PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, said today (June 4) she would prefer to literally bring her father home from any foreign country where he may be staying next month.

 

Paetongtarn, one of a trio of Pheu Thai partisan contestants for prime minister, told reporters she would personally prefer to leave for that country, be it Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, or elsewhere, where her father will be living next month so that, she said, the both of them could fly back home together.

 

Her comments followed the reassurance recently made in Singapore by her father that he will certainly come back no matter what may happen to him.

 

By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

Top photo: Former prime minister and de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra with his daughter and Pheu Thai candidate for prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. Photo: Thai Rath

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/06/04/paetongtarn-prefers-to-bring-father-home-from-abroad/

 

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I wonder if their is some truth to his intentions of coming back no-matter what?

Red meat for the Thaksin hating attack dogs.

Aww, so sweet!

 

Can you bring your Auntie back too?

His ( Thaksin ) legal status is still being a convicted criminal awaiting a few years of imprisonment if he returns  to thai soil .

He probably thinks that his ' connections ' and his money will enable him to avoid just that .

I hope not . 

 

if the military are still in charge when he lands, he'll be arrested & behind bars immediately. And immediately he will become a martyr of authoritarian nincompoopery , with incalculable political consequences.

 

If, on the other hand, The Future is in charge by then - or more likely getting a slightly firmer grip on the steering wheel - there'll be much dithering and dillydallying and, after much time, perhaps a new court case. Meantime ...

Just like most criminals who have money, he will be able to buy his way out of most of his problems. Nothing new in the Land of smiles. 

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Perhaps house arrest is an alternative. An ankle bracelet to ensure he stays put, seems doable 

8 hours ago, Red Forever said:

Red meat for the Thaksin hating attack dogs.

No the they moved forward to bark at a other tree at the moment.

10 hours ago, mfd101 said:

if the military are still in charge when he lands, he'll be arrested & behind bars immediately. And immediately he will become a martyr of authoritarian nincompoopery , with incalculable political consequences.

 

If, on the other hand, The Future is in charge by then - or more likely getting a slightly firmer grip on the steering wheel - there'll be much dithering and dillydallying and, after much time, perhaps a new court case. Meantime ...

The military have always been indirectly in charge - regardless of veritable governments. 

11 hours ago, djayz said:

 

,That was filmed in Thailand, I think near Ayutthaya.

She can help him to open the prison door. After all, he is an old man.

12 hours ago, Red Forever said:

Red meat for the Thaksin hating attack dogs.

Really?

I hoped for years that he returns. The cell door is wide open for him.

11 hours ago, mfd101 said:

if the military are still in charge when he lands, he'll be arrested & behind bars immediately. And immediately he will become a martyr of authoritarian nincompoopery , with incalculable political consequences.

 

If, on the other hand, The Future is in charge by then - or more likely getting a slightly firmer grip on the steering wheel - there'll be much dithering and dillydallying and, after much time, perhaps a new court case. Meantime ...

And I though the courts are independent from the lawmakers.

He is a convicted criminal. No political majority can change that fact.

As far as I know 8 years in prison and still on the books for him.

Lock him up! 

Time for the old man to come home.

Stir things up a little bit. 

Heh. 

 

 

 

Amnesty for all exiled scholars, journalists, activists and assorted politicians.

Start anew.

4 hours ago, Purdey said:

Perhaps house arrest is an alternative. An ankle bracelet to ensure he stays put, seems doable 

 

2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

And I though the courts are independent from the lawmakers.

 

Oh dear....

????????????????

Many years ago I made a statement on this forum that best leave him overseas in exile.

The cost to this country in possible bloodshed, uncertainty, disruption to the whole country,

is just not worth it.

Nothing has changed my mind

 

16 hours ago, mfd101 said:

if the military are still in charge when he lands, he'll be arrested & behind bars immediately. And immediately he will become a martyr of authoritarian nincompoopery , with incalculable political consequences.

You remember when Kamnan poh, who was convicted to 25 years for murder, was arrested by the military?

 

Tell me again how many days he stayed in jail, you even can mention it in hours if that is easier.

 

He was a right hand of Thaksin by the way.

 

 

taksin misplayed his hand massively, possibly due to his ego. what he should have done is quite simple and obvious;  return in the first instance, plead guilty get sentence halved, accept the punishment, once incarcerated get doctors to report his ill health and recommend he serves his sentence under home arrest, stay at home for one/two years, maybe less, after that he would be free to carry on his life in thailand.

18 hours ago, hotchilli said:

I wonder if their is some truth to his intentions of coming back no-matter what?

He won't come back if there is any indication that he might go to jail

I would think that hands have been shaken, deals agreed and palms greased.