Big Joke instrumental in return of Thai hit and run driver to US - she'll be met by FBI in Michigan

[webfact]

 

Thapthim, 57, the Thai woman who fled the US after she hit and killed a 22 year old Michigan student called Benjamin at New Year has returned to America.

 

Instrumental in the case has been Pol Lt-Gen Surachate Hakpan, deputy commander of the RTP known as Big Joke, reported Siam Rath.

 

 

Thapthim was located last week and met Surachate who helped alleviate her stress and told her that returning to the US was the right thing to do both for herself and for relations between the two countries.

 

 

Yesterday Thaptim was taken to the airport and put on a plane back to Michigan where she will be met by the FBI to face federal charges related to fleeing the scene of an accident.

 

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[ezzra]

It'll be interesting to know what the reciprocal arrangements regarding extraditions of fugitive from justice in the US when it comes to Thais who are wanted in Thailand.

[Stocky]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Instrumental in the case has been Pol Lt-Gen Surachate Hakpan

When does he ever sleep!

[bamnutsak]

It looks like she was checking in with China Airlines? So via TPE, and another stop or two to DTW?

 

https://www.newsflare.com/video/545519/fugitive-thai-wife-accused-of-us-student-hit-and-run-death-frogmarched-through-airport-onto-plane

 

 

[mikeymike100]

Well good news, she did the right thing in the end!

 

[John Drake]

Hope the flight is non-stop.

[Smokey and the Bandit]

Certainly a fugitive, but she is not being 'frogmarched', more like a stroll?

 

"The fugitive Thai wife accused of the hit-and-run death of college student Ben Kable in Michigan was frogmarched through an airport onto a commercial flight today"

[CharlieH]

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[BritManToo]

She's just daft to return without extradition.

She should have fought to stay here until the bitter end.

Would have taken at least 5 years, if they manage to o it.

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, John Drake said:

Hope the flight is non-stop.

To Michigan!

[mikeymike100]

39 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

She's just daft to return without extradition.

She should have fought to stay here until the bitter end.

Would have taken at least 5 years, if they manage to o it.

Agree it would have taken a few years, but probably may have ended up worse off in the long run?

Giving yourself up voluntarily will certainly be more favorable in the eyes of the court?

[BritManToo]

8 minutes ago, mikeymike100 said:

Agree it would have taken a few years, but probably may have ended up worse off in the long run?

Giving yourself up voluntarily will certainly be more favorable in the eyes of the court?

She's 57, could have probably avoided it all together.

Let's say 10 years for the federal rap, hardly worth any 'favorable' sentence. 

Doubt Thailand even has an extradition treaty with the USA for motoring offences.

 

Most 'proles' assume an extradition treaty is for all offences, but in most cases it's restricted to specific crimes only.

Edited February 23, 2023 by BritManToo

[ukrules]

5 hours ago, ezzra said:

It'll be interesting to know what the reciprocal arrangements regarding extraditions of fugitive from justice in the US when it comes to Thais who are wanted in Thailand.

Yes, the US have a very rigid system in place which prevents many people from ever being extradited

[metisdead]

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[Pedrogaz]

'Instrumental' is open of those weasel words that the press use when someone has had almost zero to do with a positive event or development, but that someone wishes to claim credit for it.

[bamnutsak]

On 2/23/2023 at 12:24 PM, bamnutsak said:

It looks like she was checking in with China Airlines? So via TPE, and another stop or two to DTW?

Her first port of entry must have been SFO, that's where was taken into custody, I guess she will be transported back to Michigan after a hearing in California.

 

Mara Schneider, a spokesperson for FBI's Detroit, Michigan field office, told Fox News Digital that Howson arrived in San Francisco on Thursday and is in federal custody. Howson has a bail hearing on Feb. 28, according to Schneider.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/michigan-woman-charged-college-students-hit-run-death-returns-us-fleeing-thailand

 

[Pib]

On 2/23/2023 at 11:14 AM, ezzra said:

It'll be interesting to know what the reciprocal arrangements regarding extraditions of fugitive from justice in the US when it comes to Thais who are wanted in Thailand.

Extradition Treaty Between the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and THAILAND

https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/91-517-Thailand-Law-Enforcmt-Extradition.pdf

[Pib]

On 2/23/2023 at 3:00 PM, BritManToo said:

She's 57, could have probably avoided it all together.

Let's say 10 years for the federal rap, hardly worth any 'favorable' sentence. 

Doubt Thailand even has an extradition treaty with the USA for motoring offences.

 

Most 'proles' assume an extradition treaty is for all offences, but in most cases it's restricted to specific crimes only.

Article 2 of the US-Thailand Extradition Treaty talks what offences apply.  Basically it boils down to most any offence which is against the law in both countries.  Killing someone with your car (or a gun, ball bat, axe, knife, karate punch, whatever is used) is definitely against the law in both countries.

 

https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/91-517-Thailand-Law-Enforcmt-Extradition.pdf

 

[metisdead]

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