Outpouring of public support for judge suspected of attempting suicide in Yala court

[rooster59]

Outpouring of public support for judge suspected of attempting suicide in Yala court

By The Nation

 

People place flowers in front of the Yala provincial court with an appeal that reads, “Return verdict to the judge, return justice to the people”. The appeal has been trending on social media. Charoon Thongnual/NationPhoto

 

People on Saturday placed flowers in front of the Yala Provincial Court to show their support for Khanakorn Pianchana, a judge who allegedly tried to kill himself on Friday in the court premises.  A message that said “Return verdict to the judge, return justice to the people” was also placed among the flowers.

 

 

The judge shockingly shot himself in the courtroom on Friday after he had finished hearing a case against a gang of alleged criminals.

 

News reports suggested that his supervisors had forced him to alter the verdict against his will.

 

Since Friday, Thai netizens have been debating and sharing news reports about the shocking event. The outcry “Return verdict to the judge, return justice to the people” was trending on social media on Saturday.

 

The Office of the Judiciary announced on Friday (October 4) that the court would investigate a judge of the Yala provincial court who allegedly tried to commit suicide in his courtroom.

 

Khanakorn, a senior judge at the Yala provincial court, reportedly pulled out a pistol and shot himself in the stomach at the end of a hearing on Friday afternoon, officials said.

 

The Office of the Judiciary reported that the judge had been moved out of the hospital’s intensive care unit and was now out of danger. A preliminary enquiry revealed that personal stress was the reason behind Khanakorn’s suspected suicide attempt, however the court will investigate further, officials said.

 

News reports and local media outlets suggested that before shooting himself, Khanakorn had posted on his Facebook page that his supervisors were allegedly trying to influence his judgement in the criminal case. The post was later removed. Social media, however, has laid hands on and widely shared a 25-page statement supposedly posted on Facebook by Khanakorn.

 

The statement reveals that the case Khanakorn was hearing related to national security and was linked to secret associations, conspiracy and gun-law offences. The document allegedly described disagreements among senior judges over the ruling and Khanakorn’s reported decision to acquit all five defendants.

 

At the end of the document, there is a quote that read: “Return verdict to the judge, return justice to the people”, suggesting that his supervisor judges had allegedly violated the principle of independence of a judge in delivering a verdict.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30377117

 

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[Chang_paarp]

In a previous story the judge was going to find the defendants not guilty because the prosecutors did not prove guilt. It seems the prosecution did not seem to think they had to do their job correctly, unfortunately they were proven correct.

[Banana7]

Maybe the defendants didn't make the necessary payments to the Judge's boss? I hope the Prime Minister launches a public investigation who made the Judge change the verdict, and fire and jail that person and his accomplices.

 

How many more innocent people are in Thai jails?

[Prairieboy]

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

News reports suggested that his supervisors had forced him to alter the verdict against his will

No, that is impossible, not here in Thailand - I can't believe it!  The supervisors must have received some fat envelopes from the criminal organization.

[unamazedloso]

There is no real law and justice in this country. Its a joke!!

[Skallywag]

27 minutes ago, unamazedloso said:

There is no real law and justice in this country. Its a joke!!

Please name a country where justice prevails 100% of the time. 

Sadly they do not exist.  Humans are imperfect, hence we live in an imperfect world

[Langkawee]

2 hours ago, Banana7 said:

Maybe the defendants didn't make the necessary payments to the Judge's boss? I hope the Prime Minister launches a public investigation who made the Judge change the verdict, and fire and jail that person and his accomplices.

 

How many more innocent people are in Thai jails?

I wish i lived in your dream land of hope. Did you arrive in Thailand on the banana boat yesterday? 

[Langkawee]

2 hours ago, Banana7 said:

Maybe the defendants didn't make the necessary payments to the Judge's boss? I hope the Prime Minister launches a public investigation who made the Judge change the verdict, and fire and jail that person and his accomplices.

 

How many more innocent people are in Thai jails?

I wish i lived in your dream land of hope. Did you arrive in Thailand on the banana boat yesterday? 

[joecoolfrog]

7 hours ago, Skallywag said:

Please name a country where justice prevails 100% of the time. 

Sadly they do not exist.  Humans are imperfect, hence we live in an imperfect world

Its all relative , 90% is better than 10%.

[Democracy74]

A Judge that brings a gun in to a court room, then shoots himself in the chest because he gets overruled by his superiors is showing signs of bad judgement and perhaps a mental breakdown and is therefore not the best person to rule on other peoples fates.

[Reigntax]

On 10/6/2019 at 11:33 AM, Banana7 said:

Maybe the defendants didn't make the necessary payments to the Judge's boss? I hope the Prime Minister launches a public investigation who made the Judge change the verdict, and fire and jail that person and his accomplices.

 

How many more innocent people are in Thai jails?

How many guilty people have brought their freedom?

When you have the biggest criminals running the country there is no hope at all.

[Reigntax]

On 10/6/2019 at 8:46 PM, joecoolfrog said:

Its all relative , 90% is better than 10%.

Unfortunately Thailand operates on 10% are above the law and 90% should pay the 10% if they want any justice