Chalerm Reveals Visit To Uae

[sabaijai]

Thai police seek Interpol help in finding Thaksin

News Desk

The Nation (Thailand)

Publication Date: 22-05-2009

Police have sought help from the Interpol unit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a search for fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who is believed to have been staying in that country.

The police move came after Pheu Thai Party MP Chalerm Yoobamrung admitted he had been to Dubai recently to visit Thaksin for three days.

Police Maj General Visanu Prasartthong-osot said the latest intelligence report showed Thaksin had not left the UAE, but police were checking if he had left the country under another name.

"We believe he is likely still in that country because it is not far from Thailand and he can use it as a base for his close aides to come and see him,'' he said.

Visanu said he had submitted a request to the Attorney General's foreign affairs office to seek the extradition of Thaksin, even though Thailand does not have an extradition treaty with the UAE. "We can ask for cooperation from the UAE since we had earlier helped them arrest and dispatch suspects wanted by them."

After the court issued an arrest warrant for Thaksin, police stepped up pressure on him by asking Interpol police in 187 countries to help find and arrest him, he said. Thai police had been dispatched to countries Thaksin was believed to visit frequently such as Hong Kong, Nicaragua, Montenegro, Cambodia and the UAE.

Chalerm said he did not discuss politics or who would be the new party leader with Thaksin, but they talked about his well-being and his business. Thaksin told him he had bought an island in Montenegro to develop a real estate business, hoping to make billions of baht in profit by selling expensive mansions to Asian millionaires, following the success of Hawaii.

"Thaksin is living a good life in Dubai because the country highly honours him and has given him top security. The reports that said Thaksin is not welcome there are wrong. Dubai approved a visa for me 24 hours after I applied. Thaksin took me out shopping in malls and many people came to ask for his autograph and his picture,'' he said.

Thaksin also won five goldmine concessions from a country in Africa, which had given him a special passport.

Responding to Chalerm's revelation of his visit to Thaksin in Dubai, deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban said he had not made any progress getting Thaksin back because he had more important work to do, such as combating drugs and violence in the South.

-- The Nation 2009-05-22

[jackspratt]

I guess the old saying that you can tell the worth of people from the company they keep works both ways in this case.

Given that the Thai police seem happy to extradite this guy http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews...E54K1GK20090521 to Dubai, one may ask why the Thai government wouldn't seek a bit of quid pro quo from the Dubains (?) in respect to Khun Thaksin.

[DaleBlue]

Interpol don't give a darn.

[PoorSucker]

Thank you Mr Yoobamrung.

You are a good citizen of the kingdom.

I appreciate your effort to catch fugitives from justice.

[ballpoint]

While it's not unknown for Chalerm to travel overseas to meet up with fugitives, it is unusual that this time it's not a family member. He must be getting good at it by now.

[dragonfly94]

While it's not unknown for Chalerm to travel overseas to meet up with fugitives, it is unusual that this time it's not a family member. He must be getting good at it by now.

Chalerm has a very good heart and also visits people in Hospital. After an unfortunate incident in a club where it is known someone was accidentally shot dead he visited a friend of ours in hospital, also shot at the same time. He even gave her 400.000 baht and moved her to a private hospital, never mentioned in court but no point anyway when people can get away with cold blooded murder.

[TPI]

Thank you Mr Yoobamrung.

You are a good citizen of the kingdom.

I appreciate your effort to catch fugitives from justice.

It is only through the civic actions of Khun Yoobamrung and his brave, intelligent family that Thailand can hold it's head up, with pride, in the international arena...Belov'd leader Taksin should praise the diety for the good fortune of having this trustworthy, noble, paragon of virtue in his camp!

(Is my medicine ready yet?)

[Robby nz]

It was reported recently that a privy council member suggested that MrT had put away over 100billion Baht in tax haven banks in his years in office. If this is true and he had his money in Dubai banks owned by the ruling classes then why, as a major depositor, wouldnt he be welcome?

[carriemai]

Interpol don't give a darn.

The current Thai government don't give a dam_n either. Seriously, this piece of 'news' is so stupid it beggars belief. Taksin's never made any secret of whichever country he's presently scheming in (although granted those days are hopefully over). They let him 'divorce' his wife in the Thai Embassy in Hong Kong for Chrissakes.

This Is The Thai Way. Show you're doing something about a problem, without doing something about the particular problem, and hopefully, it - in this case Taksin - will be forgotten/go away. Can't really say, 'Ah well chaps, we did our best, blighter's buggered off' now can they Outta sight outta mind.

And try to think outside your particular box. What Would Happen If They Brought Him Back, anyways?

[Shah Jahan]

And try to think outside your particular box. What Would Happen If They Brought Him Back, anyways?

yeah that would be a fuc_king disaster wouldn't it?

things are best as they are now.

[seri thai]

While it's not unknown for Chalerm to travel overseas to meet up with fugitives, it is unusual that this time it's not a family member. He must be getting good at it by now.

That would be Herr Doktor Police Colonel Thaksin and plain old vanilla flavour Police Colonel Chalerm we're talking about. Pounding the beat in downtown Dubai....

Police General Phao must be smiling up from the afterlife at two such fine examples of the system.

I'm sure they both have parachute wings on their uniforms too

[seri thai]

It was reported recently that a privy council member suggested that MrT had put away over 100billion Baht in tax haven banks in his years in office. If this is true and he had his money in Dubai banks owned by the ruling classes then why, as a major depositor, wouldnt he be welcome?

In no particular order:

1. Business

2. Money

3. A promise to assist in recovery of stolen jewellery?

[Shah Jahan]

3. A promise to assist in recovery of stolen jewellery?

Saudi Arabia NOT EQUAL Dubai

two very different places.

its like saying that Japan and Thailand are in cahoots because they are both Buddhist countries

[webfact]

It was reported recently that a privy council member suggested that MrT had put away over 100billion Baht in tax haven banks in his years in office. If this is true and he had his money in Dubai banks owned by the ruling classes then why, as a major depositor, wouldnt he be welcome?

right... and Mr. Taksin went to the USA, where he earned a Master's degree in Criminal Justice at Eastern Kentucky University in 1974, and then a PhD in Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University in Texas in 1978.

A law-abiding depositor! Always welcome!

Edited May 24, 2009 by webfact

[Heng]

Nooo! It can't be true. Surely he's living in a 2 bedroom rented apartment doing visa runs in Liberia?

[Koo82]

And try to think outside your particular box. What Would Happen If They Brought Him Back, anyways?

yeah that would be a fuc_king disaster wouldn't it?

things are best as they are now.

Disaster for his competitors.

[geriatrickid]

The request is for domestic policitcal consumption. There is no indication whatsoever that Interpol will cooperate. In case anyone has bothered to read Article 3 of the Interpol Constitution and Legal regulations;

It is strictly forbidden for the Organization to undertake any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character.

Due to Mr. Thaksin having been overturned by an lillegal act - a military coup d'etat, Interpol is precluded from involving itself in what for all intents a politically motivated demand. Had Mr. Thaksin been removed by legal means, i.e. an election, or impeachment for criminal activity, or been found guilty of a crime in one of the mandated International courts, then Interpol would be allowed to assist.

Come back and post when Interpol actually agrees to the demand.

[skippybangkok]

Dunno,

If i were the country in question, i would say why let me do your dirty work ? You intentionally let him leave to start off with, so why should i be the one to pick him and send him back to you.

Suspect this is just a case as being seen to be doing the right thing by the Thai authorities.

[bertlamar]

While it's not unknown for Chalerm to travel overseas to meet up with fugitives, it is unusual that this time it's not a family member. He must be getting good at it by now.

Chalerm has a very good heart and also visits people in Hospital. After an unfortunate incident in a club where it is known someone was accidentally shot dead he visited a friend of ours in hospital, also shot at the same time. He even gave her 400.000 baht and moved her to a private hospital, never mentioned in court but no point anyway when people can get away with cold blooded murder.

he pistol whipped a mate of mine for daring to overtake him, and his sons have bashed and beat up and shot various individuals over the last 10 years all of which have never made it to trial thanks to dad's help.

good heart....yeah right.

[sabaijai]

The request is for domestic policitcal consumption. There is no indication whatsoever that Interpol will cooperate. In case anyone has bothered to read Article 3 of the Interpol Constitution and Legal regulations;

It is strictly forbidden for the Organization to undertake any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character.

Due to Mr. Thaksin having been overturned by an lillegal act - a military coup d'etat, Interpol is precluded from involving itself in what for all intents a politically motivated demand. Had Mr. Thaksin been removed by legal means, i.e. an election, or impeachment for criminal activity, or been found guilty of a crime in one of the mandated International courts, then Interpol would be allowed to assist.

Come back and post when Interpol actually agrees to the demand.

This assumes Interpol administration interprets Col Thaksin's conviction as political. We have no evidence that they do.

[dragonfly94]

While it's not unknown for Chalerm to travel overseas to meet up with fugitives, it is unusual that this time it's not a family member. He must be getting good at it by now.

Chalerm has a very good heart and also visits people in Hospital. After an unfortunate incident in a club where it is known someone was accidentally shot dead he visited a friend of ours in hospital, also shot at the same time. He even gave her 400.000 baht and moved her to a private hospital, never mentioned in court but no point anyway when people can get away with cold blooded murder.

he pistol whipped a mate of mine for daring to overtake him, and his sons have bashed and beat up and shot various individuals over the last 10 years all of which have never made it to trial thanks to dad's help.

good heart....yeah right.

Our friend was working as one of those beer promotion girls. He fired off a number of shots, when he visited her with the 400.000 to keep her mouth shut it was infered that it would be better for her family if she took it and said nothing, adding blackmail to murder to the family crime list