News Forum - Thai official gets 52 years sentence for misuse of government vehicle

[Thaiger]

Rungrak Lookbua, the Director of the Department of Religious and Cultural Education under the Provincial Administration Organization of Yasothon, has been indicted by the Anti-Corruption Commission for misuse of a government vehicle for personal gain. The Director, along with his team, was accused of using a government vehicle for commuting and golfing. The charges were … …

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[Oldgrandmathai]

Makes sense, doesn't it? Do the crime once -  let's say 6 months in prison.  Do the crime 210 times, 6 x 210 = 105 years in prison. Is the same true for public insult?  If I say once "Idi***" - 1 month in prison. If I say it 10 times, 1 year in prison? 

[Henry]

Wow. He would have got less time for murder !

I’m not sure the time fits the crime but then again I’m not a legal expert…..

 

[Pinetree]

2 hours ago, Henry said:

I’m not sure the time fits the crime

Hardly, so one must assume that he has seriously pissed off a lot of people. Justice, such as it often is here,  usually means a large dose revenge in one form or another, which I am not totally against.  

[ChrisS]

50 years for effectively using a company car without authority? Yet violent abusers who say sorry and pay a bit of ash walk free. Only in Thailand!

[Pinga]

Amazing priorities. Hard violent crimes get a slap on the wrist and not much more, yet someone using a government vehicle for personal purposes (not even commercial) gets 50 years? ridiculous. It should be exactly the other way around.

[Fanta]

7 hours ago, Pinga said:

Amazing priorities. Hard violent crimes get a slap on the wrist and not much more, yet someone using a government vehicle for personal purposes (not even commercial) gets 50 years? ridiculous. It should be exactly the other way around.

The Thai difference is that most prison sentences are served consecutively not concurrently. One murder charge serves 1 x 20 years. 50 fraud charges serves 50 x 2 years.

[Pinetree]

1 hour ago, Fanta said:

The Thai difference is that most prison sentences are served consecutively not concurrently. One murder charge serves 1 x 20 years. 50 fraud charges serves 50 x 2 years.

As it should be.  Concurrent sentences are meaningless.