Make Yingluck pay, PM told

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Make Yingluck pay, PM told
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Former Assets Examination Committee member Kaewsan Atibodhi and his supporters yesterday called on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to make former PM Yingluck Shinawatra and others pay for the damage allegedly incurred from the rice-pledging scheme.

Kaewsan, his twin brother Kwansuang Atibodhi and several reform groups from Chulalongkorn and Thammasat universities submitted a petition with 10,800 signatures.

They urged Prayut to take legal action against Yingluck over the Bt510 billion the scheme allegedly lost.

Kaewsan said Prayut had yet to appoint a panel to examine the damage. He said he did not want the government to focus the examination on whether there had been corruption in the scheme, but wanted the regime to take legal action to make people pay compensation.

The Office of the Attorney-General and the National Anti-Corruption Commission have yet to agree on whether to indict Yingluck. General Sakol Chuentrakul, Prayut's adviser, accepted the petition.

He said Kaewsan had requested that the Office of the PM's Secretary General have one of Prayut's direct representative accept the complaint.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Make-Yingluck-pay-PM-told-30250200.html


-- The Nation 2014-12-19

[noitom]

No due process - just grab their money. This is the summary of his recommendation.

[WitawatWatawit]

No due process - just grab their money. This is the summary of his recommendation.

More like a freeze on every conceivable asset, including the billions sitting in the names of her maids, drivers, gardiners, and swimming pool cleaner. Let there be blood.

[jaidam]

Starting with the ill-gotten gains Chalerm gifted the Shin elite with the granting of a telecommunications monopoly (100% against the interests of the citizens) back 20 or so yrs ago, this vile clan must pay back every single stolen baht with a high compound interest.

[kurnell]

This is a new concept in Thailand, making the corrupt pay the money back. The problem with that is they are all corrupt, dear leader and all. Pot calling the kettle black.

[Toknarok]

What nonsense. Are they now going to call for individuals to pay for all purchses or schemes by government agencies or military that have turned out to be failures? Bomb detectors, blimps, fire engines, busses the list is endless.

[seajae]

where corruption can be proven against the people concerned it would be justice to seize all their assets and reimburse Thailand for their theft/profit taking.As it stands anyone that is shown to be corrupt or use corrupt practices to improve their/their families/their friends wealth suffer no financial loss at all, they are given piddly fines and moved to inactive posts, maybe if they started losing their wealth and suffered jail time we would see the corruption start to disapear.

Edited December 19, 2014 by seajae

[smedly]

No due process - just grab their money. This is the summary of his recommendation.

do you honestly believe that most of the wealth in Thailand can just be grabbed lol

You gota find it first

[aussieinthailand]

Anyone proven (that means backed up with irrefutable evidence), to profit via corruption should have to pay the money back, not just the selected few political opponents, as the headline shows it is targeting one person and those aligned in her faction.

If you want to go after corrupt poly's then go after ALL of them without prejudice.

have a look at the assets of the masquerading monk that took bags of cash from protesters, where's the impartial audit on that let alone the palm oil gig, land deals gig, etc, even his own party couldn't put up with his level of corruption so they had him removed.

All caught in corruption should pay back with interest!!!!

Edited December 19, 2014 by aussieinthailand

[BirdsandBooze]

Extend this to every corrupt politician, Elite and senior law enforcer who have had their grubby fingers in the country's till.

[SOTIRIOS]

.........ill-gotten gains should be seized.........and damages paid.......

...but they still should face criminal charges....

...treason would be appropriate as well.......

[luk AJ]

Will the PM initiate same inquiry in the army?

[greenchair]

They should not focus on corruption. Why, because there was none. And they could not prove otherwise. Let's talk about the loss to the country for each coup. More specifically, holding up the airport. Billions and billions and billions. The 50 billion rice loss barely made a dent in the budget . Compare to the airport contravercy, that continues to effect loss in tourism and foreign investment to this day.

[JOC]

Just another stupid statement from someone on the far right!!

RIP democracy. RIP justice system.

Make sure you wear your yellow shirt!!

[Mr Yim]

And maybe after they have made Yingluck pay for the money lost to the rice pledging scheme, Suthep, the fake monk and the good General can pay for the economic damage caused by the prolonged protests and coup, which I am guessing would far exceed the losses incurred by the rice fiasco.

[JOC]

Extend this to every corrupt politician, Elite and senior law enforcer who have had their grubby fingers in the country's till.

Your suggestion would leave the Government House, the provincial administrations and the police stations empty!!

[Eric Loh]

Let's set the scene. Kaewsan was a vocal critic of Thaksin and regular speaker at PAD anti Thaksin rallies. For his reward, the junta in 2006 invited him to sit in the AEC to investigate the deposed government. Needless to say, he preformed his duties diligently albeit with much prejudice. Then he surfaced to be a leader of the PDRC. With that kind of background. We can expect his call and dismiss what he is saying.

[whybother]

Extend this to every corrupt politician, Elite and senior law enforcer who have had their grubby fingers in the country's till.

Your suggestion would leave the Government House, the provincial administrations and the police stations empty!!

and the barracks empty.

[seajae]

Anyone proven (that means backed up with irrefutable evidence), to profit via corruption should have to pay the money back, not just the selected few political opponents, as the headline shows it is targeting one person and those aligned in her faction.

If you want to go after corrupt poly's then go after ALL of them without prejudice.

have a look at the assets of the masquerading monk that took bags of cash from protesters, where's the impartial audit on that let alone the palm oil gig, land deals gig, etc, even his own party couldn't put up with his level of corruption so they had him removed.

All caught in corruption should pay back with interest!!!!

thats why I didnt mention anyone in particular, this needs to apply to all corrupt people in Thailand in all walks of life, no exceptions especially for the elite

[stickyrice2000]

For every program that this self-appointed government failed, their assets should be seized as well.

[shirtless]

It would be a welcome change to see some accountability from politicians the world over, I bet they are not so generous when they have to foot the bill.

[mike324]

This is a new concept in Thailand, making the corrupt pay the money back. The problem with that is they are all corrupt, dear leader and all. Pot calling the kettle black.

we got to start somewhere to clean up the mess right? its never too late, its not as if the previous government tried to clean up corruption, most made it worst and its a snowball effect now.

[tigermonkey]

" He said he did not want the government to focus the examination on whether there had been corruption in the scheme, but wanted the regime to take legal action to make people pay compensation."

In other words, we don't care if there was a crime committed, and we don't care if the accused are guilty. We only care about getting on with the witch hunt - make sure that the alleged guilty parties pay back more than the alleged losses, in this alleged corruption.

Now that is what I call reconciliation !

[toybits]

This could be very dangerous and might set a precedent. What about the Yellow Shirts who blockaged Suwannaphum Airport? What about Mr. Suthep and the Bangkok Lockdown? Are they also going to have to pay for the economic Damage that their acts caused? Oh Silly me. Of course not!!!

[MILT]

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They should not focus on corruption. Why, because there was none. And they could not prove otherwise. Let's talk about the loss to the country for each coup. More specifically, holding up the airport. Billions and billions and billions. The 50 billion rice loss barely made a dent in the budget . Compare to the airport contravercy, that continues to effect loss in tourism and foreign investment to this day.

Really?......

[mikemac]

This could be very dangerous and might set a precedent. What about the Yellow Shirts who blockaged Suwannaphum Airport? What about Mr. Suthep and the Bangkok Lockdown? Are they also going to have to pay for the economic Damage that their acts caused? Oh Silly me. Of course not!!!

What's the matter ? Run out of excuses to defend Yingluck with ? It appears so, because whenever you have nothing of merit to say on the matter you fall back on - "But, but, Suthep.....................".

Forget about Suthep, he is far too wily for the likes of you red fans, in fact he probably sits back and reads your comments and laughs his head off.

This is the best news I have heard for ages, hit the Shin regime where it hurts most, in the hip pocket. Do to them what they have been doing to the people of Thailand for years, rid them of their money, and then ban the whole bloody lot of them from politics, forever.

[chainarong]

I am not a great fan of Thai politics at the best of times due mainly to the character of the individual , in the Westminster system you are immune to what is said and what business the government carries out whilst under parliamentary privilege , I can see that this system wouldn't stand a chance against the honest calibre of Thailand's politicians , however if every time you are going to make a decision you may have to pay would inhibit anyone into voting for say on a new freeway , in the belief if it fails you may have to pay , question is just where does this Pay as you go start and stop.

[tomacht8]

Thailand need an independent.tax police.
If abnormal enrichment is present without doubt, acquired by bribery, corruption or theft, then the state must first confiscate the stolen assets.
The burden of proof should be reversed, that is, the offender has to prove where the money comes from.

Furthermore it is irrational, if state officials can send a fugitive criminal a new passport and 1.000.000.000 (1 Billion) Baht without punishment.

[soalbundy]

Extend this to every corrupt politician, Elite and senior law enforcer who have had their grubby fingers in the country's till.

That would leave us with no politicians and no police force.......come to think of it,it's not a bad idea.

[Yann55]

What nonsense. Are they now going to call for individuals to pay for all purchses or schemes by government agencies or military that have turned out to be failures? Bomb detectors, blimps, fire engines, busses the list is endless.

Tok, you're right. Absolutely right. Politicians get elected, then they run the country and while doing that they take all kinds of decisions, including some bad ones which cost money to the country.

Now of course, the amount of money involved in the rice-pledging disaster is frighteningly enormous and the consequences for the 'little people' are no less enormous, so there should be, don't you think, some kind of accountability in cases where the amounts lost are so huge. Or do you consider that governments can do whetever they want, at whatever cost for the country and the people ?

But there's more. Am I the only one here who remembers a front page article of the Bkk Post, published about 5 years after Mr T. was first elected, and which gave a list of the 10 richest individuals in the country before his election and then again 5 years after ?

On the first list, there was only 1 Shin, and that was Mr T. himself.

One the second list there were five 'Shins and relatives'.

Doesn't that fact speak for itself (and don't forget the list was made according to assets that were declared and visible) ? There is a difference, isn't there, between making wrong decisions that prove costly to the country you are supposed to govern, and making decisions that are not only wrong for the country but also, lo and behold, happen to increase your wealth at a fabulous speed ?