He got 4 years for importing 3kgs of heroin into Australia ??? That doesn't sound right. Isn't that a little on the lenient side ?

Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 2:45 pm He got 4 years for importing 3kgs of heroin into Australia ??? That doesn't sound right. Isn't that a little on the lenient side ?

Spot on AM.
He was given a discounted sentence for giving information to the police.
But sill - that is a very very light sentence regardless.

I am not a conspiracy theorist, nor do i believe that Oz judges "are all bent" - but i often see sentences for major crime gang members that seem way below the normal sentencing parameters.
This Thai guy was working with the Calabrian "mafia".

We can only wonder.

SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 4:00 pm He was given a discounted sentence for giving information to the police.

A dishonest backstabber should do a decent politician. I don't see what the problem is.

Also, if Australia hadn't made heroin illegal, people wouldn't have to smuggle it in. Somebody has to help the addicts. Nicotine slaves can get their cigarettes at the corner shop. Why can't people enjoy a bit of heroin now and again?

At least we now know who's supplying whatever the PM's smoking.

Cowshed Cowboy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 8:06 pm At least we now know who's supplying whatever the PM's smoking.

The Thai PM may be on the slow
But the king is on the quick
For sure

Update, SMH yesterday
Think very carefully before you sue the australian media - it is likely to backfire if you have lots of little secrets in your background. They still do some real investigative journalism - especially out of self preservation.

"It’s hard to imagine a politician’s week getting much worse than being caught out over a lie downplaying a four-year jail sentence for a conspiracy to import heroin.
But that was just the start of a series of scandals for the teflon-like Thai cabinet minister Thammanat Prompao, whose past 10 days went from very bad to baffling and beyond."

"Four hours in Sydney, four years in jail and the week from hell"
https://www.smh.com.au/national/four-ho ... 52t5h.html

(nb, SMHerald only gives 5 free views/month. use them wisely)

SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2019 7:13 am It’s hard to imagine a politician’s week getting much worse than being caught out over a lie downplaying a four-year jail sentence for a conspiracy to import heroin.

You could be Justin Trudeau and have an 18-year-old picture appear of you in 'blackface' at an Arabian Nights theme party.

Not just 1 but 3 in 36 hours, all forgotten for years until the last month of an election campaign. How very Gary Hart