Court summons more witnesses in rice corruption case

[halloween]

Have to wonder which definition of perjury will be used; the court accepted or Tarit's which went something like lying in court is acceptable if you're not the defendant.

[BSJ]

YL may soon have to decide where she will be staying......Thailand or Paris!

Tough choice, ay!

[scorecard]

All this beats me. She just might have made some mistakes, everyone does. However there was no proof of her doing anything for her own personal gain. Yet that other guy, the one who led the illegal street marches and money collecting racket, advising the General at the same time on a daily basis, actually gave away government land to Hi-so friends when he was a minister, also taking govt land to join his family property on Koh Samui. Is in the eyes of certain falang supporters here "quite innocent" of any wrong doing. Bloody crims the lot of you.

1. I'll say it again and I have no doubt many will agree - Any wrong doers should be investigated, and if found guilty they should be punished, regardless of flavor, color etc.

2. Since you continue to deliberately side step the actual subject at hand, even though countless posters have mentioned this - right now she is not in court in terms of any / how much money, if any, went into her pocket.

She is in court in terms of serious massive dereliction of duty/ responsibilities. A very different subject to how much, if any, went into her pocket.

And I have no doubt you will continue in your next posts to try to pull others away from the relevant charges / facts.

[MZurf]

no representatives from the Chinese government had ever signed such a deal, suggesting it had been signed by an imposter.

Presentation of balanced evidence has been lacking in this trial. It seems odd that all the Honorary President of the Thai Rice Exporters Association can offer in testomony is a suggestion. That means no first hand knowledge, no proof and only conjecture. I'd expect better testimony from such an esteemed person.

There is a saying that half a truth is greater than a complete lie. And frankly that what Vichai's statement seems.

China typically owns companies that do G-2-G deals because national security in terms of economic information is involved. When one makes a deal with a Chinese-owned company, one is essentially making a deal with the Chinese government. So it would be plausible that a company official who is not an employee of the Chinese government could sign a deal as a representative of the Chinese government without being a Chinese government official.

But that's just my suggestion.

Great little nit-pick over the choice of a word by a ESL speaker. Would you have preferred "indicating"?

But I'm confused about how some company official, not an employee of the Chinese government, and not a government official, gets to be a government representative, when the Chinese government denies this. Can they appoint themselves, like Thaksin taking the Pm position back?

No, but if they're part of the old elite they can just use the army to any position they want, claim that it's all for the best and actually have a few people believe them!

[Artisi]

So the court can call more witnesses, but the defendent cannot.......sound pretty just!

The difference being that the court witnesses will have some meaningful input whereas the defendant "witnesses" will be all waffle, crap, and but but we are blameless..

"...court witnesses will have some meaningful input..."

And what do you base that outlandish statement on? The unbiased nature of the Thai judiciary system??

Well you need something to counter the tripe that is spouted as defence by the likes of YL & the paid rabble supporters.

"Well you need something to counter the tripe that is spouted as defence....."

OK, so it's OK to counter what you describe as tripe with more tripe?

".... the paid rabble supporters."

What a wonderfully simplistic view. Must be easy to live in your black/white world. Good on you!

Yes it is, no deep conspiracy theories or the love of criminal elements who ruled and wish to rule Thailand again.

And what about the present rulers? Sorry, forgot. Gave themselves the mother of all amnesties and threatened anyone who wanted to ask awkward questions about conspicuous wealth. Priceless!

As for priceless, you would need to apply that to the criminal activities under the YL reign with the total price to Thailand forever unknown as it wouldn't be calculatable in terms of money syphoned off, lost, stolen and you have the audacity to compare the present with the previous, who by the way tried by devious means to grant THEMSELVES an amnesty and always ensured any awkward questions or people asking them were silenced.

"...tried by devious means to grant THEMSELVES an amnesty"

Yes, they tried to give themselves an amnesty, but failed. Unlike the junta who actually gave THEMSELVES an amnesty for all past, present and future crimes.

You junta supporter never sound more silly than when you harp on about the amnesty attempt.

And you red supporters never sound more silly harping on about how we were cheated from our rightful position at the trough.

[MZurf]

So the court can call more witnesses, but the defendent cannot.......sound pretty just!

The difference being that the court witnesses will have some meaningful input whereas the defendant "witnesses" will be all waffle, crap, and but but we are blameless..

"...court witnesses will have some meaningful input..."

And what do you base that outlandish statement on? The unbiased nature of the Thai judiciary system??

Well you need something to counter the tripe that is spouted as defence by the likes of YL & the paid rabble supporters.

"Well you need something to counter the tripe that is spouted as defence....."

OK, so it's OK to counter what you describe as tripe with more tripe?

".... the paid rabble supporters."

What a wonderfully simplistic view. Must be easy to live in your black/white world. Good on you!

Yes it is, no deep conspiracy theories or the love of criminal elements who ruled and wish to rule Thailand again.

And what about the present rulers? Sorry, forgot. Gave themselves the mother of all amnesties and threatened anyone who wanted to ask awkward questions about conspicuous wealth. Priceless!

As for priceless, you would need to apply that to the criminal activities under the YL reign with the total price to Thailand forever unknown as it wouldn't be calculatable in terms of money syphoned off, lost, stolen and you have the audacity to compare the present with the previous, who by the way tried by devious means to grant THEMSELVES an amnesty and always ensured any awkward questions or people asking them were silenced.

"...tried by devious means to grant THEMSELVES an amnesty"

Yes, they tried to give themselves an amnesty, but failed. Unlike the junta who actually gave THEMSELVES an amnesty for all past, present and future crimes.

You junta supporter never sound more silly than when you harp on about the amnesty attempt.

And you red supporters never sound more silly harping on about how we were cheated from our rightful position at the trough.

"....we were cheated from our rightful position...."

My apologies but I need to ask you for a clarification since it sounds like you are one of the old elite instead of a slightly confused (and drunk?) foreigner not residing in Thailand.

Which one is it? Are you a blue blooded elite or not?

[tomross46]

I wonder if she ever met Hillary Clinton,because they sure sound a lot alike.

Yes she has met Hillary Clinton and President Obama. Hillary visited just after to flood, and Hillary promised the the US Government would give Thailand 50 million dollars, to rebuild the Done Muang International airport. Two pees in a pod.