Thai govt pays 19 million Baht compensation for 77 redshirts

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Govt Pays 19 Mil. Baht Compensation For 77 Redshirts



BANGKOK: -- Ministry of Justice hands out 19 million baht worth of compensation to 77 individuals who were jailed for their alleged roles during the Redshirts protests in 2010.

The protests came to the violent end on 19 May 2010 when the military launched the final assault on their encampments in financial district of Bangkok and rounded up scores of protesters, jailing them under emergency laws.

Many of the arrestees were eventually acquitted of their charges on terrorism and arson attacks, which were pressed against them by the government at the time, while some spent months in jail without being properly charged of any crime.

The current government under PM Yingluck Shinawatra has previously agreed to pay compensation money for their time in detention. The agreement, billed as a move toward reconciliation, extends to other unlawful detentions, injuries, and deaths caused by political incidents from 2005 to 2010.

Today, Pol.Gen. Pracha Promnork, Minister of Justice, presided over the ceremony to hand out the money to the Redshirts who were imprisoned in 2010. 18 of them are from Ubon Ratchatani province, 20 from Bangkok, 28 from Udon Thani, 6 from Kon Kaen, 4 from Chiang Mai, and 1 from Mukdaharn.

Ms. Thida Tojirakarn, chairwoman of the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), said the compensation to sufferers of unfair political charges would help "heal" the country back toward peace. Nonetheless, she said she would campaign for modification of the compensation regulation, calling the existing one "unfair".

According to the regulation, individuals who were jailed less than 90 days would receive 411 baht per day of imprisonment, while those jailed for more than 90 days but less than 180 days would receive 750,000 baht lump sum and those jailed more than 180 days would receive 1,500,000 baht. [more...]

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-- KHAOSOD English 2013-06-27

[Sayonarax]

Governments losing money left and right.. 130b here, 100m there.. and now another 19m.

Great work!

[animatic]

Reconciliation,

or extra combat pay for your own amateur foot soldiers

for helping bring down the last government by violence.

No matter what name you try and paper it over with, it stinks like last weeks fishwrap.

Edited June 27, 2013 by animatic

[tonneke breda]

Better gave them some of the missing rice, both parties happy

[Pimay1]

those jailed more than 180 days would receive 1,500,000 baht

Now they tell me. That would have bought me 3,333 cases of Leo. As usual a day late and a Baht short. After being in Kabul for 18 months and eating goat every day I think I could have put up with six months of maggot soup for that.

[tomross46]

Is this government supported terrorism?

[Pimay1]

Is this government supported terrorism?

Wild bear in the woods comes to mind.

[Mosha]

The same day as it came out victims in the south will get next to sod all. Even in torture cases.

[gentlebreeze]

WELCOME TO THE LAND OF CRAZY SMILES ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

[ramrod711]

This is Thaksins bill, but the taxpayers will cover it for him. Pretty good scam, offer people money to burn and pillage Bangkok, promise to pay them and then his sister can pay the bail and restitution out of government coffers.

[Thai at Heart]

Well imprisoning people who are eventually found guilty has a price.

[OzMick]

Well imprisoning people who are eventually found guilty has a price.

In most countries you get your freedom. Here we see someone imprisoned for 6 months paid more than he would earn in a lifetime.

BTW I assume you meant "found not guilty".

[worgeordie]

Well its better than working, Red Shirts 19Mil victims down South sod all

regards Worgeordie

[seajae]

sounds like a giant bribe to me, paying the redshirts that were sent in by thaksin and now his sister is paying them for him, welcome to the land of bribes.

[Thai at Heart]

Well imprisoning people who are eventually found guilty has a price.

In most countries you get your freedom. Here we see someone imprisoned for 6 months paid more than he would earn in a lifetime.

BTW I assume you meant "found not guilty".

Typo on my part. The compensation seems high, but these people should have been bailed.

[thaicbr]

Well imprisoning people who are eventually found guilty has a price.

In most countries you get your freedom. Here we see someone imprisoned for 6 months paid more than he would earn in a lifetime.

 

BTW I assume you meant "found not guilty".

Typo on my part. The compensation seems high, but these people should have been bailed.

They could have been bailed except no one came up with the bail money ( at least in most cases) Thaksin and Thida and the other cronies certainly didn't.

The current guardian of free speech. Chalerm has a Rolls Royce and Bentley. Very poor.

Sent from my i-mobile i-STYLE Q6

[Thai at Heart]

Well imprisoning people who are eventually found guilty has a price.

In most countries you get your freedom. Here we see someone imprisoned for 6 months paid more than he would earn in a lifetime.

BTW I assume you meant "found not guilty".

Typo on my part. The compensation seems high, but these people should have been bailed.

They could have been bailed except no one came up with the bail money ( at least in most cases) Thaksin and Thida and the other cronies certainly didn't.

The current guardian of free speech. Chalerm has a Rolls Royce and Bentley. Very poor.

Sent from my i-mobile i-STYLE Q6

Bizarrely, the state has come up with funds for other more fortunate pooyais.

[Soutpeel]

The current government under PM Yingluck Shinawatra has previously agreed to pay compensation money for their time in detention. The agreement, billed as a move toward reconciliation, extends to other unlawful detentions, injuries, and deaths caused by political incidents from 2005 to 2010.

The red shirts didnt exist in 2005, so who got any cash for political incidents that were in 2005 while her brother was PM ?...I am confused dear Yingluck and will any of the yellow shirts receive any compensation ?

and will your brother be claiming for everyday he has been on the run ?

Edited June 27, 2013 by Soutpeel

[hellodolly]

Well imprisoning people who are eventually found guilty has a price.

In most countries you get your freedom. Here we see someone imprisoned for 6 months paid more than he would earn in a lifetime.

BTW I assume you meant "found not guilty".

Typo on my part. The compensation seems high, but these people should have been bailed.

Thaksin had cut off the pay checks for the last little while. Why would he bail them out they were no use to him any more.

Had to laugh at Yingluck does she really think the population is stupid. She said

"The current government under PM Yingluck Shinawatra has previously agreed to pay compensation money for their time in detention. The agreement, billed as a move toward reconciliation, extends to other unlawful detentions, injuries, and deaths caused by political incidents from 2005 to 2010."

How does she figure paying money to the people who were a part of an attempted coup is bringing the country together? It is bringing the red shirts more into the PTP.

She forgets that 52% of the population did not want her. They are the ones she should be trying to reconcile with.

How much is she going to give to all the people who lost their wages and some of the small business that went out of business?

[winstonc]

they dont look the brightest do they,,,,,,

[Thai at Heart]

Well imprisoning people who are eventually found guilty has a price.

In most countries you get your freedom. Here we see someone imprisoned for 6 months paid more than he would earn in a lifetime.

BTW I assume you meant "found not guilty".

Typo on my part. The compensation seems high, but these people should have been bailed.

Thaksin had cut off the pay checks for the last little while. Why would he bail them out they were no use to him any more.

Had to laugh at Yingluck does she really think the population is stupid. She said

"The current government under PM Yingluck Shinawatra has previously agreed to pay compensation money for their time in detention. The agreement, billed as a move toward reconciliation, extends to other unlawful detentions, injuries, and deaths caused by political incidents from 2005 to 2010."

How does she figure paying money to the people who were a part of an attempted coup is bringing the country together? It is bringing the red shirts more into the PTP.

She forgets that 52% of the population did not want her. They are the ones she should be trying to reconcile with.

How much is she going to give to all the people who lost their wages and some of the small business that went out of business?

Are you saying that Thaksin government left these people to stew as a sop to the establishment that they would apparently have the villages under control.

Such a scurrilous accusation, I can't believe he would ever come up with such a cynical idea.

[Neilly]

Govt Pays 19 Mil. Baht Compensation For 77 Redshirts

Bit of a coincidence that this should happen just as a bunch of very pi55ed off redshirts are about to descend on Bangkok...or am I just being cynical

[khunPer]

A Thai girl once told me: »Don't think too much, khun Per. There are so much you don't understand about Thailand.«
I premuse this story comes under that!

[tominbkk]

Is this government supported terrorism?

Took the words right out of my mouth.

[tominbkk]

they dont look the brightest do they,,,,,,

Country bumpkins. But they will immediately spend the money on important things like louis vitton bags, 85 inch televisions and endless plates of som tum pra ra for grandma.

Oops! Sorry son, forgot to save any for your college education. Go protest and you can have a payoff like meeeee!

[SilentReader]

I bet the guy who spent 89 days imprisoned is a bit peeved off he couldn't have managed another day behind bars(89 x 411=36,579Baht; 90 days=750,000Baht). And same for the guy that was locked up 179 days.

[rubl]

Meanwhile the Thai people down South wonder

[Roadman]

Meanwhile the Thai people down South wonder

They have been for a long time not only with the political unrest but also just after the tsunami hit with Thaksins ignorant 'not the governments support era' comments in regard to assistance. The only changes in this country are for the worse from the Thaksin cronies.

[MAJIC]

It seems like having to pay the Burgler who trashed your house!

[Soutpeel]

I bet the guy who spent 89 days imprisoned is a bit peeved off he couldn't have managed another day behind bars(89 x 411=36,579Baht; 90 days=750,000Baht). And same for the guy that was locked up 179 days.

In light of these hand outs you may find large numbers of Red shirts turning up a local jails in the next few weeks asking to be locked up for 3 months so they can get their snouts in the trough as well