JayB Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 Ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra and Khunying Potjamarn failed to catch their scheduled flight back from Beijing to Bangkok. Traffic jam at the Bird?s Nest I presume :roll: Bummer?. What! Last flight? What about London? Yes Sir? two First Class? That will do nicely Return? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 She was convicted in a court of law and was given 3 years imprisonment...then she was given bail and allowed to leave the country...ROLMFAO...WTF do you think would happen...hello, anybody home? You think you have seen it all then they do something even more monumentally stupid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 Reuters Published: August 10, 2008 BANGKOK: Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will not return to Thailand again, a pro-Thaksin MP said on Sunday, suggesting the billionaire had flown to London from Beijing in violation of his bail terms. Thaksin was due to return to Bangkok on Sunday but MP Pracha Prasobdee told reporters at the airport he had spoken to a Thaksin aide who said the former prime minister would be making a statement "via the foreign media" at 9 a.m. from London. That is about the same time Thaksin and his wife are meant to report to the courts under bail conditions set in various corruption cases against them. (Reporting by Pracha Hariraksapitak, Writing by Ed Cropley; Editing by Andrew Dobbie) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted August 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 Let?s see if it?s for better or for worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeGeneve Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Brits on the run come to Thailand and elite Thais fleeing the law go to the UK! (those less wealthy flee to Cambodia). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niranahm Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 She was convicted in a court of law and was given 3 years imprisonment...then she was given bail and allowed to leave the country...ROLMFAO...WTF do you think would happen...hello, anybody home?You think you have seen it all then they do something even more monumentally stupid... Was it stupid to bail her and not take away passports -- or was it clever? The legal system was addressing Thaksin's corruption, and it seems likely that along with his wife, he and his cronies would get jail terms. That could have led to near civil war, because Thaksin has too much money and influence to just quietly go to jail. Seems much likely that the authorities WANTED him to flee to exile. It's one of the few scenarios that lessens the chance of increasing political tensions spilling over into something else. It may not be be fair but it's a Thai style compromise for sure. With Thaksin removed as a player there are still deep divisions in the political system, but there's now a chance issues can be resolved by constitutional and (semi) democratic means. Isn't that more important than the goal of absolute justice and punishment of Thaksin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyP Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 What are the predictions on what will happen next? Does the UK not suffer some embarrasment in publicly harbouring fugitives? Khunying has been convicted after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 What are the predictions on what will happen next?Does the UK not suffer some embarrasment in publicly harbouring fugitives? Khunying has been convicted after all. A prisoner exchange at the break of dawn on a wet, misty bridge in the frigging middle of nowhere...a bunch of british pedophiles against a has-been corrupt Thai politicain and his family of misfits... :roll: :twisted: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyP Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 What are the predictions on what will happen next?Does the UK not suffer some embarrasment in publicly harbouring fugitives? Khunying has been convicted after all. A prisoner exchange at the break of dawn on a wet, misty bridge in the frigging middle of nowhere...a bunch of british pedophiles against a has-been corrupt Thai politicain and his family of misfits... :roll: :twisted: How about a Thai Special Forces "retrieval operation/smash and grab" from the owners box at the next ManC match! :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 What are the predictions on what will happen next?Does the UK not suffer some embarrasment in publicly harbouring fugitives? Khunying has been convicted after all. A prisoner exchange at the break of dawn on a wet, misty bridge in the frigging middle of nowhere...a bunch of british pedophiles against a has-been corrupt Thai politicain and his family of misfits... :roll: :twisted: How about a Thai Special Forces "retrieval operation/smash and grab" from the owners box at the next ManC match! :wink: If they have been trained by the 'mericans, they are likely to raid Old Trafford and being faced down by a shoe-throwing Scotsman. :wink: :twisted: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loburt Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 What are the predictions on what will happen next?Does the UK not suffer some embarrasment in publicly harbouring fugitives? Khunying has been convicted after all. A prisoner exchange at the break of dawn on a wet, misty bridge in the frigging middle of nowhere...a bunch of british pedophiles against a has-been corrupt Thai politicain and his family of misfits... :roll: :twisted: How about a Thai Special Forces "retrieval operation/smash and grab" from the owners box at the next ManC match! :wink: If they have been trained by the 'mericans, they are likely to raid Old Trafford and being faced down by a shoe-throwing Scotsman. :wink: :twisted: The egg is on your face this time, not ours. We may on occasion let foreign mass murderers and thieves into our country for medical treatment (like the Shah), but we don't let them buy out sports teams and call them boss. :twisted: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grezzzy_greer Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 I think on this occassion that I agree that it may have been a "politically correct escape" rather than a stupid move by the Thai authorities...I am absolutely certain that the courts knew exactly what he would do, and decided it may be the best option to quietly remove him and hopefully avoid nasty, and potentially bloody, clashes in the streets between supporters and the rest. If he was thrown in jail, he would be made a form of martyr (in the eyes of the supporters) and it would likely escalate into an even more unpleasant political storm and worse. As I said earlier - leave him there and let the British government put up with him. I find myself wishing for the days of monarchy...bring back Siam, and allow the country to be ruled by His Majesty, our good and wise King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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