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Suspended jail term on ex-MP upheld

The Appeals Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court's decision to sentence Vichai Chaichitvanichkul, a former MP for Udon Thani of the former Thai Rak Thai party, to a one year jail term, suspended for one year, for buying a smuggled Pajero car in 2008.

Vichai Chaichitvanichkul (Photo by Arunothai Puttaruksa)

The Criminal Court on March 25, 2010 found Mr Vichai guilty of violating the Customs Act by buying a Pajero car for only 1.5 million baht from a seller whose identity and address were not known, even lthough as a former deputy commerce minister he well knew the price of a Pajero car plus customs duty was about three million baht and that its licence plate was fake.

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  • retiredsam

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    Discussion 4 : 01 Nov 2012 at 08.124

    Another MP goes free,only in Thailand.When are you going to wake up!!!No wonder there is no law in this country.

  • whatajoke

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    Discussion 3 : 30 Oct 2012 at 15.543

    Yet another MP associated with the present crowd in power, found guilty of criminal actions. Boy, this list is getting unusually long (even by Thailand standards), I suppose it's just a co-incidence that the picture behind him is of Thailand's most famous criminal.

  • mrsdonesh

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    Discussion 2 : 30 Oct 2012 at 13.062

    "he jail sentence was suspended for one year because he had never before committed a criminal offence." What you mean is he had never been caught before. Obviously he knew he was committing an offence by having fake plates etc.

  • bkk-farang

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    Discussion 1 : 30 Oct 2012 at 12.341

    “The jail sentence was suspended for one year because he had never before committed a criminal offence”
    How about: till now he was never convicted. This is not exactly the same as “he had never before committed a criminal offence”

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