Thailand drops charges against Red Bull heir in deadly hit-and-run

[sambum]

13 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

It sure was the point in the context that my comment was made.  Read the comment that I responded to.

Which was? You've made that many!

[transam]

Now farangland will fully understand LOS......

Yes the family may now be millionaries, but the cop didn't get his justice..????

[jvs]

3 minutes ago, transam said:

Now farangland will fully understand LOS......

Yes the family may now be millionaries, but the cop didn't get his justice..????

Yes it is worldnews,time to boycott Red Bull racing F1.

Lets hope the world will start to realize what is going on and act accordingly .

Thai police lives matter!

 

[Bob A Kneale]

13 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

28 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

The family received millions of baht years ago, shortly after the accident and agreed not to pursue charges against him

3 million Baht is hardly a king ransom as far as I am aware thats all they got

I don't believe that they were asking for a king's ransom and B3m for relatives (there was no wife or children to support) is not bad for Thailand which is the context in which Thai compensation has to be considered .

[Bob A Kneale]

12 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

So what are you suggesting? 

I wasn't suggesting anything, I was responding to a member's post.

[Damo666]

The family of the deceased accepted a large payment soon after the death. They would have to explain that in court. Explains their silence. This is media hype & old news anyway.

[Bob A Kneale]

11 minutes ago, sambum said:

Which was? You've made that many!

Click on the 'return' arrow/icon, top right on the post that you commented on, it'll take you back to the relevant post of mine.

Edited July 24, 2020 by Bob A Kneale

[connda]

Just be quiet little people.  Stay out of the affairs of your betters.  You'll all whine and cry for 48 hours and then you'll be distracted by some other tidbit of gossip. 
Get your masks on and obey the law, which is for you, not for the elite. 

[Bob A Kneale]

9 hours ago, jonclark said:

So he didn't murder a policeman then?

No, he didn't, he wasn't charged with murder because, regardless of how you and so many Thaivisa posters choose to look at it, he didn't murder the officer.

[sambum]

28 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

It sure was the point in the context that my comment was made.  Read the comment that I responded to.

Don't know why you made the "Sad" emoji - I would really like to know which comment you are responding to - you made at least half a dozen posts on the previous page alone!

[Bob A Kneale]

1 minute ago, sambum said:

I would really like to know which comment you are responding to - you made at least half a dozen posts on the previous page alone!

I've already told you how to find it, read the post a few above this!...

"Click on the 'return' arrow/icon, top right on the post that you commented on, it'll take you back to the relevant post of mine".

I can't make it any clearer than that.

[Airbagwill]

It is difficult to know which is more reprehensible, the actions of the driver or the subsequent actions of the law.

[rkidlad]

12 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

I wasn't suggesting anything, I was responding to a member's post.

Right......

It's just in this post you seemed to have taken real umbrage with people calling it murder. Not sure that's what I'd be focusing on when talking about a man who committed vehicular manslaughter, ran off evading justice and then paid his way out and got off scot-free. 

 

As you said, calling it murder is the real farce. But is it really the real farce in this whole affair? Seems like a gross exaggeration to exonerate him.  

Edited July 24, 2020 by rkidlad

[jvs]

9 minutes ago, Damo666 said:

The family of the deceased accepted a large payment soon after the death. They would have to explain that in court. Explains their silence. This is media hype & old news anyway.

Here in Thailand it is normal in a case like this the family receives money,all part of the system.

Paying off the family is the first hurdle,next comes the police and court system.

 

[sambum]

13 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

Click on the 'return' arrow/icon, top right on the post that you commented on, it'll take you back to the relevant post of mine.

All I can see on the top right is the post number, report post, and share - no return/icon arrow - why don't you just tell me the post number you are referring to?

 

[Dap]

12 hours ago, scorecard said:

And no mention of why the charges have been dropped.

No explanation is necessary when the authority considers itself above reproach and the general public have experienced this throughout their existence. What will change? ... nothing!

[Elreeco]

13 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

How the other half (or 1%) live !

If he had been some poor peasant farmer, this would never have happened.

I wonder how the family of the deceased feel about this strange decision ?

_{Life's like a sh1* sandwich - the more bread you've got the less sh1* you eat....}

[Airbagwill]

4 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

Right......

It's just in this post you seemed to have taken real umbrage with people calling it murder. Not sure that's what I'd be focusing on when talking about a man who committed vehicular manslaughter, ran off evading justice and then paid his way out and got off scot-free. 

 

As you said, calling it murder is the real farce. But is it really the real farce in this whole affair? Seems like a gross exaggeration to exonerate him.  

There are various legal terms for loss of life in different countries. however surely it is beyond doubt that whatever legal terminology you care to use, he killed the man.

 

[Bob A Kneale]

2 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

It's just in this post you seemed to have taken real umbrage with people calling it murder. Not sure that's what I'd be focusing on when talking about a man who committed vehicular manslaughter, ran off evading justice and then paid his way out and got off scot-free. 

 

As you said, calling it murder is the real farce. But is it really the real farce in this whole affair? Seems like a gross exaggeration to exonerate him.  

"It's just in this post you seemed to have taken real umbrage with people calling it murder".

Why not?  He didn't murder anyone.

 

"...talking about a man who committed vehicular manslaughter, ran off evading justice and then paid his way out and got off scot-free". 

You mean "paid his way out" by compensating the family, the legal and common way that things work here?  In the Thai legal system, what's wrong with that?

[sambum]

12 minutes ago, jvs said:

Here in Thailand it is normal in a case like this the family receives money,all part of the system.

Paying off the family is the first hurdle,next comes the police and court system.

 

Which in this case seems to be non-existent!

[rkidlad]

Just now, Bob A Kneale said:

"It's just in this post you seemed to have taken real umbrage with people calling it murder".

Why not?  He didn't murder anyone.

 

"...talking about a man who committed vehicular manslaughter, ran off evading justice and then paid his way out and got off scot-free". 

You mean "paid his way out" by compensating the family, the legal and common way that things work here?  In the Thai legal system, what's wrong with that?

So just that we're clear - you're okay with the whole outcome of all charges being dropped? 

[Bob A Kneale]

10 minutes ago, sambum said:

20 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

Click on the 'return' arrow/icon, top right on the post that you commented on, it'll take you back to the relevant post of mine.

All I can see on the top right is the post number, report post, and share - no return/icon arrow - why don't you just tell me the post number you are referring to?

375.

 

At the top right of every quoted post is an arrow!

[Bob A Kneale]

9 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Well it is a leading story on BBC and CNN this morning. 

Well, it is a story on BBC and CNN this morning.

[Krabi King]

[rkidlad]

11 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

"It's just in this post you seemed to have taken real umbrage with people calling it murder".

Why not?  He didn't murder anyone.

 

"...talking about a man who committed vehicular manslaughter, ran off evading justice and then paid his way out and got off scot-free". 

You mean "paid his way out" by compensating the family, the legal and common way that things work here?  In the Thai legal system, what's wrong with that?

Also, if the legal and common way is to merely compensate a family for killing one of their members, then why run away? 

[Bob A Kneale]

9 hours ago, Don Mega said:

He'd being flying in and out when ever he please already

Really?

[Bob A Kneale]

9 hours ago, soalbundy said:

13 hours ago, PoodThaiMaiDai said:

I am sure they received a payout to keep them quiet.

It was offered but his widow refused it, she should have taken it and hired a hitman because that would be the only way she would get any justice.

He was a single man, there was no widow!  The relatives accepted the offered compensation.

Edited July 24, 2020 by Bob A Kneale

[Bob A Kneale]

9 hours ago, luckyluke said:

According to BBC News Asia :

 

The relatives of Sergeant-Major Wichian have said little about the case. As usually happens in these situations, the Yoovidhya family have paid them a large sum of money, around $100,000.

In return they have agreed not to press charges themselves.

That is very old news, that compensation was paid years ago!

Edited July 24, 2020 by Bob A Kneale

[Bob A Kneale]

9 hours ago, blacksuitdandruff said:

This form of backroom dealings and getting away with murder happens in every society and country. 

There was no murder in this case.

[transam]

3 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

He was a single man, there was no widow!  The relatives accepted the offered compensation.

But the law has been shown to not work for the cop. Plus the "family" would have had a payout anyway, looks like after 8 years the family were offered another windfall to drop charges, but the driver did something where charges cannot be dropped. Dangerous driving.