Supreme Court sentences Yongyut's wife five years in prison

[RubbaJohnny]

many Thai women are becoming corrupt these days -- farang beware and remember longtime has longtime dangers as they try to suck your dollar

Luckily we Europeans have other things in our pockets

[ginjag]

So it takes seven years, to come to a verdict? And it is not five years! prison. The whole country is a joke.

There are worse places. in UK & USA you can get locked up for years without even being charge for any crime and without being told what you're supposed to have done wrong. That is much more scary that a slow justice system.

When you have stopped slagging everyone----we are talking about Thailand -and the injustice here because of her -Connections-she gets off near scot free.

Suppose in Zimbabwe we could find injustice. The topic Thailand and a courts verdict.

[Sakeopete]

I'm sure she paid much more than 50k Baht in the form of special administration fees. They are paid in decorated lunch boxes.

[Halion]

The judicial ruling on this case only serves to reinforce the fact that there is no true justice in this broken society and that corruption exists in all aspects of this country and culture.

Anyone with a substantial bank account and influential friends can be forgiven, however, the poor have to bear the full brunt of the law.

[Gunna]

And we foreigners coming here spending near all our money and paying tax. We are equally as bad as her or even more bad, as we have to attend every 90 days, over a lifetime, not probation for 3 years. JOKE. Just shows you what they think of us.

You don't have to attend anywhere every 90 days. You can report by post. Apply for permanent residency and you don't have to report at all. You are talking crap.

I am sure we all trust the Thai postal system every 90 days, may as well attend to be sure.

And I am sure we all can get permanent residence

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[HOOD Robin]

" But with regard to her past good deeds, the court commuted the sentence by half to two years and six months in prison instead."

[mrmicbkktxl]

The judicial ruling on this case only serves to reinforce the fact that there is no true justice in this broken society and that corruption exists in all aspects of this country and culture.

Anyone with a substantial bank account and influential friends can be forgiven, however, the poor have to bear the full brunt of the law.

Wrong information on bla bla,what should she get? death penalty or 1000yrs in prison?

[MAJIC]

As soon as I read the topic title,my first thought was :how much Jail time is Yongyuts wife going to be let off?

What is the point of these Jail sentences? it seems like one huge farce to me.once jail time has been commuted there is nothing left to serve in actual Jail time.!

Edited March 12, 2014 by MAJIC

[MAJIC]

many Thai women are becoming corrupt these days -- farang beware and remember longtime has longtime dangers as they try to suck your dollar

More xenophobic and misogynist nonsense.

With an attitude like yours I'm not surprised that someone would want to cheat you. I'm already thinking of ways to get your money based on your stupid comment.

Spoken like a true Newbie!

[monkeycountry]

If my math is correct she has to visit the monkey house for only 6 months, right?

To someone of her status, 1 hour in prison is unacceptable, due to the massive loss of face. Hence she will do everything in jer power never to go to prison - and she will succeed.

[SABloke]

If my math is correct she has to visit the monkey house for only 6 months, right?

If I read it right, she has to pay 50K and that was it.

Would seem that way. Oathetic really - I wonder if there's a limit to how many 'however's can be issued during a court verdict....

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[wprime]

Outrageous! Wealthy people don't go to jail.

Oh never mind, just read she only got suspension. What a misleading title.

[lomatopo]

Well at least she was prosecuted.

Given the charge, "provided false information during the registration of candidacy", and admitting that I am not familiar with the Thai legal/penal codes, the sentence seems not altogether unreasonable?

Even a Thai PDRC backer like Pornpimol "Pauline" Kanchanalak who plead guilty to felony and misdemeanor illegal campaign contribution charges in the U.S., received a $3,000 (USD) fine, and a "sentence" of six months of house arrest and three years of probation, which she ultimately got overturned.

If every Thai political candidate were subject to such scrutiny I suspect there might be quite a few more similar "convictions"?

[SOTIRIOS]

....very harsh....2 years probation ........................and a fine of 50,000 baht.......

[ginjag]

Topic headline.

"Supreme court sentences the said lady a massively reduced sentence of 2 years probation and 1000 pound/1600 usd fine" . price of a Honda m/c. joke.

[GeorgeO]

Did she already leave the country ?

What for? They commuted the sentence to two year's probation....!!

[Cuchulainn]

Pathetic, absolutely pathetic.

[bander]

Time to join your friend Thaksin in Dubai, don't forget to drain the bank ac and bring all your jewelry on his private jet

[bander]

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And we foreigners coming here spending near all our money and paying tax. We are equally as bad as her or even more bad, as we have to attend every 90 days, over a lifetime, not probation for 3 years. JOKE. Just shows you what they think of us.

You don't have to attend anywhere every 90 days. You can report by post. Apply for permanent residency and you don't have to report at all. You are talking crap.

And you davejones disagree with every post from anybody, forgot to take your medication lately?

[wolfmanjack]

And we foreigners coming here spending near all our money and paying tax. We are equally as bad as her or even more bad, as we have to attend every 90 days, over a lifetime, not probation for 3 years. JOKE. Just shows you what they think of us.

You don't have to attend anywhere every 90 days. You can report by post. Apply for permanent residency and you don't have to report at all. You are talking crap.

last i heard those of us in chiang mai can not apply by post and those of us on retirement extensions can not get residency.

Care to fill us all in on how you figure we can?

[Bangmod]

If you can't do the time, just commit the right crime.

New Thai proverb…...

[Arkady]

Something tells me Thaksin's propaganda war against the so-called "Amarts" was not intended to cull one of his most trusted cronies with its first scalping. She must be even more irked that to please El Jefe, her husband led a mob of goons to pepper a poor old couple's house with bullets and didn't even get a slapped wrist!

Husband Yongyut was known by reporters as Yut Tu Yen or Yut The Fridge because his men fired around 50 rounds into the refrigerator the elderly woman was sheltering behind while the house was being shot up in the Wild West style drugs raid which netted not a single speed pill, nor a scrap of evidence that anyone in the household was involved in drug dealing. The police tried to take away the fridge in exchange for a new one but the couple decided to keep it as a souvenir and let the media have a field day with it. Happy memories of the first Thaksin govt and the War Against Drugs.

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[Chupup]

And we foreigners coming here spending near all our money and paying tax. We are equally as bad as her or even more bad, as we have to attend every 90 days, over a lifetime, not probation for 3 years. JOKE. Just shows you what they think of us.

You don't have to attend anywhere every 90 days. You can report by post. Apply for permanent residency and you don't have to report at all. You are talking crap.

Talking "CRAP", i think not, you are a most impolite person with limited knoledge, Go have your morning Coffee newbie.....................

[wolfmanjack]

Something tells me Thaksin's propaganda war against the so-called "Amarts" was not intended to cull one of his most trusted cronies with its first scalping. She must be even more irked that to please El Jefe, her husband led a mob of goons to pepper a poor old couple's house with bullets and didn't even get a slapped wrist!

Husband Yongyut was known by reporters as Yut Tu Yen or Yut The Fridge because his men fired around 50 rounds into the refrigerator the elderly woman was sheltering behind while the house was being shot up in the Wild West style drugs raid which netted not a single speed pill, nor a scrap of evidence that anyone in the household was involved in drug dealing. The police tried to take away the fridge in exchange for a new one but the couple decided to keep it as a souvenir and let the media have a field day with it. Happy memories of the first Thaksin govt and the War Against Drugs.

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I would keep the fridge that saved my life as a souvenir also. That would be a good story to pass on to the grand kids.

[ginjag]

Something tells me Thaksin's propaganda war against the so-called "Amarts" was not intended to cull one of his most trusted cronies with its first scalping. She must be even more irked that to please El Jefe, her husband led a mob of goons to pepper a poor old couple's house with bullets and didn't even get a slapped wrist!

Husband Yongyut was known by reporters as Yut Tu Yen or Yut The Fridge because his men fired around 50 rounds into the refrigerator the elderly woman was sheltering behind while the house was being shot up in the Wild West style drugs raid which netted not a single speed pill, nor a scrap of evidence that anyone in the household was involved in drug dealing. The police tried to take away the fridge in exchange for a new one but the couple decided to keep it as a souvenir and let the media have a field day with it. Happy memories of the first Thaksin govt and the War Against Drugs.

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I would keep the fridge that saved my life as a souvenir also. That would be a good story to pass on to the grand kids.

Many stories that leaked out in Issan in particular, the Kalasin parents who are still looking for their boy..... The countless that vanished because they could never tell who the big boys were that were at the top of the tree, was another story.

How many top people were shot/vanished that were the main suppliers ?? average persons that vanished or were found in remote areas were the youngsters who were taking small amounts, for personal use.

All these victims should have been in custody not in as in some toilet wells, and the like, as stories were told years ago.