Jumpol pleads guilty, gets 3 years jail for forest home

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Jumpol pleads guilty, gets 3 years jail for forest home

By Suriya Patathayo,
Prasit Tangprasert
The Nation

 

 

Former grand chamberlain and top cop also told to pay Bt892,000 compensation

 

SACKED Palace official and former top police officer Jumpol Manmai was sentenced to three years in jail yesterday for abuse of authority and forest encroachment. 

 

Jumpol, 66, pleaded guilty at the Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Court. 

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30308629

 

 

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[TheFishman1]

Think he be out 6 months TIT

[robblok]

I dont think so, there is more going on here. But even if he is out in 6 months at least something was done against encroachment be it for other reasons then mentioned.

[bangkokorbust]

36 minutes ago, TheFishman1 said:

Think he be out 6 months TIT

Still a looong time in a stinking thai prison. Good to see the junta tackling this huge problem, shame previous governments did sweet <deleted> All about it

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[Psimbo]

He plead guilty  years. The sentence is automatically halved so its 3 years, NOT the 6 months being bandied about above. Interesting he didn't have a lawyer present- more to this than meets the eye.

[Oziex1]

Is this about encroachment or harassing those from the other side of the political divide.

[robblok]

15 minutes ago, Oziex1 said:

Is this about encroachment or harassing those from the other side of the political divide.

The encroaching is a crime he committed, so he is guilty as charged. There might be alternative reasons that they went after him but that does not invalidate his crime. 

[fish monger]

Will he be in a communal cell or have a private suite...? 5555

[Broken Record]

The people who run Thailand have dirt on just about every government official, any that fall out of favour are toast, that's why they normally do as they are told.

It's why Corruption is put up with and openly flaunted, it suits those who really pull the strings, without it they wouldn't have so much power.

The people who run Thailand need puppets, and corrupt officials make perfect servants, they have too much to lose to refuse to obey orders.

The ruling classes have got it sewn up in Thailand.

[MarkusAUST]

3 hours ago, Psimbo said:

He plead guilty  years. The sentence is automatically halved so its 3 years, NOT the 6 months being bandied about above. Interesting he didn't have a lawyer present- more to this than meets the eye.

Having a lawyer present wouldnt have changed anything. When you plead guilty, you just get half the sentence. A lawyer can't say anything that will reduce it further, as mitigation is not accepted.

He simply saved himself the lawyer fee, knowing it was pointless.

[ChrisY1]

Is he actually guilty of anything at all?...Or simply a victim of someones  "imagination"?

[elgordo38]

22 minutes ago, MarkusAUST said:

When you plead guilty, you just get half the sentence.

Great incentive to plead guilty when you look at the alternative which is "Not a hope in H"

[elgordo38]

I wonder who "inherited" the property involved. 

[dageurreotype]

1 hour ago, Broken Record said:

The people who run Thailand have dirt on just about every government official, any that fall out of favour are toast, that's why they normally do as they are told.

It's why Corruption is put up with and openly flaunted, it suits those who really pull the strings, without it they wouldn't have so much power.

The people who run Thailand need puppets, and corrupt officials make perfect servants, they have too much to lose to refuse to obey orders.

The ruling classes have got it sewn up in Thailand.

I'm currently reading an old academic book on South East Asia I'd picked up in a local second hand store. I've just read a chapter on governing bodies at all levels. In the 18th century it was a given that governors, for instance, were expected to 'eat their province', in much the same way as the police were told to 'gin meuang' - eat the townships.  The word or even concept of 'corruption' is completely alien to them, hence so endemic and therefore impossible to remove. It's par for the course and will never be removed. Ever.

 

BTW, that particular page had several stamps in red in the Thai language. Difficult to read as so faded but get the impression it wasn't supposed to pass the censor 

[mtls2005]

Amazing that people think this is about "land encroachment".

 

Probably best to not even post topics like this, or if so, lock them.

[AGareth2]

5 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

Think he be out 6 months TIT

in a box?

[Stargeezr]

Knock the house down, and return the land to its forest state.

Geezer

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

The Thai courts system is a curious one, to say the least.

 

Some cases, usually involving corruption but also just regular criminal cases, seem to take years from the time of arrest to an actual initial judgment.

 

But in this guy's case, and in some other similar ones, the guy is done and sentenced in what, a matter of weeks, from the start of the case.

 

[robblok]

5 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

The Thai courts system is a curious one, to say the least.

 

Some cases, usually involving corruption but also just regular criminal cases, seem to take years from the time of arrest to an actual initial judgment.

 

But in this guy's case, and in some other similar ones, the guy is done and sentenced in what, a matter of weeks, from the start of the case.

 

Yes its quite clear that this is more then just encroachment, but this guy admits it.. maybe that makes it faster plus the fact that important people want him convicted.

[jerojero]

Well, well, well..... Finally someone up the Elite food chain gets appropriate jail time for their corrupt actions.