5 hours ago, nchuckle said:

6 hours ago, PeachCH said:

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

I bet you know the Thai word for "proportionality"...

Do you know the Thai for "21 counts"?

5 hours ago, bignok said:

Strange comment. Pedos get 10 years.

Not for 21 charges, they don't.

Once again, the reading and comprehension abilities of so many posters is clearly displayed.

2 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Not for 21 charges, they don't.

You get the point. A fine is all needed, maybe 7 days in jail. Very strange sentence if true.

Pathetic, given the fact that murder, if you confess, will get you only 25! What's wrong with these people? 

15 minutes ago, bignok said:

18 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Not for 21 charges, they don't.

You get the point. A fine is all needed, maybe 7 days in jail. Very strange sentence if true.

You don't get the point.  The charges he faced carried a 5-year sentence.

3 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

You don't get the point.  The charges he faced carried a 5-year sentence.

For driving a car to golf? 5555

A drugged up bus driver who kills 20 people gets what?

Time to move on, our resident pedant has entered the thread

 

9 minutes ago, pacovl46 said:

Pathetic, given the fact that murder, if you confess, will get you only 25!

Not for 21 counts of murder!

6 minutes ago, bignok said:

9 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

You don't get the point.  The charges he faced carried a 5-year sentence.

For driving a car to golf? 5555

"Driving a car to golf" wasn't the charge.  21 charges of corruption and misconduct were.

2 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"Driving a car to golf" wasn't the charge.

Yawn

33 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Do you know the Thai for "21 counts"?

Or ”was a car even stolen ”?

So much love being displayed for three corrupt senior Thai government officials who've been jailed...quite an about-turn for AN posters!  What's happening, whatever next?

4 minutes ago, nchuckle said:

38 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Do you know the Thai for "21 counts"?

Or ”was a car even stolen ”?

Or "corruption and misconduct"...the actual charges they all faced

Guess this guy has no friends in high places.

He's not going to jail, it's all for show.

 

When I lived in Isarn, the director of my daughter's school was charged with giving 40 million baht as a bribe to get his job. In court, 9 Ministry of Education officials went to jail for accepting the bribe but the school director was innocent! 

10 hours ago, still kicking said:

But murder someone you get Scott free 

.....or use the moniker, "Tony," on social media.

9 hours ago, frankie machine said:

he musta really pissed somebody off.   somebody with power.  

Yep,...Someone who wanted to use the car for himself as well.

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Or "corruption and misconduct"...the actual charges they all faced

Or ”consistency” then given the endemic nature of that in Thailand. Again ,proportionality too, given the Sums involved. Were they way above the typical official this 50 years ?

What in Satans name is wrong with the system? For murder a nice Bonus brown bag .

Using a car for private use (no one got hurt )Absolutely insane and stupid.

2 hours ago, nchuckle said:

Again ,proportionality

He got five years, proportional for each corruption and misconduct charge.

As per this standard  half govern. employees should be in jail

Wow.. little excessive... and the guy( 1.5yrs ago)  who killed 2 women gets 10yrs and released after 4 and kills again 

14 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Seems a bit excessive, Thai courts are weird!

He got off lightly. Misuse of public office in Thailand carries a maximum sentence of death and has been so for very many years. Those members of staff who know about it and do not report it are also classed as complicit which is actually counter productive His staff must have been promised amnesty for informing on him

22 hours ago, ChaiyaTH said:

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

Sounds a bit harse, maybe a misprint. 

Well that is one way to get rid of a political rival.

He was probably flogging the army’s old stock of GT-2000 drug/golf ball detectors from the boot to fellow players and they notified the authorities that they still couldn’t find their balls.

Out of all the crimes Thai public officials are suspected of using a government vehicle for private use could hardly be considered to be urgent.

 

Unless of course, he was beating senior army players in the golf competition. Then it’s fully justified ! 

The sentence seems a bit "Over the Top" !

On 10/13/2023 at 8:10 AM, Liverpool Lou said:

Not for 21 counts of murder!

Ok, let me rephrase that then, 50 years for using a a company car privately is fricking ridiculous!!!! This would result in a fine in most other countries!