Yingluck Shinawatra and jail time

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ten years: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news...gnews/30319485

takes less time to run down the statute for running down a policeman

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Thailand's Supreme Court jailed a lawyer and two legal advisers of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Wednesday after an apparent attempt to bribe court officials with $60,000 hidden in a paper grocery bag.

Pichit Chuenban and two associates representing Thaksin and his wife in a pending land-deal case were responsible for the 2 million baht left in the bag at the Supreme Court compound earlier this month, the court ruled.

The bag was found on the day that Thaksin, ousted in a coup in 2006, and his wife were due to appear on charges of violating graft laws that prevent serving politicians and their spouses from striking deals with state agencies.

The three lawyers denied the charge of misbehaviour in a court, but Judge Mongkol Tabthieng was unimpressed.

Unimpressed : http://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-34224120080625

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July 21, the last day of the examination of defence witnesses in the rice-pledging case: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/yin...ed-army-chief/

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July 04, 2017

The military will deploy troops to help the police maintain security later this month during the final hearing in the rice-pledging case involving embattled former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

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Yingluck plans to make her own closing statements

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30320126

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study the recognised definition of justice , especially presumption of innocence .

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Yingluck rules out sister taking over as Pheu Thai leader

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30320159

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Witnesses testify in defence of ex-PM Yingluck on rice pledging scheme

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/wit...edging-scheme/

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Yingluck ready to close defence

Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Friday she is ready to give her closing statement in the rice-pledging case in which she is accused of failing to stop the corruption-plagued scheme, which resulted in over 500 billion baht in damages.

But Ms Yingluck said she still has to consult her lawyers as to whether she should request to verbally present her closing statement at the final witness hearing or submit a written version instead.

Her comments were delivered on Friday before attending the 14th hearing of the defendant's witnesses in the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office Holders.

The final hearing for defence witnesses is scheduled for July 21. If there are no more witnesses to deliver testimony, than the court will specify dates for both the plaintiff and defendant to deliver their closing statements.

The schedule for either the verbal closing statement presentation or the submission of the written statement should normally occur from one week to no later than one month after testimony in the case concludes, she said.

Ms Yingluck's legal team said the four witnesses to deliver testimony on Friday were: Former deputy prime minister and commerce minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan; former deputy prime minister Plodprasop Suraswadi; former Nakhon Nayok provincial governor Surachai Srisarakham; and Lt Gen Paradorn Pattanathabutr, secretary-general of the National Security Council.

As for the presence of a number of her supporters who turned up yesterday at the court to offer her moral support before she entered the courtroom, Ms Yingluck said they came because they wanted to, as they still felt connected to her government and its policies.

She said she did not want anyone to wrongfully view her supporters as having been incited to come and gather at the court on her behalf. Ms Yingluck said she had tried to communicate to them that they should abide by court rules and National Council for Peace and Order regulations.

"I'm feeling very welcome and impressed by the moral support they always have for me. I'm very glad that everywhere I go, there are people to hold my hands and offer me moral support," she said.

"This is the charm and moral support Thai people always have to offer. So, I will never give up proving my innocence."

she still has to consult her lawyers :http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/gene...-close-defence

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http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30320255

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Yingluck defiant as reckoning nears - Embattled former PM vows to accept justice

Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has affirmed that she will not flee justice and is ready to face a possible conviction that could lead to her imprisonment.

Ms Yingluck has been charged with dereliction of duty for failing to stop corruption and irregularities stemming from her government's rice-pledging scheme. The final hearing for defence witnesses is scheduled for July 21.

After that, the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions will specify dates for both the plaintiff and defendant to deliver their closing statements, which normally occur from one week to no later than one month after testimony in cases concludes.

The court is expected to hand down a ruling by September. If found guilty, Ms Yingluck could face a jail term of up to 10 years.

Unlike her brother, ousted prime minister Thaksin, Ms Yingluck is vowing to fight the case until the last moment.

"Wait and see," she told the Bangkok Post. "I'll be there in court to the end. We'll meet there [on the date of the ruling]."

On that day, Ms Yingluck could be put behind bars immediately if the court hands down a prison sentence.

Some critics, particularly her political opponents, believe Ms Yingluck will follow in the footsteps of Thaksin, who took flight before the court handed him a two-year jail sentence in the Ratchadaphisek land case in 2008. He has lived in self-exile ever since.

Ms Yingluck rejected such a possibility, saying she is ready for her judgement day.

"I'm ready to face fate," she said with a grim face.

Some political observers say that if Ms Yingluck stayed put in Thailand and was imprisoned, esteem for her as a political heroine would rise, paving the way for her eventual return to politics.

But some analysts went further, saying if she were found guilty, she and the Shinawatra family's opponents would remain firm and her jail sentence would become a cause for political attacks.

Ms Yingluck said she has confidence the defence witnesses who testified in court have proved her innocent of the charge.

"Even with a 1% chance of winning, I'll keep on fighting to the best of my ability to prove I'm innocent," she said. "We believe that a 1% chance can grow. We'll keep going at it as best we can."

In the latest chapter of her legal fight, Ms Yingluck and her legal team petitioned the Supreme Court last week to seek a ruling from the Constitutional Court in the legal proceedings concerning her case.

She requested that the Constitutional Court rule on whether the proceedings of her case based on the 1999 law on the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions contradict Section 235 of the 2017 charter.

Section 235 of the current charter requires the court to mainly rely on the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) report on the case for consideration.

The clause also stipulates that for the benefit of justice, the court has the authority to inquire additionally into witnesses and the evidence.

According to Ms Yingluck's legal team, prosecutors previously added additional witness documents that were never included in the NACC report before.

The judges of the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions have reportedly accepted Ms Yingluck's petition for consideration and will rule on July 21 whether to seek a ruling from the charter court as requested.

"This fight is the hardest that I've had to endure in my life," the former prime minister said.

"But whatever the outcome, I take pride in the role that I played in giving farmers the better life which they deserve."

Besides the criminal case, Ms Yingluck is also fighting the government's move to examine her assets for seizure through an administrative order.

She was ordered by a government committee to pay 35 billion baht in alleged damages wrought by her rice-pledging scheme.

She said the examination of assets should properly proceed after a related criminal case is concluded. Such a ruling would determine whether grounds exist for pursuing a civil case.

But the government decided to issue an administrative order to seize her assets despite the still-pending criminal case against her.

"We consider the steps they are taking unjust," Ms Yingluck said.

She filed a petition with the Administrative Court seeking the court to suspend the administrative order.

"If you ask how I am doing, the answer is I'm hanging in there as best I can," she said, adding that her son and moral support from her supporters and friends have given her strength.

Asked whether she would still accept the top government post if she could turn back the hands of time, Ms Yingluck said she would not look back and blame anyone but instead look forward to a better future for herself and her family.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/poli...eckoning-nears

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Another Shinawatra family member most likely to head Pheu Thai Party

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/deta...itics/30320488

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Shinawatras seem to trust someone from their bloodline:

and what is different from the current dictator and his brother ?

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http://www.nationmultimedia.com/deta...r_say/30320607

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scraping the bottom of the barrel there , re-posting a bunch of anonymous comments from the Nation , including one from Thai Visa

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