webfact Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Court throws out Suthep's defamation charge against TaritBANGKOK: -- The Criminal Court has dismissed a defamation charge lodged against former chief of Department of Special Investigation Tarit Pengdit by former deputy prime minister Suthep Thuagsuban.Mr Suthep charged that during February 27 and March 5, 2013, Mr Tarit, then the DSI chief, gave a press conference accusing him of misusing his authority as the deputy prime minister then to change the contracts for the construction of 396 police stations into one single contract.The court, however, ruled that Mr Suthep did not follow the cabinet’s resolution to split up the construction contracts and Mr Tarit had the duty to investigate the case.The case was of public interest and it was eventually sent to the National Anti-Corruption Commission by the DSI, said the court as it decided to dismiss the defamation charge.Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/court-throws-sutheps-defamation-charge-tarit -- Thai PBS 2015-01-27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post expat_4_life Posted January 27, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) Defamation charges can be defamatory in and of themselves, especially the way they get abused. Just waiting for Suthep to be charged with defamation by Tarit for the unfounded charges .... Edited January 27, 2015 by expat_4_life 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PREM-R Posted January 27, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2015 Defamation charges can be defamatory in and of themselves, especially the way they get abused. Just waiting for Suthep to be charged with defamation by Tarit for the unfounded charges .... Or perhaps to be investigated for this, "The court, however, ruled that Mr Suthep did not follow the cabinet’s resolution to split up the construction contracts" Why did he not follow the cabinet's resolution? Why did he change the contracts for the construction for 396 police stations into one single contract? Are these the police stations that were never completed by the winner of the contract? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binjalin Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Hope he sues the fake monk. In Thailand failed defamation charges can be counter-sued. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangmod Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Never seen so many of these cases anywhere in the world. Think Thaialnd has more cases of defamation a year, than all countries together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djjamie Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Congrats to Tarit. Don't agree with this, but the rule of law must be respected being a principle of democracy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) Not all one sided after all........whatever....that Suthep and Tarit are crooks is a shame on Thailand! Edited January 27, 2015 by ChrisY1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubl Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Defamation charges can be defamatory in and of themselves, especially the way they get abused. Just waiting for Suthep to be charged with defamation by Tarit for the unfounded charges .... Or perhaps to be investigated for this, "The court, however, ruled that Mr Suthep did not follow the cabinet’s resolution to split up the construction contracts" Why did he not follow the cabinet's resolution? Why did he change the contracts for the construction for 396 police stations into one single contract? Are these the police stations that were never completed by the winner of the contract? Absolutely! Why did he accept the changes and recommendations made by a police committee? Why did he listen to that Pol. Gen. chap who later tried to convince Bangkokians he'd be a seemless governor? And yes, these are the police stations that aren't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsujin Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 But, but, Tarit! Love the way one corrupt thief sues another corrupt thief for defamation here. It never ends. What a waste of the Court's time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 the thai courts always go after the reds/ptp and never the yellows who they always favour.........oh wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkerry Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 There was a really interesting article on Suthep in the Bangkok Post a few days ago, about his life now. Shame we can't post it here but it's a cracker. I especially loved his explanation of how he hurt his shoulder. The other monk also gets a mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Congrats to Tarit. Don't agree with this, but the rule of law must be respected being a principle of democracy... Ergo, Suthep should be impeached for not following the cabinet resolution.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonbridgebrit Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Suthep, Suthep, you brought out the mass crowds to demonstrate against Thaksin. It's because of you that Thaksin was removed.Back in 2006, it was Sondhi who brought out massive crowds, bigger than the ones you managed to get. It was Sondhi back then who removed Thaksin.Eight years later, it was you who was doing it, following in Sondhi's footsteps.After what you've done, you have failed in your court case. So you was successfull in removing Thaksin, but failed to antagonise one of his senior servants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonbridgebrit Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Suthep, Suthep, you brought out the mass crowds to demonstrate against Thaksin. It's because of you that Thaksin was removed.Back in 2006, it was Sondhi who brought out massive crowds, bigger than the ones you managed to get. It was Sondhi back then who removed Thaksin.Eight years later, it was you who was doing it, following in Sondhi's footsteps.After what you've done, you have failed in your court case. So you was successfull in removing Thaksin, but failed to antagonise one of his senior servants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realenglish1 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Suthip is synonymous with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Hope he sues the fake monk. In Thailand failed defamation charges can be counter-sued. The amount of suing and counter suing makes a mockery of an already joke of a legal system. Tarit was becoming one of the worst for suing people, on instruction no doubt sometimes. He was singled out by the current PM just after the coup and made to stand up at a meeting where the PM invited Tarit to sue him. The message was clear. A lot of defamation suits have been dismissed lately, from all sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empireboy Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I'd be pleased see see Suthep fail on any legal action in his favour... the guy deserves to be locked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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