webfact Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Convicted cop dodges 800 year jail sentenceBy Coconuts BangkokBANGKOK: -- You do the crime, you do the time. For a 39-year-old former police officer convicted of skimming from official fees that almost meant a year in prison for every THB114 taken.Police Sgt. Maj. Mno Muchua was indicted in criminal court yesterday on charges of corruption, which could have sent him to prison. For 800 years, according to statute.That’s because Mno, previously an administrator in the Bueng Kum district, was taken to task for 160 counts of corruption, as officials say he took helping handfuls of official fees from alien registration and bail money to the tune of THB91,200.The law states the defendant would have to face terms of five years in prison for each of the 160 counts.Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2013/12/13/convicted-cop-dodges-800-year-jail-sentence-- Coconuts Bangkok 2013-12-13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post englishoak Posted December 13, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2013 BANGKOK: -- You do the crime, you do the time Now THAT is funny 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zolt Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 "Dodges" is a relative term. He's still looking at 50 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h90 Posted December 13, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2013 "Dodges" is a relative term. He's still looking at 50 years. It makes a difference if you go out 2064 or 2814 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bander Posted December 13, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2013 Now this is good news, keep on going internal affairs Good to get rid of some dirty BIB, lets hope they continue with this kind of crackdown 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kerryd Posted December 13, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2013 His crime was that he didn't steal enough. Had he stolen more he would have earned a diplo passport and been allowed to travel around the world without restriction. Had he stolen enough he could probably even kill another policeman and not have to worry about jail time at all ! If he was smart, he would confess to doing some other minor crime, so that he could be let out on bail while awaiting a court appearance on that charge. Then he could hop on a plane to Canada and live off the "gratitude" of the Canadian taxpayers while using taxpayer funded lawyers to appeal extradition requests and deportation orders. He should easily be able to outlast the statue of limitations on those charges and when he eventually does return, he'll be much richer ! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aTomsLife Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 "Dodges" is a relative term. He's still looking at 50 years. It makes a difference if you go out 2064 or 2814 At 39 years old, a 50 year sentence is essentially a life-sentence. So I don't see much of a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deserted Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Is this supposed to be news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Local Drunk Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Is this supposed to be news? Yeah... Because police and government corruption is the root of most of the problems here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeThePoster Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Police Sgt. Maj. Mno Muchua Soon to be known as Mno Muchacha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loles Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Guys, I'm bagging, 50 yrs or 800 yrs in jail ..... are almost same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyBowskill Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 50 years for 91k, not even 2k a year. hahahahahahahahahha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spirit47 Posted December 13, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2013 Taksin get 2 years and the Police Officer 800 years, maybe he forget to give the money to his boss... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bkkfaranguy Posted December 13, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2013 His crime was that he didn't steal enough. Had he stolen more he would have earned a diplo passport and been allowed to travel around the world without restriction. Had he stolen enough he could probably even kill another policeman and not have to worry about jail time at all ! If he was smart, he would confess to doing some other minor crime, so that he could be let out on bail while awaiting a court appearance on that charge. Then he could hop on a plane to Canada and live off the "gratitude" of the Canadian taxpayers while using taxpayer funded lawyers to appeal extradition requests and deportation orders. He should easily be able to outlast the statue of limitations on those charges and when he eventually does return, he'll be much richer ! Or if he had stolen even more he would not have to leave the country he could just hang around and start his own coup! Of coarse he would need the backing of the rich BKK elites and the military as well! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 (edited) I seriously doubt he'll serve any meaningful jail/prison time. He is a cop, after all. The article doesn't mention, as they almost always fail to do, whether or not he's actually in custody or out on bail at the moment. Likely out on bail. If things follow the normal course, he'll either scamper long before his case reaches the finish line. Or his ultimate sentence will be suspended or some such thing. Based on the allegations, he deserves to go to jail. But people who deserve to go to jail here, seemingly, rarely do. Edited December 13, 2013 by TallGuyJohninBKK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkfaranguy Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Is this supposed to be news? Yeah... Because police and government corruption is the root of most of the problems here. Yes true, but everyone already knows this and the majority of the Thai population accept it, as it is just the way of life here. The news is they actually convicted someone for a change, he must of done something else to get this sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 Police Officer Gets '800 Years' For Corruption By Khaosod OnlineBANGKOK: -- Ratchadaphisek Criminal Court has sentenced a former police officer to 800 years in prison, after he was found guilty on corruption charges.The court said there are enough evidences that Pol.Sgt. Mano Noochuea, the 39 year old former policeman from Bueangkhum Police Station, had embezzled state money and failed to perform his duty appropriately.While performing his duty, the court said, Pol.Sgt. Mano pocketed 72,000 baht fines from 157 arrests of alien workers, as well as another 19,000 baht from the bail money of three defendants.Convicting him of 160 counts of corruptions, the court handed down the jail term of 5 years for each count, resulting in 800 years of imprisonment.However, the court noted that the defendant had already returned the embezzled money to the state and confessed to his crime, which led the court to reduce his punishment by a half out of leniency.Furthermore, as the laws only allow the defendant to be sentenced up to 50 years, the defendant was accordingly sentenced to 50 years in prison.Source: http://www.khaosod.co.th/en/view_newsonline.php?newsid=TVRNNE5qa3hNVFkzTkE9PQ== -- Khaosod English 2013-12-13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOboe57 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Blimey, l didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition! Sent from my GT-N5100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belg Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 a good start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacovl46 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 50 years for 91000 Baht? That's ridiculous!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rreddin Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 50 years for 91k, not even 2k a year. hahahahahahahahahha It is not clear from any of the reports of this decision whether the sentences were to run consecutively or concurrently. If it is intended that they run consecutively, the penalty is obviously disproportionate to the crime. It is likely that court's decision was not only made in the knowledge that a more appropriate senetence will be substituted on appeal, but also to ensure that a message is sent to other offenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 And murderers get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
writeshack Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 20 years is the max you can serve in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newatthis Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 I bet some of the corrupt politicians and business people would be aghast at this sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtom Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Is this supposed to be news? Do you mean the rare occurrence of a Thai policeman beeing convicted of corruption? Extremely newsworthy imo . Or do you mean the fact that a sacrificial lamb (who very probably just stepped on somebody important's toe) is convicted to an insanely high sentence, while literally 10'000s of Bibs are guilty of much larger crimes and will never even be indicted? You're right,normal state of affairs , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
culicine Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Obviously the boss was left out of the loop. A big no no for a minion cop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 ...selective justice once again........ ...so many others have gotten away with murder...figuratively and literally....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby nz Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Probably something like "lets do someone for corruption so we can try to show we are doing something about it" Wondered why the picked on him in particular, other than that he is only a junior rank ? Always get a laugh when the same red comes in and tries to twist a topic into a hate Suthep thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudcrab Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 50 years for 91000 Baht? That's ridiculous!!! or 50 years for corruption? Not so bad - should be more of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudcrab Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Police Sgt. Maj. Mno Muchua Soon to be known as Mno Muchacha. or he who dropped the soap in the shower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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