Korn's stepson gets bail after cocaine bust

By The Nation

 

Phanthit Mahapaoraya

 

The South Bangkok Criminal Court released a stepson of former finance minister Korn Chatikavanij on bail on Friday, a day after he was arrested in a taxi with a small amount of cocaine.

 

The court approved a temporary release of Phanthit Mahapaoraya, 27, after he placed Bt10,000 as a guarantee.

 

The court ordered him to report to the court on June 21.

 

Phanthit was arrested at 4am on Thursday by Thonglor police at a checkpoint at Ocean Tower 1 on Ratchadaphisek Road in Bangkok’s Khlong Toey district.

 

Police said they found a small zip-lock bag containing 0.9 grams of cocaine in his trouser pocket.

 

Phanthit admitted to Thonglor police that he bought the drug from a friend, who he is not close to, at a restaurant in Ratchadamri and took some of the drugs in the toilet. He allegedly said he planned to take the rest at home.

 

Police said they had yet to interrogate four more witnesses and wait for a lab test to confirm the quality of the drug.

 

He was charged with having cocaine, which carries a jail term of up to five years and a fine of Bt50,000 if there is less than 100 grams.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30344606

 

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Will he get the same teatment and harsh punishment like Yooyee or will he get the "VIP"treatment like the "Boss" Vorayuth?

 

3 minutes ago, hanuman2543 said:

Will he get the same teatment and harsh punishment like Yooyee or will he get the "VIP"treatment like the "Boss" Vorayuth?

Well, he's a silly big boy who was caught with a tiny amount of nose candy on his person. He's not a hi-so killer like Vorayudh.  Yooyee  was caught with 251mg (a tiny amount) has IMO, been the victim of a huge miscarriage of justice. she got 15 years with about 11 to go.

"He was charged with having cocaine, which carries a jail term of up to 5 years and a fine of Bt50,000 if there is less than 100 grams."

She had 251 mg and was fined 1.5 million baht and sentenced to 15 years.

 

What’s with the blurring of the picture around the wrists...

Edited May 4, 20188 yr by Bluespunk

20 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

Well, he's a silly big boy who was caught with a tiny amount of nose candy on his person. He's not a hi-so killer like Vorayudh.  Yooyee  was caught with 251mg (a tiny amount) has IMO, been the victim of a huge miscarriage of justice. she got 15 years with about 11 to go.

"He was charged with having cocaine, which carries a jail term of up to 5 years and a fine of Bt50,000 if there is less than 100 grams."

She had 251 mg and was fined 1.5 million baht and sentenced to 15 years.

 

Had flown in, so done for importation.. harsh though I agree, someone had something against her.

1 hour ago, hanuman2543 said:

Will he get the same teatment and harsh punishment like Yooyee or will he get the "VIP"treatment like the "Boss" Vorayuth?

 

Get your facts straight before you attempt thai bashing, or , get a life not revolving around such trivia .

Bail is a privilige of rank. If truth be known all these hi-sos, or at least their offspring, are into cocaine, and gambling, and god knows what else. Now if he'd been caught with yaba, or in some lo-so card game, that would be shocking.

1 hour ago, keithpa said:

Get your facts straight before you attempt thai bashing, or , get a life not revolving around such trivia .

Can you elaborate?I have a life thank you. Since when is it up to you to decide what I can write or not? I suggest you keep your mouth shut and put me on your ignore list if you wish so.

Edited May 4, 20188 yr by hanuman2543

48 minutes ago, hanuman2543 said:

Can you elaborate?I have a life thank you. Since when is it up to you to decide what I can write or not? I suggest you keep your mouth shut and put me on your ignore list if you wish so.

I am just trying to help you be a better person.

49 minutes ago, hanuman2543 said:

Can you elaborate?I have a life thank you. Since when is it up to you to decide what I can write or not? I suggest you keep your mouth shut and put me on your ignore list if you wish so.

I'm with you on this one,there's no Thai bashing.it came across more like describing the Thai scales of justice which seem to swing all over the place depending who they are and net worth.oh and if you were Thai bashing it was only about junkies,drug smugglers and killers,who all happen to be Thai as this is Thailand.

Another rich and easy victim to get busted....just to extort money from his family....and in the meantime the hard core crooks and wholesale drug dealers are free to practice their trade, perhaps with "holy golden-wing protection" ?!

4 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Police said they had yet to interrogate four more witnesses and wait for a lab test to confirm the quality of the drug.

And when they find the results of the quality of the drug?

21 minutes ago, keithpa said:

I am just trying to help you be a better person.

You think too mut

2 hours ago, happy chappie said:

I'm with you on this one,there's no Thai bashing.it came across more like describing the Thai scales of justice which seem to swing all over the place depending who they are and net worth.oh and if you were Thai bashing it was only about junkies,drug smugglers and killers,who all happen to be Thai as this is Thailand.

I second that. 

11 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

What’s with the blurring of the picture around the wrists...

 

Don´t bother it´s only some unidentified object they say limits he freedom. 

Had flown in, so done for importation.. harsh though I agree, someone had something against her.

I could be wrong here, but I remwmber reading something about her being about to expose influential people involved in wildlife trafficking.

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Is it now just LM that cant be bought out ?

15 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

What’s with the blurring of the picture around the wrists...

 

Perhaps he's wearing somebody else's watch?

12 hours ago, observer90210 said:

Another rich and easy victim to get busted....just to extort money from his family....and in the meantime the hard core crooks and wholesale drug dealers are free to practice their trade, perhaps with "holy golden-wing protection" ?!

Worth a second thought:

 

Criminalization of drug use and possession has had almost no impact on actual levels of drug use. However, the criminalizing of drugs does practically ensure a cycle of criminality and greater prison sentences. At this point, it’s evident that the War on Drugs is a frantic grasp for control in a broken system.

15 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

What’s with the blurring of the picture around the wrists...

 

They're jewel encrusted bracelets made by Rolex, reserved for the high end felons - I think they're just shimmering.

16 hours ago, hanuman2543 said:

Will he get the same teatment and harsh punishment like Yooyee or will he get the "VIP"treatment like the "Boss" Vorayuth?

 

I would put my money at 20 to 1 that he  gets the VIP treatment. A proper bookie in The UK would have about five different out comes for different odds.

Odd that they searched passengers in the taxi too. You have no rights in Thailand. And why than less than a gram is even brought into the spot light is just moronic. 

At least the police took action rather than cover it up. Credit to them.

1 hour ago, holy cow cm said:

Odd that they searched passengers in the taxi too. You have no rights in Thailand. And why than less than a gram is even brought into the spot light is just moronic. 

Why is that odd? If it's a spot check, they can check pretty much what/who they want to - same as in most (all?) countries. 

8 minutes ago, djayz said:

Why is that odd? If it's a spot check, they can check pretty much what/who they want to - same as in most (all?) countries. 

Because he is a normal guy in a taxi. A paying passenger. And no, this does not happen in most all countries to the paying taxi customer. Private vehicles yes. 

8 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

Odd that they searched passengers in the taxi too. You have no rights in Thailand. And why than less than a gram is even brought into the spot light is just moronic. 

So ,were you to be caught with the same amount of cocaine in your home country would you not be arrested ? Where do you know that cocaine of less then an ounce is legal?

2 hours ago, AsiaHand said:

So ,were you to be caught with the same amount of cocaine in your home country would you not be arrested ? Where do you know that cocaine of less then an ounce is legal?

It was less than a gram which is 1/28th of an ounce, and there are countries where possessing that amount is legal or decriminalised - Switzerland,  Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Peru, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia. More still where it is essentially decriminalised in practice.

Edited May 5, 20188 yr by rwdrwdrwd

16 hours ago, AsiaHand said:

So ,were you to be caught with the same amount of cocaine in your home country would you not be arrested ? Where do you know that cocaine of less then an ounce is legal?

Police are not going to yank you out of a taxi in any other country and search you. Even Singapore or Indonesia is not going to do that. Less than a gram is irrelevant. 

17 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

Police are not going to yank you out of a taxi in any other country and search you. Even Singapore or Indonesia is not going to do that. Less than a gram is irrelevant. 

Where did you get this strange concept that taxi passengers have either more rights or immunity from police action than other citizens?

5 hours ago, halloween said:

Where did you get this strange concept that taxi passengers have either more rights or immunity from police action than other citizens?

You are lost. Only here is it invasion of privacy as citizens and us have no rights. In any normal country the passenger is neutral and is never approached.