Opposition chief whip sued for defamation over allegations made during censure debate

[webfact]

Opposition chief whip sued for defamation over allegations made during censure debate

 

 

Former Transport Minister Suthep Thaugsuban filed a defamation lawsuit with the Criminal Court today, against opposition chief whip Suthin Klangsaeng, for implicating him in causing 26 billion baht in damage to the state over the termination of the contract for the Hopewell elevated rail project.

 

Accompanied by his lawyer, Suthep told the media at the court that he had to file the defamation suit against the Pheu Thai MP to protect his name after the MP, speaking during the censure debate in parliament on Wednesday, accused Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha of helping Suthep to avoid accountability by deliberately delaying the case until the statute of limitations has expired.

 

Suthep claimed that the decision to terminate the contract had the consent of the Office of the Attorney-General and relevant agencies, after the project’s owner, Hopewell Company, could not fulfil the contract and repeatedly asked for a review of the terms, which was rejected.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/opposition-chief-whip-sued-for-defamation-over-allegations-made-during-censure-debate/

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2021-02-18

[canopus1969]

Errr he was speaking under Parliament Privilege

[gunderhill]

Christ theyr'e  all  so  bloody  awful, the whole stinking lot of them.

[Mr Meeseeks]

9 minutes ago, gunderhill said:

Christ theyr'e  all  so  bloody  awful, the whole stinking lot of them.

You cannot trust any of them. 

[smutcakes]

45 minutes ago, gunderhill said:

Christ theyr'e  all  so  bloody  awful, the whole stinking lot of them.

Its shocking, its almost to difficult to put into words how bad they are.

[colinneil]

Absolutely unbelievable, what happened to the so-called parlimentary priviledge, oops stupid me i forgot where i am.

To think about the person bringing the action, well enough said.

[herfiehandbag]

What a remarkable concept - Suthep Thaugsuban attempting to protect his good name!

[smutcakes]

23 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Absolutely unbelievable, what happened to the so-called parlimentary priviledge, oops stupid me i forgot where i am.

To think about the person bringing the action, well enough said.

How is the Police station case with Suthep coming along....

[mtls2005]

The definition of "Unusual Wealth" has Suthep's photo attached.

 

 

[exparte]

Had some stuff stolen from my Property. The Police suspected one of the Contractor we had doing some work had stolen the stuff and took him to criminal court. He sued for defamation against us. After several months, he lost his court case. five months after that,  we received a court notice saying he was appealing We had to go back to court again. He lost again. Would not want to go through that again. Defamations Laws are used as punishment and plenty of Thai lawyers willing to launch these cases.

 

[Scott Tracy]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Suthep claimed that the decision to terminate the contract had the consent of the Office of the Attorney-General and relevant agencies, after the project’s owner, Hopewell Company, could not fulfil the contract and repeatedly asked for a review of the terms, which was rejected.

 

No Parliamentary privilege?  Nice to know the Office of the Attorney General still works after the Boss debacle.

 

 

[khunpeer]

T'land: hub of defamation cases... busy busy busy!

[Mr Meeseeks]

On 2/18/2021 at 5:05 PM, smutcakes said:

How is the Police station case with Suthep coming along....

Incredible how many posters on here supported this gangster as he destabilised the elected Govt. and paved way for the 2014 coup.

[tifino]

well put it all together... Mr P walks out...   MP getting sued for opening his trap = all remaining MPs sitting only feel safe to laugh and chat amongst themselves lest they be Sued too... 

 

[tomazbodner]

On 2/18/2021 at 3:58 PM, Mr Meeseeks said:

You cannot trust any of them. 

Isn't that, kinda universal, for all politicians?