snoop1130 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 A judicial panel of the Supreme Court Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions upheld the 99-year prison term today (Friday), which was imposed on former minister of Social Development and Human Security Watana Muangsook after he was found guilty of malfeasance in office and ten other offences in connection with the Eua-Arthorn housing project about 16 years ago. He will, however, only serve 50 years, the longest period allowed under Thai law. Before the reading of the decision, which took almost three hours, Watana said he would not run away to fight the case to the end. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-supreme-court-judicial-panel-upholds-sentence-for-ex-minister-wattana-muangsook/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-03-04 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thaiwrath Posted March 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: Supreme Court Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions I take it that this Court does not recognize military coups or blatant corruption, as crimes punishable for people holding political positions ? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post worgeordie Posted March 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2022 But he,s still not inside a prison ...? regards worgeordie 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 11 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Before the reading of the decision, which took almost three hours, Watana said he would not run away to fight the case to the end. After the reading he was seen putting on his running shoes, which only took about a minute. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Malfeasance in office next case the supreme court, Army, RTP, entire government and ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 12 hours ago, Thaiwrath said: I take it that this Court does not recognize military coups or blatant corruption, as crimes punishable for people holding political positions ? Hardly because they are funded by those that seize power by whatever means. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
law ling Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 13 hours ago, worgeordie said: But he,s still not inside a prison ...? regards worgeordie Indeed - if that's him in the OP photo, he's not in jail-house-garb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, snoop1130 said: after he was found guilty of malfeasance in office and ten other offences in connection with the Eua-Arthorn housing project about 16 years ago. A month ago, I was questioned for posting about the length of time it took Thai Courts to reach a (final?) decision in VIP cases. Edited March 5, 2022 by mikebell improved expression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunjeff Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 17 hours ago, snoop1130 said: He will, however, only serve 50 years, the longest period allowed under Thai law. He's 64 years old, so I think it's extremely unlikely that he'll serve anywhere near 50 years...not that that was ever really a possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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