Talk Forum - Former leader Thanathorn faces new lese majeste charges

[Thaiger]

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, the leader of the now-dissolved Future Forward Party, is facing new trouble with 2 new lese majeste charges. The charges come from statements he made months ago about AstraZeneca being produced domestically in Thailand by Siam Bioscience, a company wholly owned by a subsidiary of Crown Property Bureau. Section 112 of the Criminal Code, also known as the lese majeste law, makes it an offence to insult, defame, or criticise the monarchy and carries a penalty of up to 15 years’ imprisonment. Thanathorn had previously faced lese majeste charges over similar subject matter in March from when he […]

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[MikeW]

Maybe he should just stay in France this military government is going to keep charging him until they finally imprison him 

[gummy]

Just now, yetanother said:

the current mob just wants him gone; he shouldnt come back at the moment; pity

Yep shit scared that he could conjure up a enough national support to totally rid this country of the corrupt and depraved dinosaurs.

[MrStretch]

They tried squeezing him on this already and it was thrown out by a court, according to the report.

How are they able to charge him with the same crime over the same incident.

Oooooh, that's right.  THIS is Thailand.

[ThailandBob]

The idea that Thailand shouldn't rely on a single company isn't specific to Siam Bioscience. Having multiple suppliers is just plain common sense. That would be my defense for LM charges.

Edited August 20, 2021 by ThailandBob

[Poolie]

14 minutes ago, ThailandBob said:

The idea that Thailand shouldn't rely on a single company isn't specific to Siam Bioscience. Having multiple suppliers is just plain common sense. That would be my defense for LM charges.

Do it.

You never know, it might just work!

[Rain]

Oh dear.

Doesn't this story get old? 

Anything considered, or invented to be, Lese Majeste. And used intolerably to justify most everything.

The crux and essence of all issues and problems in our fair land. 

Unfortunately, nothing will change until the roots are severed permanently.

[Lowseasonlover]

They certainly want him out of the picture 

[Benroon]

Shameful !

But on the plus side they are digging their own graves !

[Rain]

23 minutes ago, Lowseasonlover said:

They certainly want him out of the picture 

Yeah. He was deemed to be a true threat some time back.

Akin to anyone that has a popular following and looking for real change. 

Oddly enough, principle instigators/junior officers of the Progressive Movement Party [former FFP] are not looked upon as the same.....as they continue to ply their wares domestically. Never charged or mentioned. 

[MTa449]

Just another feeble attempt by the primister and his cronies to silence Thanathorn. The man is obviously a serious threat to them and capable of mustering massive opposition to Pryut's administration and his cronies . This will just fuel the protests even more because of the dissolving of the FUTURE FOWARD PARTY which ignited the protests in the first place ! Stupid move by the primister/government , but a moral booster for the opposition parties and the protesters !

[Rain]

39 minutes ago, MTa449 said:

Just another feeble attempt by the primister and his cronies to silence Thanathorn. The man is obviously a serious threat to them and capable of mustering massive opposition to Pryut's administration and his cronies . This will just fuel the protests even more because of the dissolving of the FUTURE FOWARD PARTY which ignited the protests in the first place ! Stupid move by the primister/government , but a moral booster for the opposition parties and the protesters !

....and there is only one influential crony - pulling the strings, per usual.

[Bangkok_Gary]

It would seem obvious that a monopoly by one company on vaccine production could hinder the supply of vaccines thereby allowing infections to run rampant thereby causing the destruction of the economy as well as the deaths of thousands of infected people.

[Graham]

As always in Thailand, state the obvious and you get ridiculous trumped up charges thrown your way when it is blatantly obvious to all around that no crime has been committed. 

TIT.

[js89]

So let me get this right: criticizing a private company is regarded as lese majeste just because the Crown Property Bureau holds shares in it?

So by this standard, writing a bad review on a Siam Kempinski hotel stay or criticizing the business practises of Siam Commercial Bank could result in a charge of lese majeste and imprisonment for 15 years...errrrr....

[Lowseasonlover]

4 hours ago, js89 said:

So let me get this right: criticizing a private company is regarded as lese majeste just because the Crown Property Bureau holds shares in it?

So by this standard, writing a bad review on a Siam Kempinski hotel stay or criticizing the business practises of Siam Commercial Bank could result in a charge of lese majeste and imprisonment for 15 years...errrrr....

Some thing like that

[D2B2]

Weak leaders resort to threats and make laws to cover their corruption. Real man stand up to their intimidation. 
Thanathorn is a giant, when compared to the “tiny” men whose corruption he threatens to expose.

 

[Rain]

6 hours ago, js89 said:

So let me get this right: criticizing a private company is regarded as lese majeste just because the Crown Property Bureau holds shares in it?

So by this standard, writing a bad review on a Siam Kempinski hotel stay or criticizing the business practises of Siam Commercial Bank could result in a charge of lese majeste and imprisonment for 15 years...errrrr....

It's all quite ludicrous and insane.

[gummy]

2 minutes ago, Rain said:

It's all quite ludicrous and insane.

Completely and I would never open an account at SCB