Ten years on cop killer "Red Bull Boss" remains free - "One 'justice' for the poor and other for the rich"

[webfact]

Daily News Thai Caption: 10 years 'Boss Case'

 

This coming Saturday marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Senior Police Sergeant Major Wichian Klanprasert of the Thong Lo police in Bangkok.

 

Not so many people are familiar with the name.

 

But almost everyone remembers the man who drove his grey Ferrari into the policeman's motorcycle and dragged him along Sukhumvit Road to his death.

 

After taking cocaine. 

 

The man who then fled the scene without offering a scrap of assistance or bothering to report what he had done.

 

The man who then used every device and ruse at his disposal to avoid justice before deciding the heat was sufficient - in 2017 - to make a clean break of it.

 

He then fled Thailand too jet-setting around the globe in fancy locations where he could attend Formula 1 races and not be recognised under his baseball cap.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Where he could enjoy life spending his family's billions of baht without a care in the world. 

 

Where he could laugh from afar at the pathetic attempts by the so-called Thai justice system to make him pay for what he had done. 

 

Far from the anguish of a lowly traffic cop's family.

 

His name is of course Vorayuth Yoovudhya - far better know still as Red Bull Boss, heir to the vast fortune of the Red Bull drinks empire founded by his grandfather Chaleo.

 

The case is one that has shaken what is loosely referred to as "Thai justice" to the core, notes ASEAN NOW.

 

It has been mired in corruption, dodgy politics and malfeasance since Day 1 - September 3rd 2012 when Wichian's mangled body was scraped off the Bangkok tarmac. 

 

It has become a "cause celebre" for all the wrong reasons. A memorable case that most see as an example of one form of justice for the poor and another for the rich.

 

Most especially the mega-rich.

 

Daily News reported on the anniversary of Wichian's death on September 3rd. 

 

They noted that of all the five charges leveled at Boss in the years after the incident only one remains. 

 

The Statute of Limitations - the period of time that a case can legally be prosecuted - has run out on four. 

 

Speeding - one year stature - run out.

Negligent driving causing damage - one year - run out.

Not helping someone at the scene of an accident or reporting an accident - five years - run out.

Abusing cocaine - run out. 

 

The fourth charge relating to cocaine would have run out this Saturday as it originally had a ten year statute. But that had already expired due to changes in the narcotics laws made last December. 

 

This meant five years was the statute so Boss could no longer face trouble for that.

 

The only charge that remains is admittedly the most serious - reckless driving causing death that has a 15 year statute.

 

That will run out on September 3rd 2027. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Though some conspiracy theorists maintain that Boss comes back to Thailand - he really doesn't need to.

 

But few will expect him back before 2027. Then still in the prime of life Boss will be able to resume life in Thailand should he wish.

 

As if nothing has happened. 

 

He was 27 when he killed the cop (who was 47 at the time) - he'll be just 42 in 2027.

 

An heir to further billions and a free man laughing at Thai justice behind the wheel of his latest supercar.

 

Delay after delay in attempts to seek justice have resulted in a toothless Interpol Red Notice. That's not an arrest warrant.

 

Just a notice that a suspect is wanted. The Thai authorities are not hunting the earth for the suspect.

 

They are doing almost nothing. The RTP claim they are actively working on the case. The reality is they'd be more than happy to wait out to 2027 and move on. 

 

Media report Boss's whereabouts from time to time - he's great column inches and clicks after all.

 

He's in London one minute, Dubai or Austria the next. Untouchable.

 

Meanwhile back in Thailand the politicians try to save face - chief among these is now suspended PM Prayuth Chan-ocha who famously tried to save his skin over the issue by backing down to public and press pressure in 2019 when all charges were dropped by a public prosecutor.

 

The prosecutor paid with his job and career. One of several fall guys for the appalling corruption associated with the case that reaches to the very top of the Royal Thai Police.

 

Many policemen and politicians are thought to have been paid off. The family of the cop themselves were of course likely complicit in this too.

 

Now the Department of Special Investigation and the Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission have 15 people lined up for prosecution after committee after committee has met to consider what to do.

 

In the crosshairs are:

 

Two police generals

Two police lieutenant generals

Two police colonels

Two police lieutenant colonels

Two Air Marshals

Two prosecutors

One lawyer and

Two politicians.

 

No one is holding their breath that any but the lowest hanging fruit will be successfully prosecuted in the case.

 

A case that shows the disgraceful nature of Thai justice. 

 

A case that shows how the rich walk and the poor are banged up.

 

A case that Daily News reported has been "an epic shaking of the Thai justice system".

 

ASEAN NOW notes that the Ministry of Justice has a vast edifice that stands on Chaeng Wattana Road.

 

Its magnificent columns and towering facade look proud and defiant, an apparent symbol of truth and fair play. 

 

But it's an edifice Red Bull Boss and his like can smirk at as they enjoy their lives doing just as they please.

 

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[CelticBhoy]

All this article tells me is that he'll be out of the country for 5 more years.

Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock, .....

[SGD]

Yet with so little ease he could have been captured somewhere around the world had he been on Interpol's wanted list or similar.

Perhaps they got brown envelopes too ?

[Geoffggi]

11 minutes ago, webfact said:

It has been mired in corruption, dodgy politics and malfeasance since Day 1 - September 3rd 2012 when Wichian's mangled body was scraped off the Bangkok tarmac. 

This just about sums the respect that the Hi-So members of Thai society have for the rest of the Thai people - NONE!! If they (the Hi-So society) want to prove me wrong cancel all the statute of limitations for this case as an example of justice for all.

[sammieuk1]

In the crosshairs are:

 

Two police generals

Two police lieutenant generals

Two police colonels

Two police lieutenant colonels

Two Air Marshals

Two prosecutors

One lawyer and

Two politicians.  

Three Chimps

Seven Elephants

Six Buffalos

One Million Generals ???? 

[2baht]

19 minutes ago, webfact said:

The prosecutor paid with his job and career. One of several fall guys for the appalling corruption associated with the case that reaches to the very top of the Royal Thai Police.

Wonderful country! ????

[2baht]

5 minutes ago, Geoffggi said:

the Hi-So members of Thai society

Do you know who we are?............................................. Disgraceful!

[mania]

31 minutes ago, webfact said:

Where he could enjoy life spending his family's billions of baht without a care in the world. 

 

Where he could laugh from afar at the pathetic attempts by the so-called Thai justice system to make him pay for what he had done. 

Cut the cr@p !

Forget the Thai bought & paid for excuse of justice enforcement

Want him back?

Issue a bounty & see if he is not dragged back tomorrow

 

Edited August 31, 2022 by mania

[Excel]

14 minutes ago, mania said:

Cut the cr@p !

Forget the Thai bought & paid for excuse of justice enforcement

Want him back?

Issue a bounty & see if he is not dragged back tomorrow

 

Dead or Alive perhaps ? 

[ezzra]

Yes he might be back in Thailand in 5 years but that doesn't make him bulletproof should someone will seek restitution for his crime, i don't really envy the rest of his life billions or not...

[spidermike007]

This is especially prevalent here. The prisons are chock full of people who could not afford a good lawyer. Not to mention the opportunity to buy off a policeman and never be charged with the crime, to begin with. No question the system is biased.

 

But, it is much the same in the US, only the bar is higher. If you have millions to throw at a good legal team, you can pull an OJ Simpson. 

[SAFETY FIRST]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

One justice for the poor and other for the rich

What's new. 

It's always been that way. 

 

If you don't like it, become rich and enjoy the benefits. 

 

Pointless complaining, do something about it. 

 

[Rampant Rabbit]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

In the crosshairs are:

 

Two police generals

Two police lieutenant generals

Two police colonels

Two police lieutenant colonels

Two Air Marshals

Two prosecutors

One lawyer and

Two politicians.

Just about anyone in any position .......... .why waste  text

[ivor bigun]

you expected something else? even in the west they get away with so much.

[VinnieK]

Is he even on Interpol's wanted list?

Just did a cursory search, no results

Edited August 31, 2022 by VinnieK

[pomchop]

The Biggest Lie:  Equal justice for all.

[Ralf001]

3 minutes ago, pomchop said:

The Biggest Lie:  Equal justice for all.

Justice For All,

 

Great album and an even better single.

[monkfish]

Well looks like the laws need changing then!

 

[mikeymike100]

2 hours ago, SGD said:

Yet with so little ease he could have been captured somewhere around the world had he been on Interpol's wanted list or similar.

Perhaps they got brown envelopes too ?

Originally he was on Interpol s Red list in 2020, but his name magically disappeared?

[Artisi]

35 minutes ago, pomchop said:

The Biggest Lie:  Equal justice for all.

It's equal if your a hi-so, no justice for any hi-so, that's equal in the extreme... 

[tomacht8]

3 hours ago, VinnieK said:

Is he even on Interpol's wanted list?

Just did a cursory search, no results

Guess there is a difference between a red notice and an arrest warrant. An arrest warrant has probably never been issued.

[engamann]

Only in Thailand will the police work harder to ptotect the police killer than the police man him killed , but try to put 3 finger in the air and you might go missing for the rest of your life.

[Andylongtime]

He will never go to jail to much corruption in Thailand 

[Aussieroaming]

If Thai people want law reform and a fair system then they would have to mass demonstrate and create some havoc and that won't happen.

 

Corrupt police, corrupt judiciary, corrupt politicians. All of them are seagulls feeding off the rich hi so scraps and whatever rorts that they can engineer.

 

Red Bull boss is as safe as houses.

[klauskunkel]

Two police generals

Two police lieutenant generals

Two police colonels

Two police lieutenant colonels

Two Air Marshals

Two prosecutors

One lawyer and

Two politicians...

and a partridge in a pear tree

[Classic Ray]

There are nine male Thai nationals on the current list of Interpol Red Notices.

 

Boss is not one of them.

[malibukid]

little s$%^ looks like he's missed the bus

Edited August 31, 2022 by malibukid

[wombat]

Money talks and...you know the rest.

[VinnieK]

1 hour ago, Classic Ray said:

There are nine male Thai nationals on the current list of Interpol Red Notices.

 

Boss is not one of them.

That's why he jet sets all over...no int'l arrest warrant

[Millcx]

He is sitting in clear view while time runs out for him to be dealt with .. Must have been an A1 size envelope