Supreme Court jails Boonsong 42 years on G-to-G rice deal

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Supreme Court jails Boonsong 42 years on G-to-G rice deal

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Supreme Court on Friday sentenced former Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom to 42 years in jail after finding him guilty in G-to-G rice deal on the rice-pledging scheme.

 

The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders also ruled to jail former Deputy Commerce Minister Poom Saraphol 36 years on the same charge.

 

Source:  http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30324873

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-08-25

 

[gummy]

what a farce ?

 

[kotsak]

No wonder why the chick bird has flown out of the country already  

[rkidlad]

Okay, but will he actually do any bird?

 

This could all end up turning very, very ugly. 

[worgeordie]

If they are out on bail, more runners.

regards worgeordie

[Thaiwrath]

Looks like Yingluck had the right idea ! 

[mark131v]

Well they had to punish somebody didn't they look like he has drawn the short straw...

 

Hope the international press start looking into this as it goes someway to showing why YL has fled, no real reason to stay for a show trial with a predetermined punishment in a justice system that lacks justice...

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Former Thai minister jailed for 42 years for falsifying rice deals with China

 

Yingluck's former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom who is accused of falsifying government-to-government rice deals arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, August 25, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Bangkok court sentenced a former Thai commerce minister to 42 years in jail on Friday after finding him guilty of falsifying government-to-government rice deals between Thailand and China.

 

The verdict in the case against Boonsong Teriyapirom comes hours after former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra failed to show up at the Supreme Court for the verdict in a negligence case brought against her over the same rice scheme which her government introduced in 2011.

 

Sources close to Yingluck, who was ousted by a military coup in 2014, said on Friday that the former prime minister had fled Thailand. The Supreme Court on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Yingluck.

 

"Boonsong is sentenced to 42 years in prison," a judge said, handing down the verdict.

 

Thailand's anti-graft commission said the deals announced by Boonsong had caused "huge losses" to the state and that rice was sold locally and not exported, as claimed by Yingluck's government.

 

(Reporting by Pracha Hariraksapitak; Editing by Amy Sawitta Lefevre & Simon Cameron-Moore)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-08-25

[Kieranmc]

You can see why she ran. The Supreme Court is compromised. The sentence for this was two to 10 years not 42 years. This could be the beginning of an uprising.

[seajae]

7 minutes ago, gummy said:

what a farce ?

 

farce, he was caught with fake rice deals, the only farce are those that think this is a set up  but then again you lot cannot accept the truth even with all the evidence, show how pathetic the ones calling this fake are

[Lunchbob]

3 minutes ago, seajae said:

farce, he was caught with fake rice deals, the only farce are those that think this is a set up  but then again you lot cannot accept the truth even with all the evidence, show how pathetic the ones calling this fake are

Agreed. No farce. Corruption and crime meets justice.

[Fumanchang]

2 minutes ago, seajae said:

farce, he was caught with fake rice deals, the only farce are those that think this is a set up  but then again you lot cannot accept the truth even with all the evidence, show how pathetic the ones calling this fake are

42 years is an insane sentence in this instance. 

[nikmar]

Wonder what Yingluck wouldve got if she was found guilty.

[chickenslegs]

As today's events have shown - there is no "if" about the verdict (there never was).

 

Presumably, the sentence will be announced on 27 September.

[smutcakes]

They just lurch from one extreme to another. From doing nothing to handing out ridiculous sentences.

 

A straight 5-10 year stretch would of been fine, and make him serve it all. It is not a crazy sentence but one which would act more as a warning that it is not a life sentence but they are serious and they will make you serve it.

 

Drink driving, killing a cop, nothing. Fraud 42 years.

 

 

[seajae]

9 minutes ago, Fumanchang said:

42 years is an insane sentence in this instance. 

probably right with that but we will need to see the actual sentence notes to understand why he got so much, possibly due to ripping of Thailand for so many millions more than anything but is a bit excessive

Edited August 25, 2017 by seajae

[scorecard]

24 minutes ago, gummy said:

what a farce ?

 

 

'farce'.

 

Both proven guilty, in fact the investigators found the totally falsified documents to prove the case very easily and in very quick time.

[Misterwhisper]

At least Boonsong had the dignity to stand and didn't abscond like his former lady boss. He's to be commended for that.

 

Yet he deserves every single year he got. I remember it well when that alleged G-to-G deal revealed itself to be fake. It caused the already shaky rice pledging program to lose overnight what little credibility it had left.

 

Boonsong is relatively lucky, too. Had he been convicted in China or Vietnam, he'd received a bullet.

 

I wished more high officials whose sometimes mind-boggling corruption is exposed and brought to court would receive huge prison sentences like this.

 

Meanwhile, Madame had of course the right hunch and did a runner just like her older brother. No backbone, no principles, no morals. That's not the material "martyrs" are made of. 

[maoro2013]

41 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

Looks like Yingluck had the right idea ! 

Just like Bro. 

[NCC1701A]

he has been taken directly to Bangkok Remand Prison.

[darksidedog]

He seemed very confident that if found guilty, he would get bail this morning while he appealed. Given the tendency of very guilty people to do a runner, I hope that he doesn't get it. 42 years might be a bit excessive, but he was quite happy to defraud the country of massive sums of money, so som nam na. Payback is indeed a bitch.

Edited August 25, 2017 by darksidedog

[AGareth2]

I hope they remove his socks

[cardinalblue]

They cost the gov a billion U.S. $....what's wrong with stiff sentences for the guilty? Bet they profited dearly from it as well....

 

as to fleeing nothing new...powerful in a corrupt system check the boxes and the palms on one's way out of the country...

 

their justice legal police systems all benefit 

[Jack Mountain]

He has a crook face alright ...

[Jim walker]

Surely he will get his 42year sentence reduced a little to a possible 2 months suspended sentence prior to the people taking to the streets to show solidarity against the all-powerful Junta system

[pookiki]

18 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

At least Boonsong had the dignity to stand and didn't abscond like his former lady boss. He's to be commended for that.

 

Yet he deserves every single year he got. I remember it well when that alleged G-to-G deal revealed itself to be fake. It caused the already shaky rice pledging program to lose overnight what little credibility it had left.

 

Boonsong is relatively lucky, too. Had he been convicted in China or Vietnam, he'd received a bullet.

 

I wished more high officials whose sometimes mind-boggling corruption is exposed and brought to court would receive huge prison sentences like this.

 

Meanwhile, Madame had of course the right hunch and did a runner just like her older brother. No backbone, no principles, no morals. That's not the material "martyrs" are made of. 

Had he been convicted in S. Korea, which is a democracy and not a one-party state, he would have received a five year sentence as did the CEO of Samsung.  Thailand has a big problem with proportionality in prison sentences.

[Tilacme]

18 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

At least Boonsong had the dignity to stand and didn't abscond like his former lady boss. He's to be commended for that.

 

Yet he deserves every single year he got. I remember it well when that alleged G-to-G deal revealed itself to be fake. It caused the already shaky rice pledging program to lose overnight what little credibility it had left.

 

Boonsong is relatively lucky, too. Had he been convicted in China or Vietnam, he'd received a bullet.

 

I wished more high officials whose sometimes mind-boggling corruption is exposed and brought to court would receive huge prison sentences like this.

 

Meanwhile, Madame had of course the right hunch and did a runner just like her older brother. No backbone, no principles, no morals. That's not the material "martyrs" are made of. 

 

Where is the dignity in attending a court which you feel (and has since been proved) to be stacked against you.

 

Retreat and fight another day.

 

 

 

[greenchair]

Un believable ?

[mark01]

Is the current leadership any more honest than the last?

 

I think not!

[Fumanchang]

23 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

At least Boonsong had the dignity to stand and didn't abscond like his former lady boss. He's to be commended for that.

 

Yet he deserves every single year he got. I remember it well when that alleged G-to-G deal revealed itself to be fake. It caused the already shaky rice pledging program to lose overnight what little credibility it had left.

 

Boonsong is relatively lucky, too. Had he been convicted in China or Vietnam, he'd received a bullet.

 

I wished more high officials whose sometimes mind-boggling corruption is exposed and brought to court would receive huge prison sentences like this.

 

Meanwhile, Madame had of course the right hunch and did a runner just like her older brother. No backbone, no principles, no morals. That's not the material "martyrs" are made of. 

What sentence do you think the Generals deserve for overthrowing the elected government and costing the nation billions of dollars in lost foreign investment, economic underperformance and blowing 300 billion baht of national reserves?