Thaksin: Former Thai PM's prison sentence reduced to a year

[hotchilli]

9 hours ago, transam said:

Correct & probably..................????

And one year in the "luxury wing" of the hospital?

[2baht]

3 hours ago, still kicking said:

Any other world new I can't commit on just read it .

Translate please! Gibberish!

[wombat]

9 hours ago, MurakamiX said:

Thailand again makes itself the laughing stock of the modern world. 

Thailand couldn't give a flying fornicate what farang think. 

[2baht]

10 hours ago, bang saen guy said:

I suppose probation is next. Maybe too shameful to let him off with nothing

Do these people have any shame??? ????

[Tom H]

11 hours ago, arithai12 said:

I came here to read @OneMoreFarang... I hope he is ok.

With a picture stolen from the net showing a young German Frank Zander who never was in Thailand:).

 

As long as he is writing here we wont be in danger because of 112 or similar.

 

He is the number 1 candidate, quite sure. With 10,000 of postings he might live in T. ????

[rocketboy2]

No surprise .

 

 

 

 

[Expat68]

11 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Thanks. Every day Thaksin is in jail is a good day. 

And even if he is in a luxury hospital, it's still considered jail. There are lots of restrictions for him.

I am sure it's a big difference compared to luxury life in the desert.

I hope he really has to stay that year in "jail". Let's see.

 

Our opinion does not matter, Issaan people will be happy 

[Hummin]

11 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Thanks. Every day Thaksin is in jail is a good day. 

And even if he is in a luxury hospital, it's still considered jail. There are lots of restrictions for him.

I am sure it's a big difference compared to luxury life in the desert.

I hope he really has to stay that year in "jail". Let's see.

 

In the meantime ☕ Thailand continue as nothing ever happened! 

 

What is the real truth, and who is the real croocks, thats the question ⁉️

[retarius]

10 hours ago, 1happykamper said:

The rest of the world knows... Thailand has no democracy and no ethics at all. 

 

Shameful 

Sadly not many countries do. Faux democracy like in the UK and US have mechanisms to flaunt the will of the people, ie places where Senators are bought and paid for by multinational corporations, or unelected Chambers exist and most seats are safe. And ethics, how can you expect countries too have ethics when the leaders are power lusting psychopaths?

[bignok]

1 hour ago, wombat said:

Thailand couldn't give a flying fornicate what farang think. 

The farangs know better know. Just act them.

[Marco51]

13 hours ago, Social Media said:

 

Thailand's King has reduced the eight-year prison sentence of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to a year.

Mr Thaksin, who returned home last month after 15 years of self-imposed exile, was immediately sent to jail.

He was then moved to the luxury wing of a state hospital after complaining of heart problems.

Mr Thaksin has always said the outstanding sentences, over charges of corruption and abuse of power, were politically motivated.

Deposed by a military coup in 2006, Mr Thaksin, one of Thailand's most influential and polarising personalities, left the country two years later to avoid a prison sentence.

His return on 22 August was assumed to be part of a wider political deal. And it was one that was meant to bring his popular Pheu Thai party together with its one-time adversaries in a compromise government.

 

And it did that. Hours after he arrived, a new coalition government, led by Pheu Thai, voted its candidate Srettha Thavisin as the new PM. The coalition includes Mr Thaksin's former military rivals who deposed his party in 2014 in a coup.

• Who is Thaksin Shinawatra?
• Thaksin's return seals grand Thai political bargain

Mr Thaksin clearly hoped for leniency as a part of that deal, and King Vajiralongkorn has responded quickly to his request for a pardon, reducing his eight-year sentence to just one. Mr Thaksin is likely to stay in hospital.

In response to his request for a royal pardon, the royal gazette on Friday noted his age and "illness". It added that Mr Thaksin "has done good for the country and people and is loyal to the monarchy".

 

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Next stop : rewrite the constitution so it remains the same with more very flexible wording. Then after long and tedious negotiations the Jurassic Park will be kept as it is, for the sake of the peoples' welfare and after advice from the CCP ambassador. Dying out pieces should be replaced by newly discovered dinosaurs with the proven disability  to say yes . Quietly Chalerm Y. will announce his return because statute of limitations and bureaucratic errors have been found under a carpet. Meanwhile MF has been investigated thoroughly and found illegal, all participants that have not yet joined one of the "established" parties will be banned from politics. Eventually K.Srettha will make a wrong remark and  a new uncle will ...................etc. ad nauseam. If the teacher says the sky is black , then the sky is black, everybody repeat. Happy end.  Puccini could not have got a better libretto, they should be allowed to perform at Verona. Music by Muay Thai. Bring bananas.........

[kwak250]

13 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Thanks. Every day Thaksin is in jail is a good day. 

And even if he is in a luxury hospital, it's still considered jail. There are lots of restrictions for him.

I am sure it's a big difference compared to luxury life in the desert.

I hope he really has to stay that year in "jail". Let's see.

 

3 months max

He will be walking among us by Christmas. 

[OneMoreFarang]

2 hours ago, Expat68 said:

Our opinion does not matter, Issaan people will be happy 

Why would I care if people from that area are happy?

They are all up country, far far away from Bangkok, the center of Thailand. 

[Grumpy one]

15 hours ago, jvs said:

No surprise at all!

Deal was done before he even got here other wise he would never have

come back.

Rest of the year confined to his local luxury residence?

Not as a privilege but for health reason of course.

And out for the occasional golf game .

Well he will require some exercise to recoup his health  

[Expat68]

10 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Why would I care if people from that area are happy?

They are all up country, far far away from Bangkok, the center of Thailand. 

Selfish

[OneMoreFarang]

3 minutes ago, Expat68 said:

Selfish

Sure.

Now tell me, how many farmers in the northeast care about my life in Bangkok? Nobody. So I think that is fair enough.

 

And just in general, I like the idea that everybody is happy. But if especially the farmers up country vote again and again for the same corrupt politicians, then they shouldn't be surprised that they have again and again a corrupt government. 

[shackleton]

Well no surprise there except for the Thaksin  haters who would want him in Prison for years ????

His year sentence  will probably be suspended 

Let him retire and enjoy his time with his Family ????

End of story 

[tmd5855]

15 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

It seems the number of people who vote for his party is rapidly going down.

So sad. ???? 

Thinking the same thing, to throw his supporters under the bus while joining coalition parties of coup leaders means "We represent those who vote and support us" will be hard to say with a straight face.

Round peg, square hole!!

Can only benefit MFP in the long run

[Expat68]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Sure.

Now tell me, how many farmers in the northeast care about my life in Bangkok? Nobody. So I think that is fair enough.

 

And just in general, I like the idea that everybody is happy. But if especially the farmers up country vote again and again for the same corrupt politicians, then they shouldn't be surprised that they have again and again a corrupt government. 

So let me get this right, the people and the politicians in Bangkok are not corrupt?

[ross163103]

55555, was there any doubt about this?! I think not; only surprise was he got a year!

[Confuscious]

Time to make the same arrangements for the comeback of Yingluck .....
 

[Jelli]

Ironically, the defacto head of the current ruling quasi populist clique uses personal leverage and presumably fortune for favor. Sort of exactly the thing MVP and even old PT party might have railed against.

 

Wonder what it cost him. I'm guessing 50-100M one way or another.

 

I'm certain details of the decision will not be made public ????

 

[bignok]

3 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Sure.

Now tell me, how many farmers in the northeast care about my life in Bangkok? Nobody. So I think that is fair enough.

 

And just in general, I like the idea that everybody is happy. But if especially the farmers up country vote again and again for the same corrupt politicians, then they shouldn't be surprised that they have again and again a corrupt government. 

So why care Taksin?

[Spock]

17 hours ago, bignok said:

You guys make me laugh. Rich guys all over the world do deals with other rich guys. Been happening forever.

 

It has ZERO impact on your life.

Just because the rich do deals the world over doesn't mean that ordinary folk have to accept it.

[Spock]

17 hours ago, bignok said:

What court has convicted him of anything given a fair trial? None.

 

So basically he is an innocent man accused of some white collar stuff. Pretty much all Thai politicians have been accused of such things.

 

So your so called high moral standards are chest beating and selecting the highest profile one cause it makes you feel better

 

 

 

 

 

Umm, I remember him for the 'shoot a dealer and small time user' campaign in which thousands were summarily shop. I don't need to moralise about anything else he is purported to have done. He is on the same low moral level already as Dutertes from the Philippines.

[bignok]

26 minutes ago, Spock said:

Just because the rich do deals the world over doesn't mean that ordinary folk have to accept it.

So how are you going to stop it? 55

You have to accept it

[OneMoreFarang]

3 hours ago, Expat68 said:

So let me get this right, the people and the politicians in Bangkok are not corrupt?

It seems you have difficulties with these complicated things. Are you by any chance a farmer from up-country?

 

There is very little black and white. There is a lot of grey. Like the grey matter. Some people use that a lot, others not so much. I leave it to you to figure it out. 

 

[bignok]

2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

It seems you have difficulties with these complicated things. Are you by any chance a farmer from up-country?

 

There is very little black and white. There is a lot of grey. Like the grey matter. Some people use that a lot, others not so much. I leave it to you to figure it out. 

 

Do you speak fluent Thai?

[4MyEgo]

I did say this in another post, i.e. the deal was already done, but I hinted who it was done with, no names mentioned, but was suspended for two days, no deals done here on Asean now guilty 

 

 

[david555]

2 hours ago, Confuscious said:

Time to make the same arrangements for the comeback of Yingluck .....
 

Would be easier i guess , as those" kangaroo verdicts " were not as much compering those from Thaksin