Thailand's ex-PM Thaksin to serve 8 years in jail - court statement

[steven100]

1 hour ago, george said:

UPDATE:

THAKSIN WILL STAY IN PRISON MEDICAL WARD

After a medical check-up, the Department of Corrections stated that former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, 74, has five medical conditions. He will be held in a separate medical ward within the prison and monitored by medical specialists.

 

The five conditions include ischemic heart muscle, chronic pulmonary inflammation, high blood pressure, degenerated spine, and abnormal posture.

 

The food he receives in prison will be provided solely by the prison, and his visitation privileges will adhere to the same rules as other prisoners. However, only his lawyer will be allowed to visit during the first five days of his incarceration.

 

#Thailand #ทักษิณ #ทักษิณกลับไทย

what hogwash  .....    prison food ,  I don't think Alaskan sea scallops in burgundy sauce are on the prison menu,  and I doubt the Sheraton hotel has a specialist medical ward ......    oh'  the doc will be in the room next door if he needs anything.   

[StayinThailand2much]

4 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

Hang on. I thought he'd only returned to fill the vacant PM job?

They had to put him in the slammer for one or two nights to save face... He'll take over from the puppet elected today soon.

[FarangJon]

Couple of weeks he will be a free man. Just take a look and learn how corruption works here in this country.

[Tom H]

According to law prisoners can get pardoned with over 70y. of age.

 

Within this year is my guess.

Normal procedure actually in Thailand.

[SuperSaiyan]

He will be pardoned.

[Songlaw]

3 hours ago, findlay13 said:

LOL I will believe it when I see it.Although I didn't believe he return at all so I know nothing

 

Same here, my friend. 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

15 minutes ago, Tom H said:

According to law prisoners can get pardoned with over 70y. of age.

Without serving any meaningful part of their actual sentence? I've never heard of that kind of exception in Thai law.

 

Do you have a source for that that you can provide a link to?

 

[wwest5829]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

 

BANGKOK, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who returned from self-exile on Tuesday, will serve a total of eight years in prison, according to a statement by the Supreme Court.

 

The jail term covers three different cases for abuse of power and malfeasance, illegally ordering a state-run bank to issue a foreign loan, and illegally holding shares via nominees. 

 

by Reuters

TOP: Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is expected to be arrested upon his return as he ends almost two decades of self-imposed exile, waves at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

Full story: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thailands-ex-pm-thaksin-serve-8-years-jail-court-statement-2023-08-22/

 

-- REUTERS 2023-08-22

 

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My bet is on his not having to serve 8 years. Political deal pending or he would not have returned ... unless on death's door.

[koolkarl]

He arrives the same day the new puppet PM gets the job, his friend.  The new PM will pardon him very shortly.

[MangoKorat]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

will serve a total of eight years in prison, according to a statement by the Supreme Court.

Anyone running a book on the truthfulness of the above statement?  10:1 he's not locked up for more than 8 months, not years.

[IndomitableSpirit]

It is possible that he's jailed for 8 years, but sneaks out every night to go home. In the morning he goes back to a 5-star underground jail-condo. ???????? 

[Neeranam]

3 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Such a thing, per se, does not exist in Thailand. 

Ask the Godfather of Chonburi.

[geoffrobbo]

However long, or short, his time in jail he will still serve longer than Mr Red Bull for killing a cop

[StayinThailand2much]

13 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Without serving any meaningful part of their actual sentence? I've never heard of that kind of exception in Thai law.

 

Do you have a source for that that you can provide a link to?

 

Who cares? They would make an exception for him anyway. Money talks, particularly in Thailand...

[Hunz Kittisak]

3 minutes ago, geoffrobbo said:

However long, or short, his time in jail he will still serve longer than Mr Red Bull for killing a cop

Mr Red Bull has more influence than an ex prime minister? ????

[n00dle]

yes right, a billionaire with the entire world as his oyster has voluntarily returned to thailand to die in jail. 

i call bull <deleted> 

[n00dle]

6 minutes ago, geoffrobbo said:

However long, or short, his time in jail he will still serve longer than Mr Red Bull for killing a cop

quit banging that completely unrealted drum wontcha please

[n00dle]

3 hours ago, george said:

After a medical check-up, the Department of Corrections stated that former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, 74, has five medical conditions. He will be held in a separate medical ward within the prison and monitored by medical specialists.

 

The five conditions include ischemic heart muscle, chronic pulmonary inflammation, high blood pressure, degenerated spine, and abnormal posture.

six conditons if you count a square head!

 

That said, the stage is perfectly set for royal, pardon. He appaently has the aforemetioned health issues, and he is over 70.  That two criteria met before he has soent a night in jail. 

oh to be a fly on the wall and see how (and where) he spends his first night back 

[zzaa09]

Regardless of what we might be reading or hearing.....nothing will come of these proposed rumours or officialdom.

 

A deal has been made. 

 

Come on people, wake up.

[shackleton]

Well I did not think he would return to Thailand unless a deal was arranged

So I wait with abated breath to see what transpires ????

Can't see him doing 8 years ????

[terryofcrete]

3 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

No one wears ankle chains inside Thai prisons unless they are being punished for in-jail misbehaviour. 

Thailand's jails are not barbaric ... unlike the US

[steven100]

will his mattress be dirty and have fleas in it on his first night 

 

[wazzupnow]

5 hours ago, bob smith said:

what time is he being released on bail? ????

i am sure this will before 100,000 red shirt storm the bastille

[roger101]

  Pantomime. Thai version.

Oh yes he will, Oh no he wont.

[blazes]

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

They have to be careful he has many enemies, in jail someone just might take a pop at him for fame and fortune,  

 

À la Jeffrey Epstein?

[blazes]

35 minutes ago, shackleton said:

Well I did not think he would return to Thailand unless a deal was arranged

So I wait with abated breath to see what transpires ????

Can't see him doing 8 years ????

Hope you survive your "abated" breath....

[hotandsticky]

5 hours ago, mfd101 said:

We shall see. This morning he certainly looked like master of the situation: police saluting him, homage to the King, hugs and waves for his followers ... The news clips could scarcely have been bettered. The Big Man returns.

 

Even if it takes 2 weeks before he's out of clink, he still makes the dinosaurs look like the very little men they really are.

 

 

"Master of the situation" ?

 

You believe that BS?

 

You have no idea who is pulling the strings.

[Gilligan In Drag]

Maybe he will be allowed  serve as Prime Minister anyway from his prison cell. In the U.S. a president may serve from prison, as you may have heard regarding Onald Rump. I have a feeling though they told Pita to scram for a reason, to make way for Mr. T. Just one of those wild hunches you have...

[WingFat]

Ah, my broken clock was right; he actually returned. 

 

Now, just how long will he actually be in jail ? Not long; no way he would return if there wasn't some grand plan in place for him to eventually become PM again.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

will his mattress be dirty and have fleas in it on his first night 

 

What mattress?