1 hour ago, hughrection said:

And the game begins.

 

Start will small seeds about his bad health & then he needs to stay there all the time. Next, he is so ill that he needs 24 hour care and he can only get that at home.

 

It's a game.

At that level, they really don't have to play 'low level games'. Or, would he have ever come back?

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

but there will be cynicism

That reminds me of another cy.... word. ???? 

Just now, zhounan said:

Mafia fugitives also pretend to be sick in order to get a reduced sentence or house arrest.

As surely do non high profile convicts, but just don't get the news coverage.  As not being divisive maybe ... IMHO

1 hour ago, hughrection said:

And the game begins.

 

Start will small seeds about his bad health & then he needs to stay there all the time. Next, he is so ill that he needs 24 hour care and he can only get that at home.

 

It's a game.

As I wrote earlier, I see a compassionate pardon in the offing which will rejuvenate him to full health.

7 minutes ago, steven100 said:

maybe the boiled rice and bread was a shock to his stomach

and the fish hear soup wasn't to his liking 

Maybe there is another reason why he returned to Thailand.

Maybe he knows that he is so sick that he will only live for a few weeks more.

And if he does that in a Thai jail then he will be celebrated as martyr by some people.

He always wanted to be the center of everything. That would bring him a little more fame for a few weeks.

Thinking much easier to quietly put him up in a VVIP suite in a military type hospital. Part of a larger script I'm sure.

Whos getting better treatment, Thaksin or the Red Bull heir?  What kind of prisoner gets to fly on a private helicopter when they don’t feel well in prison.  Lucky guy.

The Pantomime continues.

 

I would have bet everything I have on him not spending even a night in jail. Exactly the same thing happened with an influential crime boss some years ago. Transferred to a VIP suite at a hospital within a day or two and that was the last we heard of him. Got off scot free. It would be laughable if it wasn't so pathetic. The sad thing is, many will think he's actually sick.

Not good, may be too much stress, aerobic, yoga, meditation, qi qong, cardio exervices, the best solution, and a stent in a coronay of by pass.

I'm sure he's out at some hi-so luncheon engagement right about now with some distinguished guests to enable further discussion on the plan.

1 hour ago, hotandsticky said:

 

No other prisoner has a net worth of US$2bn

How do these Thai have so much money? Lottery winnings? Rice field sale? Or the other more obvious way... corruption. 

This was quicker than i thought. Who was surprised by this ?  But did yiu rhink on day 1?

So he didn't even spend 1 full night in jail?  Disgusting but I guess expected. 

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

Entirely predictable.

 

A few weeks in a luxury suite at the police hospital followed by home detention. Followed by a pardon. 

Yes, that was his  plan.

1 hour ago, seajae said:

surprise surprise surprise, will be home detention next, this was the plan from the start, he will never spend time in jail especially now pt is in govt, the people of Thailand have been crapped on big time alll for this mans return and for pt to get their snouts back in the trough

Thailand does not deserve democracy.  they will not fight for it. 

1 hour ago, VillageIdiot said:

In recent candid photos he looks ghastly.

Definitely has health issues.

Maybe that prompted his return.

Dubai and Singapore have excellent medical facilities!

...Pathetic...

3 minutes ago, malibukid said:

Thailand does not deserve democracy.  they will not fight for it. 

The red shirts did but they got shot, all 99 of them.

Then Thaksin spat on them by getting into bed with the military backed parties.

1 hour ago, rabas said:

Some of Thailand's best doctors are at the Army Hospital in Bangkok, ...  why not take him there?

 

Perhaps his minders (who are no doubt still there and powerful) don't want him near military folks? 

1 hour ago, VillageIdiot said:

Don't kid yourself, Srettha is just another sock-puppet of the Shinawatra Clan.

 

WHY  young Shinaatra Lady NOT being Prime Minister after all the hype on this very well connected and seemingly capable young prospect  ???

 

 

It is Mr. Srettha time now. 

Shinawatra era had been over. 

 

 

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

And the  'shticks' and games begins felling ill all of a sudden and being helicoptered to hospital, never heard of any other prisoner being helicoptered to hospital before.

Wow were'nt they so lucky to have a helicopter available at 3am in the morning, for night flight over Bangkok would that need flight plan approval? 

19 minutes ago, 1happykamper said:

How do these Thai have so much money? Lottery winnings? Rice field sale? Or the other more obvious way... corruption. 

Try business mongul telecoms tycoon 

 

55 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Being here since '91 I can say unequivocally that Thailand was most stable from 2001 to 2005.

 

Most development happened in the early 2000's, when Thaksin was PM.

 

A real democracy? Transition? Don't even try to tell me that under the military or since the coup in 2006 there has been anything of the sort. 

Nice attempt at diversion but not accepted.

 

Nobody (incl. me) has suggested there's been strong development under the military PMship (dictatorship) except of course some good development of railways.

Is anyone really surprised about this? I have an office full of Thais who told me this was going to happen YESTERDAY!
Now I'm either employing an awful lot of fortune tellers or this is the worst kept secret in Thailand.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

nothing is ever as predictable in Thailand as it is in other countries.

Oh I think you will find a lot of behaviour here is predictable, corruption, nepotism, the chance to do the wrong thing at virtually every opportunity, yes much in Lieland is predictable.....

I am pretty sure his lawyers are working out the best way  of  getting him out of prison plus a pardon 

So he can be with his family 

With their vast  wealth and influence should not take to long ????

Wow when he was living Singapore, he looked pretty chipper, shaking hands, then his golf stream jet. He looks pretty good a few hours after that while he’s in the hospital unit of the president. He gets so sick that they couldn’t treat him at the hospital maybe with some Pepto-Bismol instead they fly him to a Hospital. Well, he’s right on track in a few days so that he has to be at home state for health reasons TIT

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

You jogged my memory.. when I was in Venezuela I was told if arrested fake a heart attack.. they would take you to a hospital. Doing it in the cells wouldn't work out.

I don't know what to think... if he is unwell, I would have expected him to remain in Singapore.... anyhow, a lot of your points are not valid for what we have here.... I doubt we will get the truth anyhow!

"...I doubt we will get the truth anyhow!"

 

Couldn't agree more.

 

It's good to know Thai prisons have helicopters on standby to airlift any inmate who gets sick to hospital.