webfact Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Ex-MP Keng Karoon given 16 months jailterm for defamationBANGKOK: -- Former Pheu Thai MP Karoon Hosakul was today sentenced to 16 months imprisonment without suspension after he was found guilty of defaming former Democrat MP Taenkhun Chit-isara by the Criminal Court.During the party’s election campaign rallies on June 3 and 13 in 2011,Karoon, alias Keng Karoon, made speeches laced with defamatory remarks against his political opponent understood to be Taenkhun and his family.The court said that even though Taenkhun’s name was not mentioned by Karoon but it was understood that his insinuation was meant to ridicule his Democrat opponent and family.The court imposed a two-year jailterm on Karoon which was lowered to 16 months for his confession. But the court refused to suspend the imprisonment.After the announcement of the verdict, Karoon asked for a bail through his lawyer by putting up a surety as guarantee.(Photo : Thai PBS File)Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/ex-mp-keng-karoon-given-16-months-jailterm-defamation -- Thai PBS 2015-01-21 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cuchulainn Posted January 21, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2015 Wasn't that the scumbag who rode a jetski through the floods in Sai Mai laughing and careering about while his constituents wrung their hands in despair in front of their destroyed houses? Couldn't wish for a better MP. Enter the red apologists.................................. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Wasn't that the scumbag who rode a jetski through the floods in Sai Mai laughing and careering about while his constituents wrung their hands in despair in front of their destroyed houses? Couldn't wish for a better MP. Enter the red apologists.................................. I really don't like this guy, but 16month is a bit heavy. 1 month cleaning the streets or something like that would be better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbrit Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Yes and it is also the thug who jump-kicked a Democrat MP in the parliament building. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AleG Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Wasn't that the scumbag who rode a jetski through the floods in Sai Mai laughing and careering about while his constituents wrung their hands in despair in front of their destroyed houses? Couldn't wish for a better MP. Enter the red apologists.................................. Yes, same one, he got a fist sandwich from the locals as a gesture of appreciation but that's OK, since he is no stranger to physical confrontation: "Karun allegedly kicked Somkiart (Democrat MP Somkiart Pongpaiboon) and punched him in the face.In reaction to his verdict, Karun said he and Somkiart knew perfectly well what had really happened."Though I did exchange greetings and wai him in the courtroom, I will not apologise," Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Criow Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) Wasn't that the scumbag who rode a jetski through the floods in Sai Mai laughing and careering about while his constituents wrung their hands in despair in front of their destroyed houses? Couldn't wish for a better MP. Enter the red apologists.................................. Yes, he did that. He also has a long history of assault and violence against his wife, fellow MP's in Parliament, and reporters coupled with various financial shenanigans. Googling under the more often used transliteration of Karun reveals a litany of multifaceted offenses going back nearly a decade. Edited January 21, 2015 by Criow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Laughing Gravy Posted January 21, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2015 Obviously not a nice person. What amazes me, yes still amazes me in Thailand is that he gets a prison sentence for saying things about someone, whether true or not. Then when he kicks and punches someone, nothing. Priceless. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Costas2008 Posted January 21, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2015 Come on members, don't be so harsh with him. After all, you are all shouting for elections so this kind of scum will reappear on the Thai political scene. Have you forgotten about the rest of his party members? Don't think they were much better than him................ Just keep up your voices.......you deserve what you get. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bangrak Posted January 21, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2015 Where is the brigade of red apologists and denialists today? Total silence, yet. Would they now admit society needs to be protected from this kind of scums who are, alas, figureheads of their movement? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourmanflint Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 The Pheu Thai membership is showing it's quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuddy Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 No one else said it Thainess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis7 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Finally.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenchair Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Only in Thailand. Murder someone,beat them up, shoot people. Bail no problem. Suspended sentence no problem. But dare to say the wrong thing. Clank go the bars. No second chances there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djjamie Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Thiis man is a fine example of why reform is needed. This man made my day and allows me to dream for a bright future for the place I will one day retire in. Just imagine….When this criminal and assault perpetrator Keng and his party offered 40% above market value for rice the local people without a doubt voted for him. They didn't care about his present or past because they are desperately poor and did anything for a better life for them and their children. If a murderer and terrorist offered 41% above market value they would ignore Keng and vote for the murderer and terrorist. They would not care about his present or past because they are desperately poor and would do anything for a better life for them and their children. Ensure the scheme is not sustainable and one can be guaranteed that in 4 years when the next election is knocking on the undemocratic doorstep of Thailand, the people, who were as poor as they were 4 years earlier will still vote for the murderer and terrorist who is billions of baht richer. Offer people a sustainable life where they can support themselves without relying on anyone and they will then reflect a rational vote unchained from the desperate pathetic shadow of despair and hopelessness that forces them to vote with a clouded conscious. This pathetic excuse of a man who optimizes the party that won the last election nearly 4 years ago is the pin up boy for why reform is needed and shows without a shadow of a doubt why the PTP are disappearing into obscurity. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commerce Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Ya ba daba do, as Scooby said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djlest Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Thiis man is a fine example of why reform is needed. This man made my day and allows me to dream for a bright future for the place I will one day retire in. Just imagine….When this criminal and assault perpetrator Keng and his party offered 40% above market value for rice the local people without a doubt voted for him. They didn't care about his present or past because they are desperately poor and did anything for a better life for them and their children. If a murderer and terrorist offered 41% above market value they would ignore Keng and vote for the murderer and terrorist. They would not care about his present or past because they are desperately poor and would do anything for a better life for them and their children. Ensure the scheme is not sustainable and one can be guaranteed that in 4 years when the next election is knocking on the undemocratic doorstep of Thailand, the people, who were as poor as they were 4 years earlier will still vote for the murderer and terrorist who is billions of baht richer. Offer people a sustainable life where they can support themselves without relying on anyone and they will then reflect a rational vote unchained from the desperate pathetic shadow of despair and hopelessness that forces them to vote with a clouded conscious. This pathetic excuse of a man who optimizes the party that won the last election nearly 4 years ago is the pin up boy for why reform is needed and shows without a shadow of a doubt why the PTP are disappearing into obscurity. Nice if only reform was possible in the land of reverse evolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Keng Karoon Does he have an Australian dad with a bad sense of humour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djjamie Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Seems he got bail. One could suggest those PTP guys get preferential treatment with the courts. Only last week the EC decided to throw out several complaints made against alleged election misconduct by yingluck. A day later the Administrative Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by 28 Bangkok and Nakhon Pathom residents against yingluck in which they demanded compensation for damages from alleged mismanagement of floodwaters by her government in 2011. We have a yellow shirt leader in jail for 20 years and 2 red shirt leaders out on bail for terrorism. Those reds do seem to get all the breaks.. I certainly don't agree with this latest decision, but a principle of democracy is respect for the law. With that respect for democracy one can be assured that I will not throw sh#t at the courts, burn effigies of the judges, burn coffins out the front of the court house, I will not intimidate the judges and I will not give the judges addresses out like some have done in the undemocratic past. Yes, yes yingluck was elected!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Seems he got bail. One could suggest those PTP guys get preferential treatment with the courts. Only last week the EC decided to throw out several complaints made against alleged election misconduct by yingluck. A day later the Administrative Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by 28 Bangkok and Nakhon Pathom residents against yingluck in which they demanded compensation for damages from alleged mismanagement of floodwaters by her government in 2011. We have a yellow shirt leader in jail for 20 years and 2 red shirt leaders out on bail for terrorism. Those reds do seem to get all the breaks.. I certainly don't agree with this latest decision, but a principle of democracy is respect for the law. With that respect for democracy one can be assured that I will not throw sh#t at the courts, burn effigies of the judges, burn coffins out the front of the court house, I will not intimidate the judges and I will not give the judges addresses out like some have done in the undemocratic past. Yes, yes yingluck was elected!!! Can't you bring in the pouring of aids tainted blood, children as human shields, the incineration of Bangkok, something to do with human embryos and amulets, massive rape and pillage of the country by the shins, the cold blooded murder of drug dealers carried out by the police and army at the behest of Thaksin (and someone on high), the clever use of snipers to murder unarmed civilian demonstrators, the murder of nurses and journalists by men in uniform, over 2,500 civilian casualties in the removal of the demonstrators, the amazing failures in arresting those who burned a shopping mall and killed a Colonel just as he was planning the death of fellow citizens, etc etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Lawrence Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Sticks and stones? What did he say? Bunch of soft c@cks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
than Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 yes one more behind bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I understood you received a 50% sentence reduction for a confession. While I am sure he is a typical politician (lowlife) The defamation laws in Thailand are ridiculous. So while he may well deserve a stint in the monkey house it is not for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) Can't you bring in the pouring of aids tainted blood, children as human shields, the incineration of Bangkok, something to do with human embryos and amulets, massive rape and pillage of the country by the shins, the cold blooded murder of drug dealers carried out by the police and army at the behest of Thaksin (and someone on high), the clever use of snipers to murder unarmed civilian demonstrators, the murder of nurses and journalists by men in uniform, over 2,500 civilian casualties in the removal of the demonstrators, the amazing failures in arresting those who burned a shopping mall and killed a Colonel just as he was planning the death of fellow citizens, etc etc etc You started off so well before the red fog took over. however you went a little too far when you alluded to Col Romklao 'planning the death of fellow citizens', nothing but a slander of a soldier killed/murdered in the line of duty while following the orders of his legitimate government to disperse riotous protesters. If you follow the other threads today, you might note the cyber communications bill, and 16 months jail for defamation. Wishing you good luck would be hypocrisy. Edited January 21, 2015 by halloween Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 This particular guy deserves all that he gets...and more... But in the broader scheme of things, Thailand should NOT have libel or defamation as a criminal offense, especially in a political/electioneering context. Unfortunately, those now in charge, AFAIK, despite their talk of reforming, have done and are doing nothing to reform that outdated area of Thai law. It should be a civil offense, punishable by hitting the guilty party in the pocketbook, where it hurts most for a lot of these types. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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