Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra to be eligible for parole next year

[webfact]

 

Former Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra will be eligible for parole in February next year, 2024. The ex-PM will not have to wear the Electronic Monitoring (EM) bracelet and will be able to express his views on Thai politics.

 

The Committee on Human Rights, Freedom and Consumer Protection of the Thai Senate invited the Department of Corrections and Police General Hospital to clarify the status of former PM Thaksin in a meeting yesterday, September 25.

 

The purpose of the meeting was to answer people’s suspicions about whether the care and rights provided to Thaksin were in accordance with the law.

 

The committee’s chairman, Somchai Sawaengkarn, told Channel 3 after the meeting that the Corrections Department and Police General Hospital had given a fairly clear explanation of the committee’s suspicions. However, he asked the authorities to discuss this with their commanders and to return to the meeting next month.

The meeting report stated that Thaksin was a sick prisoner and was first admitted to the Corrections Department Hospital on August 22 before being transferred to the Police General Hospital. The prison authorities and police officers monitored the 74 year old PM at the hospital at all times.

 

by Petch Petpailin

Photo by Sakchai Lalit via AP

 

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[mark131v]

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

The ex-PM will not have to wear the Electronic Monitoring (EM) bracelet and will be able to express his views on Thai politics.

So the bloke who inherited shares in a defunct company ain't allowed into politics but yet another convicted jail bird is. That seems very, very Thai to me, how intelligent people put up with this is a mystery to me....

[mark131v]

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

The purpose of the meeting was to answer people’s suspicions about whether the care and rights provided to Thaksin were in accordance with the law.

Well that seems pretty clear cut doesn't it!!!

 

Only the most blind and deluded can think his treatment is the same as other similar aged and sickly prisoners!

 

Never heard of a prisoner being air lifted to hospital hours after arriving

 

Never heard of a Thai prisoner getting around the clock care

 

Never heard of a Thai prisoner being moved to a luxury hospital wing

 

Never heard of a long prison sentence being commuted within hours of arrival before the convict has served any prison time

 

I bet these hypocrites struggle to lie straight in bed....

[herfiehandbag]

Hmm - 6 months in"detention".

 

I wonder if that was the initial agreement, or has there been some backpedaling on the deal?

[BE88]

It would be interesting to know how many millions he paid for his royal pardon and preferential treatment as a prisoner.

[2baht]

22 minutes ago, webfact said:

The committee’s chairman, Somchai Sawaengkarn, told Channel 3 after the meeting that the Corrections Department and Police General Hospital had given a fairly clear explanation of the committee’s suspicions. However, he asked the authorities to discuss this with their commanders and to return to the meeting next month.

Deflect for another month! 

[connda]

Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra to be eligible for parole up for release next year month (December at the latest)

In the meanwhile - cushy hospital digs that are afforded to all sick Thai commoner prisoners <not>.

[OneMoreFarang]

How many other convicted criminals got the sentence reduced by about 90% and are then allowed to go free after half the rest sentence?

[VinnieK]

Lmao..

In the meantime,he will spend his time in hospital..

 

[Gottfrid]

7 hours ago, mark131v said:

So the bloke who inherited shares in a defunct company ain't allowed into politics but yet another convicted jail bird is. That seems very, very Thai to me, how intelligent people put up with this is a mystery to me....

Just maybe, they are not as intelligent as you seem to think.

[mark131v]

23 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Just maybe, they are not as intelligent as you seem to think.

Yep maybe you are right...

[Liverpool Lou]

8 hours ago, mark131v said:

So the bloke who inherited shares in a defunct company ain't allowed into politics but yet another convicted jail bird is.

Simply expressing his views is not "entering politics".

[mark131v]

2 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Simply expressing his views is not "entering politics".

Shall we wait and see?

 

I reckon he will and seeing as a convicted international heroin smugglers already serves as a  minster whereas the man with the shares can't I really don't think that's too much of a gamble...

[Liverpool Lou]

7 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 How many other convicted criminals ... are then allowed to go free after half the rest sentence?

All of them.  Being eligible to apply for parole, as described in the OP is something, that is available to all prisoners.

[Liverpool Lou]

5 minutes ago, mark131v said:

seeing as a convicted international heroin smugglers already serves as a  minster

Nonsense, there is no convicted international heroin smuggler serving as a minster.

[mark131v]

1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Nonsense, there is no convicted international heroin smugglers serving as a minster.

There you go scouse!

 

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[Liverpool Lou]

7 minutes ago, mark131v said:

There you go scouse!

 

Thailand court allows minister to keep post despite drug conviction - BBC News

There is no convicted international heroin smuggler serving as a minster, he was sacked years ago.  There you go mark131v!

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/ruling-palang-pracharat-party-sacks-thammanat-prompao-21-other-dissident-mps/

[mark131v]

There you go scouse!

 

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[chickenslegs]

9 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

There is no convicted international heroin smuggler serving as a minster, he was sacked years ago.  There you go mark131v!

Current Minister of Agriculture is Thammanat Prompow. Convicted in Australia and served 4 years in connection with drug smuggling. He's on the Royally approved list here ... https://www.thaipbsworld.com/royal-approval-of-thailands-new-cabinet-granted/

 

[mark131v]

21 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Nonsense, there is no convicted international heroin smuggler serving as a minster.

Ohhh yes there is!

 

You back under your bridge yet or looking for some pedantic argument to come back with, I shan't wait on an apology scouse even though quite clearly you are wrong again...!

[Gknrd]

This whole ordeal for him is just a minor convenience. More like a vacation. Back in Thailand and back in politics. I imagine he is on cloud nine...

[bannork]

1 hour ago, Gknrd said:

This whole ordeal for him is just a minor convenience. More like a vacation. Back in Thailand and back in politics. I imagine he is on cloud nine...

We don't know, not having access to those who decide.

Apparently the Attorney General is musing slapping him with a lese majeste charge from a speech he made in Korea a few years back.

He's a bargaining chip whilst in the 'hospital'  

Could be used to extract more concessions from PT regarding constitutional reform.

 

 

[soi3eddie]

Quelle surprise!

 

Apologies for AN mods for posting in a foreign language. Hope you'll forgive me this once.

[Deserted]

A lot of people want him banged up for good. They won't be happy now, not that he's even going to enter prison anyway mind.

[IamNoone88]

Interesting he is being referred to now as Former Prime Minister only throughout the article and longer Inmate Thaksin.

[zzaa09]

Expecting all this to be rescinded in short order.

Full pardon along the way. 

 

The way the game is being played.

[bbbbooboo]

Hmmm… what a surprise?

[Nickcage49]

He'll be a free man in 30 days or less, if he isn't already.

[bkkcanuck8]

Thaksin will be finished his sentence in December, however the release will not be specifically for him /s.  I suspect the list of those released from prison will include everyone that is 70 years of age with less than a year left in their sentence...  No favouritism, just coincidence.... 

[hotchilli]

16 hours ago, mark131v said:

That seems very, very Thai to me, how intelligent people put up with this is a mystery to me

The same way they they get on with everything else in life, like the floods...

paddle around up to their necks until it goes away.

Thaksins sentence was reduced from eight years to one year.. which apparently he was supposed to serve without parole.

Then he slipped overnight into a hospital suite with life threatening symptoms.

Now we hear he's going to be out early next year.

This was all pre-planned and the release of him will be drip-fed day by day to the population.

All a charade.