Court rejects Thaksin’s demand for the return of his Thai passports

[snoop1130]

Court rejects Thaksin’s demand for the return of his Thai passports

 

 

The Central Administrative Court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra against foreign permanent secretary and director-general of the Consular Affairs Department for revoking his two passports.

 

Thaksin, through his lawyer, had wanted the court to rescind the order of the Consular Affairs Department that invalidated his two Thai passports, numbering U957411 and Z530117.

 

In its verdict, the court said that the Consular Affairs Department is authorized to issue or to not issue passports for Thai citizens and this authority covers the power to take away passports issued to Thai citizens.

 

The power to invalidate passports of individuals is in compliance with the law and constitutional provision regarding the freedom of travel of Thai citizens which is conditional and not complete freedom like to freedom not to be deported or freedom to enter the country.

 

For the sake of national security or for public peace, the court said that the use of discretion of the Department of Consular Affairs to revoke the passports of Thaksin is not an act of discrimination against the former prime minister.

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-09-27

[ScotBkk]

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[chainarong]

Long shot this one , not to place too much emphasis on this subject Khun Thaksin is a fugitive on the run , therefore whether you like or dislike him, put simply , he is a criminal, and that is subject to passport cancellation , the same as anybody else that on a promise to return , attends the Beijing Olympics, then skips bail and ends up in the UK,  all the rest is history.........................................  

[scorecard]

9 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

So he'll be using the Montenegrin one then. 

 

Perhaps he could also use his blood diamonds passport.

[scorecard]

So will his cousin who opened the ministry passport section to issue a new passport in the midst of a severe flood, and then broke the law to issue the passport now be charged? (He knew he was breaking the law and now confirmed today.) 

 

Hope so. 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

I believe I read here recently, that the current government was considering some kind of law that would require anyone filing a court appeal to be physically present in order to pursue the case. I certainly hope, especially for Khun Thaksin's sake, that such a requirement is enacted. No more long-distance, out-of-country appeals by fugitives on the run from criminal charges and/or court sentences.

 

 

Edited September 27, 2016 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[trogers]

33 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

So he'll be using the Montenegrin one then. 

 

Yup, he is a citizen of an adopted country and a fugitive to the one of birth.

[billd766]

1 minute ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

 

Still free to travel anywhere he wants on that passport as his 'convictions' are regarded as politically motivated.

 

Unlike Prayuth and the other generals, who have travel bans from several countries, including Australia.

 

 

 

I see you managed to "forget" the dozen or so outstanding charges waiting for his return which are far more serious and NONE of the charges were politically motivated including the one he ran away from.

[Basil B]

Could they not issue an "Emergency Travel Document" so he could attend the court hearing in person? 

[trogers]

2 minutes ago, Basil B said:

Could they not issue an "Emergency Travel Document" so he could attend the court hearing in person? 

 

Don't need that. Handcuffs would do...

[colinneil]

Man up get your a..e back to Thailand.

Go to the court and ask yourself.

 

Or is he afraid of something???

[trogers]

46 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

 

Other nations believe the charges to be politically motivated, including the one he lives in at the moment, and that's what is important here.

 

You seem to "forget" not a single country will extradite him back to Thailand to face justice because he was removed in a military coup, and other countries regard the junta as illegitimate. 

 

Your obsessive opinions on the man don't matter.

 

That's okay. Dying overseas and not in your home country is a big no no for Thai-chinese. That's the source of wandering ghosts...

[scorecard]

49 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

 

Other nations believe the charges to be politically motivated, including the one he lives in at the moment, and that's what is important here.

 

You seem to "forget" not a single country will extradite him back to Thailand to face justice because he was removed in a military coup, and other countries regard the junta as illegitimate. 

 

Your obsessive opinions on the man don't matter.

 

obsessive opinions, ahh I understand, your making a self comment, a bit like selfsxxk.

[White Christmas13]

2 hours ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

So he'll be using the Montenegrin one then. 

So how did he get that one ? I was borne in Germany had to surrender 

my passport when I migrated to Australia (long time ago)

Have only the Aussie one now if I want to move back to Germany 

I have to wait for many years (I think  it is 10 ) to get a 

German passport so how do this people get a citizenship to obtain

a passport   so easy ?

[DeaconJohn]

29 minutes ago, trogers said:

 

That's okay. Dying overseas and not in your home country is a big no no for Thai-chinese. That's the source of wandering ghosts...

Thaksin has become a wandering ghost already and he's not even dead yet.

[seajae]

couldnt have happened to a nicer and more deserving piece of crap, the ptp people involved in the return of his passports now need to be charged as well. Doesnt matter how the apologists twist this the man is a snake.

[petedk]

2 hours ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

 

Other nations believe the charges to be politically motivated, including the one he lives in at the moment, and that's what is important here.

 

You seem to "forget" not a single country will extradite him back to Thailand to face justice because he was removed in a military coup, and other countries regard the junta as illegitimate. 

 

Your obsessive opinions on the man don't matter.

 

Yes he was removed from office by the junta, but then he fled the country as a criminal fugitive. Since then there has been two legitimate governments , but he still refused to come back and face the criminal charges against him.

 

The other nations either "forget" this or don't want to know about it. Thaksin had a brilliant PR campaign to convince the world he was a political victim.

[baboon]

2 hours ago, trogers said:

 

Yup, he is a citizen of an adopted country and a fugitive to the one of birth.

No he isn't. 

[jamesbrock]

1 hour ago, seajae said:

the man is a snake.

 

Certainly is.

 

This brief reminder is courtesy of a petition to World Policy Institute by Network of Thais Overseas on Change.org:

 

"1.      Human Rights Abusiveness and Extrajudicial Killing of 2,800 people

More than 2,800 citizens, including innocent children, were murdered because of the heavy handed policies of the war on drugs and anti-Muslim policies of Thaksin regime. The details of all these cases are on file with Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission, as have been reported by Shawn Crispin of Asia Times on October 13, 2006. Some of the examples are the killing of a 9-year-old, Nong Fluke, by the Thai police on February 23, 2003, during the war on drugs campaign; the Tak Bai incident on October 25, 2004 where 78 Thai Muslim civilians died from suffocation after being handcuffed and stacked on top of one another for over three hours.

Thaksin also created a Police State in Thailand where the police only caught people who acted against the Shinawatra government.

 

 2.      The Two-Year Prison Conviction

Under Thailand’s Prevention and Suppression of Corruption Act, state officials are prohibited to enter into any type of contracts with any state agency or be a party with any interest in any state agency.  Thaksin, then the Prime Minister of Thailand, signed a consent allowing his wife Pojaman to purchase a land offered for sale by a government agency.   The government agency initially bought this land for USD 90 million (2,749 million Baht) and later reduced the assessment price in order to place it in an auction.  Pojaman won the auction at USD 25 million (772 million Baht).  Eight years later, the land was sold at the price USD 60 million (1,815 million Baht).   The Supreme Court Criminal Section for Political Posts Holders ordered a two-year sentence for Thaksin since he, as a Prime Minister, had committed a transaction against the Prevention and Suppression of Corruption Act.  Thaksin then fled the country, and the court issued arrest warrant to capture him.

 

 3.      The USD 2.5 Billion Lawsuit and Seizure of 1.5 Billion 

This is one of the biggest court cases in Thailand’s history.  While in his power as the Prime Minister, Thaksin and his wife concealed the fact that they had owned 48% of Shin Corporation, a public company that was awarded telecom concession from the state by having other persons including his son, daughters, brother-in-law, secretary and his sister (Yingluck Shinawatra – later the PM of Thailand) as nominees for them.  Thai law and the Prevention and Suppression of Corruption Act prohibit the Cabinet members to hold shares in companies and to be a party to do business with state to avoid conflict of interest. Thaksin owned the shares through his nominees and abused his power to favor Shin Corporation in many ways.  He later sold these shares to a Singaporean company.  The net proceed and the dividends he then received total USD 2.5 Billion (76,000 million Baht).  The prosecutor asked the court to seize all the proceeds and dividends.  The court ordered to seize his money totaled USD 1.5 Billion (46,000 million Baht).     

 

 4.      Tax Evasion

In regards to the selling of Thaksin’s shares in Shin Corp to a Singaporean company as mentioned in the above case, Pojaman, Thaksin’s wife, her brother and her secretary were sentenced by the criminal court for a 3-year jail time each, for not paying tax in the amount of USD 25 million (739 million Baht).  

Later, the appeal court changed the sentence to dismiss Pojaman and her secretary, and reduced the sentence of her brother to one year with parole.

Then, Thaksin’s political party won an election, became a ruling party, and the District Attorney decided not to bring the case to the Supreme Court.

 

5.      Corruption by Changing Telecom Concession

During his power as Prime Minister, Thaksin issued a law to change the concession contract between the state and telecom companies, one of which owned by him and his family, resulted in the state losing income in the amount of USD 2.1 Billion (66,000 million Baht) and more profit to his telecom companies.   The court ordered to pause to case due to the defendant, Thaksin, fleeing from the country.

 

6.      Corruption The Lottery Project

Thaksin, all his cabinet members and affiliates totaling 47 people, including Thailand Lottery Committee Executives, were indicted.  The Criminal Court sentenced the then Deputy Minister of Finance, the Permanent Secretary of Finance Ministry, and Head of Thailand Lottery Office for a two-year jail time with parole.  Since Thaksin had fled the country, the court issued arrest warrant to capture him. 

 

7.      Corruption by Issuing Loan to Myanmar Government to Buy His Telecom Equipment

Thaksin issued a loan in an approximate amount of USD 130 million (4,000 million Baht) through a government bank to Myanmar government, allowing Myanmar government to purchase telecom equipment and satellite from Shin Corporation, a company owned by Thaksin and his family.  The court issued an arrest warrant to capture him. 

 

8.      Concealed or Wrongly Disclosed Assets and Liabilities Accounts

Further from the Shin Corp shareholding nomination case, Thaksin was indicted for concealing assets or wrongly disclosed assets and liabilities total of six times.  The court issued an arrest warrant to capture him. 

 

9.      Corruption by Issuing Loan to NPL company

Thaksin approved a government bank’s loan approximately USD 300 million (9,000 million Baht) to a company that was a non-performing loan of the bank which most unlikely to repay the loan.  This case was accepted by the court and is in the process.

 

These are only some of the lawsuits against Thaksin Shinawatra that have already been to the courts.  There are some more criminal cases against him still under investigation.

 

 

Apart from the corruption and legal sentences, Thaksin has ruined the Thai culture and how people think about public interests and personal interests by planting and proving that the unethical behaviors and corruption, are acceptable if his people are in the power.  Nowadays, many Thais don’t care anymore about what’s right or wrong and what’s good or bad, as long as they too receive the benefits, get promoted, or get money. The politicians and government agencies who are in Thaksin’s camp have turned Thai society into a Shameless Society where Greed and Cheat are seen in everyday political news."

 

Source: https://www.change.org/p/world-policy-institute-do-not-be-a-stage-for-tyrants

[Chris Lawrence]

It will be heating the fan if he comes back. Maybe not a bad thing, but would end in tears.

 

[Chris Lawrence]

A great job on cut and past James, but what do you think? As your last paragraph lectures the virtues of righteousness by a zealot, is this far from what is the now. I would also find it impertinent to speak for Thais as a whole.

 

 

[halloween]

1 hour ago, White Christmas13 said:

So how did he get that one ? I was borne in Germany had to surrender 

my passport when I migrated to Australia (long time ago)

Have only the Aussie one now if I want to move back to Germany 

I have to wait for many years (I think  it is 10 ) to get a 

German passport so how do this people get a citizenship to obtain

a passport   so easy ?

 

Amazing what you can buy when you have enough money.  Perhaps not a German passport, but some of the less salubrious countries aren't too fussed what sort of scum hold one of their passports if the back-handers a big enough.

[worgeordie]

The Shinawatra's don't seem to realize they are not in a position

to demand anything,at this time. their time is over,but in Thailand

anything is possible,and intime it could be forgive and forget

regards worgeordie

[billd766]

2 hours ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

 

Other nations believe the charges to be politically motivated, including the one he lives in at the moment, and that's what is important here.

 

You seem to "forget" not a single country will extradite him back to Thailand to face justice because he was removed in a military coup, and other countries regard the junta as illegitimate. 

 

Your obsessive opinions on the man don't matter.

 

Neither do yours.

 

If he is so convinced (as you are) of his innocence and purity of heart why did he not return, firstly from the Beijing Olympics and secondly at any time under the PPP and the PTP governments that he owned? He did not even appeal against the one charge that he was convicted of even though it was a PPP government under his brother in law Somchai Wongsawat.

 

He even tried to get HIS 3rd political party, the PTP under his clone sister to pass legislation at 04.30 to grant him an amnesty which lead to the downfall of the PTP government. Now why would he need an amnesty if he was not guilty?

[halloween]

4 minutes ago, Chris Lawrence said:

A great job on cut and past James, but what do you think? As your last paragraph lectures the virtues of righteousness by a zealot, is this far from what is the now. I would also find it impertinent to speak for Thais as a whole.

 

 

A great job on nitpicking the opinion paragraph at the end of the post. Any problems with the statements about his court cases, apart from their being inconveniently accurate?

[halloween]

The BP refers to his "two regular Thai passports". Why two?

[halloween]

7 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

 

I am not convinced of his innocence but that is neither here nor there because other nations don't care what you or I believe. 

 

The fact that they enacted a coup against him when he was out of the country is justification enough for them to believe the subsequent charges were politically motivated.

You tend to gloss over the inconvenient details. Thaksin was at the UN purporting to be the PM of Thailand, a position that he had tendered his resignation from, and which had been accepted by the head of state. His unilateral reclaiming of that position was without validation of parliament or the HoS. 

[monkey4u]

1 hour ago, jamesbrock said:

 

Certainly is.

 

This brief reminder is courtesy of a petition to World Policy Institute by Network of Thais Overseas on Change.org:

 

"1.      Human Rights Abusiveness and Extrajudicial Killing of 2,800 people

More than 2,800 citizens, including innocent children, were murdered because of the heavy handed policies of the war on drugs and anti-Muslim policies of Thaksin regime. The details of all these cases are on file with Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission, as have been reported by Shawn Crispin of Asia Times on October 13, 2006. Some of the examples are the killing of a 9-year-old, Nong Fluke, by the Thai police on February 23, 2003, during the war on drugs campaign; the Tak Bai incident on October 25, 2004 where 78 Thai Muslim civilians died from suffocation after being handcuffed and stacked on top of one another for over three hours.

Thaksin also created a Police State in Thailand where the police only caught people who acted against the Shinawatra government.

 

 2.      The Two-Year Prison Conviction

Under Thailand’s Prevention and Suppression of Corruption Act, state officials are prohibited to enter into any type of contracts with any state agency or be a party with any interest in any state agency.  Thaksin, then the Prime Minister of Thailand, signed a consent allowing his wife Pojaman to purchase a land offered for sale by a government agency.   The government agency initially bought this land for USD 90 million (2,749 million Baht) and later reduced the assessment price in order to place it in an auction.  Pojaman won the auction at USD 25 million (772 million Baht).  Eight years later, the land was sold at the price USD 60 million (1,815 million Baht).   The Supreme Court Criminal Section for Political Posts Holders ordered a two-year sentence for Thaksin since he, as a Prime Minister, had committed a transaction against the Prevention and Suppression of Corruption Act.  Thaksin then fled the country, and the court issued arrest warrant to capture him.

 

 3.      The USD 2.5 Billion Lawsuit and Seizure of 1.5 Billion 

This is one of the biggest court cases in Thailand’s history.  While in his power as the Prime Minister, Thaksin and his wife concealed the fact that they had owned 48% of Shin Corporation, a public company that was awarded telecom concession from the state by having other persons including his son, daughters, brother-in-law, secretary and his sister (Yingluck Shinawatra – later the PM of Thailand) as nominees for them.  Thai law and the Prevention and Suppression of Corruption Act prohibit the Cabinet members to hold shares in companies and to be a party to do business with state to avoid conflict of interest. Thaksin owned the shares through his nominees and abused his power to favor Shin Corporation in many ways.  He later sold these shares to a Singaporean company.  The net proceed and the dividends he then received total USD 2.5 Billion (76,000 million Baht).  The prosecutor asked the court to seize all the proceeds and dividends.  The court ordered to seize his money totaled USD 1.5 Billion (46,000 million Baht).     

 

 4.      Tax Evasion

In regards to the selling of Thaksin’s shares in Shin Corp to a Singaporean company as mentioned in the above case, Pojaman, Thaksin’s wife, her brother and her secretary were sentenced by the criminal court for a 3-year jail time each, for not paying tax in the amount of USD 25 million (739 million Baht).  

Later, the appeal court changed the sentence to dismiss Pojaman and her secretary, and reduced the sentence of her brother to one year with parole.

Then, Thaksin’s political party won an election, became a ruling party, and the District Attorney decided not to bring the case to the Supreme Court.

 

5.      Corruption by Changing Telecom Concession

During his power as Prime Minister, Thaksin issued a law to change the concession contract between the state and telecom companies, one of which owned by him and his family, resulted in the state losing income in the amount of USD 2.1 Billion (66,000 million Baht) and more profit to his telecom companies.   The court ordered to pause to case due to the defendant, Thaksin, fleeing from the country.

 

6.      Corruption The Lottery Project

Thaksin, all his cabinet members and affiliates totaling 47 people, including Thailand Lottery Committee Executives, were indicted.  The Criminal Court sentenced the then Deputy Minister of Finance, the Permanent Secretary of Finance Ministry, and Head of Thailand Lottery Office for a two-year jail time with parole.  Since Thaksin had fled the country, the court issued arrest warrant to capture him. 

 

7.      Corruption by Issuing Loan to Myanmar Government to Buy His Telecom Equipment

Thaksin issued a loan in an approximate amount of USD 130 million (4,000 million Baht) through a government bank to Myanmar government, allowing Myanmar government to purchase telecom equipment and satellite from Shin Corporation, a company owned by Thaksin and his family.  The court issued an arrest warrant to capture him. 

 

8.      Concealed or Wrongly Disclosed Assets and Liabilities Accounts

Further from the Shin Corp shareholding nomination case, Thaksin was indicted for concealing assets or wrongly disclosed assets and liabilities total of six times.  The court issued an arrest warrant to capture him. 

 

9.      Corruption by Issuing Loan to NPL company

Thaksin approved a government bank’s loan approximately USD 300 million (9,000 million Baht) to a company that was a non-performing loan of the bank which most unlikely to repay the loan.  This case was accepted by the court and is in the process.

 

These are only some of the lawsuits against Thaksin Shinawatra that have already been to the courts.  There are some more criminal cases against him still under investigation.

 

 

Apart from the corruption and legal sentences, Thaksin has ruined the Thai culture and how people think about public interests and personal interests by planting and proving that the unethical behaviors and corruption, are acceptable if his people are in the power.  Nowadays, many Thais don’t care anymore about what’s right or wrong and what’s good or bad, as long as they too receive the benefits, get promoted, or get money. The politicians and government agencies who are in Thaksin’s camp have turned Thai society into a Shameless Society where Greed and Cheat are seen in everyday political news."

 

Source: https://www.change.org/p/world-policy-institute-do-not-be-a-stage-for-tyrants

He was a busy boy wasn't he 

[jamesbrock]

45 minutes ago, Chris Lawrence said:

A great job on cut and past James, but what do you think? As your last paragraph lectures the virtues of righteousness by a zealot, is this far from what is the now. I would also find it impertinent to speak for Thais as a whole.

 

I apologise that I didn't make it clear enough that the passage was courtesy of another party, and for not making the quotation marks (which encapsulated the list and last paragraph) or link to the source more noticeable. As for "speak for Thais as a whole" best take that up with the thai authors of the petition.

 

Of course it's not much better at all now, if not worse, but the subject of the topic is Thaksin. When the subject is the current mob, I'll comment on them then.

[Cuchulainn]

Ha ha. Up yours, T!!