Yingluck’s lawyer cries foul of the Democrats’ book launch

[Lite Beer]

Yingluck’s lawyer cries foul of the Democrats’ book launch

BANGKOK: -- Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s lawyer cried foul against the launch today of a book about the rice pledging scheme controversy by former Democrat MP Warong Detkitvigrom.

The book launch one day before the Office of Attorney-General will decide whether to proceed with indicting Ms Yingluck of negligence in overseeing the rice pledging scheme resulting to alleged massive corruption.

Mr Noraawich Lalaeng said that the book, entitled “The Legend of Rice Cheats”, was an attempt of the Democrat party to mislead the public into believing that there was corruption in the rice pledging scheme and that Ms Yingluck was already guilty.

The lawyer however said that the book would not have any impact on the case which is now being deliberated by the Office of Attorney-General.

If the Democrats have any new evidences against the accused, they should have submitted them to the National Anti-Corruption Commission rather than writing a book to mislead the public, said the lawyer.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/yinglucks-lawyer-cries-foul-democrats-book-launch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yinglucks-lawyer-cries-foul-democrats-book-launch

-- Thai PBS 2014-09-03

[Costas2008]

The public can not be mislead by any book or writing.

They have brains to think and judge as to what is right and what is wrong.

The courts have already made up their decision.

So, Mr Lawyer, stop crying wolf out.

Edited September 3, 2014 by Costas2008

[ikke]

Shows ones more how stupid and low leveled the Dems are , if you cant win with good arguments about your group, you just trow mud to your rivals, Shame on you Dems , your all the same.

[Basil B]

Is tomorrow the day Yingluck is tried sentenced and possibly hung drawn and quartered, no just another step in trying to hold those guilty accountable...

It is unfortunate and I think wrong to publish the book at this time as proceedings are still ongoing and no doubt some facts quoted in the book may be proven to be wrong.

[FangFerang]

The public can not be mislead by any book or writing.

They have brains to think and judge as to what is right and what is wrong.

The courts have already made up their decision.

So, Mr Lawyer, stop crying wolf out.

"The public can not be mislead by any book or writing."

So you never heard of Mein Kompf or Das Kapital?

How can a thinking person write that sentence and not only believe it, but think they are not being laughed at -- loudly and strong?

They reallly should do background checks and verify degrees before letting yahoos into the country.

[seajae]

hahahahaha, here come the apologists trying to stop the truth from being told, what a bunch of desperados. As this is a book if there are any untruths in it, yl can simply take the author to court, the lawyer says its not fair then says it doesnt matter, seems the ptp/reds are more worried about the voters finding out the truth then deserting the ptp/reds in droves so they have set the apologists up in their pathetic attempt to change everyones view, after all, we cant have the truth about yl/the ptp coming out can we.

[SoilSpoil]

Shows ones more how stupid and low leveled the Dems are , if you cant win with good arguments about your group, you just trow mud to your rivals, Shame on you Dems , your all the same.

I think the Dems arguments were pretty sound, but the brush dear Yingluck used to wipe the complaints under the carpet sounder.

[seajae]

The public can not be mislead by any book or writing.

They have brains to think and judge as to what is right and what is wrong.

The courts have already made up their decision.

So, Mr Lawyer, stop crying wolf out.

"The public can not be mislead by any book or writing."

So you never heard of Mein Kompf or Das Kapital?

How can a thinking person write that sentence and not only believe it, but think they are not being laughed at -- loudly and strong?

They reallly should do background checks and verify degrees before letting yahoos into the country.

how totally pathetic can you get, Das Kapital was written in the 1800's and Mein Kamf was written before the second world war, they didnt even have defamation laws back then and there was no need to worry about writing bullsh*t etc, Seems that your intelligence needs to be checked trying to use those two books, your background must definitely be fuzzy at best, mate, you really need to study harder. These days you cannot print lies etc without facing legal action so we will see who is telling the truth but then in Thailand if you lose face with the truth you can still take legal action but it will make an even bigger idiot of the person doing so as the truth will well and truly be known then and that is something yl/thaksin does not want

[rijb]

The public can not be mislead by any book or writing.

They have brains to think and judge as to what is right and what is wrong.

The courts have already made up their decision.

So, Mr Lawyer, stop crying wolf out.

It doesn't make any difference what the public believes. Like most of us, they don't even have a vote.

[EricBerg]

The lass is guilty as can be. She presided over the lot and didn't attend one single meeting. She was warned several times about irregularities and corruption and did nothing. Perhaps driven by sheer stupidity, she does try to maintain that image with many, but she's smart enough to know about what she did and did not do. She has the genes same her brother. Her team had more crooks like Tarit and Chalerm.

There simply is no such thiung as a clean captain in a team of rats.

And about the silly book: it's for publicity to bring it out now, a simple commercial motive. Nothing wrong with that.

[Thai at Heart]

Well, he might be lucky to not get walloped with a contempt of court.

Might make for a good read, because in reality, if there is any real fraud in this case, it will have to involve an awful lot of people and a gigantic sum of money which shouldn't make it too hard to find.

[trainman34014]

The majority of people in this country will never read this book and great numbers will never know it ever existed. In addition there are still large numbers of people who can't even read at all.

I think it's true to say that the public at large in Thailand don't give a rats arse about who's guilty or not guilty in the upper echelons of society; they all know these people are thieves but they are still happy to vote in whoever will give them the most because they want a little bit of the gravy for themselves. Yingluck, her crooked cohorts, the rice scam, tablets, car schemes, they are all in the past and nobody cares a fig about any of it. What they want is someone to come along and offer a few more crumbs of comfort for a tick !

[Cuchulainn]

Truth hurts, doesn't it!

[Cuchulainn]

The public can not be mislead by any book or writing.

They have brains to think and judge as to what is right and what is wrong.

The courts have already made up their decision.

So, Mr Lawyer, stop crying wolf out.

"The public can not be mislead by any book or writing."

So you never heard of Mein Kompf or Das Kapital?

How can a thinking person write that sentence and not only believe it, but think they are not being laughed at -- loudly and strong?

They reallly should do background checks and verify degrees before letting yahoos into the country.

Can't say I've heard of Mein Kompf!!

[rametindallas]

The public can not be mislead by any book or writing.

They have brains to think and judge as to what is right and what is wrong.

The courts have already made up their decision.

So, Mr Lawyer, stop crying wolf out.

"The public can not be mislead by any book or writing."

So you never heard of Mein Kompf or Das Kapital?

How can a thinking person write that sentence and not only believe it, but think they are not being laughed at -- loudly and strong?

They reallly should do background checks and verify degrees before letting yahoos into the country.

Neither 'Mein Kampf' nor 'Das Kapital' were 'history' books. They were 'concept/vision' books. You sure give this minor Democrat a lot of credit to compare his book to MK and DK, LOL.

Hyperbole, much?

They reallly should do background checks and verify degrees before letting yahoos into the country.

Did you have your 'background' checked and degree verified? Or is that just for authors?

Against free speech, much?

[DrLom]

It's not often a lawyer contradicts himself within two consecutive sentences.

Ooops... in the West, anyway,,... forgot where I was for a moment.

[apetley]

Shows ones more how stupid and low leveled the Dems are , if you cant win with good arguments about your group, you just trow mud to your rivals, Shame on you Dems , your all the same.

You've read the book already then?

[whybother]

PT didn't need an underhand coalition to become the government. They won 265 seats. Unlike the Dems who in 2007 won 165, 68 less than PPP. But you can try to legitimise it in any way that makes you happy.

It doesn't matter how many seats PPP won. They didn't win a majority. They needed a coalition to form government. There were a lot of flights to Hong Kong to meet a particular person in self exile ... for some reason. I'm not really sure how you would legitimise that.

[rubl]

The picture of the OP doesn't show a Democrat party logo, maybe look in the book if somewhere it says "sponsored by" or "financed by" or " dedicated to"? If not it may well be that this private person who just happened to have been Democrats party MP wrote the book out of his own principles, by himself.

How long does it take to write & print a book? When was the date of tomorrow set?

Why didn't Pheu Thai spokesperson Prompong accuse the ex Democrat MP and demand that one prove him wrong?

Anyway, since the decision will most likely have been made already with paperwork to be read out tomorrow we have a few possibilities. Still it seems clear that the public can be divided into a part which knowns nothing was wrong and another part knowing all was wrong. Seems the book might have been a waste of paper and money, although I must admit I need an English translation to properly judge it.

[Bender]

guilty of negligence ....

only in thailand, you have this kind of silly trial

[thesetat2013]

Shows ones more how stupid and low leveled the Dems are , if you cant win with good arguments about your group, you just trow mud to your rivals, Shame on you Dems , your all the same.

Dont you mean " Shame on you Dems, you are the same as the Reds" ?

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[djjamie]

"an attempt of the Democrat party to mislead the public into believing that there was corruption in the rice pledging scheme"

I find this sentence particularly funny and ironic. For 3 years the PTP have mislead the public in stating there was NO corruption in the rice pledging scheme.

​Of course some would have us believe that large stocks were replaced with old or inferior grades was not corruption, but a misunderstanding.

Some would have us believe that rice sack code numbers that did not match documents provided by the warehouse owners was an oversight because they were not good at numbers in school.

Some would have us believe that rice smuggled into Mae Sot from Myanmar is a "fake" news story for DEM propaganda. Never mind that it was common knowledge in the local communities that it took place.

Some would have us believe that the arrests of rice mill owners for cheating farmers to make an illegal profit is not in fact corruption, but a rogue element making the scheme look bad. Notice that the farmers that lost over 100 000 baht who the PTP purported to support are not defended. The scheme is however.

​Some would have us believe that when the PTP investigated the rice stocks and could not find any of the above irregularities it was not bad investigating. It was an oversight because there were 15 million tons of rice and only 10 inspectors. (How on earth could the poor inspectors inspect so much rice!) PS - I love that red shirt excuse. It is my favorite.

Even the farmers said it was corruption that killed the scheme. The only ones that still hang onto the misguided view it was not corrupt is yinglucks lawyer and 10 farangs on TVF.

I would love to read an English version of the book so I can form an educated opinion though I can be assured that in Thailand were one is slapped with a defamation law suit quicker than Plodprasop can say "Protestors are garbage and don't have the right to protest" the book would be removed from the shelf today or tomorrow. If there is no news story in the Thai media tomorrow stating "Book removed from shelves due to defamation lawsuit" one can be assured the book is full of facts. Even "The Simple Truth" by the Right Honorable Ahbisit was removed from the shelves because it offered not only facts, but view points that could be misconstrued.

So I read "Negligence charges, silly political games" and "This case is ludicrous and yingluck is innocent". When I hear those dumbfounded responses I think of this. If yingluck built the Titanic I picture the excuses by the red apologists being "The riceberg didn't sink the Titanic. The water rose and engulfed it". That excuse is in fact more believable than the idea that yingluck is not negligent. And if you think she is not negligent after not attending a single rice committee meeting then can I be the CEO of your company because you obviously don't care if I turn up to any board meetings while the company crashes and burns in spectacular fashion. Or is that different because you have a vested interest in "your" company.

If the red apologists had not said "The amnesty bill WILL bring peace and reconciliation" and "The PTP DO adhere to all the principles of democracy" then I might give them the time of day here, but alas they are constantly proven wrong time and time again. This will be no different.

An ocean cruise anyone?

Edited September 3, 2014 by djjamie

[djjamie]

Mr Noraawich Lalaeng said that the book, entitled “The Legend of Rice Cheats”

FYI - The title reads "Mahakarp Kong Khao" which translates to "The rice graft epic"

So yinglucks lawyer who was arguing that the public are being mislead is in fact misleading the (falang) public by changing the name of the title to suit his agenda. PTP and their old tricks. Will they ever learn.

[metisdead]

Off topic posts and replies have been removed, topic is not about Abhisit.

[NongKhaiKid]

Is tomorrow the day Yingluck is tried sentenced and possibly hung drawn and quartered, no just another step in trying to hold those guilty accountable...

It is unfortunate and I think wrong to publish the book at this time as proceedings are still ongoing and no doubt some facts quoted in the book may be proven to be wrong.

The way things go here if he's got it wrong he's LIBEL to end up in court.

[tbthailand]

PT didn't need an underhand coalition to become the government. They won 265 seats. Unlike the Dems who in 2007 won 165, 68 less than PPP. But you can try to legitimise it in any way that makes you happy.

It doesn't matter how many seats PPP won. They didn't win a majority. They needed a coalition to form government. There were a lot of flights to Hong Kong to meet a particular person in self exile ... for some reason. I'm not really sure how you would legitimise that.

check your facts (not flights). The PTP won a majority of the seats in 2011 and also formed a coalition.

[whybother]

PT didn't need an underhand coalition to become the government. They won 265 seats. Unlike the Dems who in 2007 won 165, 68 less than PPP. But you can try to legitimise it in any way that makes you happy.

It doesn't matter how many seats PPP won. They didn't win a majority. They needed a coalition to form government. There were a lot of flights to Hong Kong to meet a particular person in self exile ... for some reason. I'm not really sure how you would legitimise that.

check your facts (not flights). The PTP won a majority of the seats in 2011 and also formed a coalition.

Check you eyes. I didn't say anything about PTP.

[tbthailand]

The book is irrelevant.

They will convict her. Of something.

This seems to be the best shot for now.

[tbthailand]

PT didn't need an underhand coalition to become the government. They won 265 seats. Unlike the Dems who in 2007 won 165, 68 less than PPP. But you can try to legitimise it in any way that makes you happy.

It doesn't matter how many seats PPP won. They didn't win a majority. They needed a coalition to form government. There were a lot of flights to Hong Kong to meet a particular person in self exile ... for some reason. I'm not really sure how you would legitimise that.

check your facts (not flights). The PTP won a majority of the seats in 2011 and also formed a coalition.

Check you eyes. I didn't say anything about PTP.

you are correct. The quoted post began with 'PT'. my mistake.

[siampolee]

People who read the book will believe that which they want to believe,public opinion seems in general to err to the side of family complicity in Yinglucks action.