Police search Yingluck’s house, seize belongings

[webfact]

Police search Yingluck’s house, seize belongings

By THE NATION

 

 

JUNTA SAYS FUGITIVE EX-PM IN DUBAI AND UAE HAS ASSURED SHE’LL BE ASKED TO AVOID POLITICS

POLICE YESTERDAY searched the residence of convicted former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra who, junta leaders claimed, was in Dubai where she would keep a low profile.

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday said he was informed by the Foreign Ministry that Yingluck was in a city in the United Arab Emirates where her brother Thaksin Shinawatra resides.

 

Prayut had said on Tuesday that he knew her whereabouts but he would reveal details only after the Supreme Court verdict in the case against her.

 

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders sentenced Yingluck to five years’ imprisonment for negligence in her government’s rice-pledging scheme before the 2014 coup toppled her administration.

 

While Prayut did not seem too hopeful about getting the ex-PM extradited in the absence of a treaty between Thailand and the UAE, Deputy PM and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan said Yingluck would be asked to cooperate by not involving herself politically while in Dubai.

 

The UAE has informed the Thai Foreign Ministry that they would ask Yingluck to make such a commitment, Prawit said.

 

The Foreign Ministry is yet to comment on Yingluck’s movements or whereabouts overseas. 

 

“We’ll proceed to revoke her passport only if we are requested by relevant agencies and the ministry agrees that the criteria [in Yingluck’s case] are in line with ministerial regulations,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Busadee Santipitaks said.

 

Deputy police chief Pol General Srivara Ransibrahmanakul said that police would also seek information from the Foreign Ministry about Yingluck’s whereabouts. If she is really living abroad, then the police will contact the attorney-general on legal proceedings, he said.

 

Yesterday, Srivara took 25 police officers to search Yingluck’s house in Soi Yothinpatthana 3, where they seized 17 of her personal belongings as evidence of her suspected escape from Thailand two days before the scheduled court ruling on August 25.

 

 

The search followed testimony given by Pol Colonel Chairit Anurit, one of three policemen suspected of facilitating Yingluck’s escape. During an interrogation last week, Chairit said that he had driven the former premier and her secretary, Nilubol Klinpratoom, in a Toyota Camry sedan from Bangkok to Sa Kaew province.

 

 

DNA evidence sought

 

Srivara searched Nilubol’s condominium unit in Bangkok authorised by a search warrant and the absolute power of the PM under Article 44 of the interim charter, which is embedded in the 2017 Constitution.

 

Last year, Prayut issued junta order No 13/2016 under Article 44 power to grant security officers, including the police, power to conduct arbitrary searches without warrant.

 

Srivara said that the absolute power was needed since the search of Nilubol’s room was conducted after 6pm.

 

 

The evidence should help verify her escape if traces of Yingluck’s DNA found on these articles match those found in the sedan allegedly used for the escape, Srivara said. The DNA test should take around a week.

 

The search was also aimed at ensuring Yingluck was not in hiding in her house, he said.

 

The search was led by Pol Colonel Watanyu Witthayapalothai, a policeman who oversaw Yingluck’s security details. 

 

Her lawyer, Noppadol Laothong, was also at the house.

 

If the escape is verified, Chairit will face charges of neglecting his duty as a state officer under the Criminal Code’s Article 157. Chairit has already been charged with faking vehicle documents, as four fake licence plates were found in the sedan.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30327957

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-09-29

[over it]

Waste of time.

[Somtamnication]

Comical, really really comical. 

[wayned]

25 minutes ago, over it said:

Waste of time.

Agreed, but it keeps the public attention away from the cop killer "Boss" and the monk from the flying saucer that has seems have disappeared from existence!

[davehowden]

Farcical!

[ezzra]

I:m sure that what ever she left behind is a staff she could do without or

never see gain, and now, a new saga starting, search and locate Yingluck

and the herculean efforts to bring her home to serve her sentencing..

all i can say is good luck to them all because we're not going to hear

the end of for long, long time...

[wakeupplease]

Makes the country look so stupid an utter insult to the majority of the local people, this lot at the top are plain and simple brainless cowboys.

[Get Real]

42 minutes ago, webfact said:

Yesterday, Srivara took 25 police officers to search Yingluck’s house in Soi Yothinpatthana 3, where they seized 17 of her personal belongings

Guess they forgot to sieze the house. Probably the item with most value.

[Thechook]

Probably only dirty underwear in the washing basket left

[nausea]

It does, indeed, seem farcical, but there is method in their madness; it's nothing to do with finding Yingluck or seizing assets, they're building a case against Chairit.

[Kieranmc]

Sad little men in uniforms. There day will come. 

[steven100]

good .....  !!    seize all her assets and wealth .... then go after her and her criminal brother.

Billions taken from the Thai people & it's economy ...  

[jonclark]

2 minutes ago, steven100 said:

good .....  !!    seize all her assets and wealth .... then go after her and her criminal brother.

Billions taken from the Thai people & it's economy ...  

Lol - Steve you know they are not going to do that. 

 

The government are complicit in her exile as the main facilitators of it. (look back through Thai history, its the way ex-thai leaders disappear and very common practice). She has gone quietly, they won't prod the proverbial hornets nest now. She and her brother will keep the vast majority of the wealth in return for keeping quiet. Perhaps a small amount will be seized, but nothing major. Just enough to satisfy those baying for blood. 

[JAG]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

 

 

 

Srivara searched Nilubol’s condominium unit in Bangkok authorised by a search warrant and the absolute power of the PM under Article 44 of the interim charter, which is embedded in the 2017 Constitution.

 

Last year, Prayut issued junta order No 13/2016 under Article 44 power to grant security officers, including the police, power to conduct arbitrary searches without warrant.

 

Srivara said that the absolute power was needed since the search of Nilubol’s room was conducted after 6pm.

 

 

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After 6 pm, so it required Article 44?

 

They really are making it up as they go along...

Edited September 29, 2017 by JAG

[colinneil]

The longer this goes on the more stupid/ ridiculous it becomes.

All part of the game to make the junta look like they are doing things for the country/ people.

The Shinawatras only did things that benefitted them, just the same as this unelected crowd are doing now.

Edited September 29, 2017 by colinneil

[Jip99]

7 minutes ago, colinneil said:

The longer this goes on the more stupid/ ridiculous it becomes.

All part of the game to make the junta look like they are doing things for the country/ people.

The Shinawatras only did things that benefitted them, just this same as this unelected crowd are doing now.

 

 

Clowns to to the left of me, Jokers to right......

 

 

Hobson's choice in Thailand it seems....

[klauskunkel]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Police search Yingluck’s house, seize belongings

Seize belongings, the only thing this police force is good at

[YetAnother]

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

The longer this goes on the more stupid/ ridiculous it becomes.

All part of the game to make the junta look like they are doing things for the country/ people.

The Shinawatras only did things that benefitted them, just the same as this unelected crowd are doing now.

this seems the fate of thailand; just new reruns

[maoro2013]

The house may already been sold on. The police may have seized another person's property thereby leaving themselves open for criminal activity.

 

The whole thing is a joke.

[meatboy]

3 hours ago, Get Real said:

Guess they forgot to sieze the house. Probably the item with most value.

WHAT NO RICE

[quadperfect]

Boss gets first pick on the sofa ,somsuck you get the dinett and porn you get the tv and microwave.

The rest we will sell off and split the cash.

Now lets get this out of the way and back to the office before they notice we are missing.

[Chris Lawrence]

She's gone, she's gone
I can't believe that she's gone
Oh I, I pay the devil to replace her
She's gone, she's gone
She's gone, she's gone
She's gone, she's gone
She's gone, she's gone
She's gone, she's gone
She's gone, she's gone
She's gone, she's gone
She's gone, she's gone   From Daryl Hall and John Oats song, 'She's gone'.

[hang1]

5 minutes ago, Chris Lawrence said:

She's gone, she's gone
I can't believe that she's gone
Oh I, I pay the devil to replace her
She's gone, she's gone
She's gone, she's gone
She's gone, she's gone
She's gone, she's gone
She's gone, she's gone
She's gone, she's gone
She's gone, she's gone
She's gone, she's gone   From Daryl Hall and John Oats song, 'She's gone'.

Could we all just leave Yinluck alone. She has been persecuted enough. Just leave her alone. For heavens sake!

[Baerboxer]

27 minutes ago, hang1 said:

Could we all just leave Yinluck alone. She has been persecuted enough. Just leave her alone. For heavens sake!

 

Persecuted?

 

She brought it all on herself. But she does have all those billions to console herself with.

Edited September 29, 2017 by Baerboxer

[Chris Lawrence]

28 minutes ago, hang1 said:

Could we all just leave Yinluck alone. She has been persecuted enough. Just leave her alone. For heavens sake!

Hang what do u think the 'she's gone' is saying? I can repeat it again.

[webfact]

Top Cop Insists Search Of Yingluck’s Home Not Too Late

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Forensic police officers leave Yingluck Shinawatra’s residence with an evidence bag Thursday

 

BANGKOK — Police searched two residential properties Thursday to gather evidence relating to former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s flight from justice, including her primary residence.

 

Deputy police commissioner Srivara Ransibrahmanakul, who was in charge of the operation, told reporters the searches did not come too late despite the fact Yingluck is believed to have left the country more than a month ago.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2017/09/29/top-cop-insists-search-yinglucks-home-not-late/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2017-09-29

[baboon]

7 hours ago, Kieranmc said:

Sad little men in uniforms. There day will come. 

Sad little men in crap uniforms, that is...

[maxpower]

8 hours ago, Thechook said:

Probably only dirty underwear in the washing basket left

That dirty underwear is now pressed hard against some police chiefs nose.

Edited September 29, 2017 by maxpower

[Dogmatix]

Why didn't they search her house(s) as soon as the arrest warrant was issued for her?

[MyFriend You]

and so the pillaging begins............................