Popular Post webfact 161300 Posted February 7 Popular Post Share Posted February 7 Mr. Charupong Ruangsuwan. Photos: Thai Rath by TNR Staff THE Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders today (Feb. 7) issued an arrest warrant for former interior minister Charupong Ruangsuwan on the charges of receiving gifts in excess of the 3,000 baht ceiling, Thai Rath newspaper said. This stems from the defendant not having attended a hearing on Dec. 13, 2022 with only his attorney showing up. Charupong, who was the interior minister during Yingluck Shinawatra’s administration, is charged with accepting Bangkok-Beijing-Bangkok return business class air tickets from China Airlines in 2012 for himself and his team with each ticket being worth 39,000 baht. Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/02/07/arrest-warrant-out-for-ex-interior-minister-over-graft-charges/ -- © Copyright THAI NEWSROOM 2023-02-08 - Cigna 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. The most versatile and flexible rental investment and holiday home solution in Thailand - click for more information. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Henk Langeweg 385 Posted February 7 Popular Post Share Posted February 7 So he saved the Thai Taxpayer money? Shame! 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ukrules 31992 Posted February 7 Popular Post Share Posted February 7 This whole thing stinks, like they're attempting to prevent viable politicians from returning. 7 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheFishman1 4703 Posted February 7 Popular Post Share Posted February 7 So the minister excepted free travel expenses from China what do you think this government politicians received from China big brown envelopes for money or extorting the tourist TIT 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sammieuk1 28187 Posted February 7 Popular Post Share Posted February 7 The president has been set long ago just say the flights belonged to a dead friend and the graft gets blunted and melts away next!🤔 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 61700 Posted February 7 Popular Post Share Posted February 7 Why aren't current ministers ever charged with crimes? Do they have total, blanket immunity? Or, is that a dumb question? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bamnutsak 2525 Posted February 8 Popular Post Share Posted February 8 No dog in this hunt but the timeline is curious... alleged "crime" took place in 2012 relevant law passed in 2018 indicted in 2023 "Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime" Lavrentiy Beria, the most ruthless and longest-serving secret police chief in Joseph Stalin’s reign of terror in Russia and Eastern Europe, bragged that he could prove criminal conduct on anyone, even the innocent. 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thingamabob 5457 Posted February 8 Popular Post Share Posted February 8 No offence, or at worst a minor breach, committed. Political chicanery clearly involved. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Foghorn 1446 Posted February 8 Popular Post Share Posted February 8 Get financial audits on every member of parliament now and the past 10 years , families included , see how many can pass , lock the ones who fail up and seize all assets , then begin again with the police . How many more prisons would be needed 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamnutsak 2525 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 8 minutes ago, Foghorn said: Get financial audits on every member of parliament now and the past 10 years , families included , see how many can pass , lock the ones who fail up and seize all assets , then begin again with the police . How many more prisons would be needed But, but the "government" might not function with the remaining three "honest" Thais? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell 20504 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 He's in Dubai or at his mum's house. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 34242 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 There is an election due this year and he is an ex PTP minister. Muckraking, mud slinging and dirty tricks to the front asap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Caldera 8568 Posted February 8 Popular Post Share Posted February 8 11 hours ago, webfact said: Charupong, who was the interior minister during Yingluck Shinawatra’s administration, is charged with accepting Bangkok-Beijing-Bangkok return business class air tickets from China Airlines in 2012 for himself and his team with each ticket being worth 39,000 baht. It took them more than 10 years to finalize what looks like a straightforward case? Really? 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomacht8 9271 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Perhaps he should say in his defense that he only borrowed the plane tickets from a friend who had passed away. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 8531 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 3 hours ago, Caldera said: It took them more than 10 years to finalize what looks like a straightforward case? Really? Yes. Really. Thainess fashion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmatix 7247 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 (edited) 12 hours ago, bamnutsak said: No dog in this hunt but the timeline is curious... alleged "crime" took place in 2012 relevant law passed in 2018 indicted in 2023 "Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime" Lavrentiy Beria, the most ruthless and longest-serving secret police chief in Joseph Stalin’s reign of terror in Russia and Eastern Europe, bragged that he could prove criminal conduct on anyone, even the innocent. He fled into exile after the 2014 coup and hasn't been back. I think the initial charges against were to do with illegal logging but probably could get enough evidence to stick. If you look at his Wiki entry you can understand why they have been trying to charge him for 9 years. His father was a member of the Seri Thai and fought the Japanese occupiers in WW2. BTW I am not a fan of Thaksin and his family. "The junta ordered all cabinet members to report to their headquarters, but unlike other politicians Charupong refused to turn himself in. He claims to have taken shelter at an unspecified place in Northeastern Thailand.[7][8] As a consequence, the National Council for Peace and Order blocked his bank accounts and assets.[9] On 24 June 2014, Charupong announced the formation of the Organisation of Free Thais for Human Rights and Democracy (OFHD),[10] seeking to restore Thai popular sovereignty in the face of the 2014 Thai coup d'état. The date chosen is the 82nd anniversary of the Siamese Revolution of 1932. The organisation's name recalls the Thai underground resistance movement against Imperial Japan during World War II known as the Free Thai Movement (Thai: เสรีไทย, Seri Thai).[11] On 24 June 2015, Charupong, acting as Secretary-General of OFHD, in a video uploaded on YouTube warned Thais of the risk Thailand turning into a failed state and detailed three goals of OFHD: (1) abolition of the Privy Council, (2) depoliticization/democratization/normalization of the Thai Army, and (3) depoliticization of the Thai judiciary." Edited February 8 by Dogmatix Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextG 508 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 On 2/8/2023 at 5:32 AM, TheFishman1 said: So the minister excepted free travel expenses from China what do you think this government politicians received from China big brown envelopes for money or extorting the tourist TIT Eight people agreed with you…. None of you checked…. China Airlines(Taiwan). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER 6010 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 On 2/7/2023 at 11:45 PM, sammieuk1 said: The president has been set long ago just say the flights belonged to a dead friend and the graft gets blunted and melts away next!🤔 What has Joe Biden got to do with it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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