Thaksin 'rejects arrest warrant'

Published: 11 Oct 2012 at 20.17
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Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra does not accept the Supreme Court's decision to issue a warrant for his arrest in the Krung Thai Bank loan scandal case, Thaksin's legal adviser Noppadon Pattama said on Thursday.

Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (Post Photo)

"Thaksin remains overseas and also remains firm that he will not accept the consequences of the coup d'état [on Sept 19, 2006]," Mr Noppadon said.

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la_choy
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Discussion 22 : 12 Oct 2012 at 02.5122
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Blame the management appointed by the government.

But what did the management say?
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Mr.T

Discussion 21 : 12 Oct 2012 at 02.2221
What did I said earlier "politically motivated" excuse, anyway I'm not sure if they interpol/police can arrest him cos he's using Montenegrin passport and I doubt that PT government make a request to the Interpol to arrest and deport him to thailand to face Thai justice
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Discussion 20 : 12 Oct 2012 at 02.1720
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Big Corp ricefield,D18 : It's interesting to see how emotionally affected you are,should big multi national corporations and their shareholders miss an opportunity to cash in,if a loophole was missed. Maybe you should announce these opinions on the community radio where you work?
BTW,there's an investigative report in BP about landgrabs. I think you should press "dislike" because it's not very flattering for you and your friends in big business.

Personally,I think when people/companies/corporations hire accountants and laywers to search for loopholes,they are criminals. Anyway,thank you for showing your true colours,even if by accident. Have a nice day.
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Discussion 19 : 12 Oct 2012 at 01.2619
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Discussion 18: With due respect to your views. Thaksin was not running his family business at the time, he was Prime Minister of the country and was playing with country money which was taxes paid by the people. He used the loop holes to siphon the money to his and his family accounts. This is absolutely unacceptable, there are special laws to punish those who abuse their power and he was bleeding the nation dry.
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Discussion 18 : 12 Oct 2012 at 00.3218
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Disc 13 - Not to argue Thaksin's case here but I feel that any astute accountant or businessman will look for loopholes in the law to use. There is nothing illegal about that at all. In fact if you don't take advantage of the loopholes you in effect are cheating your shareholders.
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Discussion 17 : 12 Oct 2012 at 00.2517
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Disc 12 - I didn't say that, I said his cases are looked at in foreign government eyes as being politically motivated because he was elected and overthrown by a coup a month before another election that would have seen him back in power. That alone makes every case politically motivated to foreign governments no mater his innocence or guilt. That's also why Interpol has failed to accept the warrants.
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Discussion 16 : 11 Oct 2012 at 23.2416
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@ricefield, d8.

It could also be because the PTP government, Mr. Thaksins family, is not asking any foreign countries to arrest Mr. Thaksin.

Anyway, all this discussion about Mr. Thaksin receiving a fair trial is futile. Since most Thais are either for or against Mr. Thaksin, it will be impossible to find a panel of judges, a jury, investigators etc. none of whom have any connection to either PTP or the Democrats, and it is guaranteed that if even one person in the trial is connected with the Democrat party in any way, then Mr. Thaksin will cry foul (just as Ms. Tida and the red shirts did recently when they did not like the TRCs report on reconciliation). You can of course make up a trial consisting only of PTP and red shirts, but then the rest of the country would cry foul.
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Discussion 15 : 11 Oct 2012 at 23.1815
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The man's ego has to be one of the biggest in the world.
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Discussion 14 : 11 Oct 2012 at 23.1714
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'He [Thaksin] wants his cases to be carried out in a legal manner. Thaksin must receive equal rights as other Thai people'.

How can he when he refuses to return ?
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Discussion 13 : 11 Oct 2012 at 23.1513
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Nopaddon has either conventiently forgotten the principles of law or has always been ignorant of them. Here is the scenario Mr.Lawyer.

- Police enter my house without a search or arrest warrant.
- They ransack the house again without a warrant.
- They find many illegal substances and or activities going on in my house.

Am I deemed innocent by law just because the police entered and search my house without proper warrants? NO Mr.Lawyer I am not innocent, the same goes for the coup. Thaksin is a criminal, he is not a political victim, he is a cheap criminal, who grabbed the hard earned money of the people, a cheap politician who looked for loops holes in the law and sought benefit from the loop holes.
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