Thaksin Exempt from EM Bracelet Due to Illness and Age

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Department of Corrections has announced that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who will soon be paroled, is not required to wear an Electronic Monitoring (EM) bracelet when released. The agency explained that Thaksin is considered an ailing senior inmate over the age of 70.

 

According to the department, inmates who are granted parole will be released the following day after completing a 6-month term. If a prison has already coordinated with the Probation Department, it can release inmates on a weekend. However, if some places are not ready, the release may have to be postponed to a weekday.

 

The procedure will be determined by the Probation Department, which will set guidelines, conditions, and prohibitions for the parolees to follow.

 

Moreover, the Department of Corrections stressed that the exemption from wearing an EM device for paroled inmates aged over 70 has been a long-standing practice.

 

The department reiterated that everything is conducted according to legal procedures and regulations.

 

It also added that parole does not require notifying the court, and the paroled inmates can live their lives at home or in public.

 

By Naark Rojanasuvan

 

Full story: NNT 2024-02-16

 

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[jaideedave]

555555 looking good LOS..

[FritsSikkink]

When very ill, it is best to stay in a hospital.

[ikke1959]

The biggest joke ever....so seriously ill, but never when he lived in Dubai... Monday he will be cured and only need a check up once in a few months

[mark131v]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

The department reiterated that everything is conducted according to legal procedures and regulations

 

Well that'll be a first then!

[still kicking]

1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said:

When very ill, it is best to stay in a hospital.

A real hospital

[connda]

If I was a Thai investigative reporter I'd be out looking for the 70+ year old parolees who are not in good physical shape who are wearing ankle monitors.  Just saying.....  I bet there are more than a few.

[Shoeless Joe]

Quite right. No need for such indignity.

 

Joe.

[dinsdale]

We all know that Thaksin got the easy ride but the em bracelet thing is just an aside. If this is the policy and it's the policy for everyone in this category then so be it. No need for any negative or rediculous comments.

[john donson]

politic ban for life or jail again

 

so will they fly him with helicopter from his penthouse back to the hospital for the face of them all ?

[john donson]

3 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

The biggest joke ever....so seriously ill, but never when he lived in Dubai... Monday he will be cured and only need a check up once in a few months

 

or a month before the farce, partying in cambodia

[TheFishman1]

From his return to his release, was all planned out and paid for well in advance of him returning TIT

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Department of Corrections has announced that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who will soon be paroled, is not required to wear an Electronic Monitoring (EM) bracelet when released. The agency explained that Thaksin is considered an ailing senior inmate over the age of 70.

💰💰💰💰 buys privileges.

[Aussie999]

12 hours ago, connda said:

If I was a Thai investigative reporter I'd be out looking for the 70+ year old parolees who are not in good physical shape who are wearing ankle monitors.  Just saying.....  I bet there are more than a few.

Sadly there is no such thing as investigative reporting  in Thailand, from birth  to death, Thais are taught not to ask questions.

[jippytum]

Lot of bull#it. You can't fool all the people all the time. Annoying they seen to be having a laugh at the voters expense with constant lies and deceit. 

[metisdead]

An off topic post about the "Biden camp" contravening our Community Standards have been removed.

[klauskunkel]

 

Anything interesting going on in these heads?

Nah, I don't want to know...

 

(they are lined up perfectly for a few possibilities though)

[herfiehandbag]

I looked at the OP photograph.

 

Those of us from the UK may recall a chocolate bar called "Fry's Five Boys". It had 5 segments, each segment portrayed a face on it, labelled "anticipation", "enjoyment",  "satisfaction" and so on. They used to put long posters on the side of the double deck buses!

 

I looked at the OP photograph.

I saw: " so what", "blank denial", "you know what's going on mate" and "what the hell am I doing here, I came for a meeting about unpaid parking tickets!"

[Skeptic7]

This "yarn" just keeps getting spun longer and more ludicrous by the day❗🤣

[findlay13]

And they're all standing there with straight faces too.😆

[bamnutsak]

I assume the ISOC will be keeping an eye on him.

 

https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/06BANGKOK5203_a.html

 

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/courts/2017/05/15/sentences-upheld-soldiers-linked-alleged-thaksin-assassination-plot/

 

 

[lordgrinz]

I'd be more worried about what his wealth and private jets could do, but hey, illness and age means he won't use either to escape, OK. Or are parolees allowed to travel or leave the country at whim? 

[lordgrinz]

11 hours ago, findlay13 said:

And they're all standing there with straight faces too.😆

 

Thai's are the masters of lying with a straight face, so I'm not surprised.

[Ralf001]

On 2/16/2024 at 9:21 PM, john donson said:

politic ban for life or jail again

 

so will they fly him with helicopter from his penthouse back to the hospital for the face of them all ?

 

 

Why would he go back to jail ?.

 

FWIW, The family home "Chan Song La" is not a penthouse.

[2baht]

8 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

FWIW, The family home "Chan Song La" is not a penthouse.

How many bedrooms, Nong Ralfy??