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Most readers will probably know that Thailand judges can hand out sentences that go into scores of years in prison, but by law these sentences are automatically reduced to a maximum of 50 years. Most will also know that "useful testimony" can lead to a reduced sentence and that a "confession" means that sentences are…
When special deals are done in the judicial system, with high-level influence, the double standards become glaringly obvious. There's been lots of attention to the buffalo manure piled high in the Thaksin Shinawatra deal. We guess that one of the thoughts that Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn, a Move Forward Party MP and chairman of the House committee…
During the break we took over the past few weeks, there have been several developments related to Article 112. As a matter of record, we list these stories and sources, in rough chronological order, over two posts. The Bangkok Post reported on the amnesty bill proposed by the Move Forward Party by pointing to the…
As PPT expected, King Vajiralongkorn has expressed his gratitude to yet another military thug and appointed 2014 coup leader Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha to the Privy Council. We say "gratitude" because Gen Prayuth managed succession and then willingly collaborate in handing the king a range of powers that increased Vajiralongkorn's personal control of palace, police, and…
The Dictator, the leader of the 2014 military coup, and the jailer of hundreds has finally left government after nine long years. Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha is reported as bidding farewell to the people: ... expressing his hope that some of his government’s initiatives will be continued by the new administration, to lead Thailand to the…