Supreme Court dismisses Yingluck in abuse of power case

[snowgard]

16 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

I really don't want to hear that stupid argument anymore.

A politician does something wrong. Is that a political crime and it should not be prosecuted?

And if a politician commits a crime and the opposition publishes evidence about this crime and demands that that politician should be prosecuted, what then? Should we call that politically motivated prosecution and ignore it?

Or is a crime a crime, independent of who commits it and independent of how it was discovered? 

So what exactly done she wrong and which crimes she commited? Can you tell it to us and show us the evidence for it?

[snowgard]

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Sorry, but does that somehow make it the right thing to do?

Absolutely, if you are innocent!!! Only stupid people don't run away!!! When you are incarcerated, it is much more difficult to find and present evidence of your innocence. Besides, otherwise she would have been in prison for the last 10 years INNOCENT!!!

[OneMoreFarang]

4 hours ago, zyphodb said:

If you were in her shoes at the time, do you honestly believe you'd do any different? 

I would not pretend to be PM if my sister would tell me to do that.

And just in case I would be PM then I would follow the law and work for the people - and not my family.

And if I would do above, then I would never be in the situation to think about running away from prosecution. 

[OneMoreFarang]

4 hours ago, mfd101 said:

You pretend that what is grey and complex is black'nwhite & simple.

 

When Western governments make mistakes - as they all do - does the PM/Pres get charged with criminal actions?  Perhaps in Usofa but not in real democracies.

There is a big difference between making mistakes and setting up million dollar scams.

She didn't just make mistakes... 

[OneMoreFarang]

2 hours ago, snowgard said:

So what exactly done she wrong and which crimes she commited? Can you tell it to us and show us the evidence for it?

Should I come to your home and switch on your TV? Or maybe read to you from the news?

You should try it yourself sometime, it's interesting to learn about the world out there. 

[Jonathan Swift]

19 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

She run away from an arrest warrant (or was she already under arrest). She should be punished for that one. 

The arrest warrant was illegally issued for a crime she didn’t commit. There is no doubt that the warrant is considered null and void.  Thus the slate is now cleared. Reasoning  skills are required here. 

[OneMoreFarang]

12 minutes ago, Jonathan Swift said:

The arrest warrant was illegally issued for a crime she didn’t commit. There is no doubt that the warrant is considered null and void.  Thus the slate is now cleared. Reasoning  skills are required here. 

Yeah, sure, there was only one little crime, which wasn't really that important, correct?

Next time you are in front of a judge try your reasoning and look what will happen. 

[scorecard]

2 hours ago, Purdey said:

Any charges laid by coup leaders really should be called illegitimate as the result will always be aimed at shutting down the previous democratically elected leaders. 

 Not like that at all.

 

The charges she was found guilty of were NOT instigated by the generals, they were laid and proven by Thailand's mainstream legal processes. 

[scorecard]

35 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

There is a big difference between making mistakes and setting up million dollar scams.

She didn't just make mistakes... 

 True, and the reality is it's been suggested / there's some evidence the mastermind id/was her big sister in CM. 

Edited December 27, 2023 by scorecard

[LukKrueng]

20 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

She run away from an arrest warrant (or was she already under arrest). She should be punished for that one. 

Sure. Like her big brother. Private suite at the police hospital...

[Eric Loh]

1 hour ago, scorecard said:

 Not like that at all.

 

The charges she was found guilty of were NOT instigated by the generals, they were laid and proven by Thailand's mainstream legal processes. 

The charges were instigated by NACC whose Commissioner was a political appointee by the junta government. The same NACC who swept under the carpet when clear cut evidence of corruption in Prawit’s watch case. 

[herfiehandbag]

3 hours ago, snowgard said:

Absolutely, if you are innocent!!! Only stupid people don't run away!!! When you are incarcerated, it is much more difficult to find and present evidence of your innocence. Besides, otherwise she would have been in prison for the last 10 years INNOCENT!!!

If she, and/or her brother had been incarcerated do you think they would have survived?

 

They probably wouldn't have made it to the pandemic, certainly wouldn't have come through it.

[herfiehandbag]

7 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

11 hours ago, BenStark said:

 

She was under house arrest, which involved security guards employed by the government outside her residence, who failed to see her fleeing.

 

She crossed the border to Cambodia in a car without border security or immigration noticing.

 

Who you think should be punished?

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I don't know the details of the Thai laws...

That doesn't seem to cause you to hold back from demanding that the full force of those laws are enforced against those whose politics you dislike!

 

"Wheel the guilty bastards in and we'll give them a fair trial" eh?

[Red Forever]

5 hours ago, 2baht said:

Innocent people don't sleaze over the Cambodian border and disappear into exile for years on end!

I bet they do. Given the opportunity.

[2baht]

Just now, Red Forever said:

I bet they do. Given the opportunity.

For what??? If they are innocent there's no need to sleaze, they can travel by regular means and come back when they please???

[Red Forever]

5 hours ago, Guderian said:

And still no charges for her (OK, the Shinawtra family's) massively corrupt rice-pledging scheme that almost bankrupted the country. If I was loong Prayut, the man who removed her from office, I think I'd be looking for an escape route from Thailand ASAP.

But but but...... we're being told on here by the coup apologists that only the guilty look for an escape route from Thailand.

[ChrisY1]

6 hours ago, 2baht said:

Does the name Shinawatra ring a bell? Who is the topic of THIS OP??? 

So in your small mind, the Shinawatras are the most corrupt of all...far from that....they are almost at kids level compared to the RTP, the Military and government ministries

[2baht]

6 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

So in your small mind

So in yours, do you not understand what the subject of the OP is??? Yingluck Shinawatra!!! DuH!!! 

 

 

 

Edited December 27, 2023 by 2baht

[off road pat]

23 hours ago, Peabody said:

I believe she was up on other additional charges, perhaps even convicted of them.

Hm,..They will conveniently forget all those charges,..

[Scott Tracy]

How many Supreme <deleted> Courts?

[mania2301]

one by one the shin clans will be back in power

[bradiston]

8 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Sorry, but does that somehow make it the right thing to do?

Yes, obviously. Are you a would be martyr?

[peter48]

" has been residing in self-exile abroad following the 2014 coup orchestrated by army chief-turned-prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha."

 

She was respected by Thai people especially in the poorer North and was globally outward visiting UK etc and forward looking. BritScot is so correct and well supported on here. How anyone on here could not grasp that Thailand was better off, outward looking and with tourist fiendly approaches and bringing better standard of living to ordinary folk before the Coup of 2014 is beyond comprehension. Those were the days when Europeans flocked to Thailand bought property and the Baht was worth much more. Those were the days when it was the LOS. 

[GroveHillWanderer]

4 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Yeah, sure, there was only one little crime, which wasn't really that important, correct?

Next time you are in front of a judge try your reasoning and look what will happen. 

This ruling doesn't say it was only a little crime that wasn't important, it says it wasn't a crime in the first place.

 

As stated in the PBS article:

 

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The court concluded that there was no evidence to prove that Yingluck had dictated or interfered with the transfer.

 

[peter48]

Let's hope she returns to Thailand after she had to leave following the last Coup. The real message is there in bold: 

Supreme Court dismisses Yingluck in abuse of power case

[Srikcir]

7 hours ago, Guderian said:

corrupt rice-pledging scheme

Versus PM Prayut's rice and rubber pledging schemes that went unquestioned.

[crazykopite]

The  circus continues next up a full pardon

[bradiston]

46 minutes ago, peter48 said:

Let's hope she returns to Thailand after she had to leave following the last Coup. The real message is there in bold: 

Supreme Court dismisses Yingluck in abuse of power case

This is obviously badly written copy. It should read "Supreme Court dismisses Yingluck's abuse of power case".

[BumGun]

On 12/26/2023 at 9:50 PM, BritManToo said:

Tell that to America!

Well, there the military didn't endorse the coup (as General Milley stated) and the military stepped back from it, which is the difference to Thailand... Same thing happened in Myanmar except the people there are pushing back.

 

Her being thrown out by a military coup should see Generals being tried for treason.

[Huckenfell]

On 12/26/2023 at 8:50 PM, BritManToo said:

Tell that to America!

Only a fool would hang about when faced with a military coup which is 'hell bent" on getting rid of you.  She had no choice but to flee.