Former police officer jailed two years in Thai Rak Thai bribe case

[snoop1130]

Former police officer jailed two years in Thai Rak Thai bribe case

By The Nation 

 

 

The Supreme Court on Friday sentenced former police officer Pol Colonel Charnchai Netiratkan to two years’ imprisonment for offering a bribe to a Constitutional Court judge in a bid to prevent dissolution of the now-defunct Thai Rak Thai Party in 2006.

 

The court upheld a ruling by the Appeal Court in February that handed him the same punishment. At that time, Charnchai sought to be released on bail of Bt300,000.

 

Charnchai had been found by the Appeal Court to have violated Criminal Code Articles 144 and 167 regarding bribing government officials and judges in exchange for being spared from legal action.

 

A lower court’s ruling in 2014 said the defendant’s deed severely abused the justice system. He was handed a three year imprisonment term before he sought to appeal the case.

 

The ruling followed testimony given by an eyewitness – then-Constitutional Court judge Krairerk Kasemsan – who said in 2013 that Charnchai had visited him between October 16 and 22, 2006, and had offered him a bribe of Bt15 million to Bt30 million to help with the party’s dissolution case.

 

The Constitutional Court in 2006 heard the case in which Thai Rak Thai was accused of electoral fraud, a charge punishable by dissolution.

 

Charnchai had denied the charge, saying that the mention of a bribe was only a joke as he had visited the judge only to invite him to a reunion party of Thammasat University alumni. They were former classmates at the university’s Faculty of Law.

 

Apart from Krairerk, three judges and former judges also gave testimony.

 

After the Supreme Court verdict, the ex-police officer was taken to Khlong Prem Central Prison to start serving his jail term.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30320755

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-7-14

[YetAnother]

17 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

was only a joke

your honor: my killing those 33 people was only a joke

[rosst]

Only three years, wow, huge deterrent there. 

This is hugely premeditated and strikes at the throat of the justice system, seven to ten years as far as I am concerned. 

[jaltsc]

"After the Supreme Court verdict, the ex-police officer was taken to Khlong Prem Central Prison to start serving his jail term."

 

None of these activities occurs in a vacuum. Lots of publicity when he walks through the front door,  but there will be no mention when he walks out the back door before his sentence is completed. The standard reward for keeping ones mouth shut and not implicating others who were involved. 

 

 

Edited July 15, 2017 by jaltsc

[ramrod711]

Another Thaksin stooge pays the price, while meanwhile in Dubai.....

[Mad mick]

19 hours ago, YetAnother said:

your honor: my killing those 33 people was only a joke

He wont see a day in jail at bangkok Hilton,  he will be on silver service at the Real bkk Hilton " means <deleted> zip " thais don't have remorse or know what it means .

[Smarter Than You]

On 7/15/2017 at 10:13 AM, ramrod711 said:

Another Thaksin stooge pays the price, while meanwhile in Dubai.....

Perhaps it is another democracy advocate who is paying the price not as a stooge but as a hero for his downtrodden countrymen.

All a matter of perspective I suppose.

[Ricardo]

So how does "a hero for his downtrodden countrymen", and please remember that this was back in 2006, long before the current junta or the events of the past decade, come to be offering such a large bribe to a judge ?

 

It seems an odd way to try to defend freedom, in fact many might think that it was simply an attempt to thwart justice, by a senior police-officer who ought not to do that sort of thing ?

 

 

[Smarter Than You]

8 minutes ago, Ricardo said:

So how does "a hero for his downtrodden countrymen", and please remember that this was back in 2006, long before the current junta or the events of the past decade, come to be offering such a large bribe to a judge ?

 

It seems an odd way to try to defend freedom, in fact many might think that it was simply an attempt to thwart justice, by a senior police-officer who ought not to do that sort of thing ?

 

 

It is a lot of money, kind of makes you wonder if events actually unfolded as the lone witness to the alleged bribe says they did.

Why not set up another meeting - record a little bit of evidence on ones iPhone?

My guess, it's hard to record events that don't occur.