, one imposed by a military coup. If you can't see the difference, no amount of reading will help you. It doesn't matter what the charges are. You need to consider what an extradition hearing in a foreign country would conclude. That was my opinion, you're welcome to yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diddygq Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 46 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said: A verdict that was decided before the trial started ! Every verdict here in Thailand is decided before the trial starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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