Ex-mayor’s sentence for pant-stripping assault commuted

[snoop1130]

Ex-mayor’s sentence for pant-stripping assault commuted

By The Nation

 

Former Ban Phai mayor Premsak Piayura

 

The Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted the jail sentence of a veteran Khon Kaen politician found guilty of indecent assaulting a journalist to two months in detention.

 

Former Ban Phai mayor Premsak Piayura and his aide Buathong Lokan locked several reporters in his office in July 2016, berated them for staining his honour and stripped one to his underpants.

 

The attack came after the Daily News reporter questioned Premsak, then 51, over rumours and evidence he was engaged to a schoolgirl and had paid the bride price of a car and Bt400,000.

 

The court commuted Premsak and his aide’s sentence on grounds that this was their first criminal offence and they had agreed to pay compensation of Bt100,000.

 

Media representative Pramote Sribura said Wednesday's decision was satisfactory, though he had expected stronger punishment for the attack.

 

Premsak’s Bt100,000 compensation offer was refused by reporters, who said they would not be bought off and should not be harassed for doing their journalistic duties.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30394255

 

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[YetAnother]

7 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The court commuted Premsak and his aide’s sentence on grounds that this was their first criminal offence

pathetic; pure thai logic; say he killed 100 people....: 'it's ok, first offense'

 

[mark131v]

Well I never saw that coming for one of the landed gentry to get out of serving time...

 

The best judiciary money can buy....!

[Justgrazing]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

, berated them for staining his honour and stripped one to his underpants

Kinky .. where do the cuffs come into it .. 

[sammieuk1]

Sounds like a Tory party to me remove his whip and flog him with it he sounds like a right bleeding pervert ????

[chuang]

Money talks..

[djayz]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Premsak’s Bt100,000 compensation offer was refused by reporters, who said they would not be bought off and should not be harassed for doing their journalistic duties.

Good on 'em! 

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted the jail sentence of a veteran Khon Kaen politician found guilty of indecent assaulting a journalist to two months in detention.

Thai justice at it's lowest again.

[Baerboxer]

14 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Sounds like a Tory party to me remove his whip and flog him with it he sounds like a right bleeding pervert ????

 

More like a Keith Vaz party! 

 

Read about his little parties and how he avoided a police inquiry over his unusual wealth; lied to Parliament and went into a mental health hospital. Now back as the Chair of his former constituency's Labour Party!

 

Politicians seem to enjoy immunity from the laws we mere plebs are ruled by. In every country,

[Misterwhisper]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

berated them for staining his honour

Yeah, right. What honor?

 

BTW: Did he, or did he not, "engage" to a (underage) schoolgirl as alleged? Does anyone know? Because if so, he had already stained his oh so precious honor at that very moment and no outside "staining assistance" was needed.

[Surelynot]

15 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Kinky .. where do the cuffs come into it .. 

They cost extra

[scorecard]

52 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

Yeah, right. What honor?

 

BTW: Did he, or did he not, "engage" to a (underage) schoolgirl as alleged? Does anyone know? Because if so, he had already stained his oh so precious honor at that very moment and no outside "staining assistance" was needed.

That was proven earlier.

[nahkit]

1 hour ago, Misterwhisper said:

Yeah, right. What honor?

 

BTW: Did he, or did he not, "engage" to a (underage) schoolgirl as alleged? Does anyone know? Because if so, he had already stained his oh so precious honor at that very moment and no outside "staining assistance" was needed.

There were pictures published at the time of him handing over the dowry although he claimed he was just helping them out.

 

[Dogmatix]

To be sure this world have worked out differently, if it had been the reporter who debagged the mayor.

[Scott Tracy]

Everyone in the picture is complicit in a crime. No one cared?

[KKr]

3 minutes ago, Scott Tracy said:

Everyone in the picture is complicit in a crime. No one cared?

underage meaning how old? looks older than 14, she does.

[FangFerang]

2 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

Yeah, right. What honor?

 

BTW: Did he, or did he not, "engage" to a (underage) schoolgirl as alleged? Does anyone know? Because if so, he had already stained his oh so precious honor at that very moment and no outside "staining assistance" was needed.

The issue of his "engagement" and "paid bride price" was soundly avoided in the article.