Thaksin is in Hong Kong. Thailand wants to extradite him.

[webfact]

Thaksin is in Hong Kong. Thailand wants to extradite him.

By The Thaiger

 

 

The exiled former Thai PM, Thaksin Shinawatra, is in Hong Kong to be part of the wedding party in the marriage of his youngest daughter Paetongtarn ‘Ing’ Shinawatra to a commercial pilot, Pidok Sooksawas.

 

Thai authorities are seeking the extradition of the exiled former PM from Hong Kong, according to local HK media. Many of the powerful Shinawatra clan are descending on the Chinese city for the wedding ahead of Sunday’s general election.

 

Thaksin is either a hero or criminal, depending on your side of the Thai political fence. He has outstanding charges and a prison sentence awaiting him if he ever sets foot back in Thailand. Thaksin, who was PM from 2001 to 2006, was deposed in a coup and has been in self-exile since 2008 to escape criminal charges he says are trumped up by the military and establishment.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/thaksin-is-in-hong-kong-thailand-wants-to-extradite-him-1

 

-- © Copyright The Thaiger 2019-03-21

[champers]

Pheu Thai can only benefit from this move by the current regime. Talk about shooting oneself in the foot.

[Samui Bodoh]

Oh just stop this nonsense.

 

Thaksin is NOT going to be extradited. Ever. Period.

 

Countries do NOT extradite Democratically-elected, over-thrown Prime Ministers to the Military Regime that over-threw them; it does NOT happen.

 

And, Thailand has not even submitted a formal request for extradition (according to the story).

 

The reason that Thailand has not even submitted an extradition request is because they know that it will not be honoured. It will not be honoured because Thailand's judicial system is not seen as being up to international standards in general and this case reeks of political overtones specifically. And, if Thai Authorities try to push for extradition, then countries will be forced to state that Thailand's judicial system is not up to international standards, and Thailand will be humiliated.

 

The only way that Thaksin (or Yingluck) will return to Thailand is if they choose to do so.

 

Period.

 

End of discussion.

 

 

[Credo]

That would throw a real spanner in the works.   It would be a handy excuse to halt the elections, though.   

 

[perthuniversity]

lol, bringing thaksin back? at this time? i don't see how that fits in with the landowners' plans of maintaining undemocratic control here

[ezzra]

The only 'Hero' part about Thaksin is that he throw money willy nilly everywhere and at everybody, and that what thai people like, give me money and do what you like, other then that, he's nothing but a self serving politician out there to enrich himself like all the others...

[Somtamnication]

Like him, hate him, the man has 9 lives. He will never be extradited as an elected official by a military junta. Period.

[leeneeds]

Reporting the truth is obviously not in this reporters repertoire. 

[YetAnother]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

to escape criminal charges he says are trumped up by the military and establishment.

sure he fleeced the country; at this point looks better than what we have endured for 5 years and are likely to do so in the near future

[dcnx]

Thailand can’t even make peasants stop at red lights. Extraditing a billionaire from another country is a pipe dream, right up there next to Thais planting a flag on the moon.

[yellowboat]

Sure the legal system in Hong Kong is having a chuckle today.  The closest they will come to honoring this request is to have chicken and cashews for lunch today, or the Chinese version served with peanuts.

[colinneil]

Thai authorities are seeking the extradition of Thaksin.

Keep these jokes coming please, this BS article has given me my first laugh of the day.

[LomSak27]

Thailand and their obsession about extradition - We Will Extradite!! 

 

If you pull up the entire article you will read this:

 

Quote

Thailand and Hong Kong do not have an extradition treaty. 

 

They will Extradite .... knowing full well they have absolutely and positively NO CHANCE of success. 

[Lupatria]

56 minutes ago, leeneeds said:

Reporting the truth is obviously not in this reporters repertoire. 

He probably underwent AA prior to become an expert in AT (alternative truth)

[daboyz1]

They can't even get Red Bull boy, and they think they can get Thaksin?

[Bundooman]

1 hour ago, daboyz1 said:

They can't even get Red Bull boy, and they think they can get Thaksin?

They can't even find that <deleted>!

[Hayduke]

 

Gee...it would be really funny (and wonderfully entertaining) if Hong Kong declared in a mega-news conference that Thaksin had already been detained and would be put on a plane to Thailand...first thing tomorrow morning.

 

 

 

[Ulic]

Nothing but a criminal who gave away the countries money and filled his own pockets with billions. After all, 77% of Thais are ok with corruption as long as it benefits them. When politicians here talk about ending corruption it must be understood that means ending other peoples corruption, not their own. 

[Mainhattencitizen]

1 hour ago, daboyz1 said:

They can't even get Red Bull boy, and they think they can get Thaksin?

I am sure they don`t want to get the Red Bull boy. Too much tea money involved in  that case.

[BritManToo]

1 minute ago, Mainhattencitizen said:

I am sure they don`t want to get the Red Bull boy. Too much tea money involved in  that case.

Thaksin has even more 'tea money' and he was the police/owns the police.

[BritManToo]

27 minutes ago, Hayduke said:

 

Gee...it would be really funny (and wonderfully entertaining) if Hong Kong declared in a mega-news conference that Thaksin had already been detained and would be put on a plane to Thailand...first thing tomorrow morning.

The government would never allow it, they would have to kill him quickly or go to war with him and probably lose.

[BestB]

And just so happens he is near by during an election week, hardly a coincidence 

[Thunder26]

No action, talk only. If they wanted to apprehend Thaksin, they would have done it for a very long time now.

[chainarong]

There wont be any extradition granted,  period.

[RickTik]

... money talks ...

Dirty or not, big money keeps you free.

Get the picture? ????

[NCC1701A]

he has a cool Men In Black- Blues Brothers look going on.

[Eric Loh]

This clown show continue and brought up to humour us. The fact is that the statute of limitations on the Ratchadaphisek land case expire on October 21 2018. He no longer can be brought onto the prosecution process. Junta Law Minister Wissanu said that himself. This extradition talk is another brain fart by the junta. 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, YetAnother said:

sure he fleeced the country; at this point looks better than what we have endured for 5 years and are likely to do so in the near future

Just about everyone fleeces this country to some extent or another... he just got a very large slice & put some peoples noses out of joint !

Extradite him for what, keep him & Yingluk as far away as possible !

[happy chappie]

I just love the thought that I'm a poor farang and can stay and travel around Thailand freely and mr big money bags can't step one foot into his beloved country.tough titties old boy.800,000b in the bank and 90 day reporting won't help you either.

[lipflipper]

I always wonder what is Thaksins end game?? Surely the guy does not wish to die overseas? He must keep the hope alive that someday, somehow he will return to Thailand, not to serve a day in prison and once again try to be a dominant player in the game of politics.

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