Transfer of Iranian prisoners involved in Bangkok bombing back home part of international treaty, JM

[rooster59]

Transfer of Iranian prisoners involved in Bangkok bombing back home part of international treaty, JM

 

Image: INN News

 

A representative of the Thai justice ministry spoke to the press after reports in the foreign media that three Iranians had been transferred back to their homeland. 

 

The suspects were involved in a bombing in Bangkok in 2012.

 

Wisit Wisitsoranat said that representations had been received from the Iranian authorities for two of the men to continue to serve their sentences in their homeland as part of an internationally agreed treaty. 

 

It was all above board, he said, and nothing to do with an Australian request for one of their nationals currently in an Iranian jail. 

INN reported that Masoud Sedaghatzadeh and Saeid Moradi had been repatriated to Iran. 

 

A third man called Mohammad Khazaei was released in August.

 

Source: INN News

 

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[klauskunkel]

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

It was all above board, he said

..., but was it transparent?

[mfd101]

And if you believe that, there is no help for you.

[pegman]

Wonder if they requested to transfer back to Pattaya for a few days before heading home. Soi16 could likely use the business. 

[Kerryd]

Prisoner Transfer agreements between countries are common and these kinds of transfers happen all the time. Most of the time you never hear about them because they are not noteworthy.

Like when the Canadian who murdered a Thai woman, mutilated her face, dismembered her and threw her body parts into a swamp requested a prisoner transfer back to Canada exactly 5 years after being sent to Thai prison, there was barely any mention of it anywhere. One story in a Canadian paper, which tried to make it sound like the guy was some poor innocent who'd already served "half a decade" in prison. Because saying "half a decade" to Liberal morons sounds much longer than "5 years".

(Note: That guy was sent back to Canada, was released almost immediately after getting there and less than a year later was in prison again after he'd robbed 3 banks. He had a long criminal record and had spent many years in Canadian prisons before he went to Thailand and ended up murdering his Thai girlfriend a year after he arrived.)

The way it works is, the prisoner is supposed to do a certain percentage of his time in Thai prison. After that he can apply for a transfer back to his home country. Most prison transfer agreements stipulate that the prisoner must complete their sentence in their home countries. However, many countries will review the crime (and time served) based on their own laws and decide just how much longer a prisoner should serve.

(How the **** the ****ing Liberal Justice Minister decided that a violent criminal who'd done a mere 5 years in prison for murder should be released soon after returning to Canada is beyond me. I'd like to say that him not being re-elected in the next election was in part due to me and all the stuff I wrote about it but I think he was toast no matter what any ways.)

Once the application is made, it has to be approved by the prisoner's home country as well as by Thailand. In Thailand there is a committee of people (very senior people of "general" level rank in fact) who meet to discuss such transfers. They determine if the prisoner qualifies for the transfer and if his country has approved the request. If there are no objections, then they approve the request and soon after the person is sent home.

I know this because I looked into it when I found out that P.O.S. Karas was not only expecting his transfer to be approved, but expected to be released immediately upon arrival in Canada.
I started checking into it. I personally wrote the (Canadian) Justice Minister. (****ing P.O.S hasn't met a prisoner yet he didn't want to have released and put back on the streets or so it seems. He didn't deny a single request the entire time he was in office, regardless of the circumstances.)
I wrote to newspapers and Opposition politicians.
I wanted to contact that Thai committee but before I could figure out who they were and how to contact them, I found out Karas had already been sent back to Canada (in secret) and released.

Those Iranians spent more time in prison here than the Canadian who should have received at least 2 life sentences (1 for the murder and 1 for what he did the body afterwards). He only did 5 years for that.

[mfd101]

2 hours ago, Kerryd said:

Prisoner Transfer agreements between countries are common and these kinds of transfers happen all the time. Most of the time you never hear about them because they are not noteworthy.

Which is all very interesting but irrelevant in the present instance.

 

Contrary to what the honourable gentleman from the Thai Justice Ministry suggested, this is NOT a two-way prisoner deal or swap or normal transfer agreement. Any half-decent 'Western' newspaper has carried the complicated 3-way details over the last 2 or 3 days, as far as they can be known. The Australian has had quite a lot, not surprisingly, also Le Monde and NY Times.