tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162482350304935910.post8219700578477213129..comments2023-09-27T15:40:56.529+07:00Comments on Thailand Jumped the Shark: Thaksin and Potjaman DivorceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162482350304935910.post-42033087575721402212008-11-15T06:50:00.000+07:002008-11-15T06:50:00.000+07:00....point taken, I forgot about the earlier convic.......point taken, I forgot about the earlier conviction. But the underlying intent I think remains unfreezing the 70 or so billion baht of assets which apparently are 80 percent or so owned by the now ex-wife, not by Thakisn.......<BR/><BR/>....whatever the legal penalty might be for her earlier conviction, it would seem implausible that it is a fine of 50 or so plus billion baht.....Kris Koleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824173523896494660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162482350304935910.post-7975513948324841212008-11-15T05:16:00.000+07:002008-11-15T05:16:00.000+07:00Chris-She has been convicted of a crime. You forgo...Chris-<BR/><BR/>She has been convicted of a crime. You forgot the tax evasion case that preceded the Ratachadapisek case.<BR/><BR/>Potjaman is a fugitive also at this point.Fonzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01216772526349523372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162482350304935910.post-25902400515894736292008-11-15T05:11:00.000+07:002008-11-15T05:11:00.000+07:00...it would seem plausible to me that since the va......it would seem plausible to me that since the vast majority of Thaksin's public assets are in his now ex-wife's name (not the various submerged assets in Switzerland, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bahamas, etc), the divorce may have a practical implication on the unfreezing of some of these assets in consideration of his now ex-wife being found to be Not Guilty in their recent "trial"....<BR/><BR/>....if she is now a legally seperate person who has not committed or been convicted of any crime, then there would seem to be no legal basis whatsoever to maintain the freeze on her share of the communal assets just because her ex-husband's activities....Kris Koleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824173523896494660noreply@blogger.com