Red Bull heir enjoys jet-set life 4 years after deadly hit-and-run


World | 207690 hits | Mar 28 7:15 am | Posted by: BeaverFever
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"There is most certainly a culture of impunity here that big people, which means roughly people with power and money, expect to be able to get away with a certain amount of wrongdoing," said Baker. "This happens so often, so constantly, it is very clearly

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  1. by avatar Freakinoldguy
    Tue Mar 28, 2017 6:25 pm
    Money talks, bullshit walks and it's even more so in countries like Thailand. But on the plus side at least he'll have the threat of being incarcerated till the statutes run out or the family takes the blood money.

    Not much hope it'll ever happen though given that he's already paid 100K in blood money.

    "We will not let this police officer die without justice. Believe me," said Bangkok Police Commissioner Comronwit Toopgrajank in the days after the accident.
    As the case unfolded, the Yoovidhya family attorney said Vorayuth left the scene not to flee, but to tell his father. Vorayuth's blood alcohol levels were high because he drank once he got home to settle his nerves, said the attorney.
    Sgt. Maj. Wichean's family accepted a settlement, about $100,000. In turn, they promised not to press criminal charges.
    "Blood money," says Pornanan, whose share sits in the bank.


    http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/red-bull-he ... -1.3343610

  2. by avatar Public_Domain
    Tue Mar 28, 2017 7:30 pm
    :|

  3. by housewife
    Tue Mar 28, 2017 9:39 pm
    Some more equal than others

  4. by avatar Strutz
    Tue Mar 28, 2017 10:56 pm
    I like to think that there's a special kind of karma for people like this.



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