Thai police arrest foreigner who robbed home of Deputy Prime Minister Prawit

[Yann55]

12 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

15 minutes ago, Yann55 said:

 

 

 

Indeed. I've always believed that a rich person is someone who was either lucky, or born in the right place, or very clever, or very hard-working, or a bit of all this put together, whereas a VERY rich person is a thief who hasn't been caught.

 

Whereas, those who have been stealing on a grand scale over centuries are called the aristocracy.

 

... and love to call themselves the 'elite'... such supreme irony, since the word comes from the French élite, which derives from the latin eligere, which means... to elect.... and elected is exactly what they're NOT.

 

 

 

 

Edited June 17, 2018 by Yann55

[bluesofa]

6 minutes ago, Zack61 said:

I’ll bet they won’t list the recovered items. 

I've seen the police report already:

Banknotes - various, assorted, property of housemaid

Watches - assorted, borrowed from various sources

 

[Yann55]

8 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

But the new phenomenon is the political crook who leeches billions and then screams it's all "political" when caught. They are getting even richer than footballers - 555 !

 

Hum ... who could you possibly be thinking of ... Does his name start with Thak and (so aptly) ends with sin ?

[Baerboxer]

Just now, Yann55 said:

 

Hum ... who could you possibly be thinking of ... Does his name start with Thak and (so aptly) ends with sin ?

 

555!

 

But it's a spreading world phenomenon. In 2017 the EU introduced legislation making it harder to charge politicians or so I've reliably been informed. In the UK several politicians are seemingly avoiding being really investigated for alleged sex offences and one is also been shown to be unusually rich but the police stopped questioning him because he didn't feel very well. They say it's not who he knows, but what he knows about who he knows that protects him. He's hated by the electorate but still gets voted in each election with a big majority. Go figure.

 

Also we had the current IMF head found guilty of corruption but the judge decided it merited no punishment, as he was allowed to. But she and the IMF simply shrugged it off.

 

Politicians and their elite political class have developed an immunity to scandal and the law. There was a time when a whiff of scandal meant career end. Not anymore. 

[sawadee1947]

Why he's in troubles?

For borrowing some watches? 

Or taking money what these HiSos "borrowed " from others? 

[ostyan]

16 hours ago, InfinityandBeyond said:

No. He just borrowed them. 

Has the original owner died already?

[ostyan]

23 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

I've seen the police report already:

Banknotes - various, assorted, property of housemaid

Watches - assorted, borrowed from various sources

 

Nay, one source only. A dead friend.

[Chris Renaix]

Robert (Robbie) Williams???  I thought he was in Russia, performing for the opening of the World Cup...

[hanuman2543]

1 hour ago, billsmart said:

One thing I just don't understand, and I read about this all the time, is that when someone's arrested, be they Thai or a Farang, they seem to always confess! Why is that? Why would anyone confess to committing a crime like this? ?

A plasticbag over your head or getting in contact with a telephone book can be very convincing I heard.

[Huckenfell]

Bus driver says that he heard a suitcase ticking in the luggage compartment so he pulled over to investigate..

[TKDfella]

A thief is a thief is a thief! If the man did indeed steal from others in accepted criminal fashion then he deserves punishment. This is a crime in most countries and I assume Thailand is no different. If he has broken the law (regardless to/from whom) then he should pay the consequences.

[Tongue Thaid]

He must have been watched

[Lampang2]

Well, he fits right in with your comment. Flip-flops, wifebeaters, shorts and tattoos...

Chicken legs.

[Snig27]

Surely that was just one of Prawit's homes. On his military salary, he can no doubt afford quite a few.

Edited June 17, 2018 by Snig27

[lvr181]

18 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Who says crime pays?

Well, it does pay.............the Police, the Judiciary, lawyers etc etc.   

[peperobi]

18 hours ago, FarangryBirds said:

Did he steal any watches??? 

In that case, the problem for Gen. Prawit is over....

[bluesofa]

2 minutes ago, peperobi said:

In that case, the problem for Gen. Prawit is over....

Looks like it's a remake of the1980s Lee Majors series, The Fall Guy, now starring Robert Alexander Williams.

 

[Krataiboy]

Thank goodness for those police watch-dogs.

[bluesofa]

3 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

Thank goodness for those police watch-dogs.

You mean like this?

 

[Jonmarleesco]

Prawit's minions should have been keeping a better watch. No doubt he's counted them all, just to be sure.  

[oldlakey]

19 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Who says crime pays?

Anybody who has benefited from it I suppose

[sead]

19 hours ago, FarangryBirds said:

Did he steal any watches??? 

He took them all. So Prawit is sueing for 80 million bht. Prawit only needs to show the receipts to the insurance company.

[Vacuum]

1 hour ago, lvr181 said:

Well, it does pay.............the Police, the Judiciary, lawyers etc etc.   

....banks, bankers.

[Vacuum]

1 hour ago, Krataiboy said:

Thank goodness for those police watch-dogs.

Just curious. What's a "kratai"?

[Krataiboy]

56 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

Just curious. What's a "kratai"?

Thai for rabbit. They make lousy watch-dogs.

[happy chappie]

20 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Who says crime pays?

Prawit...

[Vacuum]

1 minute ago, Krataiboy said:

Thai for rabbit. They make lousy watch-dogs.

Thanks.

[lvr181]

2 hours ago, bluesofa said:

You mean like this?

 

Is it's name "Dimwit"?  Or is my spelling wrong? 

[wvavin]

Its strange that they weren't targeting his watches.

[bluesofa]

17 minutes ago, lvr181 said:

Is it's name "Dimwit"?  Or is my spelling wrong? 

Well close, it's something end in 'wit' - oh yes - Nitwit.