'Boss' faces arrest warrant after another no-show in hit-and-run case from 2012

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'Boss' faces arrest warrant after another no-show in hit-and-run case from 2012
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- AN ARREST warrant will be sought for Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya, the heir to the Red Bull fortune who is accused of running over and killing a police officer in 2012, after he again failed to meet prosecutors in Bangkok yesterday because he was “preoccupied” overseas.

 

Somnuek Siengkong, spokesman for the Office of the Attorney-General, said the 31-year-old grandson of the late Chaleo Yoovidhya – who co-founded the company that bottles the energy drink Red Bull – had obviously been stalling|and was attempting to evade justice after his lawyers had requested multiple postponements.

 

He said police would soon bring him to face the prosecutors’ indictment, and if he was not in Thailand authorities could proceed to seek his extradition to face justice in Thailand.

 

Somneuk said the Office of the Attorney-General had also concluded that “new evidence” submitted by Vorayuth’s side did not have sufficient weight to negate the evidence in the case. The appeal was made to the Commission for Law, Police and Justice of the National Legislative Assembly, claiming that police and prosecutors were divided on the speeding charge.

 

He said the appeal, which Vorayuth used as grounds for previous postponement requests, was therefore invalid.

 

 

Vorayuth, who has repeatedly ignored previous summonses and is yet to be charged with a crime, was due to face his accusers yesterday but his lawyer requested a further postponement on the grounds that he was “preoccupied” overseas, Sutthi Kittisupaporn, chief of the Department of Southern Bangkok Criminal Litigation, said.

 

Vorayuth offered the same excuse for not appearing for a previous summons on March 30.

 

Vorayuth was scheduled to meet prosecutors over the hit-and-run death of police Senior Sgt-Major Wichean Klinprasert on Bangkok’s Sukhumvit Road in 2012.

 

Vorayuth’s non-appearance on March 30 further riled public opinion soon after news reports indicated that he had been living a lavish lifestyle overseas for years.

 

He was accused of hitting and killing the 47-year-old patrolman with his Ferrari early in September, 2012, and dragging the body for a considerable distance.

 

The statute of limitation has since expired for the charges of speeding and reckless driving causing property damage, but he remains accused of reckless driving resulting in death, which has a 15-year statute of limitation, and refusing to stop to assist a victim, for which the statute ends in September.

 

The first offence carries a maximum jail term of 10 years and the latter six months.

 

It has previously been reported that Vorayuth has enjoyed a jet-set lifestyle in Thailand and abroad. He has been seen touring around the world or watching the F1 Red Bull racing team in Europe.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30313581

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-04-28

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Thailand to seek arrest warrant for Red Bull heir

BANGKOK: -- Director General of the Prosecution office of the Bangkok South Criminal Court, Suthi Kittisuppaporn speaks to members of media as he arrives at the South Bangkok prosecutor's office in Bangkok, Thailand, April 27, 2017.REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand's attorney general said on Thursday it would seek the arrest of an heir to the Red Bull fortune after he failed to meet prosecutors over an alleged hit-and-run that killed a police officer five years ago.

 

The case has raised questions about whether the Thai justice system favors the rich and famous, allowing them to break the law with impunity.

 

Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya missed prosecutor orders to report to court on Thursday, the eighth time he has missed a summons since legal proceedings against him began in 2016.

 

Vorayuth was charged with speeding, hit-and-run and reckless driving that caused the death of the policemen in 2012.

 

"He sent a letter requesting to move the appointment but he can't do this again," said Suthi Kittisuppaporn, director general of the attorney general's Department of Southern Bangkok Criminal Litigation.

 

The Office of the Attorney General said in a televised statement it would seek an arrest warrant for Vorayuth.

 

"If we wait until the end of the business day and he doesn't show up we will consider this deliberate evasion," Somnuek Siangkong, spokesman for the office, told reporters.

 

"We will then ask police to seek an arrest warrant from the court."

 

Attempts by Reuters to reach a lawyer for Vorayuth went unanswered.

 

Vorayuth is a grandson of the late Chaleo Yoovidhya, creator of the Kratin Daeng, or red bull, energy drink.

 

Chaleo, 88, was listed as the third richest person in Thailand at the time of his death in 2012, with an estimated net worth of US$5 billion, according to Forbes magazine.

 

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His grandson, Vorayuth, who has spent much of the past five years abroad, including in London and Singapore, according to social media posts, has previously cited work commitments abroad as reasons for not showing up in court.

 

Reuters was unable to confirm Vorayuth's whereabouts. Some media reported he was in Britain.

 

In 2012, Vorayuth allegedly crashed his Ferrari into a policeman on a motorcycle in Bangkok's upscale Thonglor neighborhood.

 

He is accused of fleeing the scene, dragging the officer's body for several dozen meters with his car as he did so.

 

Vorayuth's speeding charge expired a year after the accident. The charge of hit-and-run carries a penalty of up to six months in jail and expires in September while the reckless driving charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years of jail and expires in 10 years, if left unchallenged.

 

(Reporting by Amy Sawitta Lefevre, Juarawee Kittisilpa and Panarat Thepgumpanat; Writing by Amy Sawitta Lefevre; Editing by Michael Perry and Robert Birsel)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-04-28

[PatOngo]

Correction.

 

The case has raised questions about whether  confirmed  the Thai justice system favors the rich and famous, allowing them to break the law with impunity.

[Sphere]

Sooner or later he's going to post something bad on Facebook....then they'll get him. 

[Thechook]

Another day and another warrant.  Have they considered an international arrest warrant for this fugitive killer?  They are just trying to look like they are doing something but really dont care

[harada]

Give the guy a break, formula one races and cocktail parties can be very demanding.

[colinneil]

The little s..t is just laughing at this pathetic load of nonsense.

He faces arrest warrant for another no-show !!! 

the arrest warrant should have been issued 5 years ago, but money talks.

His whole family dont give a rats ar.e about justice, only  care about themselves.

 

[pentap]

Arrest warrant sought!! Is that statement for real!?

Why does the accused persistently fail to appear? Makes me wonder...

Is the accused guilty by any chance? if so, does the accused know that, by some strange coincidence.

The HIT AND RUN incident, (which is a cowards way and a commonly reported occurrence for Thai men to practise) and the subsequent death of a human being, in this case a police officer, happened when? FIVE YEARS AGO!!!!!

And this so called man, the accused, is still living a free and very privileged life style while the family of the victim, are still waiting for justice, and yet an arrest warrant will be sought!? Come on. This is a joke!

Ban the sale and promotion of Red Bull in Thailand. Seize all assists. Stick it where it hurts!

Humans can be put into space and yet the accused cannot be brought to stand trail in what seems to me, an obvious case of GUILT on his part.

Man up and face the music you TYPICAL coward. And if found guilty, I truly hope your sentencing will be in accordance based on a charge of MURDER!

A Spanish national was hunted down, caught and extradited from either Laos or Cambodia, (I can't recall), to stand trail and subsequently sentenced to death for the murder of a fellow Spanish national, committed here in Thai, and yet the authorises cannot bring the ACCUSED to stand trail!

Crazy B S!


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[worgeordie]

Have they not thought about revoking his passport,or is that

too extreme a measure,as the law seems to be treating him

with kid gloves.there is definitely a 2 tier justice system here,

if your poor,go to prison dont pass go, the rich,we might get 

around to it.......or not.

regards worgeordie

[4MyEgo]

18 minutes ago, pentap said:

A Spanish national was hunted down, caught and extradited from either Laos or Cambodia, (I can't recall), to stand trail and subsequently sentenced to death for the murder of a fellow Spanish national, committed here in Thai, and yet the authorises cannot bring the ACCUSED to stand trail!

Crazy B S!

Puts things into perspective doesn't it.

 

No doubt the brown envelope has just gotten bigger as plan B is now put into place, here is X amount of baht Mr Att, give us till tomorrow to move our client into a country where there is no extradition order for Thailand before you execute the warrant, and here is another X amount for not holding his passport in the 1st place considering him to be a noble person and not a flight risk, so that our client could get on with his business.

 

When the statute of limitations expire in 2027 and our client returns to live in Thailand, our client has stated that you will receive a big bag full of the same.

[franklnooner]

Arrest warrant thats about time, good work. Not.TIT

 

Money is always number one in Thailand.

[Borzandy]

Boss treats the Thai justice as she deserves, with contempt.

[AGareth2]

if they issue the arrest warrant

then the UK should revoke his visa

[darksidedog]

An arrest warrant will be sought and they are using the extradition word. I suspect in reality nothing will actually happen and he will continue to make a mockery of Justice. I will believe they are serious when I see the scum bag in handcuffs.

[elgenon]

I wonder if the former PM (in exile) is lending a hand.

[petesc55]

i wonder if you could fire up social media types to make his stay in the UK 'unpleasant'?

 

 

 

 

[nikmar]

An arrest warrant!!! I bet he's crying in his English tea.

[baboon]

11 minutes ago, elgenon said:

I wonder if the former PM (in exile) is lending a hand.

No you don't.

[lamyai3]

12 minutes ago, elgenon said:

I wonder if the former PM (in exile) is lending a hand.

Dhammachayo is no doubt there too, to provide spiritual counsel.

[BEVUP]

41 minutes ago, AGareth2 said:

if they issue the arrest warrant

then the UK should revoke his visa

No I reckon it will only be an arrest warrant for Thailand as I'm sure one would have to alert Interpol for a global warrant

[PatOngo]

The entire F1 Red Bull Racing team and anyone else who accepts sponsorship from this organisation should hang their heads in shame!

[edwinchester]

It surprises me that there seems not to exist a Thai version of the 'Star Chamber' when one reads of behaviour like this.

[miamiman123]

HA HA HA.....

[realenglish1]

Does anyone really think he would have shown up at the police station to face the charges

 

And it took 5 years to get to this point There is something seriously wrong with the Thai judicial system

 

Just like Thaksin This guy is never going to answer for the death of this cop 

 

Now you know why Thais do not trust the system and there is so much corruption 

 

Who would respect a system where criminals at this level  flaunt it  NO ONE

[chiman]

The world is seeing a lot more than some would like it to in this case.

[robblok]

1 hour ago, elgenon said:

I wonder if the former PM (in exile) is lending a hand.

He perfected the art of being on the run and living the life and of course saying he is a victim of it all.. This guy does not come close to milking the media that well. Maybe if the boss says its all political they (media) will believe it they did for the former PM. They will then publish sob stories with half truths to make it look less worse then it is. 

Edited April 28, 2017 by robblok

[NCC1701A]

His family has billions.

 

He has passports from other countries besides Thailand.

 

He will have a compound built in every country that does not extradite.

 

Or live on a family member's yacht.

 

2027 he walks.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 28, 2017 by NCC1701A

[boomerangutang]

1 hour ago, Borzandy said:

Boss treats the Thai justice as she deserves, with contempt.

....and treats it with indifference.

 

The people writing headlines for this on-going dribble, should just keep the same headline script, and re-post it every few months - it's always the same.   

 

Indeed, the headline uses the word 'faces....' which is future tense, as if something's going to happen in the future.   .......always being put off, on, and on, and on, and on................

 

If I was the son of the slain policeman, I wouldn't be sitting idly by.   I'd find the butt plug and make his future miserable - maybe crush one of the 7 vertebrae in his wimpy neck.

[leeneeds]

One way ticket / immigration /police/lawyers

integrity is an amazing thing, 

sadly non existent in this entwined sordid and 

SOLID case.

 

[MobileContent]

All they have to do is cancel his passport for a start but it will never happen of course.