Thaksin is sick and not granted special privileges : Justice minister

[mikeymike100]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

As if they'd say otherwise.

Absolutely, they are hardly gonna say yes he has had special privileges and he is not actually sick, because he is so rich and famous we felt the need to treat him much better than a common criminal?

[neeray]

23 minutes ago, Kwaibill said:

Or the Repubes in the US.

I figured I'd just wait and let somebody else say it. Totally correct. I thought that it was just a typo to name the Democrats, LOL).

[bamnutsak]

Interesting that the Thaksin side has decided not to take advantage of the newly created "home detention" category for the last two months of his "sentence".

 

The embarrassment factor of the new home detention option appears a bridge too far for some officials who would have had to approve it.

 

So he'll rough it out, or so we're told, in the Police Hospital for another two months until his release on Feb 22, 2024.

 

 

 

 

[klauskunkel]

20 minutes ago, tandor said:

leave him alone...he returned voluntarily to Thailand and is serving out the remainder of his sentence under the control of The Department of Corrections..end of story.

I am leaving him alone...

I'm not leaving the Justice Minister, Srettha, Prison Authority and Police Hospital executives alone.

[PETERTHEEATER]

With no visitors allowed for nearly three months his family must be worried sick.

Better inform Hun Sen that, when he makes his formal visit to Thailand next February, he will not be allowed to see his friend.

[2baht]

24 minutes ago, tandor said:

leave him alone...he returned voluntarily to Thailand and is serving out the remainder of his sentence under the control of The Department of Corrections..end of story.

He was sentenced to 8 years! He won't do 1 day! Get a dose of reality! No need to apologise for him, he is a convicted criminal! He only came back because Pheu Thai sold out to the army!

[daveAustin]

13 hours ago, Screaming said:

Thailand is such a pathetic, corrupt third world country.

On matters such as this, I guess it is. Few places in Asia are otherwise, but I guess the rest of the world ain't much different if you are seriously moneyed-up corrupt. But as a country 'pathetic', no. I would never live here if I thought that.

 

As to this issue, articles and press releases such as this do not help and will not assuage a skeptical public. They should afford each and every sick prisoner this kind of treatment if it is not deemed as special. That is what is pathetic. Just come out and say it, Thaksin is not an ordinary person. We all know it anyway!

[scottiejohn]

7 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

The Uk is streets ahead  in corruption,   not only are they normally able to keep it totally secret,

If it is so secret how come you know so much about it?

[SABloke]

7 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

Makes me laugh, saying theres no corruption in the Uk is like saying there's no prostitution in Thailand

True, but who in this thread said or even alluded to the fact that there was no corruption in the UK?? 

[daveAustin]

/ dupe

Edited December 22, 2023 by daveAustin

[daveAustin]

2 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

If it is so secret how come you know so much about it?

Think you missed the irony there, John 

[SABloke]

6 hours ago, JensenZ said:

It's absurd for people on here to accuse Thailand of being corrupt when their own countries are much worse. 

Why? So because another country is corrupt one can't accuse Thailand of being corrupt? That seems absurd to me. I come from a corrupt country (most are), live in a corrupt country (again, most are) and am currently in Thailand. This article highlights a facet of corruption in Thailand and so (in this THAI centric forum, people condemn it). When I comment on an article on the corruption in my own country, I also condemn it. It's possible to do both. 

[soalbundy]

4 hours ago, Deserted said:

As you know, there are many, many posters on this site that know very little about Thailand despite what they think, 

Or drink, their world is put to rights on a bar stool.

[Red Forever]

As evidenced above, the hate Thaksin mob have run out of witty comments.

Come on guys, give up, your favourite bogeyman is home and most Thais are either happy or unmoved by this, apart from BKK HiSos.

As your comments....oops sorry, expert medical opinions become increasingly irrelevant it's time to find another bogeyman to vent your collective spleens at.

I recommend a certain Suthep.

[mfd101]

34 minutes ago, 2baht said:

He was sentenced to 8 years! He won't do 1 day! Get a dose of reality! No need to apologise for him, he is a convicted criminal!

All of which rather assumes a non-corrupt judicial process under a military regime (or indeed any other in Thailand) ...

 

No doubt Thaksin was and is an imperfect human being (like all of us) and an imperfect political leader (like all of them), but the continuing (though now diminishing) support for him and his party from the poor people of Thailand tells us something good about him.

 

Whether all that deserved 8 years in prison (when you look at his military predecessors & successors) is at least doubtful.

[mfd101]

9 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

It clearly isn't a third world country. It has a lot of corruption, yes, but it is not a third world country by any stretch.

'Third World' means different things to different people. Your view of Thailand is perhaps more optimistic than most of us manage most days of the week ...

[jacko45k]

48 minutes ago, SABloke said:

True, but who in this thread said or even alluded to the fact that there was no corruption in the UK?? 

Or even thought it had anything to do with Thailand news.

[newbee2022]

I like Thai humor. This minister tells the biggest lies with a serious face.

Is it any worth to talk about Thaksin? We know he got friends in highest places and his way is paved to enter politics again. Good luck 🥱🎄🧑‍🎄

[Thumbs]

Id be interested to see how many “regular prisoners “ die in custody each year at the prison hospital, i know an ex colleague who fell on hard times and resorted to drugs fell into a coma and died in the prison hospital without being airlifted to the police facility weeks before his release date
 

if he was as ill as is being  proclaimed and no deal was made for him not serving time in prison, why did he return and not get the required treatment where he was hiding, 

this is Thailand they can do what they want, the thing that winds me up is they think all its citizens are retarded and cant see the obvious favoritism. stop the the bull and just announce we are releasing him as we have made a deal the phua thai party so we can keep the move forward party out of power and protect the monarchy  

[crazykopite]

of course he is  it as soon as he gets his release date his recovery will be miraculous 

[Bangkok Barry]

 

I'm enormously relieved that he managed to get back to Thailand in time, just before he fell so sick that he's had to spend months in hospital. Close run thing, that.

[Celsius]

10 hours ago, spinner343 said:

come on everyong knows that 2 and 2 = 22

 

Do you know about 11 baht gold bargirl wedding gift?

[Gandtee]

8 hours ago, JensenZ said:

You can watch the Democratic Party in the US on the news every day of the year. They wrote the book on it. It's absurd for people on here to accuse Thailand of being corrupt when their own countries are much worse. It's just hidden a bit deeper. It seems many forum members are looking for any excuse to condemn Thailand. 3rd World? - not even close.

Only the Democrat Party? A rather biased opinion methinks. When the reports of an alleged crooked ex president are published every day.

[Ironmike]

And the award for the biggest pile of BS today is the health minister and taksin check back tomorrow for updates on free condos in Bangkok 

[scorecard]

4 hours ago, bluemoon58 said:

Pathetic. How gullible do you really think people are?

 

The folks involved in creating and operating this total and obvious scam have no interest in / don't care what the Thai public thnks.

[John Drake]

Howls of laughter emanating from the 14th floor.

[Mr Meeseeks]

2 hours ago, mfd101 said:

'Third World' means different things to different people. Your view of Thailand is perhaps more optimistic than most of us manage most days of the week ...

 

For me, 'Third World' is a mentality, and Thailand is still deeply rooted in that way of thinking, despite the rapid economic development over the last 30 years. 

 

2 hours ago, Thumbs said:

this is Thailand they can do what they want, the thing that winds me up is they think all its citizens are retarded and cant see the obvious favoritism.

 

This is clear evidence of the 'Third World' mentality, even of Thailand's leaders.

 

Thaksin being granted these privileges and the resultant comical lies and deflection are all part of the pantomime. 

[CharlieH]

Reported off topic posts removed.

[jonclark]

2 hours ago, mfd101 said:

'Third World' means different things to different people. Your view of Thailand is perhaps more optimistic than most of us manage most days of the week ...

Third world means non aligned to either the western /NATO worldview or communist/ Russian worldview during the cold War. It is not a term used to indicate level of development rather political (non) alignment.  And correctly Thailand is a Third world country..like Switzerland for example as well as a significant number of Asian, African and Central and South American countries. 

 

It has negative connections now as people and mainstream media have been using the term incorrectly. Which ironically says more about their own level of knowledge, development and understanding of their own language than the countries they are attempting to look down by labeling them as third world. 

 

But back to the OP. 

 

IMO Taksin in hospital is just one massive F U and slap in the face to the people of Thailand and its justice system by the Shinawatra clan. 

 

[JensenZ]

10 hours ago, BayArea said:

The very fact this clown had to released a statement tells you that no one in Thailand believes he was ever sick to begin with.  The corruption is so entrenched in this farce of a justice system that they expect the population to accept anything they say because it's always been the quota. 

I don't suppose you considered the possibility that he was very sick, and that's why he chose to return now, knowing that he would be in a hospital ward rather than a prison cell.

 

He's 74.5 years old now, fast approaching the average life expectancy of Thai men of 75.5 years. He has led an extremely stressful life. Politics and exile for a 70-plus-year-old man is not a healthy lifestyle.

 

Do you think old men don't get sick just because you hate them? Take your hateful blinders off and start thinking rationally.