Anna Reese: Out of Sight and Mind, Actress’ Fatal Crash Case Ends Without Jail Time

[Bluespunk]

This is a actually a despicable article. Although I agree with the over all generalization that the wealthy are not properly held accountable, but to link this case with that of Jenphop Viraporn is poor journalism and purely unfounded. If you look at everything about this case, Mrs. Reese was extremely contrite and has shown it throughout the previous reports and coverage. The fact that the police screwed up the investigation is evident, but to blame the police's action on the woman is just poor journalism.

Yeah, right...

[Tomtomtom69]

While we are all being distracted by 'old news', disgusted as we all are, what's happening to the 6 Samurai wannabes? It seems that Thailand is using the cover up tactics that the west uses more and more these days too.

7 now, including one of the perpetrator's girlfriends.

Actually, everyday on my Facebook feed there is something about this story. It seems that most Thais are outraged and want justice served. My take on it is that most likely there will be justice, but probably only because of the intense media scrutiny (especially on social media) and the fact that the key witness happens to be a lawyer.

However, all of these follow up stories are in Thai so if you can't read Thai you'll end up assuming that this story is dead and buried when in fact, being Thailand there will always be more coverage on any given story in the Thai media than in the English media. Completely different example but in the case of the foreign cars requiring advance permission to enter Thailand story, that has been picked up by dozens of different Thai media outlets and on social media many times since at least February, but the English language media has only reported on this a small number of times in that timeframe, despite it being a story that is largely going to affect foreigners, not Thais.

In the case of the former story, I did notice that one concerned Facebook user who wrote a story how he would try to demand that the government is accountable for the outcome of that case had his post deleted a short time later. However, clearly this happened either because he felt like he needed to take down his post or someone took it down for him, the reason being his reference to the government. I found that a bit disturbing, though not entirely surprising.

[SOTIRIOS]

...these scenarios are so similar...and pathetic...

...in the place of justice.....

...while I recently read that a foreigner is being buggered in jail....there on charges of homicide.....because he was in a motorcycle accident.....

[bobmac10]

A lot of negative comments, and rightly so, it would require an ethics-bypass not to be sickened with the Thai version of justice sometimes.

But guys, what did we expect really? Thailand is a 3rd-world nation, acknowldged by its own foreign diplomats (or at least, the UN representative) to be heading towards failed state status.

The military are out of control and are not accountable to anyone. The police don't even bother to pretend not to be corrupt any more and are not accountable to anyone. Ditto the justice system. The entire administrative system from the Pooyay Baan upwards is corrupt to the core etc etc ad nauseam.

Personally, even though I took the decision to live in Thailand, I detest their culture, I detest their incompetence and I detest their national superiority complex, its just narcissism. And yes, before the sheeple come out and protest that not all Thais are worthless, I agree, I know many Thais who are very good people, probably better than I found where I came from. But they are a small minority in my experience.

So I keep my head down, have my (Thai) wife conduct most of our business with Thais and try not to be enraged by the 3rd-world behaviour we all encounter almost daily. It is after all, the 3rd-world and its a problem for the Thais to resolve, not me. Of course we all know they've been propagandised for decades and that the country has been run by a feudal elite entirely for it's own benefit. But, I get my pension, I live a quiet life and the major consequences that Thais have to suffer for embracing their imposed lifestyle pass me by. USA and England have their merchant bankers, Thailand has its banking and retail conglomerates and its civil service and its law enforcement, etc etc. SSDD.

Eventually, Thailand will grow up, eventually they will realise that the rest of the world has passed them by and that they really have to get out of their self-imposed nightmare. Eventually, they will realise that it is the dismal state of their education system that causes most of the problems, and they will fix it.

Eventually.

In the meantime, I try to remember why I came here - it's relatively cheap (unless you buy something from the mafia franchises such as cars and pickups), the weather's good and by and large, the trouble that Thais cause themselves pretty much bypass us. I figure that fixing Thailand (or even giving sensible advice to Thais for them to ignore) just isn't my job, it's someone else's and I don't really care very much if it never gets done.

Winnie

Spot on Winnie.

You don't make friends here by giving them constructive criticism, they just resent your farang know it all attitude.

I once thought they would respect my advice on issues that I was experienced in, but no, they pretend to listen but in reality they they take it as mocking them.

it's a loss of face thing... again.

So, I shut my mouth nowadays.

It's a feudal mentality and it won't change until they fix their education system.

[SamuiAxe]

Should similar happen to my wife or kid, and the culprit would just walk away...

I would very much be tempted to take care of justice in a more "eye for eye" manner for sure.

Then I could offer a brief period of monkhood, and a testimony that the spirit thanked me my justice making effort ( and also gave the next lottery numbers too) in a little publicity show.

Gotta wonder what you'd do if it was your wife or your kid driving the car that killed someone. I suspect there'd be a little less blood lust.

Accidents happen. To good people, too. Restitution is appropriate, and apparently has been paid in this case. But barring some kind of proof of negligence, drunkenness, or intent to do harm, prison terms aren't appropriate for accidents.

I don't condone letting her leave the scene without being breathalyzed and tested for drugs, but that's on the police, not on her.

Be careful what you wish for when you rant on about a case like this. Karma can be a bitch and you or I or a loved one are just as likely to be the driver as the victim when an accident happens.

"..Karma can be a bitch..".

Believing in Karma is the same bullshit as believing in ghosts who forgive their murderers.. There are many criminals out there whom are living a wonderful life, filled with joy, party's, beautiful bed-partners and money. Don't forget, there are much more criminals outside the prisons then inside the prisons.. Karma is nonsense and non-existent..

[novo58]

@ tomtomtom69

that post was probably taken down because of the old saying ...........................................................................

dont mention the Spanish inquisition

( apologies to Monty python)

[Muzarella]

The justice system here is a joke,the rich and powerful are not subject

to it, while the poor and unconnected,are subject to the full force,no

mercy shown.

regards worgeordie

and the foreigners.....Better to keep out of trouble....

[The Usual Suspect]

Surprise!

[AlexRich]

What she needed was a luuk thep doll.

[SOUTHERNSTAR]

Why didn't this woman kick her in the face? Why did she even get in the chair?

Because then she would loose the money she got paid by the b... By sitting there she "forgave" the b.... and thus everything is fine and the b... can continue with her life as if nothing has happened. But I have a news flash for the b... karma is a bigger b... than her.

[Baerboxer]

"After weeks of much public fury – especially after Anna claimed the officer’s ghost forgave her"

I missed that particular piece of BS.

That particular piece of BS was actually a statement made by a relative of the officer at his funeral that the family passed on to the actress. It wasn't a declaration made by her, she simply repeated what she had been told by the family.

that relative must be rolling in cash now,Thai's are a pragmatic lot.

And if you check back to the original reports of the time the first account claimed the ghost had visited Anna and forgave her. The later elaborations were probably script modifications as the story unfolded.

But this is just one case of many where rich, hiso, connected or "celebrities" do something, someone or more dies, they show "remorse" become a monk/nun for a short time, or mummy and daddy sort it. And the final court case, if any, is never given any publicity. Remember the actor who shot his "friend" after a night out, claimed innocence then changed to guilty after been shown the CCTV that caught him in the act? All conveniently swept away. One of many.

[Howitzer]

I wonder what I would of got off the racist bastards if I had committed this crime.

She's british and looks more farang than thai although i would assume her mum should be thai and she probably can speak thai pretty well.

[Smarter Than You]

15 years in jail for a single Facebook post and 0 years in jail for causing the death of a man.

That's all anyone needs to know to understand why Thailand is in such a mess.

[Howitzer]

Speaking of anna reese her last name reminds me of reese's peanut butter and chocolate treats. You know that chocolate thing wrapped in some cupcake wrapping with peanut butter in it. Delicious! I wonder if her family had anything to do with that.

[Johnniey]

The justice system here is a joke,the rich and powerful are not subject

to it, while the poor and unconnected,are subject to the full force,no

mercy shown.

regards worgeordie

Well worgeordie, if you ever got into trouble with the law and don't say it couldn't happen, would you try to get out f it if you could or would you say throw the book at me?

[emilymat]

"After weeks of much public fury – especially after Anna claimed the officer’s ghost forgave her"

I missed that particular piece of BS.

That particular piece of BS was actually a statement made by a relative of the officer at his funeral that the family passed on to the actress. It wasn't a declaration made by her, she simply repeated what she had been told by the family.

So what?

A ghost forgave her?

Yeah right.

BS!

So, the ghost was lurking at the funeral in order to ensure his message was 'passed on'. I'm lost for any other comment on this bizzare and sickening farce.

[Johnniey]

"After weeks of much public fury – especially after Anna claimed the officer’s ghost forgave her"

I missed that particular piece of BS.

That particular piece of BS was actually a statement made by a relative of the officer at his funeral that the family passed on to the actress. It wasn't a declaration made by her, she simply repeated what she had been told by the family.

So what?

A ghost forgave her?

Yeah right.

BS!

So, the ghost was lurking at the funeral in order to ensure his message was 'passed on'. I'm lost for any other comment on this bizzare and sickening farce.

How dare you come here and criticize Buddhist beliefs.

[spidermike007]

A lot of negative comments, and rightly so, it would require an ethics-bypass not to be sickened with the Thai version of justice sometimes.

But guys, what did we expect really? Thailand is a 3rd-world nation, acknowldged by its own foreign diplomats (or at least, the UN representative) to be heading towards failed state status.

The military are out of control and are not accountable to anyone. The police don't even bother to pretend not to be corrupt any more and are not accountable to anyone. Ditto the justice system. The entire administrative system from the Pooyay Baan upwards is corrupt to the core etc etc ad nauseam.

Personally, even though I took the decision to live in Thailand, I detest their culture, I detest their incompetence and I detest their national superiority complex, its just narcissism. And yes, before the sheeple come out and protest that not all Thais are worthless, I agree, I know many Thais who are very good people, probably better than I found where I came from. But they are a small minority in my experience.

So I keep my head down, have my (Thai) wife conduct most of our business with Thais and try not to be enraged by the 3rd-world behaviour we all encounter almost daily. It is after all, the 3rd-world and its a problem for the Thais to resolve, not me. Of course we all know they've been propagandised for decades and that the country has been run by a feudal elite entirely for it's own benefit. But, I get my pension, I live a quiet life and the major consequences that Thais have to suffer for embracing their imposed lifestyle pass me by. USA and England have their merchant bankers, Thailand has its banking and retail conglomerates and its civil service and its law enforcement, etc etc. SSDD.

Eventually, Thailand will grow up, eventually they will realise that the rest of the world has passed them by and that they really have to get out of their self-imposed nightmare. Eventually, they will realise that it is the dismal state of their education system that causes most of the problems, and they will fix it.

Eventually.

In the meantime, I try to remember why I came here - it's relatively cheap (unless you buy something from the mafia franchises such as cars and pickups), the weather's good and by and large, the trouble that Thais cause themselves pretty much bypass us. I figure that fixing Thailand (or even giving sensible advice to Thais for them to ignore) just isn't my job, it's someone else's and I don't really care very much if it never gets done.

Winnie

A lot of wisdom in this post. The whole failed state status is something few seem to be prepared to discuss. It is something i have pondered. It does appear, by almost any standard one applies, that the country is going backwards. The economy appears to be contracting, and I believe within a decade or two, the whole "Lion of the region" thing will be a distant memory. This country had a moment in the sun, and they have not done a good job of building on that. Indonesia is blowing away Thailand economically, Malaysia is catching up, Vietnam is growing, and the Thais seem to be doing very, very little when it comes to encouraging more foreign investment, building a sustainable economy, or encouraging Western tourism.

Like you say, eventually Thailand will have a major day of reckoning. The region will pass it by, and tourism will drop to the point where it is no longer the dynamic industry it once was. The seafood will most likely be gone, so the country will be dependent on toxic fish farms, and many of the Japanese companies will have long ago left for greener pastures, and places that provide them more benefits, a more progressive and sustainable environment, and more protection and assurances. What will happen at that point? The leaders will have to do what they have always avoided. Look within for the source of the problem, and take responsibility. That will be quite a thing to witness. My heart goes out to the average Thai, who is going to take the brunt of all of this.

Not encouraging western tourism? I beg to differ, the TAT promotes Thailand heavily worldwide including in western countries. What it fails to do however, is make Thailand MORE attractive for westerners, including what I think you mean - the failure to clean up scams such as the jetski damage scam and rogue taxis etc. Tourism is after all the one industry that no government here has ever failed to promote, it's as if that's only industry that generation after generation of Thai politicians seem to be concerned about. Sure it's easier to get Chinese, Russians and Indians here - they're located closer to Thailand and come in large numbers, often on tours. At the end of the day it's simply a numbers game - quantity over quality.

You are correct. I was not referring to setting up a booth at a trade show, or buying some ads on TV. I was referring to doing the hard work required to make Thailand a place that is more attractive to Western tourists. The Chinese and Russians do not care. They live in horrific conditions, experience a very low quality of life on a daily basis, and nothing seems to bother them. Also, their governments are far worse than this one. Little P. is a charming man, when compared to King Vlad or Xi and Li. So, it barely matters to them. But, to westerners, it is a big deal. So are the scams, the lack of effective policing, the lack of traffic safety, the environmental degradation, the extreme apathy on the part of nearly all officials, etc, etc.

[wvavin]

Nothing is new here. This country is already rotten right to the core!

[Bluespunk]

So what?

A ghost forgave her?

Yeah right.

BS!

So, the ghost was lurking at the funeral in order to ensure his message was 'passed on'. I'm lost for any other comment on this bizzare and sickening farce.

How dare you come here and criticize Buddhist beliefs.

Belief in ghosts in any culture is BS.

[Johnniey]

So what?

A ghost forgave her?

Yeah right.

BS!

So, the ghost was lurking at the funeral in order to ensure his message was 'passed on'. I'm lost for any other comment on this bizzare and sickening farce.

How dare you come here and criticize Buddhist beliefs.

Belief in ghosts in any culture is BS.

I disagree but that's not the point. You are a guest here and are slagging off the Thai people's beliefs and culture. How big of you.

[Bluespunk]

So, the ghost was lurking at the funeral in order to ensure his message was 'passed on'. I'm lost for any other comment on this bizzare and sickening farce.

How dare you come here and criticize Buddhist beliefs.

Belief in ghosts in any culture is BS.

I disagree but that's not the point. You are a guest here and are slagging off the Thai people's beliefs and culture. How big of you.

No I'm slagging off belief in ghosts, because it's BS, in any and all cultures.

When I got off the plane I didn't leave rational thought at passport control.

[Artisi]

For the benefit of those posters whose indignation overrides their reading ability...

"...While Anna was attending the officers cremation ceremony in Suphanburi on 1 July, a woman in the audience had a seizure, shouted that she was being possessed by the ghost of the dead policeman, and called for Anna. The actress was quickly brought over to the woman, a 36-year-old resident from Saraburi province and relative of Pol.Lt. Naphadol.

Speaking to Khaosod on the following day, Anna said the ghost had already left the woman by the time she arrived at her side, but others who watched the seizure told her the ghost had conveyed a message for her.

"He asked for his family to forgive me," Anna told Khaosod."

http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1435918909

It's still BS.

No matter how well staged it is.

BS=TIT

Less complicated than E=mc²

[Nasrullah]

"After weeks of much public fury – especially after Anna claimed the officer’s ghost forgave her"

I missed that particular piece of BS.

That particular piece of BS was actually a statement made by a relative of the officer at his funeral that the family passed on to the actress. It wasn't a declaration made by her, she simply repeated what she had been told by the family.

No doubt after the monetary compensation was offered .............at the funeral....yeah right!!!!

[Artisi]

For the benefit of those posters whose indignation overrides their reading ability...

"...While Anna was attending the officers cremation ceremony in Suphanburi on 1 July, a woman in the audience had a seizure, shouted that she was being possessed by the ghost of the dead policeman, and called for Anna. The actress was quickly brought over to the woman, a 36-year-old resident from Saraburi province and relative of Pol.Lt. Naphadol.

Speaking to Khaosod on the following day, Anna said the ghost had already left the woman by the time she arrived at her side, but others who watched the seizure told her the ghost had conveyed a message for her.

"He asked for his family to forgive me," Anna told Khaosod."

http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1435918909

It's still BS.

No matter how well staged it is.

BS=TIT

Less complicated than E=mc²

Understanding E=MC^2 is child's play in comparison to TIT.

[kannot]

Expert and rather vomit inducing grovelling on the floor, nicely filmed, suggest they get a grovel cam next time.

Right "next"

[kannot]

A lot of negative comments, and rightly so, it would require an ethics-bypass not to be sickened with the Thai version of justice sometimes.

But guys, what did we expect really? Thailand is a 3rd-world nation, acknowldged by its own foreign diplomats (or at least, the UN representative) to be heading towards failed state status.

The military are out of control and are not accountable to anyone. The police don't even bother to pretend not to be corrupt any more and are not accountable to anyone. Ditto the justice system. The entire administrative system from the Pooyay Baan upwards is corrupt to the core etc etc ad nauseam.

Personally, even though I took the decision to live in Thailand, I detest their culture, I detest their incompetence and I detest their national superiority complex, its just narcissism. And yes, before the sheeple come out and protest that not all Thais are worthless, I agree, I know many Thais who are very good people, probably better than I found where I came from. But they are a small minority in my experience.

So I keep my head down, have my (Thai) wife conduct most of our business with Thais and try not to be enraged by the 3rd-world behaviour we all encounter almost daily. It is after all, the 3rd-world and its a problem for the Thais to resolve, not me. Of course we all know they've been propagandised for decades and that the country has been run by a feudal elite entirely for it's own benefit. But, I get my pension, I live a quiet life and the major consequences that Thais have to suffer for embracing their imposed lifestyle pass me by. USA and England have their merchant bankers, Thailand has its banking and retail conglomerates and its civil service and its law enforcement, etc etc. SSDD.

Eventually, Thailand will grow up, eventually they will realise that the rest of the world has passed them by and that they really have to get out of their self-imposed nightmare. Eventually, they will realise that it is the dismal state of their education system that causes most of the problems, and they will fix it.

Eventually.

In the meantime, I try to remember why I came here - it's relatively cheap (unless you buy something from the mafia franchises such as cars and pickups), the weather's good and by and large, the trouble that Thais cause themselves pretty much bypass us. I figure that fixing Thailand (or even giving sensible advice to Thais for them to ignore) just isn't my job, it's someone else's and I don't really care very much if it never gets done.

Winnie

Sadly though many seem to have had that "ethics bypass". Great post btw

[dezy1801]

Supposed to feel the long arm of the law, must have been lost in translation and got the long **** of the law instead.

[BestBitterPhuket]

What did she do wrong? Did she speed or drink and drive - or perhaps it was an accident. Accidents do happen. The TV lynch

Mob is going after her because she is rich and famous.

[Bluespunk]

What did she do wrong? Did she speed or drink and drive - or perhaps it was an accident. Accidents do happen. The TV lynch

Mob is going after her because she is rich and famous.

Yeah right, that's why people are disgusted by this woman's antics and the financial manner in which she evaded justice.