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  • Judgement day for former Pheu Thai party leader Yongyuth Vichaidit

    http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/jud...uth-vichaidit/
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  • #2
    Guilty - 2 years.

    More later
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    • #3
      Former Pheu Thai Party leader given two years in jail for temple land fraud

      http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/for...le-land-fraud/
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      • #4
        Little more

        Yongyuth jailed for two years over land development scandal

        http://www.nationmultimedia.com/deta...gnews/30325188
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        • #5
          Some Background

          2010

          Court Accepts Alpine Land Case

          16 September 2010

          The Supreme Court division for cases against politicians accepts the graft fighting panel's indictment against a former deputy interior minister for alleged abuse of power to transform a monastery land plot into private property.

          The National Anti-corruption Commission, or NACC, has authorized the Lawyer Council of Thailand to file an indictment against former deputy interior minister Sanoh Thienthong on its behalf, after the Office of the Attorney General refused to pursue the case against him, given the expiry of its statutory limitation.

          The NACC accused Sanoh of exploiting his ministerial power in 1990 to prevent Thammikaram Temple in Prachuab Khiri Khan from claiming its ownership of a 732-rai land plot in Pathum Thani province as stipulated in the will of its late owner Nuem Chamnarnchatsakda.

          Sanoh argued that his decision was in line with the land bill which gives the Interior Ministry authority to consider land ownership of over 50 rai by temples on a case by case basis.

          The land plot was later purchased by Alpine Real Estate and Alpine Golf and Sports Club companies, both of which have Sanoh's wife Uraiwan, his son Witthaya and his close aide Choocheep Hansawat as shareholders.

          Representative from the lawyer council Ponlarut Chanthep said he believed the complaint is in compliance with the law and the NACC's evidence are sufficient to back its allegation as the landowner has made it clear she wanted to donate the land to the temple, which would render it unsaleable.

          The court has scheduled November 19 for its first hearing into the case.

          thailandoutlook.tv

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          Supreme Court Acquits Sanoh in Alpine Golf Course Case

          UPDATE : 19 November 2010

          The Supreme Court for political postholders has acquitted veteran politician and Pracharaj Party leader Sanoh Thienthong in the Alpine Golf Course case as the statute of limitations in the case has expired.

          The case involved monastic land which the state later approved the sale to Sanoh's associates to build the Alpine Golf Course.

          http://www.thailandoutlook.tv/tan/Vi...DataID=1034907
          http://thailandchatter.com/showthrea...ll=1#post45112

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          • #6
            2012

            http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/loca...er-alpine-land

            Yongyuth in hot water over Alpine land
            The National Anti-Corruption Commission has found that Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit committed serious breach of Article 157 of the Criminal Code in connection with the sale of 732 rai of land to Alpine real estate and golf club in 2002 when he was a deputy peramanent secretary, NACC member Klanarong Chanthik said on Wednesday.

            Mr Kranarong said commissioner Vicha Mahakhun was preparing a statement to be issued next week explaining how Mr Yongyuth, who is also the interior minister, had been involved in this case.


            Yongyuth Wichaidit (Photo by Jetjaras na Ranong)


            He said Mr Yongyuth, then deputy permanent secretary of the Interior Ministry, acting for the permanent secretary, on March 13, 2002 certified as legal the sale of 732-rai of land by a foundation representing Wat Thammikaram to Alpine Real Estate Co and Alpine Golf & Sports Club Co, despite the fact that it was monastic land that could not be sold or transferred.

            The Council of State on April 11, 2002 ruled that Mr Yongyuth's action was illegal.

            Because of this, the NACC concluded that Mr Yongyuth had violated Article 157 of the Criminal Code and had committed a serious breach of discipline.

            The case would be fowarded to the Office of the Attorney General for further legal action against Mr Yongyuth.

            Mr Yongyuth, when asked by reporters this morning, declined to comment, saying that he had not yet been officially notified by the NACC.

            The land in question, in Pathum Thani's Khlong Luang district, was originally owned by the late Nuem Chamnanchartsakda. The woman donated it to Wat Thammikaram in Prachuap Khiri Khan in 1971.

            The temple sought to have the ownership transferred so that it could make use of the land, but Sanoh Thienthong, then deputy interior minister overseeing the Land Department at the time, disallowed the transfer on Feb 13, 1990.

            He instructed the temple to transfer the land to a foundation that was set up to manage the property. On Aug 21, 1990, the foundation sold the land to Alpine Real Estate Co and Alpine Golf & Sports Club Co.

            The NACC found that shareholders of the two companies included Mr Sanoh's wife Uraiwan, his younger brother, Witthaya Thienthong, and his close associate, Chucheep Harnsawat, as of Jan 23, 1990. The land was sold to SC Asset Co, a property firm owned by the Shinawatra family, in 1999 for 500 million baht.

            As the land became the subject of parliamentary debate, the Religious Affairs Department stepped into the picture. In December 2000, it asked the Council of State to rule if the land was considered monastic property that could not be transferred.

            The government's legal adviser ruled in February 2001 that the land was temple property and could not be transferred or sold, as set down in Section 84 of the Land Act.

            The Land Department was then urged to revoke the ownership title deeds issued to the golf course owners and home-buyers, but they refused to give in.

            The department's order for revocation of title was then suspended by Mr Yongyuth.

            A case against Mr Sanoh was filed by the NACC with the Supreme Court's Criminal Division against Holders of Political Positions, which on Nov 19, 2010 dismissed the case on the grounds that the 20-year statutory limitation in the case had expired.
            http://thailandchatter.com/showthrea...ll=1#post45112

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            • #7
              http://www.nationmultimedia.com/deta...ional/30364998
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              • #8
                sold the land in 1990 to Alpine Real Estate and Alpine Golf and Sports Club at a total of 130 million baht
                The court sentenced Mr Yongyuth to two years in prison. He was later released on 500,000 baht bail.
                THE APPEALS COURT on Thursday upheld a two-year jail term against former Pheu Thai leader Yongyuth Wichaidith for his role in the Alpine Golf Club land scandal.

                However, Yongyuth, 77, has been released on a Bt900,000 bail guarantee
                Bet he struggled to wipe that smile off his face and almost burst out laughing.
                Originally posted by Ergenburgensmurgen;n186588
                What are you talking about, I don't post on Teakdoor.


                https://thailandchatter.com/core/ima...ies/giggle.gif

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                • #9
                  ^
                  You can get get away with murder for a mere 450k baht...

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                  • #10
                    Thaksin's pawns continue to fall


                    My belated sympathies go out to Yongyuth Wichaidit, former deputy prime minister and former interior minister in the Yingluck Shinawatra government and former Pheu Thai Party leader.

                    But all the high political posts and honours that were heaped upon him while faithfully and blindly serving the vested interests of the Shinawatra family did not shield him from the verdict of the Court of Appeal last week, which upheld the two-year imprisonment imposed upon him by the Central Criminal Court for abuse of power in connection with the selling of monastic land to the Alpine golf course.

                    Not a single colleague from Pheu Thai was by his side to lend him moral support when the Court of Appeal delivered its verdict last Thursday.

                    They might have been too busy campaigning for the upcoming March 24 general election to waste their precious time showing up to give Mr Yongyuth their moral support. Well, as the old saying goes: "When you laugh, the world laughs with you. But when you cry, you cry alone."

                    However, the Court of Appeal showed Mr Yongyuth mercy by granting him bail so he would not have to spend time behind bars at the age of 77. He can appeal the sentence to the Supreme Court in 30 days.

                    Mr Yongyuth's predicament was the result of his blind loyalty to ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra even at his own risk.

                    While serving as the acting interior permanent secretary during the Thaksin administration, Mr Yongyuth overruled an order of the Land Department chief which revoked the sale of monastic land to private firms, Alpine Real Estate Co and Alpine Golf & Sports Club Co in 2002. As a result, the purchase of the land in Pathum Thani province involving Thaksin and ex-interior minister Sanoh Thienthong went ahead.

                    After providing this "legal service" for the benefit of Thaksin, Mr Yongyuth was promoted to interior permanent secretary until his retirement. He later entered politics and was appointed deputy prime minister, interior minister and Pheu Thai Party leader during the government of Yingluck, Thaksin's younger sister. So in a way, he was more than adequately rewarded for the services rendered in the Alpine land controversy.

                    It might have been a fair give-and-take deal for Mr Yongyuth and, hence, Thaksin should not be blamed for a lack of sympathy towards the former for his predicament -- consequences of the law of karma, so to speak.

                    The same law of karma was also present in the case of Benja Louischaroen, a former deputy finance minister during Yingluck's premiership. In October 2017, the Court of Appeal upheld a three-year jail term imposed upon her for malfeasance in office for helping Thaksin's children, Panthongtae and Pinthongta, evade capital gains tax worth several billion baht from the trading of millions of shares in the Shinawatra-owned Shin Corp held by Ample Rich, an offshore holding company controlled by the Shinawatra family based in the British Virgin Islands, to Singapore's Temasek Corp in 2006.

                    Ms Benja was later promoted to director-general of the Revenue and Customs departments and eventually deputy finance minister in the Yingluck government.

                    She is currently on bail and her case is still pending with the Supreme Court. It remains to be seen whether she will be found not guilty or end up in jail like former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom who was sentenced to 42 years over a fake government-to-government rice deal with a Chinese state enterprise.

                    Or former information and communications technology minister Surapong Suebwonglee who was given a one-year prison sentence by the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office Holders for amending a concession deal in favour of Shin Satellite, a Shinawatra-owned company.

                    All these loyal men and women were merely expendable pawns for the fugitive former prime minister Thaksin and are now facing the consequences of their abuses of power to serve their boss's vested interests.

                    But all these sad-ending tales of fallen men and women do not seem to discourage the many others who are willing to follow in their footsteps to please and to serve the "Man in Dubai" who remains as defiant as ever in never giving up his resolve to stage a political comeback -- at all costs.

                    All eyes are now watching the fate of the Thai Raksa Chart Party, an offshoot of Pheu Thai linked to Thaksin, with the Constitutional Court scheduled to rule this Thursday whether to dissolve the party over its nomination of Princess Ubolratana as its sole prime ministerial candidate.: https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/...ntinue-to-fall
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                    • #11
                      Ex-minister Yongyuth sent to prison in land-graft case


                      Former interior minister and Pheu Thai Party ex-leader Yongyuth Wichaidit, 78, who was accused of land corruption in a case involving the Alpine Golf Club, was taken to Bangkok Remand Prison to serve a two-year imprisonment sentence handed down by the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeals on February 28, 2019.

                      Yongyuth arrived at the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases today (February 17) for a hearing, but the Supreme Court rejected his petition that he had previously filed. Therefore, corrections officers took him to Bangkok Remand Prison to serve the two-year sentence.

                      The National Anti-Corruption Commission had accused Yongyuth of violating Section 157 of the Penal Code, which prohibits an official from wrongfully exercising or not exercising any of his or her duties to the injury of any person, or dishonestly exercising or omitting to exercise any of his/her functions.: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/...ernal_referral
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                      • #12
                        Why bother with all these official proceedings.
                        Surprised they don't enact the secret disappearing person[s] clause for this and other cases.

                        It is their rich history.

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