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    the belfast telegraph are reporting this story now, with emphasis on the cover up.


    Bangkok's top police official, Lt Gen Comronwit Toopgrajank, said that he took charge of the investigation after a lower-ranking policeman was said to have tried to cover up the crime by turning in a bogus suspect.

    Lt Gen Comronwit led a team of officers to search the compound of late Red Bull founder Chaleo Yoovidhaya, one of Thailand's wealthiest men before he passed away this year, and confiscated a dark grey Ferrari with a dented front bumper as part of their investigation.

    The victim, Sgt Maj Wichean Glanprasert, 47, was killed during a pre-dawn motorcycle patrol. Thai media reported that the car dragged the officer and his motorcycle for several dozen feet as it sped through the residential neighbourhood.

    The police chief said he suspended the police officer who allegedly attempted to subvert the investigation.

    He said: "A policeman is dead. I can't let this stand. If I let this case get away, I'd rather quit," he told reporters.

    "I don't care how powerful they are. If I can't get the actual man in this case, I will resign."

    Vorayuth, who is believed to be in his late 20s, belongs to the third generation of the Yoovidhaya family, which was ranked fourth richest in Thailand this year by Forbes magazine with a net worth of 5.4 billion US dollars (£3.4 billion).

    Red Bull creator Chaleo passed away in his 80s in March, leaving his heirs a wide range of businesses, including shares in the globally popular energy drink brand, hospitals and property. The family also co-owns a company that is the sole authorised importer of Ferrari cars in Thailand.
    Read more: Red Bull heir Yoovidhya in Ferrari hit-and-run arrest - World news, News - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

    thailand is extremely sensitive to the way it is portrayed abroad, they wont like the fact that this story is going global.
    expect lies, lies and more lies from the authorities on this.


    i would expect the policemans family will receive a huge cheque, wais will be exchanged, the son will show cod contrition for the cameras and be punished with a suspended sentence and it will be business as usual for the rich and powerful.

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    Looking at the car I think the dragged 200 meters thing is a misreport. Looks like he banged off the windshield which would only happen in the initial impact. The bike was probably lodged under the car for the 200 meters....

    Anyway, what's the kiely outcome here, I the west it would be what, 5 years and out in 2? That would mostly be for fleeing as vehicular deaths rarely result in jail time. Also, has fault even been discussed yet?
    LOS doesn't seem to have the harsh penalty for fleeing that the west has, as long as you turn yourself in, or maybe not at all.
    I see a few years suspended and maybe 10 mill to the family.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobcock
    Yes, he will have to pay one hell of a lot more. But to his family it will be peanuts
    Precedents. Chalerm Yubangrung, the deputy prime minister bought his son Wanchalerm out of trouble even though the victim was a cop, and it was witnessed by dozens.

    The Benz kid who mode down and killed people at a bus stop has yet to do anytime.

    The then Tollway killer of 8-or 9 gets a two year suspended sentence.

    But what is life without hope? In this case that he is actually in Thong Lor police station, that he is not bailed, and gets a taste of the real life of a Thai prison.

    But sometimes you hope for too much, especially when it comes to judicial judgement in the LOS.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Necron99
    Anyway, what's the kiely outcome here, I the west it would be what, 5 years and out in 2?
    In the west his door would have been kicked in so as to breath test him pronto. If he failed a drug/drink test he'd be looking at a 10, minimum.

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    So is it the city police chief vs the Red Bull clan then. Or will Phua Thai step in and come out on the side of the police? This is a big one.
    I am so happy to see this has made the international press. This is a good thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aging one
    So is it the city police chief vs the Red Bull clan then. Or will Phua Thai step in and come out on the side of the police? This is a big one.
    I think it is well known that Chalerm Yoovidhaya is a Democrat party supporter and that Pol Maj Gen Kamronwit has close ties with Puea Thai in general and Thaksin in particular.
    It will be interesting to see the outcome of this.

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    ^i think you are being a little optonistic there, is pt really going to use this case to get at the dems and one of their patrons? Yes they will gain polical capital from it, but the cost will be setting a precident and an expection forjustice amongst the Thai public. Is the political gain worth the loss of privileges they and their children currently enjoy along with the likes of the yoovidhaya clan?

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    sgt's family are made for life

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    Bangkok's top police official, Lt. Gen. Comronwit Toopgrajank, said he took charge of the investigation after a lower-ranking policeman initially tried to cover up the crime by turning in a bogus suspect.

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    Comronwit said he suspended the police officer who attempted to subvert the investigation.


    "A policeman is dead. I can't let this stand. If I let this case get away, I'd rather quit," he told reporters. "I don't care how powerful they are. If I can't get the actual man in this case, I will resign."

    Red Bull creator's grandson suspected of killing cop in hit-and-run | CTVNews

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    Quote Originally Posted by Racin View Post
    Worayuth Yoowitthaya will test for alcohol some time this week.

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    Not to worry, I'm sure the family will fix up that Ferrari before they allow the police to hold it as evidence in a case that will take 20-30 years to be wrapped up.

    No doubt it will end up in the garage of someone big with a brown a uniform.

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    the whole system might look from a non-thai-view totally disgusting and appalling... but it seems everyone is quite happy with it...?

    one party can buy their way out, the other makes a fortune... it might be sad (might be), that a relative has died, but if he got run over by some hiso, then the result is like winning the lottery...

    if the citizens in thailand wouldnt want such a system, they would do something about it... i think its wrong to always assume (what most people do), that every government/law/corruption is forced upon the citizens by some dark high superpower, coming from nowhere...
    mostly it has grown from bottom to top and back...

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    if the citizens in thailand wouldnt want such a system, they would do something about it...
    Have you ever opened a Thai newspaper? Read any of the other threads in the Thai news forum? Watched the news?

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    The story is now with the BBC. www.bbc.co.uk

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    Bloody hell, this is going to be a tough one to sweep under the carpet! they already tried to pin it on a scapegoat and failed, what now?

    My money is on the car had a malfunction. Sorry, terrible accident, bloody Italian cars....

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    Bangkok must be quite exciting with all these hiso's going home in their expensive cars full of drugs and booze in the early hours. What with 16 year olds plowing into mini buses, Benzes flying off overpasses, shootouts, Porches hitting pedestrians and now this!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Lick View Post
    The story is now with the BBC. www.bbc.co.uk
    And sky news.

    Red Bull Heir Held Over Cop's Hit-And-Run Death

    This is certainly going to cost a few baht.

    A court might even have to pretend to sentence him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bung View Post
    Bloody hell, this is going to be a tough one to sweep under the carpet! they already tried to pin it on a scapegoat and failed, what now?

    My money is on the car had a malfunction. Sorry, terrible accident, bloody Italian cars....
    My guess is a counter claim by the driver of the car for physiological trauma and criminal damage to his property.
    Still feel sickened by this event though,sad fact is money talks little bit of compo and away he or she goes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mid View Post
    Bangkok's top police official, Lt. Gen. Comronwit Toopgrajank, said he took charge of the investigation after a lower-ranking policeman initially tried to cover up the crime by turning in a bogus suspect.

    snip

    Comronwit said he suspended the police officer who attempted to subvert the investigation.


    "A policeman is dead. I can't let this stand. If I let this case get away, I'd rather quit," he told reporters. "I don't care how powerful they are. If I can't get the actual man in this case, I will resign."

    Red Bull creator's grandson suspected of killing cop in hit-and-run | CTVNews

    This would sound quite convincing were it not for the appoint of thailands most notorious cop murder to a position of moral leadership for new police recruits?

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    Very tricky this one now the international press is onto it.

    First call of order, drag it out for as long as possible, more chance of the press not following it. They will have the best lawyers so quite easy to do. My guess 2 years before trial. The cop had no tail light (quite possible) bad weather, faulty car, he'll be fine, maybe get the cameras to the temple and show him making merit, that usually does the trick.

    He could alway skip the country once given bail which will definately happen then it will eventually peter out in the media, job done.
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    ^ no need for all that. It's not like he shot him in the face as he was being held down by his mates.

    Lots of money to everyone involved, photos wai'ing people, and he'll be fine. After a few years he'll get a 1 year sentence with him immediately bailed as he appeals it. That appeal will go on for decades as the envelopes are passed around at every hearing.

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    Yeah, that'll do it.

    We should be lawyers! It's just so easy here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hazz View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Mid View Post
    Bangkok's top police official, Lt. Gen. Comronwit Toopgrajank, said he took charge of the investigation after a lower-ranking policeman initially tried to cover up the crime by turning in a bogus suspect.

    snip

    Comronwit said he suspended the police officer who attempted to subvert the investigation.


    "A policeman is dead. I can't let this stand. If I let this case get away, I'd rather quit," he told reporters. "I don't care how powerful they are. If I can't get the actual man in this case, I will resign."

    Red Bull creator's grandson suspected of killing cop in hit-and-run | CTVNews

    This would sound quite convincing were it not for the appoint of thailands most notorious cop murder to a position of moral leadership for new police recruits?


    They didn't put him in a position of moral leadership, they put him in a position of shooting people with a pistol leadership.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bung View Post
    Bloody hell, this is going to be a tough one to sweep under the carpet! they already tried to pin it on a scapegoat and failed, what now?
    The Thai don't care if it's in the international press or not. Santika fire was in the press, so too was Moo Ham (Benz bus stop murderer), so too was little Miss na Ayudhya and of course the massacre of Red Shirts by the army. Then there was the Downtown Inn in Chiang Mai and all its dead guests - a hotel owned by hi-so family connections. You see any of the above in jail? Moo Ham was sentenced to 10 or 11 years about 2 or 3 years back and still hasn't set foot in a prison cell. Then the baseball bat attack by a military hi-so and his sons in broad daylight on some guy on a motorbike, and the porsche driver that hit some poor little Laotian girl, cutting her body in half and driving another few kilometres down the road with the top half of her body hanging through the windshield/windscreen and resting on the passenger seat. Duangchalerm of course shot and killed a cop point-blank, ran away, came back and is now a senior cop himself. But no -- if the hi-so class ever get their hands on Thaksin -- it's off to jail immediately! It's just another day in Thailand - you farang mai khow jai Thai people.
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    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile View Post

    the belfast telegraph are reporting this story now, with emphasis on the cover up.

    Quite touching that you, a Yorkshirfe tyke, should measure the global zeitgeist by the yardstick of Ulster boys.

    Very refreshing, Tax, all power to your elbow, like, you know.....

    Thailand to most in the real world is just so utterly irrelevant. It's a place where the beaches are nice, the sights are exotic and the women fuck like rabbits for peanuts.

    Who gives a shit.

    This story, at best, is simply a measure of ridicule the spastic chickenheads that make up this country are totally unaware of. They actually think they have a reputation in the world but anyone with even the most passing of knowledge knows it's a third world shithole where the minority fuck over the rest and absolutely no-one gives a flying fuck, least of all the gormless tourist mass market that patronise the place for the " paradise " on the cheap that it is.

    It doesn't matter. Somchai hasn't a brain and is grateful for crumbs off the table strewn by the ChineseThai that stick it to him in the ass. You think Blodwyn or Tracy from Chelmsford gives a toss? Or the American State Department, or the EU, the Krauts or fucking Vladivostok robotniks from their ghastly shitty tenements or other fat gutted tourist trash from Grotosvillegrad?

    I'm still trying to understand just why farang ever got enthused about Thai elections, as if they ever mattered diddlysquat.

    Thai are gerbils in world terms but big swinging dicks in their own soi. Fuck 'em and forget 'em.

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