Prayut urges countries to 'respect Thailand' over lawbreakers

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Prayut urges countries to 'respect Thailand' over lawbreakers 

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

Photo : Vorawit Pumpuang

 

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday urged other countries to respect Thailand and its rights, particularly regarding action against Thai lawbreakers overseas. 

 

He said they should cooperate with Thailand in sending back fugitive lawbreakers as Thailand did when it was asked to extradite wanted foreign criminals. His remarks came just days after fugitive former premiers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra were reportedly spotted in Beijing. 

 

Speaking to more than 55 envoys and representatives from international organisations, Prayut asked them to watch out for Thai wrongdoers who had fled abroad.

 

“When wrongdoers wanted in foreign countries are in Thailand, we make arrests, prosecute them and deport them to the countries of origins,” Prayut said in his speech at Government House.

 

“This should work vice-versa with every other country. We have due respect for the laws of foreign countries and they should respect ours as well. Thailand also has dignity and human rights,” he said.

 

At yesterday’s event to promote human rights as a national agenda, Prayut consistently slammed “two people living overseas” who he blamed for lacking respect for the judicial system.

 

“There are two people who make moves overseas and still stir up trouble in Thailand,” he said.

 

But the premier refused to refer directly to Thaksin and Yingluck. “I have no comment. It’s about foreign countries and related agencies. They’ve always worked, but it’s not every time that they can bring them [fugitives] back,” he said.

 

Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said yesterday the government had received an unofficial report to confirm that Yingluck was in Beijing.

 

He said Prayut had not made any special instructions regarding the matter. “We do not consider this a matter of life or death,” Don told reporters at Government House.

 

Deputy national police chief Pol General Srivara Ransibhramanakul yesterday said he had instructed the Royal Thai Police’s foreign affairs division to ask Interpol about the latest situation regarding Thaksin and Yingluck. The Shinawatra siblings are both wanted under Thai law.

 

Srivara said Thai police wanted to know details about Thaksin and Yingluck’s travels in China, such as their flight itineraries, from where they flew, and what passports they had used. Also, he instructed the Police Forensic Science Office to determine whether the photo of Thaksin and Yingluck purportedly taken in Beijing recently was genuine.

 

He said the police were still seeking Yingluck for prosecution at home, as had been instructed by the government. 

 

Yingluck fled Thailand last August and was later sentenced to five years in jail for negligence in a case stemming from her government’s corruption-plagued rice-pledging scheme.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30338688

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-02-13

[Samui Bodoh]

Oh give it a rest.

 

If you try to extradite either Thaksin or Yingluck, it'll go bad for Thailand when (not if) they challenge Thailand's judicial system in a foreign court. The foreign court will rule that they have a legitimate fear of an unfair trial and/or prosecution if returned, and thus will not allow it.

 

The simple fact is that Thailand's High So's and other 'connecteds' have made a mockery of the justice system for generations; when an institution is made malleable, it is malleable to all who have the ability and/or the means.

 

The above also leaves aside an unwritten principle in international affairs; when a leader is ousted s/he is not returned to the people who ousted him/her, especially if that leader was democratically-elected. It just isn't done, and a tradition is often stronger that any rule or regulation.

 

Let it go; the only way that either of them return to Thailand is if they choose to do so.

 

Period.

[davehowden]

Careful who you start lecturing Little Man.

[ukrules]

If they both came back tomorrow this government would be gone within weeks.

 

These two coming back is the Prime Ministers worst nightmare as I suspect they still have enough support to win an election and form a government.

[Chang_paarp]

The man espousing human rights yesterday is today asking other countries to ignore the lack of sais rights today.

[tracker1]

Was there any mention of the Red Bull absconder or monks, officials that have done a runner ?

[JAG]

Maybe it was the Red Bull creature and the spaceship monk that he was referring to?

 

After all, has he not said that he doesn't know, doesn't care and isn't interested in the whereabouts and activities of the Thaksin siblings?

 

Through 'gritted teeth' as I recall...

Edited February 12, 2018 by JAG

[rkidlad]

Shameful. 

 

Protestors gather to ask for free and fair elections and he says they have more sinister intentions. Based on what? His opinion? I thought people had to stick to the facts. 

 

It’s getting more and more desperate. 

[coulson]

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

“There are two people who make moves overseas and still stir up trouble in Thailand,” he said

Yesterday he tells the media to pay no attention to these two, now he's giving speeches about them.

 

They must enjoy winding him up, it is so easy.

[mok199]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[steven100]

Wanted are two persons of interest for doing a runner ....

[colinneil]

How can he stand up and urge countries to Respect Thailand, when the country is being run by people who broke the law to gain power.

[Bob12345]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

“When wrongdoers wanted in foreign countries are in Thailand, we make arrests, prosecute them and deport them to the countries of origins,” Prayut said in his speech at Government House.

Unless those wrongdoers make a ton of money here by ripping-off non-Thais and pay a good part of it to the local police/army.

In that case you just cannot find them...

[BobbyL]

Yet again, the man is so far out of his depth it is untrue. 

 

No democratic country will send anyone back to an illegally controlled Military Junta. 

[baboon]

4 minutes ago, steven100 said:

Yingluck, A political neophyte, she is seen widely as a stand-in for her brother, a 60-year-old ethnic Chinese telecommunications tycoon who transformed Thai politics with election wins before he was felled by corruption charges.

Yingluck has promised to revive Thaksin’s populist policies and raise living standards, vowing to pursue reconciliation to end Thailand’s bloody five-year political crisis without seeking vengeance for her brother’s overthrow, However she fell victim to a fraudulent rice scheme which cost the thai's billions of baht.

You are supposed to give the source when you copy and paste.

[baboon]

2 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

Oh give it a rest.

 

If you try to extradite either Thaksin or Yingluck, it'll go bad for Thailand when (not if) they challenge Thailand's judicial system in a foreign court. The foreign court will rule that they have a legitimate fear of an unfair trial and/or prosecution if returned, and thus will not allow it.

 

The simple fact is that Thailand's High So's and other 'connecteds' have made a mockery of the justice system for generations; when an institution is made malleable, it is malleable to all who have the ability and/or the means.

 

The above also leaves aside an unwritten principle in international affairs; when a leader is ousted s/he is not returned to the people who ousted him/her, especially if that leader was democratically-elected. It just isn't done, and a tradition is often stronger that any rule or regulation.

 

Let it go; the only way that either of them return to Thailand is if they choose to do so.

 

Period.

But do you think he is delusional or is this simply more theatre for domestic consumption, to make him look like he is socking it to those pesky foreigners? 

[ramrod711]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Prayut urges countries to 'respect Thailand' over lawbreakers 

Completely misleading, I thought this was another Prawit thread.

[steven100]

2 minutes ago, ramrod711 said:

Completely misleading, I thought this was another Prawit thread.

no silly .....   it's about the two that did a runner taking the billions of baht with them remember.

[grumbleweed]

No doubt leaders all around the world are falling over themselves in their attempt to ask the :"great one" how high he would like them to jump.

 

[Samui Bodoh]

25 minutes ago, baboon said:

But do you think he is delusional or is this simply more theatre for domestic consumption, to make him look like he is socking it to those pesky foreigners? 

Honestly?

 

I think the fact that either Thaksin or Yingluck would beat him in a free and fair election just eats away at his innards and causes stomach ulcers. No matter what he ever does, it just sticks in his craw that both/either are more popular with the Thai people than he ever will be.

 

And so he lashes out like a child...

 

Nothing more.

[Dave67]

Delusional  

 

“When wrongdoers wanted in foreign countries are in Thailand, we make arrests, prosecute them and deport them to the countries of origins,” 

 

After negotiating a price with the police 

[DoctorG]

But, have you actually done an extradition request? No Western country would extradite someone without a court hearing, except if you commit a crime in that country, then you might be deported.

[rkidlad]

No civilized nation will send someone back for LM. That's a law that is only enforced by a select few countries who are also equally and uniquely backwards. 

[ChrisY1]

A bit rich when Thailand so obviously supports foreign crime figures that pay for the privilege to remain and operate here...... with impunity!

[klauskunkel]

Yea Man, you foreign countries show some respect for Thailand, which has helped its law breakers to flee to your countries by turning a blind eye, or by aiding and abetting. If you don't show the respect, the PM will fume at you. Seriously. 

[YetAnother]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

They’ve always worked, but it’s not every time

more double-speak; i cringe whenever this guy speaks

[trainman34014]

How about Thai's respecting the laws of other countries when they are abroad, because they flagrantly break them when ever they can and even boast they are only there 'to collect money' and not to respect or obey laws of any kind !

Edited February 13, 2018 by trainman34014
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[Thian]

51 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

No civilized nation will send someone back for LM. That's a law that is only enforced by a select few countries who are also equally and uniquely backwards. 

And for massive corruption?

[quadperfect]

Has this guy ever said anything that does not directly contradict his previouse statements.

Its just a laugh every day here. Thats why its land of smiles cause you just cant keep a streight face here.

[Enoon]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

no silly .....   it's about the two that did a runner taking the billions of baht with them remember.

 

No it isn't.

 

It's about a tin pot thug, begging for something he threw away when he bullied his way into power.

 

 

Edited February 13, 2018 by Enoon