Sondhi sentenced to 20 years for fraud

[Lung Per]

Yellow shirt leader gets 20 years jail sentence, released on bail: Bangkok Post 02-29-12.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politic ... -for-fraud

Question: With the 10 million baht posted, will this man ever serve his jail sentence?

[buksida]

While they're at it they should sentence Yingyang for manipulating the stock market and netting herself millions before the Shincorp sale.

Thaksin starts his revenge spree - the children are play fighting again

[AmnatAndaman]

The current Thai government is fighting corruption much more so NOW than anytime in the past....Looking down on the Thai's or the government here as a foreigner only breeds more hatred amongst us..

[sargeant]

That would not be the Sondhi of Asia times failed newspaper now asia times on line fame would it Buksi

The same Sondhi Thaksins EX business associate given said boot by said Thaksin

The same embittered Sondhi that turned yellow shirt leader with another Thaksin ex friend throwout Chamlong

the same Sondhi that got the boot from the yellow shirts and tried to form his own party and failed



try answering with a simple yes or no



Thought :- you gorra larf aintcha

[Lung Per]

Again: The man has posted a 10 million baht bail to stay out of jail.
I repeat my question:
Will he ever serve his jail sentence?

[PeteC]

Again: The man has posted a 10 million baht bail to stay out of jail.
I repeat my question:
Will he ever serve his jail sentence?

He'll have two appeal processes, the second up to the Supreme Court if it goes that far. He's 64 now so if there are two appeals, he'll probably be 67 or 68 by the time it's all over. He's become a liability to both Phua Thai and the Democrats so IMO it makes no difference which government is in power. With that reasoning, I'd say he'll serve time, but not the 20 years as the minimum stipulated in the current sentencing. If I had to guess, 3 to 5. We'll see. He still has many more charges hanging over his head concerning the airport seizure. Pete

[Lung Per]

Again: The man has posted a 10 million baht bail to stay out of jail.
I repeat my question:
Will he ever serve his jail sentence?

He'll have two appeal processes, the second up to the Supreme Court if it goes that far. He's 64 now so if there are two appeals, he'll probably be 67 or 68 by the time it's all over. He's become a liability to both Phua Thai and the Democrats so IMO it makes no difference which government is in power. With that reasoning, I'd say he'll serve time, but not the 20 years as the minimum stipulated in the current sentencing. If I had to guess, 3 to 5. We'll see. He still has many more charges hanging over his head concerning the airport seizure. Pete

Thanks much for your response.

[STEVE G]

He still has many more charges hanging over his head concerning the airport seizure.

Certainly whoever came up with the idea of closing the airport should go to jail for a while, in my opinion, as that probably did more economic damage than anything else that's happened over the last few years.

[Takiap]

Yes I agree Steve, but I'm sure the red shirts cost the country just as much if you include all the looting and arson. While this chap should definitely end up in prison, I think a few reds should join him, and yet it seems they get top jobs in government instead.


Also, one could question why any of them should do time just because the courts have said so. After all, I seem to recall someone being sentenced to prison and yet we all know only too well that he will never see the inside of a prison cell.

[STEVE G]

I think a few reds should join him,..

This one has been in a jail, on remand, for over a year already:

BANGKOK, 29-Feb-12(AP) — A Thai court has sentenced a member of the Red Shirt political movement to 7 1/2 years imprisonment for remarks judged to have insulted the country's monarchy.

The court ruled Tuesday that 70-year-old Surachai Danwattananusorn made speeches against the monarchy three times in 2010.

Surachai was a communist insurgent in Thailand in the 1970s and was imprisoned in the 1980s. More recently he has led a faction of the Red Shirts, who that took to the streets and clashed with the military in 2010.

Thailand's lese majeste law has come under increasing criticism as a violation of free speech. It provides for a jail term up to 15 years for anyone who "defames, insults, or threatens the king, the queen, the heir-apparent, or the regent."

[Lung Per]

I think a few reds should join him,..

This one has been in a jail, on remand, for over a year already:

BANGKOK, 29-Feb-12(AP) — A Thai court has sentenced a member of the Red Shirt political movement to 7 1/2 years imprisonment for remarks judged to have insulted the country's monarchy.

The court ruled Tuesday that 70-year-old Surachai Danwattananusorn made speeches against the monarchy three times in 2010.

Surachai was a communist insurgent in Thailand in the 1970s and was imprisoned in the 1980s. More recently he has led a faction of the Red Shirts, who that took to the streets and clashed with the military in 2010.

Thailand's lese majeste law has come under increasing criticism as a violation of free speech. It provides for a jail term up to 15 years for anyone who "defames, insults, or threatens the king, the queen, the heir-apparent, or the regent."

Now;

[Takiap]

Lung Per, in the big scheme of things, 10 million baht is hardly a great deal of money, so I can't see this chap's bail money keeping him above the law. As another member has said, this fool has become a liability to both sides of the divide, so yes, I actually think he will serve some time, but I can't imagine he'll do 20 years.


BTW, my last post was not intended to sound anti-red......lol. Well, it was in a way I suppose, but then again, I'm even more anti-yellow.

[Lung Per]

Lung Per, in the big scheme of things, 10 million baht is hardly a great deal of money, so I can't see this chap's bail money keeping him above the law. As another member has said, this fool has become a liability to both sides of the divide, so yes, I actually think he will serve some time, but I can't imagine he'll do 20 years.


BTW, my last post was not intended to sound anti-red......lol. Well, it was in a way I suppose, but then again, I'm even more anti-yellow.

Right O - My was merely for those who got carried away about the reds. There are certainly rotten apples in both baskets but the reds should be dealt with in a separate thread. I would like to keep to subject to this specific guy. Some people seem to get carried away in all directions easily and the debate gets off track.

[STEVE G]

...in the big scheme of things, 10 million baht is hardly a great deal of money, so I can't see this chap's bail money keeping him above the law. As another member has said, this fool has become a liability to both sides of the divide, so yes, I actually think he will serve some time, but I can't imagine he'll do 20 years.

If he's out on bail, he can abscond to life in exile a bit more easily though, as we've seen elsewhere.