2 hours ago, frankie machine said:

he musta really pissed somebody off.   somebody with power.  

This must be the truth of it...

2 minutes ago, bignok said:

Strange comment. Pedos get 10 years.

Punishment is often meted out well within that timeframe.

It looks like the defendant was convicted under 

TITLE II, OFFENCE RELATING TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - Chapter 2, Malfeasance in Office, Section 154 of the Penal Code:

• Whoever, being an official having the duty, or professing to have the duty of collecting or checking taxes, duties, fees or any other money, dishonestly collects or fails to collect such taxes, duties, fees or money, or does any act or does not do any act in order that the person having the duty to pay such taxes, duties or fees shall not have to pay them, or pay less than what such person has to pay, shall be punished with imprisonment of five to twenty years, or imprisonment for life and fine of two thousand to forty thousand Baht. (my bold emphasis).

This is the only section out of twenty sections in this Chapter that convicted gets more than twenty years, considering fifty years as life. But a literal reading of Section 154 doesn't seem to fit the punishment based solely on inappropriate use of a government vehicle.

 

Unless otherwise the defendant was convicted of violation of multiple sections under this Chapter and imprisonment was cumulative (vs concurrent), ie., two twenty year terms plus one ten year term. 

 

The other nineteen sections are very descriptive in the punishment. For example (and maybe more on point):

• Section 147 Whoever, being an official having the duty of purchasing, manufacturing, managing or keeping any thing, dishonestly misappropriates the same for his own or the other person, or dishonestly allows the other person to misappropriate the same, shall be punished with imprisonment of five to twenty years or imprisonment for life, and fine of two thousand to forty thousand Baht. (my bold emphasis)

It's not unheard of that after sentencing in Thailand, that if the defendant then confesses to the crime(s), the court will lower the sentencing time. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Somebody did not get his monthly brown enveloppe it seems ?

2 hours ago, jippytum said:

Poiticians and civil servants in Thailand steal millions from the government and escape justice. Yet this guy gets fifty years jail for using the company car for private use.  Double standards and injustice on display here. 

Yes, this happens again and again!!

2 hours ago, rwill said:

I guess he didn't confess to it.

 

Anyway it says up to 50 years.  So it could be 1 day.

was today (Oct. 12) sentenced to a maximum of 50 years in jail 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

used by the defendant to shuttle himself to and from an army golf course where he had played golf

assuming he beat the judge too many times on the golf course

When you hear stories like this it is tough not to comment " bashing " 

Thais because they got no shame in bragging how tough they are on crime when it is opposite " 50 years "  every MP Senator must be rolling on the ground.

Truly the Land of Stupidity!

This place never fails achieving new levels of absurdity, even when it seems impossible to go any further. 

1 hour ago, PeachCH said:

Nothing wrong with this sentence. A strong warning to others. 

...................of an opposing party

In 'normal' countries this would be a fine, only in LOS would anyone get 50 years, just proves the judiciary are a joke!

Call in sick and get airlifted to the police hospital by helicopter 

The total absurdity of the Thai judiciary exposed for all its hypocrisy.

I know of a guy in the next village who is doing 9 years for murder, go figure out that and the loss of a life with using a car for 2 years..

 

Initially sentenced to 105 years, which is far more appropriate in my opinion! ????????????????????

Putt putt in prison?

Then used it to drive himself to his large house after being granted bail? 

That's what happens when you decriminalize golf.

Nooooo, it's just a typo, it should read 50 days, but we know that the secretary who wrote the report had smoked something wrong

3 hours ago, frankie machine said:

he musta really pissed somebody off.   somebody with power.  

That has to be reason for jailing him. Someone trying to tell him who the real boss is. Doubt if he’ll do more than a few months but the point was made to him. 

I think the judge calculated the age of that old crate and sentenced him accordingly.

6 hours ago, still kicking said:

But murder someone you get Scott free 

Who murdered someone and got off scott free ?

2 hours ago, PeachCH said:

Nothing wrong with this sentence. A strong warning to others. 

Ridiculously extreme sentence if it was only for using a public car for personal use.

6 hours ago, ChaiyaTH said:

50 years for a guy using a “company car” private? This is the new max of insanity in thailand.

Don't forget the Dutch guy who got 103 years for money laundering. His house on Phoenix Gold Course is a derelict since the govt commandeered it. The land must be worth a pretty penny though. Wonder who now owns the chanote?

6 hours ago, webfact said:

to and from an army golf course where he had played golf.

I would never have guessed this purpose!   555

I would just paint the car pink and let him carry on.

some sort of misunderstanding here, maybe. 

The rule of law gone off the rails again... What, did they think they where making up for all the other "free walks" by making one big nonsense prison sentence? Thai-dumb (logic).

4 hours ago, rwill said:

I guess he didn't confess to it.

Read the link. A total of 21 counts of Rungrak’s convicted misconduct initially handed him a jail sentence of 105 years which was curtailed to 52 years and six months due to confession made by the defendant and finally cut down to a maximum of 50 years.

 

So, he got off lightly

4 hours ago, jippytum said:

Poiticians and civil servants in Thailand steal millions from the government and escape justice. Yet this guy gets fifty years jail for using the company car for private use.  Double standards and injustice on display here. 

Obviously he has upset an even bigger bigwig - maybe bought his job on an instalment/brown bag system and stopped paying?

These people are getting dumber and dumber.. 50 years.. ???? LOL