webfact Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Ex-MP receives death sentence for masterminding murder By The Nation The Khon Kaen Provincial Court today (September 24) sentenced Nawat Tocharoensuk, the former Khon Kaen MP of the Pheu Thai Party, to death for being the mastermind behind the 2013 murder of Suchart Kotthum, the former chief administrator of Khon Kaen Provincial Administrative Organisation. The court found Nawat guilty of having hired the previously-sentenced defendants to kill Suchart, sentencing him to death and also ordered him to pay Bt300,000 as compensation for funeral expense to the victim's family, according to a source at the court. After Nawat was taken to a detention cell, his legal team proceeded to apply for his release on bail while pending an appeal to fight the conviction at a higher court, the source said. The murder took place on May 3, 2013 with a gunman shoting dead Suchart in front of his home in Tambon Nai Muang of Muang Khon Kaen. Five male suspects - Pol Sen Sgt Maj Weerasak Chamnanpol, former deputy superintendent at Nong Rua police station Pol Lt Col Somjit Kaewphrom, Prapan Sripilai, Boonchuay Jungklang, and Piyapong Meekambang - were subsequently arrested for colluding in the premeditated murder and violation to the Firearms Act. The primary court had on October 29, 2014 sentenced Pol Lt Col Somjit to life in prison and Prapan to 37 years, 14 months and 30 days in jail, while the other three defendants, who maintained their innocence, were acquitted due to lack of evidence. In 2016, the Appeal Court sentenced Pol Lt Col Somjit to death and Prapan to life behind bars, while also overturning the other three men's acquittal and sentenced them to life in prison. After the Appeal Court verdicts, the five filed an appeal to the Supreme Court. Later, the Khon Kaen Court issued an warrant on April 3, 2018 for Nawat's arrest for hiring others to commit a murder, which led to him being sentenced to death today Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30376657 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-09-24 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Araiwah Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 How can they even consider bail for someone who's been sentenced to death? Bonkers!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequietman Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Guilty of murder, but wants bail. Hmmmmmm. :0 Will he get it boys and girls???? If he does, likelihood of him jumping ship would be quite high, would it not? :) Ah, never mind. Farrang tink too mutt. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 20 minutes ago, webfact said: After Nawat was taken to a detention cell, his legal team proceeded to apply for his release on bail while pending an appeal to fight the conviction at a higher court, the source said. He will most likely get bail too, then depart stage left very quickly. regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 According to this he's not an ex-MP but a current one.......and will continue to be one!!!! https://thethaiger.com/news/national/convicted-of-murder-sentenced-to-death-but-still-a-thai-mp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 18 hours ago, webfact said: Five male suspects - Pol Sen Sgt Maj Weerasak Chamnanpol, former deputy superintendent at Nong Rua police station Pol Lt Col Somjit Kaewphrom, To protect & serve... the highest payer !!! Makes you feel safe in Thailand doesn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 and the ptp say he still remains a politician with them, shows how corrupt they but then they are not the only crooked political party. Bail requested for someone that ordered the killing of another man, how pathetic can justice get if they allow it, he needs to be locked up till his sentence is carried out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 45 minutes ago, madmitch said: According to this he's not an ex-MP but a current one.......and will continue to be one!!!! https://thethaiger.com/news/national/convicted-of-murder-sentenced-to-death-but-still-a-thai-mp Wow if this is true then the PTP can hang his head down more then the government. A drug dealer is bad, but a murderer is worse. This just shows how totally hypocrite they are on both sides of the fence. One side complaining about a drug dealer while they have a convicted murderer in their own ranks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 7 minutes ago, seajae said: and the ptp say he still remains a politician with them, shows how corrupt they but then they are not the only crooked political party. Bail requested for someone that ordered the killing of another man, how pathetic can justice get if they allow it, he needs to be locked up till his sentence is carried out Just shows that the PTP is no better then the government, one keeps a drug dealer in their government the other a murderer. No wonder that the people don't rise the PTP is no alternative.. its just as bad as the government. Worse maybe I mean i find a murderer worse then a drug dealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 19 hours ago, webfact said: Ex-MP receives death sentence for masterminding murder He'll get it halved somehow, wanna bet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick501 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 7 minutes ago, MaxLee said: He'll get it halved somehow, wanna bet? He only gets half killed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Just now, Mick501 said: He only gets half killed? I meant he'll get his death sentence halved or in other words reduced to some inactive post BS somehow someway, as it's always the case with those influential Thai politicians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavCurtis Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 I bet they all still think they didn’t do any wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 On 9/24/2019 at 3:35 PM, Araiwah said: How can they even consider bail for someone who's been sentenced to death? Bonkers!! T I T comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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