Former Police Chief Arraigned Over Red Bull Heir's Case Mishandling

[Tropicalevo]

2 hours ago, d2b2 said:

Follow the money!  
Any of the fugitive’s family members or lawyers found to be aiding and abetting this fugitive flight from Justice should also be indicted made to face a trial. 

Does that include the whole Red Bull F1 team?

Boss is often at the race meetings in the hospitality area.

[wombat]

Curious asks...how long before the statute of limitations kicks in and all this goes away for the red bull bloke?

[Joe Boy Walton]

54 minutes ago, bradiston said:

 their million pound properties in the UK or elsewhere. 

Only a million? That would be slumming  it I expect.

[klauskunkel]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Former national police chief Pol Gen Somyot Poompanmuang, alongside former deputy attorney-general Nate Naksuk, Pol Maj-Gen Thawatchai Mekprasertuk, Pol Col Veeradol Taptimdee, and civilians like Chainarong Sangthongaram, Thanit Buakhiew, Chuchai Lertpongadisorn, and Associate Professor Saiprasit Kerdniyom.

 

According to Watcharin Phanurat, deputy prosecution director-general of the Office of Investigation

Between Somyot, the other high-ranking police and the former deputy Ag..., frankly I fear for that deputy prosecution director-general.

[Aussie999]

3 hours ago, jippytum said:

The police protected this hi so killer from justice for killing a policeman and 

allowed him to flee the country. 

He has been seen at many high profile sports events abroad and despite the issue of an international  arrest warrant Thai authorities have refused to return him to face justice. 

Another example of a rich Thai family evading justice. shameful ! 

That Interpol red notice was withdraw, soon after being issued.. though the Thai police do not confirm this, but Interpol have no notice issued, irrespective on what some, on here, will tell you... 

[Srikcir]

3 hours ago, jippytum said:

Another example of a rich Thai family evading justice.

When he returns he should consider election for PM keeping with tradition of the office.

[damian]

That face.

 

It's  just ripe for the slapping. 

[Bobydog]

5 hours ago, pomchop said:

Punish the monkey and let the organ grinder go....

 

 

Oh no, another group of hard working senior officials haven't paid their membership fees, too well off has made them complacent lol

[ignore it]

Let's take a moment to reflect on who is the real victim.

 

General Somyot.

 

A man who tried to navigate the justice system but got stuck in the quicksand of corruption. Sure, he might have "revised" a few reports and accepted a little pocket money, but can you blame him? He was just trying to keep the system from collapsing under the weight of privilege! 

 

Somyot's real crime? Trying to do his job in a world where the rich drive Ferraris and the rest of us are just trying not to get run over. If anything, he's the victim of a society where power makes the rules, and all he had was a pen and a really bad set of instructions!

[steven.g]

A stain on Thailand and its people

[LudwigK]

12 YEARS fooling the people !!!!

[CallumWK]

I wonder if any of them will be arranged for the suspicious death of a key witness, but maybe that is just hoping too much

[spidermike007]

The only thing that's been mishandled here is the way Thai culture embraces the privilege of wealth, and the fact that if you have enough money you're above the law. Nothing will be done with this guy, his family is wealthy to the point where they're above any and all laws, so whatever is going on here, is just a silly smokescreen.

 

If they wanted him, they would have gotten him long ago. They don't want him, and they don't want to mess with his family. End of story. 

[Nickcage49]

Do you think a bit of money changed hands in this case? This punk should have gone to jail for life for his actions. It happened right down the street from where I was living at the time. Terrible thing.

[john donson]

why not impound all possessions from those criminals ?

[Hunz Kittisak]

23 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

The only thing that's been mishandled here is the way Thai culture embraces the privilege of wealth, and the fact that if you have enough money you're above the law. Nothing will be done with this guy, his family is wealthy to the point where they're above any and all laws, so whatever is going on here, is just a silly smokescreen.

 

If they wanted him, they would have gotten him long ago. They don't want him, and they don't want to mess with his family. End of story. 

Well said 

Even if he really surrender or is  arrested rest assured he won’t spend a day in jail even if he was convicted. 
Everyone knows that just that no one will admit that outright 

[retarius]

Why arraign these corrupt creeps now? I suppose they have just run down the clock on the murder charge. Just to note as well that most countries have no state of limitations on murder.

Investigate them for unusual wealth as well. 

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Anyone who had anything to do with this case were told to back off or were compensated handsomely to turn a blind eye and allow him to leave the country.

 

No one needed to be told to "allow him to leave the country", he was free to do so; he was not banned from leaving and, as there was no arrest warrant for him at the time of his leaving, there was no blind eye that needed to be turned, either.

[chickenslegs]

2 hours ago, wombat said:

Curious asks...how long before the statute of limitations kicks in and all this goes away for the red bull bloke?

IIRC - 3 September 2027

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, jippytum said:

The police protected this hi so killer from justice for killing a policeman and 

allowed him to flee the country. 

He has been seen at many high profile sports events abroad and despite the issue of an international  arrest warrant Thai authorities have refused to return him to face justice. 

Another example of a rich Thai family evading justice. shameful ! 

There is no such thing as an "international arrest warrant".  An Interpol red notice has been issued but that is advisory only, no country is under any obligation to detain him.    Thai authorities are not in any position to "return him" from any other country as the RTP do not have jurisdiction beyond Thailand's borders.

[retarius]

This cases shows that there are no double standards in Thai justice. Thaksin never spent a night in jail and neither will the Boss (note how offensive is his nickname to fans of Bruce Springsteen?)

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

...waiting for the statues limitations to run out...

Statues can run?   Better chain them down.

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, Thumbs said:

What about all subsequent officials who allowed charges against him to expire the statute of limitations instead of prosecuting him in absentia.

Trials in absentia in Thailand can't (normally) happen for non-political offences or the offences for which he was charged.   

[Scouse123]

5 hours ago, thaipo7 said:

Just waiting for the Statute of Limitations to run out.  IT has on every other charge.

 

 

And when is that?

[Scouse123]

19 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

IIRC - 3 September 2027

 

3 more years then , hardly a hardship for him.

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, spermwhale said:

What I'd really like to know is why the Thai media has never attempted to track this murderer down and expose his overseas life.

How would that help in getting him back here?

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, spermwhale said:

track this murderer

 

4 hours ago, spermwhale said:

if daddy is protecting his murderous son

He is not accused of murder,  he didn't murder anyone.

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, spermwhale said:

I find it strange that no Thai journalist has the stones to research, find where he is, have photographers taking pictures out on the clubbing circuit and also researching how he is getting his money. The cops should do this too and see if daddy is protecting his murderous son and then arrest him for aiding and abetting.

So giving money to one's son (if he is doing that) is illegal, now, is it?

[Scouse123]

Leave them to it, None of our opinions on this board will have any clout in this matter.

 

It's just how Thailand is and how Thailand has always worked.

 

The prisons have plenty of innocent people in there, that just don't have enough money for lawyers, so they admit and get half sentences.

 

Meanwhile, those with money never see the inside of a courtroom.

 

Might beats Right, ............................every time.

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, spermwhale said:

funding his murderer son's lifestyle

When was he convicted of anything, never mind "murder"?