Lite Beer Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Pheu Thai MPs get one year jail terms for insulting Constitution Court president BANGKOK, July 31 - Thailand's Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced ruling Pheu Thai Party spokesperson Prompong Nopparit and a fellow Pheu Thai MP Kiatudom Menasawas to one year in prison for insulting the president of the Constitution Court. The ruling follows Mr Prompong, a Pheu Thai party-list MP and Mr Kiatudom, MP for Udon Thani June 8 news conference accusing Constitution Court President Wasan Soipisut with behaving inappropriately, and violating judge's ethics, injustice and partiality. The charter court president filed a libel suit against the two members of parliament for insulting him and tarnishing his reputation. The court said it found Mr Prompong and Mr Kiatudom guilty as they did not verify the accuracy of their information before holding a news conference and they intentionally expressed their views for political gain, aiming to damage Mr Pisut's reputation. The court therefore handed down one year jail terms for the two lawmakers and ordered them to pay fines of Bt50,000 each. As the two were not previously convicted, the court suspended their punishment for two years and ordered them to publish the court's verdict in three newspapers for seven days. Mr Prompong said he accepted the court ruling but is preparing to appeal the case. (MCOT online news) -- TNA 2012-07-31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker69 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MunterHunter Posted July 31, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2012 Bleh, suspended sentences... i will cheer the day these crooks start serving actual time! 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Good news. What is good? "the court suspended their punishment for two years" basically they went free without punishment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Bleh, suspended sentences... i will cheer the day these crooks start serving actual time! They are too rich to serve.....Rich people don't go in jail. Not in Thailand and not in other countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunterHunter Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 (edited) Bleh, suspended sentences... i will cheer the day these crooks start serving actual time! They are too rich to serve.....Rich people don't go in jail. Not in Thailand and not in other countries. Jutaporn served time... /Edit: No where near enough, i agree... short by about 70-80 years IMHO Edited July 31, 2012 by MunterHunter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker69 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Good news. What is good? "the court suspended their punishment for two years" basically they went free without punishment. I missed the last lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katipo Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Bleh, suspended sentences... i will cheer the day these crooks start serving actual time! Agreed. Once again we have a misleading headline 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Bleh, suspended sentences... i will cheer the day these crooks start serving actual time! They are too rich to serve.....Rich people don't go in jail. Not in Thailand and not in other countries. Jutaporn served time... /Edit: No where near enough, i agree... short by about 70-80 years IMHO OK some short time.....I saw that pictures were the red leaders were jailed.....on the beach in private beach clothes with the family coming for a barbecue together and the staff there helping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 The court said it found Mr Prompong and Mr Kiatudom guilty as they did not verify the accuracy of their information before holding a news conference and they intentionally expressed their views for political gain, aiming to damage Mr Pisut's reputation. Does that mean that the information was accurate, but it just hadn't been verified? Mr Prompong said he accepted the court ruling but is preparing to appeal the case. Translated to English, that means that he is NOT accepting the court ruling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reasonableman Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 It may mean he wishes to appeal/negotiate the severity of the penalty, but accepts the correctness of the ruling.... and it might not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunken Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 It may mean he wishes to appeal/negotiate the severity of the penalty, but accepts the correctness of the ruling.... and it might not. Difficult to believe that any of the PT 'democrats' have any respect for the CC. I'd suggest it's a definite 'not'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranO Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Definitely not crooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunterHunter Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Definitely not crooks Would appear the courts disagree with you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 All I can hope, is that the Thai version conveys its meaning a bit better than this. Does this mean that a considered, researched and provably correct opinion wouldn't have got them into trouble? Anyway, they clearly did wrong, so, good they got some type of punishment for their conduct, but sometimes, I really wonder about the decision making process to categorise offences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yoshiwara Posted July 31, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2012 It is a shot across Thaksin's bows not to think he can use the PTP and/or the reds to undermine the institutions of the state with impunity. Mind you the guys doing it are just pushing their way to the front a la Jatuporn and hope to get a doggy biscuit as reward. The convictions are the equivalent of getting a stick across the nose. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binjalin Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 outrageous curtailment of civil liberty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 outrageous curtailment of civil liberty The "right to tell lies"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunterHunter Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 outrageous curtailment of civil liberty The "right to tell lies"? The right to do anything they god dam_n please, after all they bought won the election! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuneeTH Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 So who is paying the fine? Thaksin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 So who is paying the fine? Thaksin? Standby perhaps for an appeal to the poor Red-Shirt supporters, to contribute voluntarily out of their hard-won earnings, as it's more democratic than permitting the 'Big Boss' to pay himself ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 So who is paying the fine? Thaksin? 50K is nothing for someone in politics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickymaster Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Ok. So no punishment. Again.. A suspended jail term is the worse punishment MPs, rich and powerful people here in the LOS will ever get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buchholz Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 The court said it found Mr Prompong and Mr Kiatudom guilty As they were both found guilty, it is with the interest of fairness that in addition to the photo of Prompong posted in the OP, a photo of Pheu Thai Party MP Kiatudom also be posted His official Parliament public portrait photo FULL NAME Mr. KIATUDOM MENASAHWAT OCCUPATION Politician Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binjalin Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 outrageous curtailment of civil liberty The "right to tell lies"? MP's must have their privilege to question and interrogate any institution - it's in their JD and they should be allowed to question Courts (as in every other country INCLUDING yours). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunterHunter Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Please show me the MP Job description you refer to.... thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcaulk Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 So who is paying the fine? Thaksin? I read it as being suspended along with the jail time.....meaning all its going to cost them is the publishing bill....which will likelyt be at no charge in three Issan newspapers in the classified section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcaulk Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 (edited) outrageous curtailment of civil liberty The "right to tell lies"? MP's must have their privilege to question and interrogate any institution - it's in their JD and they should be allowed to question Courts (as in every other country INCLUDING yours). Privilege to question - Yes "Interrogate" - not sure that would be the correct term Call the picollo-player a <disguised profanity removed> as these two did - No Edited July 31, 2012 by metisdead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 outrageous curtailment of civil liberty The "right to tell lies"? MP's must have their privilege to question and interrogate any institution - it's in their JD and they should be allowed to question Courts (as in every other country INCLUDING yours). Yes. They have that privilege while in parliament. Not while fronting and inciting a mob at a rally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungmi Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 outrageous curtailment of civil liberty Right, civil liberty for everyone, human rights for everyone .... in the monkeys house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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