Thai Lawyers Council Blasts Police Over Trash Man's Arrest, Bt133,000 Fine

[siampolee]

Surat promised not to sell VCD movies again and urged others not to also, because it was against the law.

As is arson, incitement to violence, tax evasion Jumping bail, indeed the list is endless.

Boy those big fish can jump high and far when they want to avoid the fishing net.

Dubai, Cambodia, and as has been said not a peep nor a whisper from all the brave Red Shirt supporters who posted in the forums.

Where's Thaksin, the saviour of the poor, along with his Don Quixote lawyer (sic) Robert Amsterdam one wonders ?

''Tough at the top,'' they say !!

''Tougher at the bottom cos you've got to support all the money sucking corrupt parasites above you.''

[philw]

Surat promised not to sell VCD movies again and urged others not to also, because it was against the law.

As is arson, incitement to violence, tax evasion Jumping bail, indeed the list is endless.

Boy those big fish can jump high and far when they want to avoid the fishing net.

Dubai, Cambodia, and as has been said not a peep nor a whisper from all the brave Red Shirt supporters who posted in the forums.

Where's Thaksin, the saviour of the poor, along with his Don Quixote lawyer (sic) Robert Amsterdam one wonders ?

''Tough at the top,'' they say !!

''Tougher at the bottom cos you've got to support all the money sucking corrupt parasites above you.''

Que ???

What has this got to do with politics and coups ?

[geriatrickid]

It's nice to see that the Lawyer's Council can critizice police.

If this had happened in one of Thailand's neighboring countries, the lawyers responsible would have 'disappeared' and the story would have never made it to print.

Not true. In similar cases of injustice the state supervised press has taken on such stories in China with no blowback. Lawyers in Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam have done similar. The governments count on such commentary to keep various power factions in check and to show the people that they have a voice. Criticism is allowed up to a certain point. To not allow such commentary would cause uprisings. Think of it as a pressure valve on a boiler.

Now if you wanted to mention North Korea, or Burma, it is an unlikely scenario since the public doesn't have access to the dvds, Sorry, but if you think Thaild's sh*t don't stink because of other countries' situations, please consider a decongestant.

[HAL9000]

"Police Admit Lack of Public Awareness on Copyright"

I guess there is a lack of police awareness on copyright, too, since no one in these cases were copying anything.

In both cases there should have been no arrest since the movies were second-hand. The original retail seller would be the one responsible for legally selling them.

[Piengrudee]

There should be 2 set of laws in Thailand. One for Thaksin, and the other for everyone else.

[philw]

It's nice to see that the Lawyer's Council can critizice police.

If this had happened in one of Thailand's neighboring countries, the lawyers responsible would have 'disappeared' and the story would have never made it to print.

Not true. In similar cases of injustice the state supervised press has taken on such stories in China with no blowback. Lawyers in Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam have done similar. The governments count on such commentary to keep various power factions in check and to show the people that they have a voice. Criticism is allowed up to a certain point. To not allow such commentary would cause uprisings. Think of it as a pressure valve on a boiler.

Now if you wanted to mention North Korea, or Burma, it is an unlikely scenario since the public doesn't have access to the dvds, Sorry, but if you think Thaild's sh*t don't stink because of other countries' situations, please consider a decongestant.

Excellent !!

[COXYATCITY]

This is unbelievable:

- Vendors on Solim Road, many other roads and markets, shops at Pantip, etc etc all openly selling same stuff get a shake up every few months and their stock is destroyed (which is in fact no great loss to the vendors, then can have the same discs copied again for less than 10Baht).

- The mercedes boy deliberately drives his car into a crowd at a bus stop killing several people, found guilty, appeals, but two years later appeal still not heard. Probably never will be. Pojaman convicted on massive tax avoidance, appeals but nearly two years later appeal not heard.

- Young toll collector pockets around 7,000Baht, gets 27 years jail. His superiors pocketing millions untouched.

- In this case the man sold a few disks recovered from the trash - gets 133,000Baht fine. Proably close to penniless. Probably won't made that much money from salary in three years. Way way out of balance.

The government should leave the little man with his dvd, and start to tackle the huge drug problem that has exploded since the came in,that is destroying this country

The sooner the police are reorganized the better but hopefully not just moving the chairs around the table.

The judiciary should also be scolded in this case.

Move ahead quickly please PM Abhisit and get some strong and permanent changes in place.

Agreed Just idiotic logic used here.

No, there is no logic whatsoever. Like so often here.

[Briggsy]

Those vendors who take over the pavements and pedestrian bridges in Bangkok leaving only the narrowest of strips for hundreds of people need to be removed!

And the police who allow them to stay there need to be sacked!

[Tanaka]

There should be 2 set of laws in Thailand. One for Thaksin, and the other for everyone else.

I thought there were!