7 hours ago, impulse said:

I'll bet the next 12 months is very profitable for someone who looks a lot like Thaksin.  A body double, if you will...

 

It'll suck being in prison, but the pay will probably be worth it.

What b0llocks.

7 hours ago, Dogmatix said:

There will definitely be some leniencies starting with separation from the prison population and a comfortable aircon private cell

Neither of those circumstances will happen, the latter because there are no "comfortable aircon private cells" except in the mind of those who do not know what they are talking about and have watched too many movies.  

7 hours ago, Dogmatix said:

Thaksin has a reputation for not taking care of most of the people who do prison time for him. 

Really?   Who has done prison time for Thaksin (and for what offence)?

7 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Won't he?  Where will he be, then, what IS the alternative prison accommodation that you have information about?

There is a special unit in Khlong Prem for special prisoners.

They paint the bars and even take in furniture and TVs, I’ve been inside visiting my father in law.

Taksin will probably take over one of the hospital wings, which are air conditioned.

 

7 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

 

You wouldn't get the trappings that Khun Thaksin will get.

And what will those be?

7 hours ago, dinsdale said:

I remember a woman I think was over 70 being sentenced to 20 years I think it was for picking mushrooms in a national park.

You remember wrong, she, and others, were sentenced for illegal logging and she did nowhere near 20 years.

8 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

I would like to see him in orange than

Orange is the new Armani Black.

7 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

That said, I think the Corrections Dept. has some latitude in how long he might actually serve

That is not true, only the courts can determine the sentence.

7 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

You mean he won't be on the infamous two servings of watery rice per day meal plan???

No, he won't be, that is an infamous myth.

7 hours ago, Will B Good said:

...and by all accounts (i.e. the wife)....money buys you a lot of comforts in jail.

Your wife knows nothing, then.

7 hours ago, roo860 said:

9 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I hope he goes through the normal strip search and squat to make sure he got nothing up his bum, 

Please no personal fantasies 😏

The strip search is actually a reality...in front of everyone else waiting for registration.

7 hours ago, bannork said:

Perhaps we should consult our resident Thai jail expert here, Liverpool Lou, I believe is his handle, as to the daily activities at Klong Prem

You could ask but you'd have to ask nicer than in that sneering, snarky tone.

6 hours ago, Hunz Kittisak said:

If they can jail Thaksin a long list of lesser elites  and more deserving ones should be rotting in jail now. 
 

For being convicted of what?

5 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

 

Ha Ha…..Khao tom = hospital and prison food.

Cobblers.

4 hours ago, marin said:

He is locked up dude. May have some special privileges but is locked up. He is 76 years old so some consideration must be given.

The only special privilege he will get will be access to the over-60s and disabled toilet that has a half-door for privacy as opposed to public performing.

4 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Prison cell. Not prison. He was in the prison before but not in a cell. I want to see him behind bars. 

There are no individual cells in Klong Prem, except for punishment, i,e, solitary, and being in a communal cell (out between 6am and 4pm) is infinitely better than a 24-hour a day punishment cell,

4 hours ago, smedly said:

I wonder how much it will cost him this time to leave through a back door and straight to a private airstrip, this man will never see the inside of a thai jail cell, if he is jailed I'd be shocked

Be shocked, then, he's already there.

3 hours ago, KwaiSabai said:

He will receive a Royal pardon.

He won't.

2 hours ago, phetphet said:

 

Due to his advanced age and position is it likely that he will be kept in a special wing reserved for such inmates?

Doesn't exist.

2 hours ago, RobKray said:

He will stay in a special cell with prison guards serving him good food and allowing him special privileges, like internet, large TV, room for receiving guests at any time.

Nonsense.

1 hour ago, Dan O said:

Im sure he will not be in general population but some type of upgraded detainment.

There no such accommodation in Klong Prem.

35 minutes ago, RobKray said:

There is a special unit in Khlong Prem for special prisoners.

There isn't.

Shaved head and fish porridge? 60 in a cell, lying side by side? 

7 hours ago, bannork said:

Perhaps we should consult our resident Thai jail expert here,

 

Perhaps we should consult our resident Thai jail expert bird here,

15 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

Perhaps we should consult our resident Thai jail expert bird here,

Be careful, he's rather sensitive though I would have thought doing porridge or khao tom in a Thai jail would have hardened him up.

I wonder if coming from Liverpool had anything to do with his unfortunate incarceration.

39 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

The only special privilege he will get will be access to the over-60s and disabled toilet that has a half-door for privacy as opposed to public performing.

If you believe a man of his wealth and influence will not get special treatment, you know zilch about the Thai prison system.

As I said before, they have a large hospital floors with separate bays, where influential prisoners spend their time in air conditioned areas with access to internet. 

12 minutes ago, RobKray said:

If you believe a man of his wealth and influence will not get special treatment, you know zilch about the Thai prison system.

As I said before, they have a large hospital floors with separate bays, where influential prisoners spend their time in air conditioned areas with access to internet. 

IF that’s a big IF he really has to spend actual time in prison this time. He’ll probably be taking over the chief warden’s office and staff quarters. 

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Really?   Who has done prison time for Thaksin (and for what offence)?

 

TWO FORMER top executives of state-owned Krungthai Bank were each sentenced to 18 years in jail yesterday for approving a questionable loan worth Bt8 billion to a property company.

The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders gave the lengthy imprisonment term to KTB’s former president Viroj Nualkhair and former board chairman Suchai Chaovisit, in addition to 17 others who were also convicted in the case.

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was the first defendant in this case, was among the 27 people charged. But the court has suspended the case against him because he has fled the country.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30267545

 

It is alleged that Thaksin as PM at the time ordered the officials to approve the dodgy loan.

 

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Your wife knows nothing, then.

Again you show that you are not informed.....

52 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

2 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Your wife knows nothing, then.

Again you show that you are not informed.....

Unfortunately, that's not the case, from personal experience I know exactly what the Klong Prem facilities are...unlike that wife.  What do you know about it?