Thai police: Flaws and irregularities found in Red Bull heir hit-and-run case

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Thai police: Flaws and irregularities found in Red Bull heir hit-and-run case
by Asian Correspondent Staff

BANGKOK: -- THE PANEL probing the police officers who handled the fatal accident involving the heir to the Red Bull energy drink empire has found flaws and irregularities in the case.

According to the Bangkok Post, these were among partial findings of a preliminary investigation into the officers’ conduct.

The findings were disclosed by national deputy police chief Pol Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen on Sunday following a report by acting Bangkok police chief Pol Lt Gen Sanit Mahathaworn who was probing the case involving Vorayudh “Boss” Yoovidhya.

Full story: https://asiancorrespondent.com/2016/04/thai-police-flaws-and-irregularities-found-in-red-bull-heir-hit-and-run-case/

-- ASIAN CORRESPONDENT 2016-04-04

[tbthailand]

Thai police: Flaws and irregularities found in Red Bull heir hit-and-run case

but no flaws found in the Koh Tao murder investigation... amazing, that...

[trogers]

Try probing into unusual wealth...

[chuang]

Three years to find out...

[lkv]

Scenario 1. They are using a well known case to demonstrate to the voting peasants that something will be done, and eventually nothing will be done.

Scenario 2. The key word in Red Bull is "red" maybe?

Edited April 4, 2016 by lkv

[jucel]

When this creature turned himself in to police, he was tested for alcohol at Samitivej Hospital, close to Thong Lor Police station. His blood alcohol level exceeded the legal limit though police noted in their case files that he had only consumed alcohol after the accident due to "stress".

The complete contempt the police hold towards the general public with this sort of "file note" is abhorrent.

[NongKhaiKid]

Flaws and irregularities, oh what a surprise.

So what next or is that it ? Responsibility might go a little too far up the ladder for this to be taken to it's just and proper conclusion.

[DM07]

No?

Really?

I am shocked!

[EyesWideOpen]

Flaws ???? How about investigating the ranking policeman who

was first on the scene, smelled serious money, and was trying

to line up a scapegoat to take the fall for retarded boy......

[djjamie]

Don't know why he just didn't pay the family off to have the charges dropped. It would have saved so much time in police investigations and dodging jail by the guilty party.

That is standard operating procedures in Thailand.

[howardprice]

A policeman gets killed by this lowlife and the policeman's friends within the force could not give a damn about him getting killed. Where is the comradeship?

By the looks of it his so-called friends, could not be bothered to bring the lowlife to court....Amazing police force..in Amazing Thailand..

[mrrizzla]

YOU DON'T SAY!

[Khun Han]

Scenario 1. They are using a well known case to demonstrate to the voting peasants that something will be done, and eventually nothing will be done.

Scenario 2. The key word in Red Bull is "red" maybe?

The Yoovidhyas are a big part of the "yellow" mafia. May be why the last Thaksinista govt was scared to go near this case.

This is just a panto that's going to go nowhere very slowly.

[Moonmoon]

This case will drag on for another 10,000years n eventually it becomes the policeman fault. Case closed.

[Sawan Chan 7]

Scenario 1. They are using a well known case to demonstrate to the voting peasants that something will be done, and eventually nothing will be done.

Scenario 2. The key word in Red Bull is "red" maybe?

The Yoovidhyas are a big part of the "yellow" mafia. May be why the last Thaksinista govt was scared to go near this case.

This is just a panto that's going to go nowhere very slowly.

Don't believe anything from a poster who has the audacity to call themself "khun", a Thai word used only for sowing respect to other people.

[laolover88]

Musht be some mishtake.

Flaws? like what? I suppose gap between truth and fiction might be one?

Irregularities? Spelling mistakes? Unexplained deposits in police bank accounts?

Have not followed this much as not interested in hi-so tossers...'had a drink after the 'crash'?? Bottle in the car?

Millionaire under stress? Oh poor boy!

[apalink_thailand]

Don't know why he just didn't pay the family off to have the charges dropped. It would have saved so much time in police investigations and dodging jail by the guilty party.

That is standard operating procedures in Thailand.

They tried that but it was too late and already being reported in the media.

[jaltsc]

"...flaws and irregularities..."

Thais have such a funny way of saying "Gross Cover Up From Top To Bottom".

You can bet the farm that this spoiled brat doesn't see a minute of jail time.

Edited April 4, 2016 by jaltsc

[Lupatria]

Oh my Buddha what happened to the high moral standards and all that Thainess in the center of the universe?

[Thongkorn]

Maybe the flaws was that the back handed was not substantial enough .

[Misterwhisper]

Ask any Thai person in the street what they think of Thong Lor Police Station and you'll get rolling eyes or a contemptuous grimace.

Together with the Lumpini and Bangrak stations, this unsavory triumvirate are but only the champions of a government organization that is irreparably rotten from top to bottom.

Since we now finally - after THREE YEARS! - have established what the public have suspected from the beginning, namely that there were irregularities and flaws in the handling of the Red Bull case, can we expect criminal prosecution of the officers involved, including immediate dismissal from the force with forfeiture of pension benefits?

Or will there just be the usual shuffling to "inactive posts"?

[lkv]

Thonglo Police Station?

[Khun Han]

Scenario 1. They are using a well known case to demonstrate to the voting peasants that something will be done, and eventually nothing will be done.

Scenario 2. The key word in Red Bull is "red" maybe?

The Yoovidhyas are a big part of the "yellow" mafia. May be why the last Thaksinista govt was scared to go near this case.

This is just a panto that's going to go nowhere very slowly.

Don't believe anything from a poster who has the audacity to call themself "khun", a Thai word used only for sowing respect to other people.

Eh???

Welcome to Thailand Sawan Chan 7. Khun Han is a large town south of Ubon and Sisaket (Ubon and Sisaket are cities in lower Issan, by the way) .

[gandalf12]

"flaws and irregularities" is being nice. How about a total balls up.

[wombat]

dja think an Oz RBT would wear "i consumed alcohol after the accident due to "stress" as plausible deniability?.... ......pmsl

[tonypace02]

In the USA, Canada, and, I believe, the UK and Germany, there is a limitation to the Statute of Limitations law. If the accused leaves the jurisdiction of the court for any time after the commission of the crime, the period that he has been missing is added to the SOL time. I do not know if that applies in Thailand but it would be interesting to know.

For example, a man robs a Wells Fargo Bank in May of 2010 and hops a plane to Brazil. The crime has an SOL of five years. In June 2015 he returns to the U.S. He pleads that the SOL has expired and he cannot be prosecuted, while, in fact, the SOL period begins the day he returns.

Edited April 4, 2016 by tonypace02

[trogers]

In the USA, Canada, and, I believe, the UK and Germany, there is a limitation to the Statute of Limitations law. If the accused leaves the jurisdiction of the court for any time after the commission of the crime, the period that he has been missing is added to the SOL time. I do not know if that applies in Thailand but it would be interesting to know.

For example, a man robs a Wells Fargo Bank in May of 2010 and hops a plane to Brazil. The crime has an SOL of five years. In June 2015 he returns to the U.S. He pleads that the SOL has expired and he cannot be prosecuted, while, in fact, the SOL period begins the day he returns.

Why do you think a fugitive is living in Dubai?

[Khon Kaen Dave]

Sounds reasonable to me.the arresting officer realised the perp was stressed.So the first thing they did to calm him was give him a drink.How kind,whats wrong with that,i wish all the bib were that considerate.

[Caveat Emptor]

IF this is ever ' finalised ' the report should be a joy to behold.

Will it be a set of unfortunate circumstances that no officer or officers can be held responsible for ?

Considering those involved, both deceased and accused, it's hard to believe that a junior officer(s) was making major decisions so since senior ranks had to be involved may help this all to simply go away having being suitably tarted up.

[gandalf12]

IF this is ever ' finalised ' the report should be a joy to behold.

Will it be a set of unfortunate circumstances that no officer or officers can be held responsible for ?

Considering those involved, both deceased and accused, it's hard to believe that a junior officer(s) was making major decisions so since senior ranks had to be involved may help this all to simply go away having being suitably tarted up.

Monty Python will use it as a script for a movie