PM orders Thai authorities to seek Interpol’s help to apprehend Red Bull scion

[webfact]

PM orders Thai authorities to seek Interpol’s help to apprehend Red Bull scion

 

Photo from Prayut Chan-o-cha Facebook

 

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed authorities to coordinate with Interpol to issue a Red Notice for Red Bull heir Vorayuth Yoovidhya to have him provisionally arrested and held, pending extradition back to Thailand to stand trial on charges related to an eight year old fatal hit-and-run case.

 

The Prime Minister said today that, since the prosecutors in charge of the case have decided to indict the fugitive on charges of reckless driving causing the death of another person and illicit drug use, the next step is for them to instruct the police to bring him to court to stand trial.

 

Interpol will alert its member countries of the Red Notice, adding that he expects an update from the Thai police within a week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/pm-orders-thai-authorities-to-seek-interpols-help-to-apprehend-red-bull-scion/

 

 

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[JAS21]

This appears to be quite an interesting development

[dcsw53]

What happened, did the brown envelopes stop ?

[JAS21]

2 minutes ago, dcsw53 said:

What happened, did the brown envelopes stop ?

More likely a vote catcher ploy

Edited September 22, 2020 by JAS21

[colinneil]

Wow so he has finally woke up, seeking Interpols help should have been done years ago.

It never happened before, because those responsible for doing it were to busy extracting money from the family.

[johng]

1 minute ago, colinneil said:

seeking Interpols help should have been done years ago

They did  but  something went wrong  maybe they sent the request in written in Thai  ?

 

[bluesofa]

10 minutes ago, johng said:

14 minutes ago, colinneil said:

seeking Interpols help should have been done years ago

They did  but  something went wrong  maybe they sent the request in written in Thai  ?

No. I remember, and I posted about it a week ago.

 

The first time it took the RTP two weeks to translate the paperwork from Thai to English.

Then it went to Interpol, who put it on their website.

A couple of months later our man in Ferrari mysteriously disappeared from the Interpol website.

 

I do not know if it's up to the issuing country to request the arrest of someone wanted by Interpol, to the country the 'fugitive' is residing? If that's the case, you'd imagine the RTP wouldn't lift a finger.

I'm sure someone more knowledgeable can put me right.

 

 

Edited September 22, 2020 by bluesofa
misprit

[RotBenz8888]

He's probably hiding in the safest country in the world where no one will ever find him.... Thailand. 

Edited September 22, 2020 by RotBenz8888

[KhunKenAP]

Just hold the trial if is a no show and found guilty pass a lengthy sentence. The go for the Red Notice on a convicted criminal, before another statue of limitations passes. Quit screwing around.

[Misterwhisper]

What a sad state of affairs when the chief of government personally has to chase up and "order" the national police force to actually do their job.

 

Well, they reluctantly tried it once with Interpol. And it turned out an utter failure involving a lot of foot dragging on behalf of the Thais. So perhaps it's necessary to apply some pressure from above after all.

Edited September 22, 2020 by Misterwhisper

[mtls2005]

Been there, done that.

 

 

[otherstuff1957]

I wouldn't be surprised if the request to Interpol is written using invisible ink!

[rkidlad]

43 minutes ago, webfact said:

PM orders Thai authorities to seek Interpol’s help to apprehend Red Bull scion

Over 8 years later and they're now seeking interpol's help. The pro-democracy protesters will be happy knowing how slowly law enforcement here works, right? 

Edited September 22, 2020 by rkidlad

[bluesofa]

41 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed authorities to coordinate with Interpol to issue a Red Notice for Red Bull heir Vorayuth Yoovidhya to have him provisionally arrested and held, pending extradition back to Thailand

Hasn't our man in Ferrari had his Thai passport cancelled? That means he must be travelling as another nationality.

Does that affect/complicate the RTP trying to extradite a foreign national to Thailand?

It makes me wonder if the country he has his current passport for might object to one of their nationals being extradited to Thailand. Especially if it's a small country in need of 'donations'.

[bobbin]

It's time for Vorayuth to take one for the team..

 

Less than 10 years sentence. Plead guilty gets 50% commuted. Special privilege confinement. Conjugal visits. Early parole.

 

Sorted.

[holy cow cm]

Well I guess no more strong arming Red Bull to donate to his regime’s government anymore. I would think the Bull’s buck stops here. 

[darksidedog]

If he was any sort of a man, he would come back and face the courts of his own volition. Given he is a slimy dog though, expect this to carry on with him doing everything he can to avoid what should rightfully be coming his way.

[BritManToo]

Just now, darksidedog said:

If he was any sort of a man, he would come back and face the courts of his own volition. Given he is a slimy dog though, expect this to carry on with him doing everything he can to avoid what should rightfully be coming his way.

Don't agree, these ideas of justice, duty, honour, morality and atonement are (white) Christian concepts.

If you've got the money to get away with it, in a corrupt country, why not?

Edited September 22, 2020 by BritManToo

[ChipButty]

Wouldn't surprise me if he is not to far away

[metisdead]

Off topic posts and the replies have been removed. 

[rkidlad]

9 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Don't agree, these ideas of justice, duty, honour, morality and atonement are (white) Christian concepts.

If you've got the money to get away with it, in a corrupt country, why not?

Don't hate the player hate the game, right?

 

Which begs the question why you have such disdain towards women. 

[Hi Tea]

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

Wow so he has finally woke up, seeking Interpols help should have been done years ago.

It never happened before

Interpol's assistance was requested years ago and a Red Notice was issued.  It was shown on Interpol's website for a time before it was deleted. 

[rkidlad]

2 minutes ago, Hi Tea said:

Interpol's assistance was requested years ago and a Red Notice was issued.  It was shown on Interpol's website for a time before it was deleted. 

Yea, but why was it deleted? That's Just Weird, right? 

[Hi Tea]

38 minutes ago, bobbin said:

Less than 10 years sentence. Plead guilty gets 50% commuted. Special privilege confinement. Conjugal visits.

"Special privilege confinement. Conjugal visits."

Those privileges do not exist in Thailand's prisons, that's all urban myth.

Edited September 22, 2020 by Hi Tea

[sammieuk1]

It looks like Prayut wants to deflect some attention from the epic mess he has driven the country to with a look at me Mr honest red notice ????

[rkidlad]

1 minute ago, Hi Tea said:

"Special privilege confinement. Conjugal visits."

Those privileges do not exist in Thailand's prisons, it's all urban myth.

Yea, in a country where you buy your way out of killing a police officer in your car while drunk and coked up, the idea that you could pay for special privileges inside prison is unfathomable. 

[pegman]

One has to think the Boss is well hidden away for this to take place. If anyone thinks the PM hasn't been directing this all along they are very  naïve about how things work here.

[owl sees all]

55 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Especially if it's a small country in need of 'donations'.

England could do with a few bob at the mo'.

 

Could Cha cha's daughters, and the coming law suit, have anything to do with this Red Bull decision?

[PatOngo]

This whole case from beginning till now just screams "Look at us, we are idiots!"

[Flying Saucage]

Here my 2 cents to the current development in the Red Bull case:

 

In general, Thai justice is a very simple thing. Forget all the Thai legal codes, especially the criminal code with its laws similar to rubber bands. They are not worth the paper they are written on. The real law in Thailand is the unwritten law of Sakdina! The courts always decide in favor of the more powerful and more rich people. Very simple concept of law indeed.

 

However, it becomes more interesting when not only Sakdina is involved, which I call the "vertical dimension". One should be aware that the elite is only unified against all those they locate in a lower position of the Sakdina pyramide. Then they all speak the very same language. But there is a "horizontal dimension" as well! The elite itself is not unified. There are different factions, opposing each other, fighting harshly against each other for the pole position.

 

Till a few years ago, 2 or 3 years, the most powerful faction was the one in which Prawit and his adjudants PM Prayut and Anupong are members. Looking how the Red Bull brat was protected during the last 8 years, his family might (might!) also be a member of this faction.

 

In the meantime, another faction became the most powerful, in which the generals Apirat and Narongphan (see the coming reshuffle of the army), but also Anutin and his family (Sinothai), Thamanat (the convicted drug dealer), and the King Power-family are members.

 

Now as an interesting observation, if as an example you look at the hassles which Premchai (Italthai) has been facing after he shot the black panther, one can assume that he is neither member of the first nor of the second of the factions mentioned above. Remember how outraged the Prayut government was about Premchai, beginning of 2018? It was so convenient for Prayut and Prawit at this time, to distract the attention of the populace from the other big scandal at this time, which was related to expensive watches. But, also keep in mind that Italthai and Sinothai are competitors. So, not sure about the final sentence for Premchai. It will not be as harsh as for mushroom picking by commoners, however.

 

So, what will happen now to the Red Bull brat might depend also how the most powerful faction estimates the public outrage resulting from the different options of a verdict. At least it seems that someone else became quite aware of that issue of public outrage, and took over the steering wheel in this case a few weeks ago. Someone from a faction to which Red Bull is not so closely associated.

 

Interesting to observe this and its outcome from an alien perspective.

 

Edited September 22, 2020 by Flying Saucage