Boonsong wants wife to drop opposition to assets freeze

[webfact]

Boonsong wants wife to drop opposition to assets freeze

By The Nation

 

Boonsong Teriyapirom

 

BANGKOK: -- FORMER COMMERCE minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, who has been jailed for malfeasance of duty over the Yigluck government’s rice-pledging scheme, yesterday advised his wife to drop a charge against top officials who froze both of their bank accounts as part of the government’s civil liability lawsuit against him, said their lawyer, Narin Somnuek.

 

Poyjairapee had filed the lawsuit against the chiefs of the departments of Foreign Trade and Legal Executions after they froze the couple’s assets, including her two bank accounts.

 

The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases yesterday postponed its verdict on the alleged misconduct to August 31, but Boonsong said he wished to drop the charge as he wanted his wife to stay away from public attention, said the lawyer. 

 

Boonsong has been sentenced to a 42-year jail term for faking government-to-government rice export deals, resulting in Bt16-billion financial damage to the state during the previous government’s implementation of the rice-pledging scheme. He is subject to making reparations worth around Bt1.7 billion.

 

Narin said his team of lawyers is also preparing to seek the ex-minister’s temporary release from jail, as he will petition the Supreme Court for a review of his sentence. They need to go through the bail proposition draft to ensure that they give the best reasons for the court to consider, he added. 

 

It would probably be submitted to the court by next week, he said.

 

Boonsong’s wife visited him at Klong Prem Central Prison yesterday and found that he was still stressful and anxious. Narin said that Boonong had already seen a doctor in prison and would have another appointment.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30325235

 

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[over it]

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

Boonsong said he wished to drop the charge as he wanted his wife to stay away from public attention, said the lawyer. 

 

He should have stayed out of the public eye himself, as well as understanding his proximity to 'the bus....'

 

Hind sight, they say, is 20/20

[canopus1969]

found that he was still stressful and anxious. Narin said that Boonong had already seen a doctor in prison and would have another appointment.

 

Here we go again 

[halloween]

Hate to tell her this but putting proceeds of crime into your wife's account doesn't make them safe, and that's assuming you can trust the wife. That is true in most countries, but in Thailand any lawyer who took her case should be immediately disbarred for fraud, because under Thai law a man and his wife are the same legal entity.

His advice to her to pull her head in is sound unless she can show where deposits in her account were legitimately obtained. Otherwise it is highly likely she will be in the same position as "Pat", wife of Benz Racing, charged with aiding money laundering.

 

BTW if you are married to a Thai national and don't understand the ramifications of you and your wife being the same legal entity, I suggest you discuss with a lawyer, preferably not one known to your wife.

[Boss]

 

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Narin said his team of lawyers is also preparing to seek the ex-minister’s temporary release from jail,

Doing that and no doubt he will follow Yingluck's path instead of spending 42 years behind bars

[Dogmatix]

Boonsong’s wife visited him at Klong Prem Central Prison yesterday and found that he was still stressful and anxious. Narin said that Boonsong had already seen a doctor in prison and would have another appointment.

 

All very sad and the sentence was a tad harsh but he knew exactly what he was doing and there is no shred of doubt about his guilt.  Whoever heard of an overseas customer paying for commodity exports with a series of Thai cashier cheques?  Terms are always irrevocable letter of credit drawn on a first class bank and the Thai cashier cheques were designed to try to cover the identity of the real Thai buyer.  And that was just one piece of the evidence.   

 

No doubt he will get used to his confinement and will have many more appointments with prison doctors, although he shouldn't expect much better healthcare than other inmates or what the majority of Thai citizens receive from their government which is p*ss poor.

 

All said and done his remains a puzzling case.  Why would he take such a risk for a mere B200 million bribe when the profits made by the principle players in the scam were of the order of 6 billion, rather than demanding a share?  Did he assume that rolling over for them in this deal would lead to much bigger payments, or was he scared that he would be sacked as Commerce Minister, if he refused, and miss out on future bribes?  Facing the possibility of never seeing the light of day again, why did he not capitulate and grass on his bosses in exchange for the possibility of a much lighter sentence and a chance of parole during his lifetime?  Was or is he so afraid of what they can do to him in prison or to his family on the outside?       

[Dogmatix]

Narin said his team of lawyers is also preparing to seek the ex-minister’s temporary release from jail, as he will petition the Supreme Court for a review of his sentence. They need to go through the bail proposition draft to ensure that they give the best reasons for the court to consider, he added. 

 

I see no justification for bail in this case.  He is a massively high flight risk.  It is time Thai courts put a stop to well heeled convicted felons cocking snooks at them from luxurious lives in exile.  Any time served in remand while waiting to appeal will be deducted from his sentence anyway.      

[candide]

1 hour ago, Dogmatix said:

Boonsong’s wife visited him at Klong Prem Central Prison yesterday and found that he was still stressful and anxious. Narin said that Boonsong had already seen a doctor in prison and would have another appointment.

 

All very sad and the sentence was a tad harsh but he knew exactly what he was doing and there is no shred of doubt about his guilt.  Whoever heard of an overseas customer paying for commodity exports with a series of Thai cashier cheques?  Terms are always irrevocable letter of credit drawn on a first class bank and the Thai cashier cheques were designed to try to cover the identity of the real Thai buyer.  And that was just one piece of the evidence.   

 

No doubt he will get used to his confinement and will have many more appointments with prison doctors, although he shouldn't expect much better healthcare than other inmates or what the majority of Thai citizens receive from their government which is p*ss poor.

 

All said and done his remains a puzzling case.  Why would he take such a risk for a mere B200 million bribe when the profits made by the principle players in the scam were of the order of 6 billion, rather than demanding a share?  Did he assume that rolling over for them in this deal would lead to much bigger payments, or was he scared that he would be sacked as Commerce Minister, if he refused, and miss out on future bribes?  Facing the possibility of never seeing the light of day again, why did he not capitulate and grass on his bosses in exchange for the possibility of a much lighter sentence and a chance of parole during his lifetime?  Was or is he so afraid of what they can do to him in prison or to his family on the outside?       

I don't remember reading about a B200 million bribe to Boonsong. Where did you find that information?