News Forum - FBI seeks extradition from Thailand for hit & run

[Thaiger]

Authorities in the US state of Michigan and the FBI are making a plea to the Thai government to extradite a Thai woman who is accused of causing the death of a college student in the American city of Oakland Township. The suspect, Tubtim “Sue” Howson, is a US citizen but is originally from Thailand …

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[Soidog]

Are these the same people who failed to extradite an American woman, Anne Sacoolas who killed a young English guy Harry Dunn in 2019 and jumped on a plane and is still refusing to return to the U.K. 

[AdvocatusDiaboli]

Though she is in the best country for her driving skills. Least we have been warned about a known poor driver.

[anarchofarmer2]

37 minutes ago, Soidog said:

Are these the same people who failed to extradite an American woman, Anne Sacoolas who killed a young English guy Harry Dunn in 2019 and jumped on a plane and is still refusing to return to the U.K. 

Typical US hypocrisy! One rule for us and no rules for the rest of the planet!

[Skip]

How deep are her families pockets... that will be the determining factor

[HiuMak]

15 hours ago, anarchofarmer2 said:

Typical US hypocrisy! One rule for us and no rules for the rest of the planet!

Why do you think the US does not adopt the metric system?

[Haole.TH]

Thai Gov (Police) can help find this lady and can help find the UK fugitive (the drug smuggler), but the Thai Gov can not ask for help to get "The Boss" extradited back to Thailand ...  Amazing!

[Vigo]

16 hours ago, Soidog said:

Are these the same people who failed to extradite an American woman, Anne Sacoolas who killed a young English guy Harry Dunn in 2019 and jumped on a plane and is still refusing to return to the U.K. 

No . BTW, Sacoolas went on trial last October and plead guilty. Proceedings were conducted by the UK, even though the extradition issue was not completed. She received a penalty slightly harsher than others with a first time offence and no prior criminal or dangerous driving convictions. 

The issue with Sacoolas was that she had the benefit diplomatic service protection. The UK wanted the USA to waive the protection and defendant legal counsel asserted the position that the US could not lift the protection. Singling out the US government as being the main point of resistance is unfair. The USA had to tread carefully as the case could have set a precedent.  It's not as if the UK has doesn't similar elsewhere. It was only a few years ago that UK sailors raped a woman in Halifax Canada and tried to hide behind foreign service immunity.

[Vigo]

16 hours ago, anarchofarmer2 said:

Typical US hypocrisy! One rule for us and no rules for the rest of the planet!

What hypocrisy? The position was consistent with other foreign governments. Please provide a case where the UK willingly surrendered an accused military or diplomatic person to a foreign country?

[Craig]

Returned to a country where killing someone on the road is the norm.  Probably became a monk for a week and continued life as normal.  

[Soidog]

2 hours ago, Vigo said:

It was only a few years ago that UK sailors raped a woman in Halifax Canada and tried to hide behind foreign service immunity.

“Tried” being the key word and ultimately the sailor was acquitted by the courts. 
 

Fully appreciate the diplomatic issue. It didn’t need the government to set a precedence, the woman in question should have never fled the country.
 

I’ll concede all countries get involved in such issues. It’s time for diplomatic immunity rules and laws need to be reconsidered.  

[Saunk]

On 2/11/2023 at 8:37 PM, Craig said:

Returned to a country where killing someone on the road is the norm.  Probably became a monk for a week and continued life as normal.  

Sadly this is probably true, gave some merit and moved on as if nothing ever happened.