rooster59 Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Ex-air force officer given 5 years and 6 months jailterm A former high-ranking air force officer was today (Friday) sentenced to five years and six months and fined 25,000 baht by the military court. Mr Chidpong Thonggum, formerly an Air Vice Marshal, was today escorted from the prison to Bangkok military court by a team of police officers headed by Pol Gen Sivara Rangsipromnakul, the national deputy police chief. Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/ex-air-force-officer-given-5-years-6-months-jailterm/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-03-04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 He'd get less for piloting a plane drunk, crashing and killing 50 people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFarAndNear Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Quote lese majeste, theft and violations of drugs and cosmetics law And "just" five years. Others get 20 years for just one of these offences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Taken to court, charged, tried, convicted and sentenced on the same day?Someone wanted him out of the way very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomacht8 Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Normally, all the condemned make an appeal. Is he now free on bail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Clicked on this story expecting to read prison sentence, then later ,suspend for 2 years,which seems normal, a person of influence going to jail,thats news. regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 And not a mention of rank demotion, so I guess he'll continue to be a vice marshal and resume his post in couple of years time as if nothing happened, like the ' forgive and forget' smiles and hand shake all around that Thai people loves so much?..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 4 minutes ago, ezzra said: And not a mention of rank demotion, so I guess he'll continue to be a vice marshal and resume his post in couple of years time as if nothing happened, like the ' forgive and forget' smiles and hand shake all around that Thai people loves so much?..... Ex-air force officer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Who did this guy pi$$ off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharecropper Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 The sudden surge in Political prisoners is interesting. Maybe things are going on behind the scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 (edited) photo caption: "Look, if you guys wanted in on my action, you should have just said so." interesting the article does not go into detail about the specific charges. Edited March 4, 2017 by NCC1701A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 To be fair Chidpong's sentencing and fine is excessive when compared to army Three Star General Manas who was charged as a "kingpin" in Rohingyan human trafficking. Manus was arrested in June 2015 while he was an Advisor to Prayut. To date there has been no prosecution. I suspect the military will allow him to be sequestered until his retirement with full benefits. Seems rank does have its privileges in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Does anyone notice that anyone who is arrested or convicted here is always an ex officer of the army or the police? Is a current officer, or a current minister, or a current CEO ever arrested or convicted? No. Why? Protect those in power at all costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Positive that police, high ranking officers and more people in that scale actually get sentenced now. That didn´t happen 5-6 years ago. Still talking about the slow change that nobody else seems to see or want to admit. Just say something negative again, to get the pain out of your chests, lads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Just remember nothing in Thailand, is what it seems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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