Ex-Songkhla PAO chairman given 18 years by the Supreme Court

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Ex-Songkhla PAO chairman given 18 years by the Supreme Court



BANGKOK: -- The Supreme Court has upheld the 18 years imprisonment imposed on former chairman of Songkhla provincial administration organization who was found guilty of corruption charges.

The Supreme Court’s verdict was read on Thursday by a judge of Songkhla provincial court.

The defendant, Mr Nawapol Bunyamanee, while being the chairman of Songkhla PAO, was accused of claiming gas allowance for the use of his position car for a long period of time despite the fact that the car was pledged with a wellknown man in Hat Yai.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission found there was ground to the accusation and forwarded the case to the public prosecution for legal action against Mr Nawapol.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/ex-songkhla-pao-chairman-given-18-years-by-the-supreme-court


-- Thai PBS 2015-07-10

[arthurboy]

18 years for scamming his gas/ petrol allowance seems a tad over the top.

I can't find anything on Google in English for this guy or the previous court cases. Perhaps there has been more in the Thai language media.

I wonder what this is really about, and, with such a hefty sentence, why has this been way under the English media radar?

Edited July 10, 2015 by arthurboy

[WitawatWatawit]

Message to budding felons: If you can't do the time, only do serious crime. Kill people with your car while drunk, don't pick mushrooms or scam your gas allowance.

[apetley]

18 years for scamming his gas/ petrol allowance seems a tad over the top.

I can't find anything on Google in English for this guy or the previous court cases. Perhaps there has been more in the Thai language media.

I wonder what this is really about, and, with such a hefty sentence, why has this been way under the English media radar?

Yes, compare with the 7 years for murder by the Thai actor of his friend recently.

[greenchair]

Seriously. 18 years for gas skimming allowance.

How can this happen.

Supreme Court too.

No more appeals left.

Who did this guy upset.

[greenchair]

That's just weird.

He didn't even scam the allowance.

Apparently the car was supposed to be for someone in hat yai.

He probably didn't even know, he wasn't supposed to be using it.

Why was he charged for the petrol. But not for using the car.

Weirder and weirder ??

[Dogmatix]

Maybe one of those cumulative sentences like the old man with cancer who sent 4 insulting SMSs one after the other and got 5 years for each time he pressed the send button. The elderly couple got the max sentence for each of the wild mushrooms they picked. But you can kill as many policemen with your Ferrari or shoot them in the head for stepping on your toe in a disco if you've got lots of mkney. No problems. Thailand has the best justice money can buy and the citizenry rolls over and accepts it every day. No demonstrations or lynchings of known perps.

Edited July 10, 2015 by Dogmatix

[anon467848]

He's obviously not from a wealthy family, and didn't have enough money for a brown envelope payment.

When it comes to sentencing in Thailand, there appears to be one set of rules for them that have, and those who don't...

[slapout]

perhaps the amount of petrol amounted to tanker loads. Thai news and reporting of same is kind of patterened after their soap operas with the actors and reporters having about the same talent to entertain the intectual disadvantaged. providing information, up front and follow up is virtuaqlly nonexistant.

the jjournolism majors must spend their time playing computer games or on the phone as that seems to be the first concern of anyone with a white collar job. the only people who contribute sweat, construct ,repair otherwise alcomplish something of use , are not devoted to the mobil phone (thailands new god image?), their hands are already full

[JAG]

He must have made some really influential enemies whilst he was in office!

[halloween]

And he's not even a Thaksinist.

[JAG]

I suspect that a lot of old scores which go beyond the country's current political divide are being settled.

[halloween]

If this case proceeded at a similar rate to yesterday's announcement, he would have been charged around 2008.

[WitawatWatawit]

perhaps the amount of petrol amounted to tanker loads. Thai news and reporting of same is kind of patterened after their soap operas with the actors and reporters having about the same talent to entertain the intectual disadvantaged. providing information, up front and follow up is virtuaqlly nonexistant.

the jjournolism majors must spend their time playing computer games or on the phone as that seems to be the first concern of anyone with a white collar job. the only people who contribute sweat, construct ,repair otherwise alcomplish something of use , are not devoted to the mobil phone (thailands new god image?), their hands are already full

It would appear that writing isn't one of your talents, either.

[fred Kubasa]

Likely scenario :

Sentence halved by confession

" " again by return of money

" " again by public apology

" suspended after payment of fine and

his sorry ass won't see a day behind bars !