Election Commission to file criminal charges against Thanathorn

[webfact]

Election Commission to file criminal charges against Thanathorn

 

 

The Election Commission today decided to file criminal charges against Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the now-defunct Future Forward Party in connection with the 191-million- baht loan case that has doomed the political party.

 

Thanathorn is accused of violating the political parties law which limits an individual’s contribution to a political party to 10 million baht. If found guilty he faces a possible maximum jail term of five years and a fine of 100,000 baht, as well as a five-year political ban.

 

Fifteen former executives of the dissolved party are also facing separate criminal charges which carry a maximum penalty of three-year imprisonment and a fine of one million baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/election-commission-to-file-criminal-charges-against-thanathorn/

 

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[Chang_paarp]

Wait for it..... Jail for Tanathorn and the government confiscates the money. 

[Enoon]

Obviously the Election Commission feels that the Democracy/Reform movement needs strengthening and is doing its best to persuade people to get involved.

 

Move Forward will no doubt be grateful for the help of the EC in recruiting more members.

 

Street food sellers also rubbing their hands at the prospect of many more sales to demonstrators.

 

 

Edited October 26, 2020 by Enoon

[Odysseus123]

Ah..yes,

The vendetta continues..the moral of the story being never,ever,break ranks with the ruling elites especially in a country whose police and judiciary are so heavily politicised.

[lujanit]

When he is down, really down kick him in the guts, kick him in the head multiple times. You're such a hero Prayuth kicking a man who would have your job.  Your rice bowl under threat?

[RichardColeman]

This lot seem to be drilling holes in the life raft to let the water run out !

[sammieuk1]

Every action has a reaction this bunch of rancid unelected charletons are going down with much bigger trials time for change generals ????????

[scorecard]

38 minutes ago, Enoon said:

Obviously the Election Commission feels that the Democracy/Reform movement needs strengthening and is doing its best to persuade people to get involved.

 

Move Forward will no doubt be grateful for the help of the EC in recruiting more members.

 

Street food sellers also rubbing their hands at the prospect of many more sales to demonstrators.

 

 

Agree, my granddaughter tells me khun thanathorn is the hero of many teen kids, many now involved in the current protests, this could just make them, and more, more determined to protest.

 

And my granddaughter (speaks perfect Thai and English) knows clearly why the demonstrators are protesting for a democracy and and end to the current dictatorship, she talks about the lack of justice, freedom of speech and more. 

[herfiehandbag]

Of course, all would be forgotten were he to quietly slip into exile...

 

The current travel restrictions could be "avoided" and I'm sure that the establishment could "mind" his business interests and financial affairs for him.

[colinneil]

Keep it up you bunch of clowns, all you are doing is helping the protests grow.

It appears that the geriatrics are determined to make  matters worse by going after Thanathorn, what a bunch of short sighted idiots.

[smutcakes]

And this is supposed to be an independent agency? And they would run a referemdum?? They should all be jailed and assets confiscated. What happened to all those other media shareholding cases?

[rkidlad]

Ah, this must be what Prayut meant when he said both sides should take a step back:

 

[scorecard]

1 hour ago, scorecard said:

Agree, my granddaughter tells me khun thanathorn is the hero of many teen kids, many now involved in the current protests, this could just make them, and more, more determined to protest.

 

And my granddaughter (speaks perfect Thai and English) knows clearly why the demonstrators are protesting for a democracy and and end to the current dictatorship, she talks about the lack of justice, freedom of speech and more. 

 Further,

This specific matter has been discussed more times then I can count. Why has it taken so long to make this decision? And there have been many statement already that the way this matter was handled by Khun Thanathorn and his party they did not actually break the law.

 

Just so obvious the gov't are unethically using the judiciary to play their   political games and nothing more. The students are right, this gov't must go. 

 

[mr mr]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

This lot seem to be drilling holes in the life raft to let the water run out !

 

 

seems the only logical path moving forward......

[Thaiwrath]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Election Commission to file criminal charges against Thanathorn

 

[herfiehandbag]

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

Keep it up you bunch of clowns, all you are doing is helping the protests grow.

It appears that the geriatrics are determined to make  matters worse by going after Thanathorn, what a bunch of short sighted idiots.

Of course the Electoral Commission are entirely independent.

 

Independent in the sense that they are detached: from reality, from any understanding of the mood of the very large number of people who were cheated in the electoral process they "managed", and from any awareness of the probable consequences of their campaign to destroy a political figure who threatened to upset the status quo - from which they are however not detached, and on which they are very much dependant.

 

That independence will no doubt be reinforced by the salivating possibility of getting their sweaty paws on B190 million in "confiscated" money - purely to prevent it from being used for any further illegal political purposes of course!

Edited October 27, 2020 by herfiehandbag

[herfiehandbag]

2 hours ago, lujanit said:

When he is down, really down kick him in the guts, kick him in the head multiple times. You're such a hero Prayuth kicking a man who would have your job.  Your rice bowl under threat?

He is not down though is he? He is still here, and still the (an) effective leader of the protest movement. Politically just biding his time. 

 

"Uncle Too" is the one who is staring over the edge, derisively howled at by the crowds, wondering if anyone will offer him a parachute, and we must suspect acutely aware that if the military take action he will be one of the first victims

[yellowboat]

Perfect timing.   That should just enrage those under 30 years old.  Wasn't there talk of reform and healing the country?   cha cha is still looking for ways to sabotage Thailand's future if he gets thrown out.   

[klauskunkel]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

violating the political parties law which limits an individual’s contribution to a political party to 10 million baht.

A loan is not a contribution.

[madmitch]

It's almost as though they want the protests to escalate. unbelievable timing.

[rkidlad]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Election Commission to file criminal charges against Thanathorn

Maybe the plan now is to have all opposition locked up or banned for life, and then hold a snap election. 

 

 

 

Edited October 27, 2020 by rkidlad

[Mr Meeseeks]

Deja vu.

 

Happening all over again as it did with Thaksin.

 

They simply are not interested in reconciliation, reform or the wants and needs of the Thai people.

[nobodysfriend]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The Election Commission today decided to file criminal charges against Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit

 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

If found guilty he faces a possible maximum jail term of five years

 

The Election Commission today decided ... Wow , that is bad timing ! Or arrogance , or ignorance , , but stupid anyway .

At the moment where massive protest against the government take place in BKK , they decide just to put more ' oil in the fire ' .

The students are upset partly because the FF party , the party many voted for , the party that represented the long awaited change in thai politics , had been dissolved .

And now this ... will only lead to more social unrest .

But may be it is intentionally done now , may be somebody wants the tanks back in the BKK streets ...?

[SomchaiCNX]

45 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Deja vu.

 

Happening all over again as it did with Thaksin.

 

They simply are not interested in reconciliation, reform or the wants and needs of the Thai people.

Yes but Mr Taksin was Clean, right? He just forgot about 600 million and he had the luck he could appoint the last judge just before they reached a verdict ????  He is the root course of all this political instability for the lats 20 + years.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Fifteen former executives of the dissolved party are also facing separate criminal charges which carry a maximum penalty of three-year imprisonment and a fine of one million baht.

Sickening behaviour.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

This lot seem to be drilling holes in the life raft to let the water run out !

Sending a message to the youth movement that challenges will not be tolerated .

[JusticeGB]

Maybe they don't realise why demonstrators are on the streets or are they wanting to boost their numbers?

[webfact]

EC to file criminal charges against Thanathorn and 15 executives over loans to Future Forward Party

By THE NATION

 

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit

 

The Election Commission (EC) on Monday decided to file criminal charges against former Future Forward Party (FFP) leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit for giving loans of Bt191 million to his party in January and April 2019, and against 15 party executives for taking the loan.

 

Article 72 of the Political Party Act BE 2560 prohibits political parties from receiving donations of money or assets from any sources which it knows are unlawful or have reasonable doubt of it being unlawful. It also prohibits the receiving of donations in excess of Bt10 million per year from an individual.

 

Article 92(3) of the same act allows the Constitutional Court to consider dissolving any political party that violates Article 72.

 

In December 2019, the EC had petitioned the Constitutional Court to dissolve Future Forward Party. The court subsequently ordered the party’s dissolution on February 21, as well as banned its leader and 15 party executives from political activities for 10 years.

 

This prompted Thanathorn to step down and start his new “Progressive Movement”, while Future Forward MPs led by Pita Limjaroenrat established the Move Forward Party on March 8, vowing to continue the work of Future Forward.

 

The EC on Monday said that Thanathorn and 15 FFP executives had also violated Article 66 of the Political Party Act, which prohibits an individual from donating more than Bt10 million per year to a political party.

 

The donor violating this article is punishable with a maximum five years' imprisonment or Bt100,000 fine, or both, and will be barred from voting for five years, while the receiver of the donation is punishable with a maximum three years' imprisonment or Bt1 million fine.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30396823

 

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[Jack Mountain]

Oh my Dog, is then nobody free of corruption in this country?

[mtls2005]

5 hours ago, Enoon said:

Move Forward will no doubt be grateful for the help of the EC in recruiting more members.

 

PtB will just take them down too.

 

Challenges will not be tolerated.

 

Other parties took loans, but those are OK because they (the loans) are "small".

 

 

 

Edited October 27, 2020 by mtls2005