Red Bull heir Vorayuth asked to come clean by eight of his relatives

 

 

Eight members of the billionaire Yoovidhya family issued an open letter today (Wednesday) expressing regret over the alleged mishandling of the Red Bull heir Vorayuth Yoovidhya’s fatal hit-and-run case, calling on him to come clean about what happened.

 

They offered an apology over a member of their family having caused anger, hatred and resentment among members of the public.

 

Since the fatal accident on Sukhumvit Road in 2012, the eight family members claimed that Mr. Vorayuth’s immediate relatives have never discussed or informed the wider Yoovidhya family about the case.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/red-bull-heir-vorayuth-asked-to-come-clean-by-eight-of-his-relatives/

 

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No point. He'll just lie.

Typical rich brat who has already shown his lack of character by running away and lack of remorse.

The family should close the money tap and disown him.

Edited July 29, 20205 yr by KarenBravo

Nice PR move, but no go. Why wait 8  years for this open letter?

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Vorayuth’s immediate relatives have never discussed or informed the wider Yoovidhya family about the case.

Just a load of cods wallop, they claim never to have discussed the case ha, ha ha.

????

5 minutes ago, Somtamnication said:

Nice PR move, but no go. Why wait 8  years for this open letter?

They are feeling the heat themselves and also loosing money. They are trying, with this PR move, to stem the tide from being washed out and ostracized themselves.

But why would he now that he has been found not culpable of any charges? if you want to make things right donate a billion or two to help people who are the victims of road accident and can get help from the government or not enough help to carry on living in dignity... 

I'll accept that coming clean but that also means disclosing where the money went, how much and who too 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Red Bull heir Vorayuth asked to come clean by eight of his relatives

Why? Have these family members not been reading the comments of a few select members on TV? Don’t they know that nothing will change and no one in Thailand cares. May as well quit your “whining” and just accept he’s a free man. 
 

Don’t know why officials are back-peddling, denying responsibility and asking for committees to be formed, etc. It’s as if public pressure is making a difference but it clearly isn’t as we’ve been told nothing will change. Weird, huh? 
 

 

I think its very clear what happened. Why he has to come clean while he already finished doing his sentence..

are these the same people who provide him with financial support?

The letter is a bit late and rings hollow.  Everytime I chat with somebody that drinks that poison, I mention the hit and run case.   I think everything about the product and the current family is disgusting.    

27 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

Why? Have these family members not been reading the comments of a few select members on TV? Don’t they know that nothing will change and no one in Thailand cares. May as well quit your “whining” and just accept he’s a free man. 
 

Don’t know why officials are back-peddling, denying responsibility and asking for committees to be formed, etc. It’s as if public pressure is making a difference but it clearly isn’t as we’ve been told nothing will change. Weird, huh? 
 

 

It's clearly they don't read Thai Visa, and certainly don't know what the majority of the Thais think about corruption. 

A clearly sign they don't mix with the "peasants". 

They shouldn't be afraid at all about the "Boss" case. 

Will see in a couple of days what the revision will bring. 

I hope I am wrong, and that finally something will change in Thailand. 

 

Addendum :

It is my opinion that many Thais are not pleased at all with the Boss case. 

But they also know that if something change in the system in Thailand, it may also affect them, in one way or another. 

Not something they really wish. 

 

Edited July 30, 20205 yr by luckyluke

22 minutes ago, MasterBaker said:

are these the same people who provide him with financial support?

Plus a way out of the country, new passport (not sure which country but others have shown it is easily possible) this whole thing stinks of corruption .......!!!

When something is endemic to a whole society it is not just the super-elites that participate. The middle-elites want to feel special too. I dare say that it goes all the way down, with the dog catcher wanting to feel superior to the rat catcher.

Perhaps the boycott of Red Bull is starting to bite?

I was just wondering how many of these 8 relatives would have been involved in the great escape? will they be brought to justice? Just a thought!

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

They are feeling the heat themselves and also loosing money. They are trying, with this PR move, to stem the tide from being washed out and ostracized themselves.

If they were going to lose money from boycott it would have happened 8 years ago. It did not happen then and i dont believe its happening now. If it does it would be for a few weeks then everything forgotten.

 

Much more likely to be upset losing face, comments in public etc. Who knows maybe deep down some of them do think like other members of the public and really dont agree with whats happening.

27 minutes ago, luckyluke said:

It's clearly they don't read Thai Visa, and certainly don't know what the majority of the Thais think about corruption. 

A clearly sign they don't mix with the "peasants". 

They shouldn't be afraid at all about the "Boss" case. 

Will see in a couple of days what the revision will bring. 

I hope I am wrong, and that finally something will change in Thailand. 

 

Addendum :

It is my opinion that many Thais are not pleased at all with the Boss case. 

But they also know that if something change in the system in Thailand, it may also affect them, in one way or another. 

Not something they really wish. 

 

I don’t think your average Thai is worried the outcome of this case may set a precedent for the future that means they won’t be able to get away with vehicular manslaughter whilst under the influence of alcohol and drugs. 
 

Most sober people never plan to drive like lunatics whilst drunk and high on drugs. These poor decisions are made when your inhibitions are low due to the alcohol and drugs.
 

You have a rather low opinion of how your average Thai compartmentalizes their thoughts. 

I sense a Loss Of Face for the rich family, a fate worse than murder!

1 minute ago, rkidlad said:

I don’t think your average Thai is worried the outcome of this case may set a precedent for the future that means they won’t be able to get away with vehicular manslaughter whilst under the influence of alcohol and drugs. 
 

Most sober people never plan to drive like lunatics whilst drunk and high on drugs. These poor decisions are made when your inhibitions are low due to the alcohol and drugs.
 

You have a rather low opinion of how your average Thai compartmentalizes their thoughts. 

I suppose my English is so bad you didn't understand what I wrote. 

After 20 years Thailand, and been able to rub shoulders with a lot of Thais from different social levels, I dare to say that I have a pretty fair insight of them. 

12 minutes ago, luckyluke said:

I suppose my English is so bad you didn't understand what I wrote. 

After 20 years Thailand, and been able to rub shoulders with a lot of Thais from different social levels, I dare to say that I have a pretty fair insight of them. 

Don’t we all. Thaivisa’s biggest Prayut fan claims to have been here even longer than you and look at what he knows. 

Edited July 30, 20205 yr by rkidlad

1 hour ago, Somtamnication said:

Nice PR move, but no go. Why wait 8  years for this open letter?

Worried about RedBull boycott....no other reason

The majority of Thai's don't even care or aren't even interested in this case, they are more preoccupied with getting on with life during COVID19.  Ask any thai walking along the street and it's likely he will say ' i don't care '  not my problem ' .

As for this letter, it's a PR stunt ... simply that.  Made up to look like the relatives are concerned. 

It's nothing to do with Red Bull being affected, the relatives or the company aren't affected as they still live hi-so comfortable lives. It's simply a PR stunt. 

 

11 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

Don’t we all. Thaivisa’s biggest Prayut fan claims to have been here even longer than you and look at what he knows. 

I don't know what others really know, but I know what I know based on my proper experiences. 

 

Now others may have different opinions, fair enough. 

 

But I will stop here with you, you know my opinions. 

 

Not sure I really knows yours, and what you really mean in real life. 

 

I live here 5 minutes from the Thonglor police station. 

 

Always ready to meet you there, for seeing how you concretely express your opinion in real life / face to face with the guys there. 

 

In the meantime I consider you as one of those who like to tell a lot of things behind the anonymity of a forum. 

39 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

I was just wondering how many of these 8 relatives would have been involved in the great escape? will they be brought to justice? Just a thought!

There's an irony there in the phrase 'the great escape', seeing as it was a motorcyclist who was killed.

This reaction may be to smooth over all the problems this ongoing matter is causing. There are plenty of payoffs which need to be investigated and they may now be realising if they don't to try to get closure this stink could do far more damage if they start investigating the attempts to cover this up.

8 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

There's an irony there in the phrase 'the great escape', seeing as it was a motorcyclist who was killed.

I see you are awake this fine morning how many others would have got that?

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

They are feeling the heat themselves and also loosing money. They are trying, with this PR move, to stem the tide from being washed out and ostracized themselves.

They also see themselves as inheritors if the brat gets life imprisonment.

9 minutes ago, luckyluke said:

I don't know what others really know, but I know what I know based on my proper experiences. 

 

Now others may have different opinions, fair enough. 

 

But I will stop here with you, you know my opinions. 

 

Not sure I really knows yours, and what you really mean in real life. 

 

I live here 5 minutes from the Thonglor police station. 

 

Always ready to meet you there, for seeing how you concretely express your opinion in real life / face to face with the guys there. 

 

In the meantime I consider you as one of those who like to tell a lot of things behind the anonymity of a forum. 

You replied to my comment initially and not the other way round. We're all free to counter each other's ideas and points. You can't just state you've lived somewhere X amount of years so you know best. If you know best, then counter it with sound arguments and logic. Not merely posturing. 

 

My opinions on this case are very simple. The more we condemn it and keep it in the spotlight; the more officials and the Red Bull Family have to squirm and lose face. See, the Red Bull rat may well be able to just waltz back into Thailand without any charges laid upon him, but you can bet your last dollar he won't be doing something like this ever again. You can also bet any other spoilt brats might be thinking twice about this sort of beahviour. And that to me is effective change. This is a positive outcome. 

 

And no, I have zero desire to go to any police station to express my opinions. The people involved in this case have dropped the remaining charges and haven't even explained why. Let them explain why they dropped the charges first. 

 

I'm the kind of person who likes to counter bad ideas with good ideas. This mentality is typically despised by people who don't have good ideas and don't want to be called out for it. 

 

 

2 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

Nice PR move, but no go. Why wait 8  years for this open letter?

Maybe they have shares in the company, maybe sales have been on or will decline with the bad publicity, after all, from what I hear people here think of themselves first, just saying.