Prayut ignored report on Yingluck’s UK asylum bid

[rooster59]

Prayut ignored report on Yingluck’s UK asylum bid

By THE SUNDAY NATION

 

File photo: Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha did not pay attention to report that former premier Yingluck Shinawatra would seek asylum overseas because it was a personal matter, Government spokesperson Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said yesterday.

 

Sansern said Prayut showed no interest in the matter because he was focused on his obligation to legal enforcement, which in this case involved attempts to have the fugitive ex-leader extradited to serve her prison time under the Thai justice system. Concerned agencies, Sansern added, have been working within local and international law to proceed with the case.

 

Sansern confirmed that the Foreign Affairs Ministry had unofficially acknowledged that Yingluck had travelled to the United Kingdom, but whether she would seek asylum there was her personal business. 

 

Criteria for asylum seeking in the destination country would be taken into consideration in her case, the spokesperson said.

 

Yingluck was sentenced in absentia on Wednesday to five years’ imprisonment for malfeasance involving her administration’s fraudulent government-to-government rice deals. 

 

She disappeared from public view in the days before August 25, when the verdict in her case was first due to be read.

 

On Thursday, Prayut said that Yingluck was in Dubai, where her brother, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, has reportedly been living in self-exile.

 

Some international news outlets, including CNN, said she was in London and seeking political asylum in the UK, citing their source as her Pheu Thai Party.

 

The British Embassy in Thailand, told The Nation that “the [UK] Home Office does not comment on whether an individual is in the UK or not”. 

 

Thaksin and his family are said to be staying in London in a house worth Bt260-million. None of the family has so far have indicated whether Yingluck is also in the UK capital. 

 

A legal source had told The Nation that an individual has full rights to seek political asylum in a destination country with which he or she has some connection. The host country might take diplomatic relations into consideration, he said, noting that it has the full authority to grant or reject any application. 

 

Thaksin’s eldest daughter Pintongta on Friday posted on her Instagram account, showing her twin daughters asking her why they never met their grandpa Thaksin in Thailand. She was apparently posting from London, saying she had made the right decision to make a trip to be with her father at a difficult time.

 

Thaksin’s daughters have been posting family photos along with morale-booting messages since mid-September before the court verdict was eventually issued against Yingluck.

 

Meanwhile, the Foreign Ministry has received a letter from the Royal Thai Police requesting it to revoke Yingluck’s passport.

 

The ministry is now considering the matter following its regulations concerning passport issuance, according to Busadee Santipitaks, the ministry’s spokesperson and chief of the Department of Information.

 

Meanwhile, the Suan Dusit Poll has surveyed opinions of around 1,000 respondents nationwide on the impacts of the court verdict on Thai politics and reconciliation.

 

Around 33 per cent, the highest share, said the verdict had quite an effect on reconciliation efforts as major parties and their members would not give their cooperation in future political activities. About 24 per cent viewed that it would greatly affect reconciliation efforts, as the rift among groups would be widened. Around 21 percent viewed that it would not have much impact because the government could control the situation and this was a personal matter, while the people just wanted to see peace and order.

 

Around 37 per cent viewed that the verdict would have quite an effect on politics because different groups would use the issue to attack one another. Around 27 per cent viewed that it would greatly affect politics as it has directly impacted on politicians’ credibility, and politics from now on would be under close watch. Only 19 per cent viewed that it would not affect politics much and the government could control the situation.

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30328123

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-10-01

[sjaak327]

"Sansern said Prayut showed no interest in the matter because he was focused on his obligation to legal enforcement, which in this case involved attempts to have the fugitive ex-leader extradited to serve her prison time under the Thai justice system. Concerned agencies, Sansern added, have been working within local and international law to proceed with the case"

 

Legal enforcement ? Too bad he forgot about legal when he staged the coup. Tell you what, if Yingluck has to serve time, so would Prayuth. 

 

"Sansern confirmed that the Foreign Affairs Ministry had unofficially acknowledged that Yingluck had travelled to the United Kingdom, but whether she would seek asylum there was her personal business. "

 

Ah, so the bull that she is in Dubai is now being corrected by the government. Check, thank you .

[Get Real]

Why deviate from the winning fast lane? He didn´t pay attention when she made a run for it either.

[Samui Bodoh]

49 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha did not pay attention to report that former premier Yingluck Shinawatra would seek asylum overseas because it was a personal matter

 

I laughed so hard at this that coffee came out of my nose!

 

What BS!

 

   

[retarius]

How stupid do these people think we are?

[yellowboat]

He has yet to pay attention to anything other than a bit of twerking.  In this case, he is showing wisdom never seen before by turning a blind eye to the drama. 

[mark01]

As the saying goes - "you can tell he's lying, his lips are moving".

[farcanell]

An example of the Thai government bringing shame on the country, by having its previous prime minister flee the country.... lol

[AGareth2]

30 minutes ago, retarius said:

How stupid do these people think we are?

they don't care

[al007]

Surely the official line should be, "she has been found guilty we are applying for extradition"

 

As always bury head in the sand

[Mainhattencitizen]

9 hours ago, sjaak327 said:

"Sansern said Prayut showed no interest in the matter because he was focused on his obligation to legal enforcement, which in this case involved attempts to have the fugitive ex-leader extradited to serve her prison time under the Thai justice system. Concerned agencies, Sansern added, have been working within local and international law to proceed with the case"

 

Legal enforcement ? Too bad he forgot about legal when he staged the coup. Tell you what, if Yingluck has to serve time, so would Prayuth. 

 

"Sansern confirmed that the Foreign Affairs Ministry had unofficially acknowledged that Yingluck had travelled to the United Kingdom, but whether she would seek asylum there was her personal business. "

 

Ah, so the bull that she is in Dubai is now being corrected by the government. Check, thank you .

The man that took over the country illegally is concerned about legal enforcement. I am not sure if I should cry or laugh and where is his concern about legal enforcement with Mr. Red Bull?

 

[baboon]

20 minutes ago, al007 said:

Surely the official line should be, "she has been found guilty we are applying for extradition"

 

As always bury head in the sand

It should also be followed by '....and our Embassy will be issuing a formal protest to their Interior Ministry (Home Office)'. 

They know where she is now so if they do not make every effort to have her returned to the point of damaging relations between the two countries, it merely serves to demonstrate that the 'escape' was a stitch up all along.

[Lupatria]

A peek view at his list: "things to be ignored this week" would be priceless.

[YetAnother]

43 minutes ago, Mainhattencitizen said:

The man that took over the country illegally is concerned about legal enforcement. I am not sure if I should cry or laugh and where is his concern about legal enforcement with Mr. Red Bull?

 

they just speak garbage

[zyphodb]

Given that she has lots of money, I'm sure she'll have a good time in London, shame about the weather though...

[Reigntax]

4 hours ago, retarius said:

How stupid do these people think we are?

 

Not quite as stupid as we know they are!

[realenglish1]

No doubt she will be given Asylum in the UK 

[Thingamabob]

Sad, really sad. 

[chainarong]

The only thing Prayut needs to worry about is the saying , what goes around comes around.................................

[Thian]

So now Thaksin still has a house in London but on somebody else's name....?

 

London is getting a bad reputation..this will be discussed during the Brexit talks i bet.

 

[Happyman58]

He has just got rid of  the opposition why should he not be smiling   

[digger70]

Father forgive them,for they don't know what they are doing.Same every day.

[kingkenny]

59 minutes ago, Thian said:

So now Thaksin still has a house in London but on somebody else's name....?

 

London is getting a bad reputation..this will be discussed during the Brexit talks i bet.

 

Why would it be in someone else's name?

 

What is your facination in the incorrect assumption that Thaksin can not own a house in the UK

[wakeupplease]

1 hour ago, Thian said:

So now Thaksin still has a house in London but on somebody else's name....?

 

London is getting a bad reputation..this will be discussed during the Brexit talks i bet.

 

The only time London needs to worry is if Prayut gets a house in London, but little boys are too scared to go to big cities, so not a chance he would be even granted a visa.

[baboon]

4 hours ago, Thian said:

So now Thaksin still has a house in London but on somebody else's name....?

 

London is getting a bad reputation..this will be discussed during the Brexit talks i bet.

 

You also bet they would be "barred from any decent European country". I would politely suggest that perhaps wagering is not your forté...

[Thian]

8 hours ago, baboon said:

You also bet they would be "barred from any decent European country". I would politely suggest that perhaps wagering is not your forté...

This story ain't over yet, believe me.

 

Also i still have to see proof that the whole shinawatra family is in london.