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

[docshock13]

Just now, Xobtsiwt said:

What is Bpoo?

YL's nickname in Thai. 

[scorecard]

55 minutes ago, renaissanc said:

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.

 

"We know from ages ago that government folks secretly offered her the chance to leave the country and not go through the court process, ..."

 

Never heard the before. You write it as a statement of fact. Please share some details.

 

"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 ...."

 

So your saying the junta must have provided the helicopter to take her to Cambodia, and again you write it as fact.

 

What's your source for these facts? 

 

By the way did you consider that her convicted criminal brother very likely has numerous immoral connections / cronies who could set this up quite easily, quite quickly and cost no problem? 

 

[bannork]

2 minutes ago, Xobtsiwt said:

What is Bpoo?

Who is Bpoo  you mean. It means crab and is the nickname for Yingluk

[Enoon]

 

A great disappointment for those expecting "resolution".

 

But perhaps a great relief for Thais.

 

What's for dinner?

 

 

[ukrules]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand's court sets new date for Yingluck verdict, to seek arrest warrant

 

FILE PHOTO: Ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok,Thailand, July 21, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Supreme Court on Friday said it would seek permission for an arrest warrant for former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra after she failed to show up to hear the court's verdict in a negligence case against her.

 

The court set a new date of Sept. 27 for the verdict. The court said Yingluck, who had pleaded not guilty in the case focused on a rice subsidy scheme for farmers, had told the court she could not attend due as she was suffering from an ear problem.

 

"We don't think that the defendant is ill. We think that the defendant is hiding or has fled ... We have pushed back the verdict date to September 27," a statement from a Supreme Court judge said. "She asked for sick leave not to show up today."

 

A spokeswoman for Yingluck, who was ousted by a military coup in 2014, declined to comment.

(Reporting by Aukkarapon Niyomyat and Panarat Thepgumpnat; Writing by Amy Sawitta Lefevre; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-08-25

 

Well considering they were only going to announce the verdict today I think we can infer from their actions that she was found guilty, probably found out about this and did a runner.

 

Why the need for a month of secrecy though ?

[prakhonchai nick]

A former Thai minister also charged in connection with the rice subsidy scheme was jailed for 42 years on Friday.

Boonsong Teriyapirom was found guilty of falsifying rice deals between Thailand and China.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41046993

[stephen tracy]

2 minutes ago, prakhonchai nick said:

A former Thai minister also charged in connection with the rice subsidy scheme was jailed for 42 years on Friday.

Boonsong Teriyapirom was found guilty of falsifying rice deals between Thailand and China.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41046993

42 years... well, not difficult to see who side the judges are on. 

[tandor]

5 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.

...now they have to get all those traffic barricades out again...more o/t for the troops.

[scorecard]

9 minutes ago, ukrules said:

 

Well considering they were only going to announce the verdict today I think we can infer from their actions that she was found guilty, probably found out about this and did a runner.

 

Why the need for a month of secrecy though ?

 

Simple answer - the court needs to find an appropriate / available slot in it's schedule of cases etc.  

[coulson]

Is that why Thaksin has spent over 9 years in exile with no end in sight?

 

He seems to have a great time being welcomed in UAE, USA, Montenegro, Germany and Singapore.

 

More like a retirement than an exile.

 

Also I am referring to a very long game of chess. They're usually the best ones.

 

EDIT: He would have been stupid to stick around so what's your point?

 

[Rimmer]

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[saminoz]

14 minutes ago, bannork said:

Who is Bpoo  you mean. It means crab and is the nickname for Yingluk

Crab huh?  Very apt.

I am sure that in days to come she'll be in Dubai singing "I do love to be beside the seaside"!

[Yann55]

13 minutes ago, stephen tracy said:

42 years... well, not difficult to see who side the judges are on. 

 

If the guy is totally innocent, then you're right.

 

If he is not, then the judges are on the side of ... justice, because frankly, using any position of power to embezzle money on this scale is not exactly a minor offence ... all sources concur : the cost to the country is around 700 Billion baht. You know that, right ?

 

Edited August 25, 2017 by Yann55

[bannork]

I bet he would rather be back in Thailand than any of those countries.

In the very long game he will be dead.

[Baerboxer]

10 minutes ago, prakhonchai nick said:

A former Thai minister also charged in connection with the rice subsidy scheme was jailed for 42 years on Friday.

Boonsong Teriyapirom was found guilty of falsifying rice deals between Thailand and China.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41046993

 

Well, he and his co-crooks look like finding out that being a Shin minion doesn't offer much protection when the brown stuff hits the fan.

[phantomfiddler]

Likely excerpt from a private conversation... "Up your,s, Bruv. This whole thing was your idea and I,m not going to jail for it" !

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7 minutes ago, stephen tracy said:

42 years... well, not difficult to see who side the judges are on. 

 

Don't let the fact he was obviously found guilty of a major crime / theft, malfeasance of billions of Baht of taxpayers money get in the way of your color bias. 

[bannork]

1 minute ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Well, he and his co-crooks look like finding out that being a Shin minion doesn't offer much protection when the brown stuff hits the fan.

Shin minions spend a long time in the slammer- look at the Krungthai Bank  Krisda Mahanakorn Group case.

[Baerboxer]

Just now, bannork said:

Shin minions spend a long time in the slammer- look at the Krungthai Bank  Krisda Mahanakorn Group case.

True - whereas the big boss simply waits out the statute of limitations unless he ever manages to scam a whitewash amnesty.

 

 

[stephen tracy]

7 minutes ago, Yann55 said:

 

If the guy is totally innocent, then you're right.

 

If he is not, then the judges are on the side of ... justice, because frankly, using any position of power to embezzle money on this scale is not exactly a minor offence ... all sources concur : the cost to the country is around 700 Billion baht. You know that, right ?

 

Ok but 42 years?  serial rapists don't get that much.

[poohy]

 

Hello.....What do you mean accept reverse call charges from Dubai?

[sweatalot]

10 minutes ago, coulson said:

 

He seems to have a great time being welcomed in UAE, USA, Montenegro, Germany and Singapore.

 

More like a retirement than an exile.

 

Also I am referring to a very long game of chess. They're usually the best ones.

 

EDIT: He would have been stupid to stick around so what's your point?

 

He tried hard to come back

you remember the satellite phone calls to his red brigades ?

and his failed coupe in 2010?

[Baerboxer]

8 minutes ago, Yann55 said:

 

If the guy is totally innocent, then you're right.

 

If he is not, then the judges are on the side of ... justice, because frankly, using any position of power to embezzle money on this scale is not exactly a minor offence ... all sources concur : the cost to the country is around 700 Billion baht. You know that, right ?

 

 

The G2G frauds were serious crimes, even more so because they were touted to the public as marvelous deals where as in fact they were just frauds carried out by criminally corrupt politicians and business people.

 

The US also punishes white collar crime severely. 

[stephen tracy]

7 minutes ago, scorecard said:

 

Don't let the fact he was obviously found guilty of a major crime / theft, malfeasance of billions of Baht of taxpayers money get in the way of your color bias. 

I just think 42 years is a little excessive... don't wet yourself.

[greenchair]

Yahoo. 

Run yingluck run. 

Well done. 

[adammike]

5 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.

While she was in Thailand and could get banged up anytime her brother had to behave, but now she is "safe" he and her can let rip.

[sweatalot]

27 minutes ago, stephen tracy said:

Ok but 42 years?  serial rapists don't get that much.

yeah, the rapists should get more

 

ok but 42 years ?

I guess his sentence will be halved and then after a few years he will be free. Probably has still enough money from his criminal deals to pay his way out

Edited August 25, 2017 by sweatalot

[Foozool]

That makes sense. A great deal to keep Thailand in peace. ?

She will join her brother + red shirts will have nothing to fight for. 

Cheers

 

Edited August 25, 2017 by Foozool

[Baerboxer]

19 minutes ago, stephen tracy said:

42 years... well, not difficult to see who side the judges are on. 

 

Are you suggesting he's innocent?

 

Or questioning the sentence?

 

If the latter, then the US also punishes white collar crime severely. 

 

This was a government minister, who broke his oath to line his and his cronies pockets. And line them considerably by defrauding the tax payers.

 

In the old communist regimes of Africa and Eastern Europe he'd have been quietly shot. Same today in China.

[NeoDinosaw]

5 hours ago, nasanews said:

Run run Yingluck cause junta wants you incriminated.

or incinerated ?