Arrest warrant issued for former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra over court no show, trial delayed to 27 September

[Dogmatix]

Now I see that her lawyer failed to present a medical certificate to vouch for the Menieres disease, which is why the court issued the arrest warrant.  Very odd.  Seems to increase the possibility that she has done a bunk.

[harada]

It's simply Thai history repeating itself and it goes back long before the Shins, if you've got the cash you're on the midnight express.

[Bluespunk]

3 minutes ago, fullcave said:

Red Bull guy is not seen as a threat to the military junta. 

Just a threat to anyone on the road.  

[Dogmatix]

7 minutes ago, jesimps said:

She won't scarper, she has too much class and loves the normal Thai people. She also happens to be the latest elected PM.

 

 

Yes to one point and maybe to the other two but she was only a proxy for someone else who clearly doesn't love the normal Thai people at all.  Why would he?  They are not part of his clan and not even Chinese for gossake. They merely served a purpose in getting him power and the ability to steal  loads of their money from them. 

 

I would recommend YL to think for herself and get out while she can, if she hasn't already.  Forget about gooey-eyed sentiment about the rough peasants.  No point in going to prison so bro can maybe have a chance for another round of power, money and corruption.  Take your son and enjoy a life of luxury in the country of your choice. He will still be able to return to Thailand and become a politician, if he is really interested in carrying on the dynasty.  Hopefully his evil uncle will be dead by then.    

[grollies]

9 minutes ago, dbrenn said:

Pretty much everyone who has publicly disagreed with the government ends up in hiding, fleeing, or in the slammer.

 

God help most of the posters here then.

[hathairat2711]

ThaiPBS English News‏ @ThaipbsEngNews  2m2 minutes ago

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PM said he doesn't know where is Yingluck but asked security dept. to check the sickness claim

[gummy]

22 minutes ago, sandrabbit said:

My wife just old me she flew to Singapore yesterday evening so maybe the rumours are true.

Actually here in Raffles bar,  she can hear me very well so the ear issues have certainly been cured with the Singapore sling I just bought for her  

[Wilsonandson]

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“I have assigned officials to check the normal entry and exit routes and find out where she is,” Prayut said.

Again, from what I can make out from translating the latest press reports. Yingluck crossed the Thai Cambodian border in a car yesterday and drove to phnom enh International Airport. She took a private jet to Singapore where she met her brother. They then both flew to Dubai on Thaksin's private jet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[farcanell]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Yingluck's lawyer, Norwait Lalaeng, said he was unaware whether she was still in the country.

Ha ha!... ha ha! 

[brianj1964]

3 hours ago, khunOo said:

Another Shinawatra in Dubai!

Luang Por Dammajayo, Red Bull guy etc

How easy is to leave Thailand when some has money and connections!

 

She may fly to the UK and buy a football club like her brother

[Artisi]

6 minutes ago, gummy said:

Actually here in Raffles bar,  she can hear me very well so the ear issues have certainly been cured with the Singapore sling I just bought for her  

A bit short of the necessaries, was she? 

Guess the 30m she just dropped cleaned her purse out. 

[sandrabbit]

3 minutes ago, brianj1964 said:

She may fly to the UK and buy a football club like her brother

Please buy Leeds, we need some investment!

[Dogmatix]

6 minutes ago, harada said:

It's simply Thai history repeating itself and it goes back long before the Shins, if you've got the cash you're on the midnight express.

 

Very right.  In the old days those who lost out in military coups, usually military men themselves but past their sell by dates, went into exile quietly and let the new team take their turn at the trough undisturbed.  Thaksin refused to honour this rule and tried unsuccessfully to come back.  Even after having to flee the country, he still came back politically through proxies.  The army has been fighting its toughest war ever since 2006 in trying to stop him and his proxies from coming back.  This is just another battle in that war.  The 2006 junta did a spectacularly feeble job, necessitating a second innings from the current team.   Only time will tell who will win the war. Longer-term time is not on Thaksin's side, which has made him more desperate, but some parts of this current junta are also looking long in the tooth with dwindling popularity that seriously needs a boost, possibly with a change of key personnel that they are unwilling to do.  This battle is actually rather crucial for them and for their enemies.     

[grollies]

2 minutes ago, Wilsonandson said:

Again, from what I can make out from translating the latest press reports. Yingluck crossed the Thai Cambodian border in a car yesterday and drove to phnom enh International Airport. She took a private jet to Singapore where she met her brother. They then both flew to Dubai on Thaksin's private jet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice try dude 

[brianj1964]

1 minute ago, sandrabbit said:

Please buy Leeds, we need some investment!

Nooo i support Leeds, the new owner has invested loads, bought 12 players and Elland road back

[eeyang wah]

I wonder what her 3,000+

supporters that travelled to Bangkok think about all this. 

[thairookie]

3 hours ago, khunOo said:

Another Shinawatra in Dubai!

Luang Por Dammajayo, Red Bull guy etc

How easy is to leave Thailand when some has money and connections!

 

It's because the immigration officers are concentrated at the arrival hall in Don Muang and Suvarnbhumi.

 

Thailand checkpoints are seriously understaffed.

[saminoz]

2 hours ago, CNXBKKMAN said:

Living a life of exile in Dubai with a montenegro passport is winning? 

Hell, I'd take it over the possibility of a little jail time, an even larger fine and the face losing petty punishments.

I'd take that over my own not too bad life, come to that!

[coconuthead]

ok everyone calm down......the reason why she missed court was because we were still in bed.

[Jackin1960]

So it's now OK to refer to the Thai Junta, as the Thai Junta. Because calling a spade a bowel of cherries was confusing. 

[Dave67]

[stephen tracy]

Well, maybe for once people will actually watch man-child's Friday night address, especially if he brings the frog along and does a couple of cheeky twerks... no more than three mind.

[renaissanc]

3 hours ago, smutcakes said:

Wow that was quick.  Presumably they will be able to arrest her quickly given they have been following her around for the past 3 years.

 

Funny they could never issue an arrest warant with anh urgency for Red Bull guy.

I expect that the pastry delivery service has different conditions in both cases. Also, if the Police did not get an arrest warrant issued at once, then  people would suspect that they have been receiving pastries. But now that it has been issued, they will probably not act on it as the pastry delivery conditions will state when and how they should act on it. Rich people get what they need.

[F4UCorsair]

Is there anybody who expected that she would actually appear??

[TKDfella]

 As a poster above commented...you couldn't make this stuff up...talk about truth being stranger than fiction, Ha! All those drafted police, the army out in force yet none were available to escort the lady to the court (or at least keeping watch)? Oh come on...this is another gigantic farce. If she has left the country how the hell did she do that under a military ruled country? '...suffering from an ear problem...'?????? Yeah I know..."I'm not 'ere" is what she really means. Wonder if the PM will mention it on his Friday Night Show?

[ianf]

3 hours ago, choff56 said:

Bringing global attention to the Thai repressive military junta and a very corrupt justice system. Good move Yingluck, you appear to have Prayuth in check.

But the Rice scheme was not a good move. The problem with people who firmly sit on one side or the other of the fence are blind to the facts. The rice Scam was an attempt by Thaksin to bet on the world price of rice, forcing rice prices up on the world commodity market and making million of poor peoples' basic foodstuff much more expensive. He did this, through his proxy "sister" so that the Shins would benefit from the support of the farmers. Backfired because India and Vietnam filled the gap in the world rice market and the price remained stable. Like many of Thaksin's scheme this did not work. This is the basis of this case. It has nothing to do with the General or the Dictator family. Bot are as bad as each other simply because that's the Thai way. But what Thaksin attempted to do with this commodity was an utter disgrace and the independent prosecution would have fairly judged this either to be the case or not the case. The Shins run away as usual. I'm sure the General would to. That's the way of the world. But please don't make such silly comments choff because they simply bear no relation to the facts. All they do is expose your ideological position.

[saminoz]

2 hours ago, baboon said:

Nice little place she's got...

I am waiting for the "For Sale" sign to appear!

[pattayadgw]

Run lucky one run.... go hide with bro.... 

[renaissanc]

We know from ages ago that government folks secretly offered her the chance to leave the country and not go through the court process, but she refused, apparently.  I think that she was given a final chance and she took it. How else would she get hold of a helicopter to take her over the border into Cambodia (presumably) from where she can catch a flight to Singapore? The media has reported that she was there. Anyway, the truth will come out by tomorrow.

[docshock13]

8 minutes ago, stephen tracy said:

Well, maybe for once people will actually watch man-child's Friday night address, especially if he brings the frog along and does a couple of cheeky twerks... no more than three mind.

I believe the DPM is actually a toad and not a frog.