Appeals Court upholds one-year prison term for Premchai on bribery charge

[webfact]

Appeals Court upholds one-year prison term for Premchai on bribery charge

 

 

Thailand’s Appeals Court today upheld the one-year prison sentence imposed, by the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases, on construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta for attempted bribery.

 

Mr. Premchai, president of Italian-Thai Development Corp, was later released by the court on 500,000 baht bail.

 

The tycoon was convicted of trying to bribe park rangers at the Thungyai Naraesuan Wildlife Sanctuary following his arrest there, along with his driver Yong Dodkruea and two others, in February 2018, for poaching. After their arrest, Premchai allegedly told park rangers that he would give them whatever they wanted if they let him go.

 

Source: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/appeals-court-upholds-one-year-prison-term-for-premchai-on-bribery-charge/

 

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[bodga]

If  only, if  only he'd  picked a couple of  mushrooms at the same  time

[anchadian]

Court appearance and again released on bail.

Will he every serve time in jail?

 

For the poor folks in Thailand, yes, for the rich, I very much doubt it.

[colinneil]

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

later released by the court 

Just shows the 2 tier justice system here,

Had he been joe public, he would be locked up now.

This farce will go on and on, and he will never spend 1 day in jail.

[Misterwhisper]

500,000 baht bail for a man of his wealth is the approximate equivalent of releasing a poorer suspect on a bail amount of 1,000 baht. Yet I have never read of any accused poor person being put on bail for that little. They are usually slapped with at least 50,000 baht, with the result that they wander behind bars immediately, as they cannot possibly afford that sort of money.

 

Meanwhile, Premchai probably shuffled his way out of the courtroom, sighing, moaning, huffing and puffing and dragging himself along with the aid of a Zimmer frame in accordance with the role of the gravely ill man he so masterfully plays whenever he makes a court appearance... but only to break out in triumphant laughter once he got into his waiting luxury limousine.

 

Yet another victory for the poacher. And many more to come.    

[Scott]

Post with misinformation reported and removed.  

 

[Bender Rodriguez]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Mr. Premchai, president of Italian-Thai Development Corp, was later released by the court on 500,000 baht bail.

why bail if he has a real 1 year, naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah  he did not kill anyone

 

and what is 500k for a billionaire ?

[canopy]

Nothing angers thai visa people more than premchai losing to the justice system. They can't take it. First these experts told us he'd never face charges. He did. Then these experts told us he'd never get convicted. He did. Then the experts told us he'd never get a jail sentence. He did. Now the experts are all telling us he'll never serve a day in jail. So let's predict what will happen next. Well of course jail for Premchai will be like a 5 star hotel experience so it's not really jail at all so it doesn't count.

 

The truth is Premchai brought his poaching case all the way to the supreme court and lost every step of the way, just like the so-called mushroom pickers who we all love so dearly. And now after losing this appeal it's not clear he can even shake the bribery charge and is getting more hard time poured on for this too. And the court system has taken the most unusual step to even appeal decisions against Premchai to strengthen the sentences against him and retry him of crimes. This never happened to the mushroom pickers (who by the way nailed for illegally logging) and these dear souls didn't have the book thrown at them facing every conceivable charge, their house searched for booty, and dodgy land scrutinized. Clearly Premchai is getting an unprecedented amount of stick.

 

People can't see their bias. Need some proof? Please tell us how many people were at the camp site that night? What you mean he wasn't alone??? Impossible, it doesn't fit the story line! How much does anyone care about justice served on these other sick individuals that night shooting, cooking, and eating a black panther and having a grand old time? What do you think about the cook getting off so easily with a slap on the wrist? Not a peep. This is called bias.

 

I just wish people actually cared about the forests and the wildlife, but these armchair environmentalists that came out of the woodwork to protest how horrible what Premchai did only care about yelling at a rich guy and meanwhile don't give a hoot if the poor continue to burn, encroach, destroy, and kill whatever they want to the tunes of millions of rai including untold numbers of black panthers and other wildlife. So you are right, two standards. You don't want justice served on any poor person let alone equal justice nor do you care to save any wildlife, it's all about voicing displeasure of the rich.

 

Edited July 30, 2020 by canopy

[grumpy 4680]

      Case should of been dropped, witness claimed it was not him.

[nahkit]

30 minutes ago, canopy said:

What do you think about the cook getting off so easily with a slap on the wrist?

The cook/maid was doing what her boss told her to do, as were the driver and the hunter. Premchai was the instigator, none of this would have taken place without his say so.

 

"How much does anyone care about justice served on these other sick individuals that night shooting, cooking, and eating a black panther and having a grand old time?"

 

Well, for one thing, they are no more sicker than their boss, who ordered the whole thing for his own pleasure.

 

The hunter received a total of 3 years and nine months, currently under appeal, which is more than Premchai received.

[Misterwhisper]

4 hours ago, canopy said:

Nothing angers thai visa people more than premchai losing to the justice system. They can't take it. First these experts told us he'd never face charges. He did. Then these experts told us he'd never get convicted. He did. Then the experts told us he'd never get a jail sentence. He did. Now the experts are all telling us he'll never serve a day in jail. So let's predict what will happen next. Well of course jail for Premchai will be like a 5 star hotel experience so it's not really jail at all so it doesn't count.

 

The truth is Premchai brought his poaching case all the way to the supreme court and lost every step of the way, just like the so-called mushroom pickers who we all love so dearly. And now after losing this appeal it's not clear he can even shake the bribery charge and is getting more hard time poured on for this too. And the court system has taken the most unusual step to even appeal decisions against Premchai to strengthen the sentences against him and retry him of crimes. This never happened to the mushroom pickers (who by the way nailed for illegally logging) and these dear souls didn't have the book thrown at them facing every conceivable charge, their house searched for booty, and dodgy land scrutinized. Clearly Premchai is getting an unprecedented amount of stick.

 

People can't see their bias. Need some proof? Please tell us how many people were at the camp site that night? What you mean he wasn't alone??? Impossible, it doesn't fit the story line! How much does anyone care about justice served on these other sick individuals that night shooting, cooking, and eating a black panther and having a grand old time? What do you think about the cook getting off so easily with a slap on the wrist? Not a peep. This is called bias.

 

I just wish people actually cared about the forests and the wildlife, but these armchair environmentalists that came out of the woodwork to protest how horrible what Premchai did only care about yelling at a rich guy and meanwhile don't give a hoot if the poor continue to burn, encroach, destroy, and kill whatever they want to the tunes of millions of rai including untold numbers of black panthers and other wildlife. So you are right, two standards. You don't want justice served on any poor person let alone equal justice nor do you care to save any wildlife, it's all about voicing displeasure of the rich.

 

What are you on? Mushrooms? Or OD'd on Red Bull?

[brianthainess]

How could they ever put this serious overly obese beast in a jail when they only have 1.2 sq. MT per prisoner. Nice private on suite will be given to this excuse of a human, IF and i say if he ever gets put away. money will always be the Thai way it will Never change.