4 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

Well, he may reject it, but if the military can't control or monitor its airspace, and keep track of such a high profile person that they were supposedly closely monitoring, then... I leave the rest up to your imagination

As it is now revealed she crossed on land, it seems the private jet option was OUT, as they can control their airspace.

57 minutes ago, CaptHaddock said:

They sentenced Boonsong to 42 years in prison.

Boonsong isn't Yingluck, they move in different circles. 

20 hours ago, baboon said:

Kudos for the straight face, anyway...

It's the inscrutable Chinese look. Works every time.

1 minute ago, Artisi said:

Boonsong isn't Yingluck, they move in different circles. 

Boonsong, his deputy, and eighteen others sentenced to long prison terms and fines related to the same rice pledging program.  Writing on the wall seems clear to me and apparently to Yingluck also.

I posted yesterday, how do her supporters who travelled long distance to support her feel? BP article End of Shinawatra Era asked a few, not happy in the least. But you've got to be a bit thick to be surprised that a known perjurer would lie to you.

2 minutes ago, CaptHaddock said:

Boonsong, his deputy, and eighteen others sentenced to long prison terms and fines related to the same rice pledging program.  Writing on the wall seems clear to me and apparently to Yingluck also.

How did she know? ESP perhaps? Their sentences were to be read at the same time, but as they were both obviously guilty.............

4 minutes ago, CaptHaddock said:

Boonsong, his deputy, and eighteen others sentenced to long prison terms and fines related to the same rice pledging program.  Writing on the wall seems clear to me and apparently to Yingluck also.

But bear in mind, Yingluck isn't in prison and no verdict has released whereas the other plebs have had and are. 

8 minutes ago, halloween said:

How did she know? ESP perhaps? Their sentences were to be read at the same time, but as they were both obviously guilty.............

I knew.  Didn't you?  Be serious.  What other country has threatened a former PM with a "criminal negligence" sentence of ten years? 

 

It would seem to take a lot of willful ignorance not to see the obvious.

44 minutes ago, Ricardo said:

 

Do you have a source for that, or is it just your opinion, based on the maximum-sentence for the charge ?

 

24 minutes ago, CaptHaddock said:

Boonsong, his deputy, and eighteen others sentenced to long prison terms and fines related to the same rice pledging program.  Writing on the wall seems clear to me and apparently to Yingluck also.

 

So just supposition & opinion then.

 

Not that you're necessarily wrong, but we just don't know, do we ?

6 minutes ago, Ricardo said:

 

 

So just supposition & opinion then.

 

Not that you're necessarily wrong, but we just don't know, do we ?

You don't have to know for sure.  You just have to look at the odds.  Especially since it was a trumped up case to begin with.  Of course, if you refuse to see the obvious, then no one can make you.

An inflammatory post has been removed. 

32 minutes ago, CaptHaddock said:

I knew.  Didn't you?  Be serious.  What other country has threatened a former PM with a "criminal negligence" sentence of ten years? 

 

It would seem to take a lot of willful ignorance not to see the obvious.

Who would know she was guilty more then herself? Seems to me "willful ignorance" was her strong suit.

14 minutes ago, CaptHaddock said:

You don't have to know for sure.  You just have to look at the odds.  Especially since it was a trumped up case to begin with.  Of course, if you refuse to see the obvious, then no one can make you.

 

Sorry, but you posted for-sure they were giving her a 10-year sentence, now you can't provide any link to support that, and retreat to  "You don't have to know for sure". 

 

It's not obvious to me that she was going to jail, that's just my opinion & not stated as-a-fact, I would however accept that it was fairly-obvious (based on the evidence) that she would probably be found guilty of negligence.

Umm.
A neat way to avoid any of the "unpleasantness" for which they had called in lots of extra security, etc.
Most of her assets will still be  here for

whatever, and she will be sipping Red Bull... somewhere.

 

Edited August 26, 20178 yr by Bill Miller

1 minute ago, Bill Miller said:

Umm.
A neat way to avoid any of the "unpleasantness" for which they had called in lots of extra security, etc.
Most of her assets will still be available for whatever, and she will be sipping Red Bull... somewhere.

 

Doubt she will be sipping RB with the disposable income she has on hand. 

Just now, Artisi said:

Doubt she will be sipping RB with the disposable income she has on hand. 

I think you missed the point, which is that the Red Bull guy has been in the wind for quite some time, and so far it seems they cannot find him.
Not entirely sure how much disposable she has, either.
Sure she must have arranged for some of it to be available, but we will never know just how much.
I agree it is probably a "comfortable" amount. 

As usual an offer had been made which both sides couldn't refuse :)

21 hours ago, LannaGuy said:

 

 

...but I would like to thank her 3 times for all the money she left behind plus her properties...I will make sure that the money and the proceeds from selling the properties will be evenly distributed dispersed back to the farmers us. 

Tend to agree with Prawit. The military have never helped anyone in Thailand except for themselves. 

Thailand really is a hopeless case !

Let's all face it, she was provided with what the judges rulings were going to be 2 days prior to the court hearing, and what her ministers were to receive, i.e. 42 and 36 years jail time for fraud.

 

They then suggested to her to leave so as to avoid jail and avoid an uprising in which many would be killed in protest for her sentence, stating the obvious i.e. that many have perished over the years in uprisings against the Junta and the blood would be on her hands.

 

She decided it was the right thing to do and fall on her sword, and was escorted by the Junta to the nearest border crossing, now starting a new life of freedom outside of Thailand, "for the people", well that's the version I see with my blinkers on 555 

 

The only sad part is that her party will be weakened and take many many many years to come back, if ever, while the poor remain in poverty and the rich have their cake and eat it too, back to business as usual.

Edited August 26, 20178 yr by 4MyEgo

" Shinawatra undoubtedly feared the (deleted) notion of "justice." In the same case the commerce and deputy commerce ministers in her government were sentenced to an astonishing 42 year and 36 years in prison, respectively. Of course, the trial never was fair. It was orchestrated by Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha. Installed as prime minister at the head of the self-proclaimed National Council for Peace and Order, he is a comic figure highly sensitive to criticism and with delusions of grandeur. But he brooks no opposition. "   https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougbandow/2017/08/25/thailands-lawless-junta-versus-yingluck-shinawatra-uses-courts-to-punish-political-opponents/#73ae1cbf69a4 

 

I removed a banned word, but the overall meaning of the paragraph isn't affected.  Junta fans don't want to read the entire article, there are too many unpleasant truth's in it.  For example:

 

" One of the tragedies of the ego-driven Chan-ocha (deleted) is that it has turned the Shinawatras into symbols of democracy."

not difficult to imagine that she paid off officials to get her out of the country. Wouldn't cost her that much with the millions she has. Most of Thailand's officials will take bribes.

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1 hour ago, heybruce said:

" Shinawatra undoubtedly feared the (deleted) notion of "justice." In the same case the commerce and deputy commerce ministers in her government were sentenced to an astonishing 42 year and 36 years in prison, respectively. Of course, the trial never was fair. It was orchestrated by Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha. Installed as prime minister at the head of the self-proclaimed National Council for Peace and Order, he is a comic figure highly sensitive to criticism and with delusions of grandeur. But he brooks no opposition. "   https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougbandow/2017/08/25/thailands-lawless-junta-versus-yingluck-shinawatra-uses-courts-to-punish-political-opponents/#73ae1cbf69a4 

 

I removed a banned word, but the overall meaning of the paragraph isn't affected.  Junta fans don't want to read the entire article, there are too many unpleasant truth's in it.  For example:

 

" One of the tragedies of the ego-driven Chan-ocha (deleted) is that it has turned the Shinawatras into symbols of democracy."

Excellent article from Forbes. Thank you now let's hope Halloween, DJJamie and a few others read it

 

Might be worth checking the guards bank accounts it would be pretty stupid to put it in a bank account. So far nothing has effected my life here I am grateful for that