Outrage as Thai rape sentence slashed in half, raising questions about justice system

[snoop1130]

 

A Thai woman and her boyfriend questioned the justice system in Thailand after a Bangkok taxi driver’s rape sentence was reduced from six years to only three years. The victim suffered both physical and mental health damage as a consequence of the sexual assault.

 

The victim’s boyfriend shared the story about his girlfriend on Facebook on Thursday, May 11. He disclosed that his girlfriend was raped by a Grab taxi driver and the rapist was imprisoned for only three years because he confessed and it was his first crime.

 

The victim’s boyfriend expressed his profound disappointment, asserting that such a light sentence hardly reflects the severity of the crime committed.

 

The female victim, whose identity will be protected under the alias A, spoke to KhaoSod after her story went viral on Thai social media. A revealed that she hung out with her friend in the Thonglor neighbourhood of Bangkok one night on November 30 last year. Her boyfriend could not pick her up because he was drinking with friends, so she decided to take a taxi home.

 

A explained that she booked a taxi via the Grab application and the taxi that picked her up was a green-yellow taxi car with a registration number 1มค8199. She sent the detail of the taxi driver to her boyfriend and notified him that she was on the way home before falling asleep in the cab.

 

When she woke up, A noticed that the driver was taking her in the opposite direction of her intended destination. Growing concerned, she questioned the driver about the unfamiliar route. To her utter shock, the driver responded…

 

“I’m taking you to a love hotel.”

 

By Petch Petpailin

 

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[dinsdale]

Yep. TIT. Maybe this will change too. Possible 15 years for saying something you shouldn't under 112 and a 6 yr sentence reduced to 3 for rape. Of course if you're connected and murder/kill someone the chances of zero years in jail is high if the money is right.

Edited May 24, 2023 by dinsdale

[ikke1959]

The justice system is outdated.. Too high punishments for small offences, small punishment or non for the ones with money, and laws that are never updated. Confessing reduce the sentence to 50% and too many are granted less time or freedom on special occasions. There is a lot of work to do

[zzaa09]

3 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Yep. TIT. Maybe this will change too. Possible 15 years for saying something you shouldn't under 112 and a 6 yr sentence reduced to 3 for rape. Of course if you're connected and murder/kill someone the chances of zero years in jail is high if the money is right.

Ruling classes.

Tradition.

 

 

.....and so it goes.

[liddelljohn]

should have given him 10 years   but if he confessed he could go free but only after TOTAL CASTRATION  with out painkillers   ,, I think thats a fair option

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

The justice system is outdated.. Too high punishments for small offences, small punishment or non for the ones with money, and laws that are never updated. Confessing reduce the sentence to 50% and too many are granted less time or freedom on special occasions. There is a lot of work to do

What system, they make it up as they go along.

Yes your honour I did it.. okay half the sentence?

[stoner]

2 hours ago, liddelljohn said:

should have given him 10 years   but if he confessed he could go free but only after TOTAL CASTRATION  with out painkillers   ,, I think thats a fair option

he gave up his human card when he raped the woman. 

[sammieuk1]

We can only hope for change when the last fossils of this wrenched government get booted out soon please ????

[klauskunkel]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A Thai woman and her boyfriend questioned the justice system in Thailand

How dare they question the Justice System! One image-tarnish-prosecution coming up. 

[brucegoniners]

That's bull*#@t.

He should have his third leg removed instead.

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, liddelljohn said:

should have given him 10 years   but if he confessed he could go free but only after TOTAL CASTRATION  with out painkillers   ,, I think thats a fair option

I am not keen on the State having the right to mete out such punishments.... but if every day of the 3 years included a rape for him to endure, justice may have been served. 

[quake]

So many things are broken in Thailand.

Will it ever change, unlikely.

Can the new kids on the block fix it all.

A very tall order I think.

[jacko45k]

Just now, quake said:

Can the new kids on the block fix it all.

A very tall order I think.

That rarely happens, they lose enthusiasm or realize it's like trying to hold back the tide. Despite the promises of the new guy in town in Pattaya, we are still choked by roadworks that make no progress, and I still twist my ankles on the pavements. But they will probably dig up Beach Rd again. 

[ChrisY1]

"because he confessed and it was his first crime.”…….maybe the 2nd time he commits a similar crime, he’ll get the right sentence!

[bignok]

3 hours ago, liddelljohn said:

should have given him 10 years   but if he confessed he could go free but only after TOTAL CASTRATION  with out painkillers   ,, I think thats a fair option

Yes cut it all off and 1 month jail or 15 years jail no parole. 

[arithai12]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

What system, they make it up as they go along.

Yes your honour I did it.. okay half the sentence?

No, they don't make it up. It's the Thai law. Confess and get it halved. We may think it's preposterous, especially in cases when the confession is totally irrelevant, but it's their law. On the other hand, look at the justice system of some first world countries and it's often just as crazy.

 

What is outrageous is that in a case like this he got only 6 years to start with. The jury should be composed of women who suffered rape, then it would be a different music.

[quake]

13 minutes ago, bignok said:

Yes cut it all off and 1 month jail or 15 years jail no parole. 

Funny how one thread can generate so much hatred and an other

thread, most people don't care about, or call out for blood.

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1295698-phimai-9-year-old-girl-electrocuted-at-sports-field-power-pole/

 

RIP little girl.

 

No one cared about you.

 

 

[ikke1959]

1 hour ago, quake said:

So many things are broken in Thailand.

Will it ever change, unlikely.

Can the new kids on the block fix it all.

A very tall order I think.

If they have to fix everything it will take at least 60 years..... a whole or maybe 2 generations. 

[quake]

Just now, ikke1959 said:

If they have to fix everything it will take at least 60 years..... a whole or maybe 2 generations. 

Yeap 

[h90]

"because he confessed and it was his first crime"

Also because no violence and she did not fight back....

It is something different if someone beat the woman half dead or if it is without violence.

[Srikcir]

10 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

The justice system is outdated.. Too high punishments for small offences, small punishment or non for the ones with money, and laws that are never updated. Confessing reduce the sentence to 50% and too many are granted less time or freedom on special occasions. There is a lot of work to do

"outdated" or "corrupt?"

[ikke1959]

1 hour ago, Srikcir said:

"outdated" or "corrupt?"

both

[Road Warrior]

think they made a error SHOULD HAVE DOUBLED IT !!!!!!

[Freddy42OZ]

4 hours ago, brucegoniners said:

That's bull*#@t.

He should have his third leg removed instead.

Nothing resembling a third leg.  An extra middle toe perhaps.

[Will B Good]

First crime?......first time he's been caught.

[findlay13]

Thailand  justice system ? There is one? When did that happen?

Edited May 25, 2023 by findlay13

[phetphet]

16 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Yep. TIT. Maybe this will change too. Possible 15 years for saying something you shouldn't under 112 and a 6 yr sentence reduced to 3 for rape. Of course if you're connected and murder/kill someone the chances of zero years in jail is high if the money is right.

Wasn't there a case where an old couple were given a really long sentence for picking mushrooms?

Also another where a mother was found with about a tenth of a gramme of coke in her bag and given around 20 years.

 

Are there any guidelines for sentencing here?  Seems to be up how to the judge is feeling on the day, or how rich or well connected you are.

[RobU]

4 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

If they have to fix everything it will take at least 60 years..... a whole or maybe 2 generations. 

I think more like 90-100 years. This is England of the 1930's or even 1920's 'Yes yr lordship you killed someone with your big beautiful car but in mitigation you were drunk at the time/ You didn't maintain your machinery properly and someone died, but you are a decent chappie of good breeding, so let's call it an accident'.

[MrJ2U]

If you plead guilty to many offences in Thailand your sentence is reduced to half.

 

Unfortunately, 6 years is a short term for rape. 

[RobU]

3 hours ago, h90 said:

"because he confessed and it was his first crime"

Also because no violence and she did not fight back....

It is something different if someone beat the woman half dead or if it is without violence.

I think it was only last year Germany changed their law on rape. Until then if a woman did not fight back it could not be classed as rape even if the man was holding a knife to her throat same in some other European countries