webfact Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Six former PAD leaders jailed two years for occupying Government HouseThe NationBANGKOK: -- The Criminal Court Thursday jailed six former leaders of the now-defunct People's Alliance for Democracy for leading protestes to storm into and occupy the Government House in 2008.The six included Chamlong Srimuang and Sondhi Limthongkul. They were initially given two-year jail term each but the term was commuted by one third. The six were released on bail after posting assets worth Bt200,000 each as a guarantee.Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Six-former-PAD-leaders-jailed-two-years-for-occupy-30261109.html-- The Nation 2015-05-28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Yellowshirt Leaders Convicted for 2008 Govt House OccupationBy Khaosod EnglishSix Yellowshirt leaders report to police for Government House intrusion charges at a police station, 5 November 2008BANGKOK — Six former leaders of the Yellowshirt movement were sentenced to two years in jail today for occupying Bangkok's Government House for nearly four months during a protest in 2008.All six defendants are founders of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), an umbrella organization of the Yellowshirt movement that first organized street protests against then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2005.The 2008 protests were launched in an effort to oust the government led by a political party allied to Thaksin, who was removed in a coup in 2006.On 27 August 2008, tens of thousands of PAD protesters seized the Government House in Bangkok and held the venue as a headquarters until the protests came to an end on 3 December, following a court ruling that dissolved the ruling People’s Power Party.The six men - Chamlong Srimueng, Sondhi Limthongkul, Pipob Thongchai, Somkiat Pongbaiboon, Somsak Kosaisuk, and Suriyasai Katasila – were found guilty today of intruding into a state agency and damaging public property.Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1432792708 -- Khaosod English 2015-05-28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_paarp Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Wow! They got a sentence, not that they will actually have to front prison, but it is a step in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Court sentences six yellow shirt leaders two years in prisonBANGKOK: -- Six yellow shirt leaders who included Sonthi Limthongkul were today sentenced to two years in prison for their parts in leading protesters to lay siege to Government House for more than three months during the anti-government protest in 2008.Sonthi, leader of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), and five others who included Chamlong Srimuang, Pibhop Dhongchai, Somkiat Pongpaibul, Somsak Kosaisuk and Suriyasai Katasila, were charged by the state prosecutors of trespassing on Government House and causing damage to the property from Aug 26 to Dec 3, 2008.They led protesters six to pressure then-prime ministers Samak Sundaravej and Somchai Wongsawat to resign, accusing them of conflicts of interest through links with former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.At today hearing of the trial, the Criminal Court dismissed their claim they had nothing to do with the seizure of Government House but instead urged protesters not to damage the property.The court said seizure of Government House was not a peaceful demonstration but affected the rights of other people.It then handed down three years in prison but commuted by one third to two years because their testimonies were useful.Their lawyer sought release for the six from the court and was granted on a 200,000 baht bail bond each.The lawyer said they will appeal the ruling.Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/court-sentences-six-yellow-shirt-leaders-two-years-in-prison -- Thai PBS 2015-05-28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetley Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 ".....we're released on bail" must be in every Thai journalists cut and paste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Bob Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 With the normal cost of doing business with the Yellow shirts, they will appeal the verdict and of course the two year jail sentence will be suspending. As with all other Yellow Shirt Cases dealing with protest. Sonthi and Suthep know how to play this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 With the normal cost of doing business with the Yellow shirts, they will appeal the verdict and of course the two year jail sentence will be suspending. As with all other Yellow Shirt Cases dealing with protest. Sonthi and Suthep know how to play this game. Where was Suthep mentioned in the post? Your bias is showing once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Thai 'yellow shirt' leaders sentenced for 2008 protestAFPBANGKOK: -- A Thai court handed six 'Yellow Shirt' leaders two-year jail terms Thursday for a 2008 protest which saw the prime minister's office stormed and occupied by demonstrators.The ruling is the latest in a series of court cases targeting leaders on both sides of Thailand's febrile political divide, which has seen nearly a decade of disruptive and often deadly protests in Bangkok.The Yellow Shirts -- officially known as People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) -- were a potent political force throughout much of the last decade with their 2006 protests helping to spur a military coup that toppled the elected government of Thaksin Shinawatra.The most prominent of the six sentenced for storming Government House was controversial media moghul and Yellow Shirt founder Sondhi Limthongkul.All received bail pending an appeal but were banned from travelling overseas.In 2008 the Yellow Shirts brought much of Bangkok to a standstill when protesters blockaded key government offices and the city's airports in an eventually successful bid to remove a Thaksin ally, Somchai Wongsuwat, from the office of prime minister."Protesters scaled the fence at Government House, cut chains and pushed back the iron barrier and occupied the grounds," the verdict said, adding the six on trial led the move.The court said it had dismissed the defence's argument that protesters were unarmed and added that "the storming of Goverment House affected the rights of others."Sondhi and dozens of other Yellow Shirts also face terrorism charges over the occupation of Bangkok's main airports in 2008, which stranded thousands of tourists.The charismatic tycoon has faced a slew of convictions and other legal challenges, many connected to his prominent role in Thailand's spin-dryer politics.The success of the yellows and their royalist supporters among the establishment, prompted the emergence of the rival 'Red Shirt' street movement supporting Thaksin -- who has remained at the heart of Thai politics despite going into self-exile in 2008.Both yellow shirt leaders and their opponents in the Shinawatra camp have faced a slew of lengthy court proceedings both before and after the junta took over last May.The influence of the Yellow Shirts waned dramatically after 2008 although their movement was ideologically aligned with the recent anti-Shinawatra rallies, which again saw Government House occupied.Those protests resulted in Thaksin's sister, Yingluck, being booted from office by a court and a military coup a few weeks later. -- (c) Copyright AFP 2015-05-28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABloke Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 With the normal cost of doing business with the Yellow shirts, they will appeal the verdict and of course the two year jail sentence will be suspending. As with all other Yellow Shirt Cases dealing with protest. Sonthi and Suthep know how to play this game. Spot on Mango. They get a suspended sentence and Reds like Jatuporn rot in jail...oh wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJohnson Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Nobody is going to jail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOC Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Wow! They got a sentence, not that they will actually have to front prison, but it is a step in the right direction. What direction?? A sentence on paper, worth nothing!! Mr Sondhi is already sentenced to 20 years behind bars for fraud ( all appeals exhausted) and he is still walking the streets!! If you are a member of the club, you will never spend a second behind bars!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenchair Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Smoke and mirrors. All smoke and mirrors for the master plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 http://notthenation.com/2012/03/sondhi-sentenced-to-20-years-of-recurring-bail-payments/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLang Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 The six were released on bail Perhaps they'll meet up for a few Black Labels and Coyote girls with the 6 police officers sentenced to death for torturing a 17 yr old to death, then sentenced to death themselves. Released immediately on bail, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneday Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 They may not ever actually serve time, but they were convicted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishJohn Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 At least nobody called the judges with death threats, not did we have mobs of thugs outside the courtroom to intimidate the Judges like the last time Jatuporn was in there. Your red-shirt double standards are laughable. Have you no sense of embarrassment ?. I see the AFP has published blatantly lies about why Yingluck go the boot. Nothing to do with the protests : just run-of-the-mill abuse of power a long time earlier. That reporter is a disgrace to journalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prbkk Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 It's pretty small beer relative the the tens of billions of losses the same mob caused through their airport escapade. They belong in jail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLSEEINGEYE Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 yes they do belong in jail. i hope they follow through. it will set a nice precedent and hopefully many more including Ying and taksin will follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zydeco Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 ".....we're released on bail" must be in every Thai journalists cut and paste. More likely just on every judge's online sentencing template. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acharn Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 From the original story: Suwat Apaipakdi, the lawyer who represented the men, said his clients will appeal the court verdict. He said he has posted a bond of 200,000 baht for each defendant to secure their release on bail. So we've probably got another eight or ten years until this reaches the appeals court. Actually, not half bad. I remember a case involving the sale of royal honors that lasted 25 years and was finally dismissed because the last defendant died -- while out on bail, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Nobody is going to jail. And THAT really is too bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MockingJay Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 (edited) Super!!! I like, given they really do the time! If they put that now fake monk Suthep in prison as well, me double, no - TRIPLE like! Edited May 28, 2015 by MockingJay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishJohn Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 It's pretty small beer relative the the tens of billions of losses the same mob caused through their airport escapade. They belong in jail. Nobody died though did they ? . It's called a peaceful protest. Did you calculate what the protests cost in 2010 as well ?. A lot DID die because of that one eh ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbthailand Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 At least nobody called the judges with death threats, not did we have mobs of thugs outside the courtroom to intimidate the Judges like the last time Jatuporn was in there. Your red-shirt double standards are laughable. Have you no sense of embarrassment ?. I see the AFP has published blatantly lies about why Yingluck go the boot. Nothing to do with the protests : just run-of-the-mill abuse of power a long time earlier. That reporter is a disgrace to journalism. ah yes, that biased AFP, horrible, just horrible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbthailand Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 It's pretty small beer relative the the tens of billions of losses the same mob caused through their airport escapade. They belong in jail. Nobody died though did they ? . It's called a peaceful protest. Did you calculate what the protests cost in 2010 as well ?. A lot DID die because of that one eh ?. yeah, people did die, but ... you know, some folks just forget the inconvenient stuff... As for 2010, well the guys doing the lion's share of the killing are now running the country... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confuscious Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 What a senseless waste of public money. Everybody knows that they will never spend a single day in jail. All this spending of public money is only to put a show up but without any reality. Better spend the money instead on something useful. Like revoking the Visa's of Thaksin. What a joke..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borisloosebrain Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Sondhi is already serving a non suspended one year sentence, miraculously he's doing it outside of jail. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peecee Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 It's pretty small beer relative the the tens of billions of losses the same mob caused through their airport escapade. They belong in jail. Nobody died though did they ? . It's called a peaceful protest. Did you calculate what the protests cost in 2010 as well ?. A lot DID die because of that one eh ?. Peaceful protest is one were the protesters obey the rule of law and lawful direction by the police. But there's no use in arguing that point eh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 At least nobody called the judges with death threats, not did we have mobs of thugs outside the courtroom to intimidate the Judges like the last time Jatuporn was in there. Your red-shirt double standards are laughable. Have you no sense of embarrassment ?. I see the AFP has published blatantly lies about why Yingluck go the boot. Nothing to do with the protests : just run-of-the-mill abuse of power a long time earlier. That reporter is a disgrace to journalism. Care to be more specific? In case you forgot, at the height of the protests, charges were blocked and the judiciary interfered with by the PAD mob. PAD was able to go as far as it did because it had intimidated everyone. 7 years on, and it is a different environment. The same holds true for the upcoming UDD related legal procedures. People calm down, get older, and things settle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesimps Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 It's pretty small beer relative the the tens of billions of losses the same mob caused through their airport escapade. They belong in jail. Nobody died though did they ? . It's called a peaceful protest. Did you calculate what the protests cost in 2010 as well ?. A lot DID die because of that one eh ?. Yes indeed. 90-odd innocent protestors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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