Flashermac Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 The Supreme Court Thursday sentenced former MP Chuwit Kamolvisit and 43 others to two years in jail for damaging bars on Soi Sukhumvit 10 in 2003. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction against Chuwit and 43 men he hired to raid and destroy the bars but the highest court reduced the jail term from five to two years. The court reasoned that Chuwit had paid compensation to the bar owners so the jail term was commuted though they were ordered to serve the sentence, which was not suspended. Chuwit, the leader of Rak Prathet Thai Party, owned the Sukhumwit Silver Star when the raid took place. He sent his workers to destroy the bars on Sukhumvit Soi 10 at 4am on January 25 2003. The men, backed up by bulldozers, tore down some 60 bars on the 10-rai plot. Chuwit was hired to tear down the bar by the developer of the plot, the court was told. Initially, public prosecutors and the owners of the bars filed a lawsuit against Chuwit and 129 other men. The Criminal Court acquitted the defendants but the Appeals Court sentenced Chuwit and 65 others to five years in jail. Chuwit and 43 others appealed against the ruling and the Supreme Court upheld the conviction but reduced the jail term. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Chuwit-43-others-jailed-two-years-for-damaging-bar-30277951.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Damaged? Here's a photo ... And it wasn't just bars. There were gift shops, a travel agency, a laundromat, an internet cafe, a gift shop, tattoo parlor and who knows what else. p.s. I do like it better as a park though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasathai1 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 did the real persons behind this get to skate ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 did the real persons behind this get to skate ? YES. I remember there was a military connection, but of course they are untouchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Hi, "Chuwit was hired to tear down the bar by the developer of the plot, the court was told." So, when will the developer be prosecuted? Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom Michael Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Something is wrong with that article - Chuwit was the developer of the land. He was the big guy calling the shots. The military was just paid help that he used to carry out the dirty deed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jitagawn Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 I was living at the end of Soi 8 then and remember this well. They flattened it like a pancake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Jitagawn I was just across Sukhumvit from you at the time in an apartment on Soi 13 just behind the Ambassador hotel, my evening routine was meet the guys in "The Living Room" then either Clinton Plaza or cross over to Soi 10 complex. Many of the Bar Owners at Soi 10 had relocated from Soi Zero aka Buckskin Joes if memory serves me right it was only DETS 5 who moved to Soi 8 and still thriving to this dayAt around the same time there was the "Ambassador Fire" all those premises occupied by start up internet cafes, travel agents, Indian Tailors and tin pot jewellers mysteriously all burned down overnight to free up a nice plot of prime real estate in the heart of Sukhumvit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen4dummies Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Damaged? Here's a photo ... And it wasn't just bars. There were gift shops, a travel agency, a laundromat, an internet cafe, a gift shop, tattoo parlor and who knows what else. p.s. I do like it better as a park though. The Internet cafe was a nice one, right on Soi 10 as I recall. He had just upgraded his equipment when this happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 And apparently his equipment just sort of "disappeared". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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