Inquiry points finger at senior prosecutor in ‘Boss’ case

[snoop1130]

Inquiry points finger at senior prosecutor in ‘Boss’ case

By The Nation

 

 

The government inquiry into the fatal hit-and-run case of Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya has revealed more evidence pointing to a high-level conspiracy to get Boss off the hook.

 

Vicha Mahakun, who heads the inquiry, said records showed a senior prosecutor had arranged a meeting between a lecturer and a police lieutenant colonel that resulted in the estimated crash speed of Vorayuth’s Ferrari being changed dramatically.

 

The name of the senior prosecutor, who works in the Bangkok office, was not revealed by Vicha.

 

However, last month a forensic police officer told a House committee he had changed the estimated crash speed from 177kph to 79kph on the advice of King Mongkut Institute of Technology lecturer Saiprasit Kerdniyom, who was brought to him by a commander.

 

On Wednesday, Vicha said his inquiry had video and records that reveal the prosecutor took Police Lieutenant Colonel “Th” and a police general to meet Associate Professor “S”, to propose a new speed calculation method.

 

The prosecutor also allegedly changed the recorded date of the 2016 meeting to February 26, when members of the group were abroad. The records show it actually occurred three days later on February 29.

 

Video of the group’s conversation was checked by the inquiry, said Vicha.

 

Yesterday, assistant national police chief Lt-General Jaruwat Wisaya held a press conference on the police probe of 21 officers accused of mishandling the case.

 

Jaruwat said that former national police chief Somyot Poompanmoung could not be summoned for interrogation since he was no longer in the post.

 

Somyot allegedly brought lecturer Saiprasit to meet forensic police officer Pol Col Thanasit Taengchan, resulting in the crash speed recalculation.

 

However, Jaruwat said Vicha’s inquiry had not revealed the name of the high-ranking police officer at the meeting, so further investigation was necessary.

 

Jaruwat added that police will check their own records of the meeting’s date, which do not match with Vicha’s report.

 

He also said the police would take legal action against the 21 accused officers.

 

Athapol Yaisawang, chief of the Public Prosecutor Commission, said new evidence from the Vicha-led panel would be examined by the commission as soon as possible.

 

On August 31, Thong Lor police investigators used new evidence to indict Vorayuth on three charges: reckless driving causing death, failing to help a victim after a crash and drug abuse.

 

Police say they will apply for an Interpol warrant for Vorayuth’s extradition from abroad once prosecutors accept the case.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30393972

 

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[Surelynot]

3 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Vicha Mahakun

Warming to this guy.......it would nice to see him in a position to sort out this mass of corruption called Thailand......although I suspect he might meet with an untimely demise.

[YetAnother]

4 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

He also said the police would take legal action against the 21 accused officers

21 no less; nice and not so nice; o well, thai justice laid bare

[worgeordie]

5 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Police say they will apply for an Interpol warrant for Vorayuth’s extradition from abroad once prosecutors accept the case.

Maybe that should be an  IF,  they already tried that but it did not last long,was soon removed.

 

regards worgeordie

[polpott]

8 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Jaruwat said that former national police chief Somyot Poompanmoung could not be summoned for interrogation since he was no longer in the post.

Dosn't mean he can't be prosecuted for crimes committed whilst in post. Charge him and interview him under caution.

 

You can see where this is going, jail a few small fry and let the big fish walk.

[Justgrazing]

11 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Inquiry points finger at senior prosecutor in ‘Boss’ case

Need to get a pic' of Inquiry pointing to go with the words ..

Edited September 3, 2020 by Justgrazing
Sp

[seajae]

being a police officer he will get a slap on the wrist, should be charged and put away same as all the others involved but loss of face means they will get away with it. 

[Phuketshrew]

37 minutes ago, YetAnother said:

39 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

He also said the police would take legal action against the 21 accused officers

... and they were also doing this against one of their own ... scum bags

[anchadian]

The BP are saying that the police have knowledge of Mr Vorayuth's whereabouts.

[RickBradford]

Lay off the cynicism, guys, however understandable.

 

Any pushback against corruption has to start with individual high-profile cases, and this is a juicy one.

 

Consciously or subconsciously, this effort to bring a rich guy to justice despite high-level corruption is being noted around the country. It may lead to better things in future, or it may be a one-off. Even that would be a small win.

[DrTuner]

9 minutes ago, RickBradford said:

Any pushback against corruption has to start with individual high-profile cases, and this is a juicy one.

The question is, is this just an attempt to get a bit more $ out of it before burying under the carpet.

 

Cynicism is a good survival strategy in LOS.

[djayz]

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Police say they will apply for an Interpol warrant for Vorayuth’s extradition from abroad once prosecutors accept the case.

Yeah, because the first warrant worked wonders in getting him before a judge! 

[Geoffggi]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The government inquiry into the fatal hit-and-run case of Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya has revealed more evidence pointing to a high-level conspiracy to get Boss off the hook.

Well who would have thought it ..........LOL A three year old could work this out so why has it only just dawned on the government, I hope the world press take note of all this .....!!!

[ChrisY1]

12 hours ago, polpott said:

Dosn't mean he can't be prosecuted for crimes committed whilst in post. Charge him and interview him under caution.

 

You can see where this is going, jail a few small fry and let the big fish walk.

I don't know why, But Somyot is untouchable

[polpott]

4 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

I don't know why, But Somyot is untouchable

I think that's fairly obvious. One of their own.

[klauskunkel]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Police say they will apply for an Interpol warrant

Last time they said this, the process got stuck with "incorrect forms", "unable to translate" and "misunderstandings" until it quietly died...

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, djayz said:

Yeah, because the first warrant worked wonders in getting him before a judge! 

If the first one actually existed?

[Misterwhisper]

So.... where are the arrest warrants and indictments against Prof. Saiprasit, Pol Col Thanasit, and the unnamed prosecutor?????

 

Aiding a fugitive from the law and tampering with evidence are actually CRIMES, you know?!

[trucking]

The first brown envelope has long been opened. Those following on are going to get progressively smaller.

[Scott Tracy]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

However, Jaruwat said Vicha’s inquiry had not revealed the name of the high-ranking police officer at the meeting, so further investigation was necessary.

 

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

On Wednesday, Vicha said his inquiry had video and records that reveal the prosecutor took Police Lieutenant Colonel “Th” and a police general to meet Associate Professor “S”, to propose a new speed calculation method.

 

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Video of the group’s conversation was checked by the inquiry, said Vicha.

 

video not a lot not good then, if it doesn't show the attendees.

[statman78]

"He also said the police would take legal action against the 21 accused officers."

 

Let's hope there is a lot more legal action taken.  These 21 officers are only the grunts.  They were taking orders from people higher up.

[spidermike007]

Everything, and I mean everything, will be done to protect the very, very corrupt police. It is the law of this land. It seems to be the duty of the army. Let us see if any end up serving time. I would bet my house against that happening. They will find a scapegoat, or two, just like they did on Dark Tao.  

[smutcakes]

16 hours ago, Surelynot said:

Warming to this guy.......it would nice to see him in a position to sort out this mass of corruption called Thailand......although I suspect he might meet with an untimely demise.

Vicha is just as corruptable as the rest. When he was head of the NACC he was used as an attack dog on every Yingluck case whislt forgetting all the other wrongdoing. He knows nothing will come of any of this.

[Bender Rodriguez]

check their finances and unusual wealth

 

and there are telling us there are no CCTV where the accident occured? with date stamp ?  distance A to distance B in xx seconds =  km/hour ?  to difficult ?

[natway09]

Brown envelopes flying everywhere. Now this guy is working on a bigger one or does he have some decency ??

[ChipButty]

6 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

So.... where are the arrest warrants and indictments against Prof. Saiprasit, Pol Col Thanasit, and the unnamed prosecutor?????

 

Aiding a fugitive from the law and tampering with evidence are actually CRIMES, you know?!

Aiding and abetting to pervert the coarse of justice to start with and then conspiracy, bribery and corruption if I was in charge I'd bang them all up and watch them start singing like a cannery, all of them are a flight risk and in the meantime check their bank accounts bye the way 

[djayz]

10 hours ago, hotchilli said:

If the first one actually existed?

There are those who claimed that it existed, but then again there are people who claim that Santa Clause really does exist too. Hard to know. My money is on Santa.