Yingluck attends 11th court hearing of rice trial

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office Holders today began the 11th hearing of testimonies by witnesses defending the former prime minister Ms Yingluck Shinawatra indicted of dereliction of duty over the controversial rice pledging scheme.

 

Ms Yingluck arrived at the Supreme Court at 9.00 am amid warm welcome by her supporters and former cabinet minister of her previous government.

 

They included Niwatthamlong Boonsongphaisarn, Surapong Tovichakchaikul, Warathep Rattanakorn, and  Phoomtham Vejchayachai.

Today’s hearing is the 11th hearing of testimonies by her witnesses to be given to the court.

 

A total of 42 witnesses are to give testimonies to the court to defend Ms Yingluck’s rice pledging scheme in a total of 16 hearings.

Ms Yingluck was indicted by the Office of the Attorney-General in the Supreme Court on January 23, 2015.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/yingluck-attends-11th-court-hearing-rice-trial/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-02-03

Shouldn't take long

Prosecutor - Did Yingluck ever attend a Rice committee meeting

Witness - No / I don't remember

Prosecutor - Did Yingluck try to stop corruption

Witness - I don't remember

Prosecutor - Did Yingluck listen to her advisers or her brother on Skype

Witness - She only took instructions from Thaksin

Prosecutor - Was she upset when she heard farmers were killing themselves when they weren't paid

Witness - yes she was upset - but her brother was more upset as she would lose more votes in the next election and not be able to try and introduce the amnesty bill again.

1 hour ago, Gunna said:

Shouldn't take long

Prosecutor - Did Yingluck ever attend a Rice committee meeting

Witness - No / I don't remember

Prosecutor - Did Yingluck try to stop corruption

Witness - I don't remember

Prosecutor - Did Yingluck listen to her advisers or her brother on Skype

Witness - She only took instructions from Thaksin

Prosecutor - Was she upset when she heard farmers were killing themselves when they weren't paid

Witness - yes she was upset - but her brother was more upset as she would lose more votes in the next election and not be able to try and introduce the amnesty bill again.

And add:

 

Witness: 'But she's really a nice lady, her mushrooms are delicious and she loves red roses.'

 

Prosecutor: 'Is her fan club member here today Khun Surapong Tovichakchaikul a highly ethical man with a totally clear record of respecting the law?

 

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Only 5 left in this round.

2 hours ago, Gunna said:

Shouldn't take long

Prosecutor - Did Yingluck ever attend a Rice committee meeting

Witness - No / I don't remember

Prosecutor - Did Yingluck try to stop corruption

Witness - I don't remember

Prosecutor - Did Yingluck listen to her advisers or her brother on Skype

Witness - She only took instructions from Thaksin

Prosecutor - Was she upset when she heard farmers were killing themselves when they weren't paid

Witness - yes she was upset - but her brother was more upset as she would lose more votes in the next election and not be able to try and introduce the amnesty bill again.

Prosecutor - did yl attend a rice meeting? 

Witness - no,  the pm has permanent secretaries, deputy secretaries and teams of competent officials to attend and report back to her. 

Prosecutor - did yl try to stop the corruption? ?

Witness - nobody has been convicted of corruption in a court of law, so the question is irrelevant at this time. 

Prosecutor - did yl listen to advisors or her brother. 

Witness - hearsay,  who knows? ?

Prosecutor - was she upset the farmers killed themselves as they not paid? 

Witness - She was upset that a party that cannot win an election, blocked and threatened banks that wanted to pay the money. She was upset that she had no military assistance to stop the shut down of the country.she didn't have to worry about losing votes. That a democrat problem. 

 

 

At last a thread in which "people who think that a Junta is better than an elected government under current conditions" (let's be politically correct ;)) can let off steam! 

They have been under pressure with so many threads to avoid about the Junta. 

Edited February 3, 20179 yr by candide

I am struggling to follow this, nearly every country in the world has a food subsidy program including Thailands current PMs program

 

So how did the rice disappear? or was it it could not be sold as the price requested was to high. or the MILL owners where at it again and we all know who owns the mills.

 

Question did she nick the rice and sell it, or could Thailand not sell it because Vietnam and Cambodia + have now expanded their production and Quality

 

Love to know before making up my mind, because right now it looks like a propaganda effort to discredit going down.

 

That P letter again gets in everywhere

12 minutes ago, wakeupplease said:

I am struggling to follow this, nearly every country in the world has a food subsidy program including Thailands current PMs program

 

So how did the rice disappear? or was it it could not be sold as the price requested was to high. or the MILL owners where at it again and we all know who owns the mills.

 

Question did she nick the rice and sell it, or could Thailand not sell it because Vietnam and Cambodia + have now expanded their production and Quality

 

Love to know before making up my mind, because right now it looks like a propaganda effort to discredit going down.

 

That P letter again gets in everywhere

 

Guess you've been asleep for the past several years.

55 minutes ago, greenchair said:

Prosecutor - did yl attend a rice meeting? 

Witness - no,  the pm has permanent secretaries, deputy secretaries and teams of competent officials to attend and report back to her. 

Prosecutor - did yl try to stop the corruption? ?

Witness - nobody has been convicted of corruption in a court of law, so the question is irrelevant at this time. 

Prosecutor - did yl listen to advisors or her brother. 

Witness - hearsay,  who knows? ?

Prosecutor - was she upset the farmers killed themselves as they not paid? 

Witness - She was upset that a party that cannot win an election, blocked and threatened banks that wanted to pay the money. She was upset that she had no military assistance to stop the shut down of the country.she didn't have to worry about losing votes. That a democrat problem. 

 

 

Yawn.

19 minutes ago, scorecard said:

 

Guess you've been asleep for the past several years.

No just asking is that also against the law now

I thought the forum was for asking questions on?

Edited February 3, 20179 yr by wakeupplease

On 3/2/2017 at 3:45 PM, scorecard said:

Yawn.

Interesting enough for you to read and take time to repost. 

Thanks. 

Sorry it sapped your energy ,try some exercise. 

 

3 minutes ago, greenchair said:

Interesting enough for you to read and take time to repost. 

Thanks. 

Sorry it sapped your energy ,try some exercise. 

 

 

Yawn.

On 2/3/2017 at 4:03 PM, wakeupplease said:

No just asking is that also against the law now

I thought the forum was for asking questions on?

Well yes, but my response was to an obvious twist, diversion, and highlighting the fact (fact) that it's all been discussed before. 

she have her bug out back packet yet ?

On 2/3/2017 at 3:45 PM, scorecard said:

Yawn.

She was upset that a party that cannot win an election, blocked and threatened banks that wanted to pay the money.

 

Load of rubbish, inaccurate and less than truthful. 

3 hours ago, scorecard said:

She was upset that a party that cannot win an election, blocked and threatened banks that wanted to pay the money.

 

Load of rubbish, inaccurate and less than truthful. 

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/pdrc-leader-warns-banks-rice-loans-government/

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/protesters-stall-rice-auction/

13 hours ago, candide said:

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/pdrc-leader-warns-banks-rice-loans-government/

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/protesters-stall-rice-auction/

And in the first link you, of course, don't mention anything about depositors expecting their deposit funds are safe and secure and will be kept that way. Etc... 

8 minutes ago, scorecard said:

And in the first link you, of course, don't mention anything about depositors expecting their deposit funds are safe and secure and will be kept that way. Etc... 

I have absolutely no doubt that was the true motive of Suthep. ...

4 hours ago, scorecard said:

And in the first link you, of course, don't mention anything about depositors expecting their deposit funds are safe and secure and will be kept that way. Etc... 

 

Face facts the original protest was about the amnesty. When the government agreed to drop the bill  (democracy at its finest ) the majority of protesters went home. 

 Suthep and his cronies were looking for a way to keep the protests going. Budah isara met with a few unhappy farmers, and the crisis of the rice scheme began. Ureka the reason to continue protests as stepping board to the current situation was born. I suspect it would not have mattered which party was in power, some thought the country in need of a special kind of reform.