Protesters have urged the Royal Thai Army to deny a possible bail plea by ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thaksin is due to meet with prosecutors next week to respond to charges of lese majeste and computer crime.

 

Protest group members belonging to the Network of Students and People Reforming Thailand and Thai People Protecting the Monarchy handed in a formal petition at the army headquarters yesterday. The protesters believe Thaksin will ask for bail when facing up to charges under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the lese majeste law, on June 18.

 

The charges arise from an interview Thaksin conducted with a South Korean newspaper in 2015 about the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) coup. It is believed his comments were critical and insulting towards the monarchy. The coup brought down the Yingluck Shinawatra administration on May 22, 2014.

 

Thaksin has disputed the allegations claiming his words were twisted to incriminate him.

 

A leader of the protests, Pichit Chaimongkol, voiced fears that if granted bail, Thaksin might tamper with the evidence. He reminded people that Thaksin fled Thailand in 2008 just before the Supreme Court found him guilty of aiding his then-wife, Khunying Potjaman Na Pombejra, to buy prime land cheaply while he was prime minister.

 

Talking about the petition, Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong said the case doesn’t involve the army as it’s not the official investigator in the matter. Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang echoed Sodsong adding that the army has no role in the lese majeste case filed by the NCPO, despite its legal mechanisms being used in the proceedings.

 

The legal case against Thaksin was initiated on May 29, after the attorney-general charged him with lese majeste and computer crime over his comments made in 2015. The computer crime relates to an allegation where Thaksin imported threatening information into a computer system, impacting national security, according to Prayut Phetcharakhun, a spokesman for the Office of the Attorney-General.

 

However, charges couldn't be pressed against Thaksin on May 29 as they were supposed to be because he allegedly had Covid-19.

 

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-- 2024-06-12

 

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Can only hope   

Yea right..

those who "don't like" (more like hate) khun toni seem to be more vocal lately ... that is a good thing ...

I think the takeaway from this isn't if Thaksin gets bail or not but the fact that the military gets partitioned. Just goes to show that the CC court is fully military and the Juntas tentacles are still hard at work. Democracy can never be achieved when the "justice system" is dictated to by the military.

 

"Talking about the petition, Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong said the case doesn’t involve the army as it’s not the official investigator in the matter. Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang echoed Sodsong adding that the army has no role in the lese majeste case filed by the NCPO, despite its legal mechanisms being used in the proceedings."

 

The army isn't involved. Believe that you'll believe anything.

 

Lips are moving...

I wonder where these protesters were when Thaksin was overthrown in an illegal military coup back in 2006.

 

If they supported the coup, then IMO they should have been in jail for life for treasonous acts against the elected government along with every general and senior officers.

surprised no one mentioned this yet, but seems like the thais are pleading with the military for another coup

18 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

pleading with the military for another coup

Let em enjoy

17 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

surprised no one mentioned this yet, but seems like the thais are pleading with the military for another coup

How on earth did you come to that conclusion?

 

The yellow underpants brigade are a very small, if well connected collection of people. 

 

The vast majority of Thais, whilst they may feel betrayed by Pheu Thai joining with the Junta parties to effectively deny them the government they voted for, have no wish at all for another coup.

Joke of the day!   Yeah a dictatorship government that let the ex-criminal back in is going to let anything happen to him.. hahaha

This guy has bought and paid for his freedom. 

 

6 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Protest group members belonging to the Network of Students and People Reforming Thailand

Students, and people calling for reforming Thailand, want the ridiculous LM laws to be enforced??? 

 

LM should be binned, or at least de-politicized. Even people who hate Thaksin should agree.

2 hours ago, Pouatchee said:

surprised no one mentioned this yet, but seems like the thais are pleading with the military for another coup

I don't think that it is all Thais pleading for yet another military coup. If it is anybody then it will probably be elder yellow shirts and elder ultra-royalists, and they are dying off and not being replaced.

34 minutes ago, billd766 said:

I don't think that it is all Thais pleading for yet another military coup. If it is anybody then it will probably be elder yellow shirts and elder ultra-royalists, and they are dying off and not being replaced.

I hope you are correct, but I fear that the "old guard" are still in control and will quash any attempt to reform/modernize this Kingdom.

38 minutes ago, billd766 said:

I don't think that it is all Thais pleading for yet another military coup. If it is anybody then it will probably be elder yellow shirts and elder ultra-royalists, and they are dying off and not being replaced.

 

Just wait, the young generation voted for MFP, and FFP in the previous election, and they got fooled twice.

 

Surely they aren't happy with what happened, and they may voice their discontent about Thaksin ruling the country again at a later stage.

duhhhhh      just fill out the proper form

15 hours ago, JoePai said:

Can only hope   

Is the teflon coat sturdy or wearing out?

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Protesters have urged the Royal Thai Army to deny a possible bail plea by ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

 

I bet he did not see this coming ...

finally something we all can agree on

8 minutes ago, cncltd1973 said:

finally something we all can agree on

So you're in favour of enforcement of L.M. law?

15 hours ago, billd766 said:

I wonder where these protesters were when Thaksin was overthrown in an illegal military coup back in 2006.

 

If they supported the coup, then IMO they should have been in jail for life for treasonous acts against the elected government along with every general and senior officers.

 

Given some of them are called 'Network of Students' and you are talking about an event 18 years ago, I'll let you do the math 🙂

I'm not in favor of LM. I'm in favor of equal enforcement of the law. students are wasting away in prison because of this law, then so should politicians 

17 hours ago, Rhys said:

Lips are moving...

Hell Yeah! Now it will only be 35 years left for a change.

If the LM issue back in 2015 was known why was he granted a pardon in the first place.

Or did "they" keep it up their sleeve just in case he started to forget his true place in the world.

In any sane, quasi democracy, the military would have no say whatsoever regarding a case in the "justice" system. This is the big giveaway that citizens votes/opinions/laws are just window dressing. Like Mao said "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun"

3 hours ago, cncltd1973 said:

finally something we all can agree on

Who is "we"?

 

If you are including everybody in the word "we", then only speak for yourself because you are certainly NOT speaking for me. Perhaps when you say "we", you only mean you and the people who agree with you, which is not everybody.

18 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Who is "we"?

 

If you are including everybody in the word "we", then only speak for yourself because you are certainly NOT speaking for me. Perhaps when you say "we", you only mean you and the people who agree with you, which is not everybody.

are you in favor of Thaksin, previously a fugitive on the run, posting bail while students who cannot post bail are wasting away in prison for the same offense? you are in favor of unequal standards to the justice system? I'm not sure what your stance is unless you are demanding to remain a lone wolf on all positions, in which case, why reply at all?

18 hours ago, billd766 said:

I wonder where these protesters were when Thaksin was overthrown in an illegal military coup back in 2006.

 

If they supported the coup, then IMO they should have been in jail for life for treasonous acts against the elected government along with every general and senior officers.

 

if toni would have paid taxes on his billllllllions of dollars profit when selling his satellite business

 

he forgot the grease the wheels

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

if granted bail, Thaksin might tamper with the evidence. He reminded people that Thaksin fled Thailand in 2008 just before the Supreme Court found him guilty of aiding his then-wife, Khunying Potjaman Na Pombejra, to buy prime land cheaply while he was prime minister.

He probable would. 

If he gets Bail on his day in court.    Than before sentencing  date He might Flee the country again if he gets a Long Jail Sentence.

1 hour ago, cncltd1973 said:

are you in favor of Thaksin, previously a fugitive on the run, posting bail while students who cannot post bail are wasting away in prison for the same offense? you are in favor of unequal standards to the justice system? I'm not sure what your stance is unless you are demanding to remain a lone wolf on all positions, in which case, why reply at all?

I am in favour of anybody who was legally elected and removed from power by an illegal military coup.

 

Do you support a military coup over that of a legally elected government?

 

I don't demand anything, and in case you are unsure, anything that is posted on a public forum can be answered by anybody else, whether you agree and like it or not.

 

I gave my own opinion which is not the one you gave when you used the word "we". You do NOT speak for everyone, only for yourself, and perhaps others who may agree with you.

 

You certainly DO NOT speak for me.