US wants Juthamas extradited

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Published: 4 Aug 2012 at 01.50
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US prosecutors have revealed they are struggling to extradite a former Thai official and her daughter to the US to face corruption charges.

Juthamas: Charged in US in 2009

In a court filing late last week, US prosecutors said Thailand has not yet responded to a US request to bring Juthamas Siriwan, the former governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, and her daughter, Jittsopa Siriwan, to the US, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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bula
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Discussion 37 : 04 Aug 2012 at 17.0537
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US government laugh at a case where a person giving consent for his spouse to purchase land as required by law was convicted.
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Discussion 36 : 04 Aug 2012 at 16.4736
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Thailand has nothing that the US needs, beyond widget made by low cost labor. This request was made simple to follow the rule of law. No US Representative could tell you with a straight face that this request will be honored.
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Discussion 35 : 04 Aug 2012 at 15.4635
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to#30 Samesame
Don't wait for revolution, there is no spring in Thailand : only summer, monsoon and winter.
Fruits, flowers and leaves on trees all the year : no automn, no spring...
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Discussion 34 : 04 Aug 2012 at 15.4634
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America will intefere in two 'types' of countries. (a) Where the government in power is willing to make secret deals. (b) Where the people within the country are deeply almost fanatically, divided on important issues. Basically they exploit countries that are internally in chaos. Thailand in the past 5 to 7 years has started confirming to both these requirements. This is the TRUTH and nothing else will matter.
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Discussion 33 : 04 Aug 2012 at 15.2133
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@Discussion 31 As distasteful as Thai corruption may be, it's a lot less dangerous and less annoying than the US Government's meddling in the affairs of other countries.
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Discussion 32 : 04 Aug 2012 at 15.1332
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What do the Americans think this is? This is Thailand, OK, where corruption is as common as Buddhism!
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Discussion 31 : 04 Aug 2012 at 13.3431
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Is the fight of the year ? The pride (of course never corruption in our country) of Thailand against the imperialisme (we want to trial the world) of USA......
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Discussion 30 : 04 Aug 2012 at 13.1330
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Cannot wait for the Asian spring to clean out all this corruption and nepotis.
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Discussion 29 : 04 Aug 2012 at 11.4129
The world is watching and evaluating Thailand's response to this issue. By ignoring it because the persons concerned are 'high society' will damage her reputation. We wouldn't be having this discussion if the Thais were not so influencal with friends in high places. Yet again, shame on the people who are behind this!
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Discussion 28 : 04 Aug 2012 at 11.1528
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The clash of the law abiding vs the non law abiding .
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