Flashermac Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 As ex-PM Chuan asked, why is a convicted criminal being allowed to use the government's TV station to criticise the Supreme Court that convicted him and tell everyone he is as innocent a babe? Only in Thailand ... or Zimbabwe maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted October 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Damn dumbass. He is as corrupt as the ones wanting him to stay away and this is Thailand problem, neither of both sides is better than the other... Couldn't he spend his retirement in peace? Wish an "accident" happen to him. Result of all this political/power struggle bullshit is people like my girlfriend and her friends worry about the future... looks to me about the last fight of the elites about Power and Authority in Thailands future. The normal people must pay the bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Will Thaksin be extradited? Thai prosecutors are determined that former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra be returned from exile in the UK to face the charges against him and serve his time in jail. The BBC's Michael Dobie looks at whether the UK will agree to his request. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drogon Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Interesting juridical battle.... Although I believe that Mr. T will win -> wealthy people have a tendency to win in courts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Wealthy people and radical Muslim clerics have no fear of extradition from the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 http://www.matichon.co.th/news_detail.php?newsid=1224924179 Dear Dr. Thaksin, It has been some time since we last spoke, but I felt the urge to write to you having seen your â??open letterâ?? to your â??friendsâ?? in the international media, dated October 22nd, 2008. Given the fact that you chose not to face the various criminal and corruption charges against you in Thailand, and given that you are in the process of seeking asylum in the UK, I can understand why you wrote what you did. Itâ??s a shame though, since, once again, you feel compelled to harm the country of your birth in order to protect and promote your own personal interests. It would have been so much better had you been more honest in your assessment of your predicament. Specifically related to the land procurement case in which you were found guilty of conflict of interest, we would have been interested to hear why it was that your legal team was caught and convicted of blatant attempts to bribe court officials. Furthermore, you are fully aware that the law you broke was the highest law of the land, being an infringement in a key article in the Constitution designed to penalize acts considered criminal on the part of those who hold political office. Indeed, it was a breach of both the 1997 constitution you love as well as the current 2007 constitution that was accepted in a nationwide referendum. You referred to the ruling against Khun Samak, your chosen heir, and portray the case as a ruling against the fact that he cooked on TV when you know full well that the actual crime was his breach of the Constitution barring those in office from holding paid employment. Your definition of â??factsâ?? leaves a lot to be desired and I worry that you actually believe what you are saying. It is precisely because it is so difficult the world over to actually catch clever politicians with their hands in the till that we have laws against conflicts of interests â?? it is a reflection of our societyâ??s desire for good governance, not dissimilar to codes of conducts in most leading corporations in the private sector. It may be true that there are the so-called elites who donâ??t like you, but I can assure you that there are plenty of grass-root members of the Thai population who are also not too keen on having leaders who cheat. You got away early in your political career with an â??honest mistakeâ?? when you failed to properly disclose your assets, but how many more of these â??honestâ?? mistakes do you think the Thai people should allow you? You are once again charged with hiding assets even now, not least the money you used to buy Manchester City. After all, you no longer even try to pretend that it was not your own money that was used to buy the football club, even though you never disclosed, as was legally required, that you ever had any money overseas. I wonâ??t go into details about your wife being convicted of tax fraud and the fact that the government you support is still doing every thing they can to distort the course of justice here in Thailand. Frankly, if you really wanted to present facts, you should provide these details yourself. You are right in saying that all Thais are concerned about the direction the country is taking, but I believe that the situation would be much improved if you were to leave us alone to clean up the mess you left us in. Korn Chatikavanij, Member of Parliament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drogon Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Thanks for the article Waerth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Hi, "but I believe that the situation would be much improved if you were to leave us alone to clean up the mess you left us in." Agree fully with this sentiment. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 How many people really support Thaksin because they like what he stands for, and because he is acting in their best interests, Vs. because he is paying they to say so? As in buying their vote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Thaksin scattered some crumbs before the upcountry proles. Many of them really love him for that. They don't really give a flying fish about what he did to make himself even richer, they just hope he'll return to give them a few more crumbs. Also, I hear a lot of plain nonsense about how good things were under Mr. T. e.g. Taxi drivers go on about how many tourists there were 4 years ago and how much money they were making (2,000+ baht a day). Now there are very few tourists and they make less than 1,000. The logic is that if the T-man came back, so would the tourists! Great understanding of the world's economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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