Courts have the right to make first decisions

Lung Kip wrote, “The Court concluded that Thaksin owned the Shin Corp shares all along, yet PM Yingluck … testified in court that he didn’t.” Khun Lung then concluded that PM Yingluck is guilty of perjury. I wouldn’t be surprised if this conclusion came from the Democrat camp. But from Khun Lung? 

Imagine if that is the case, the Thai justice system would be a mess; no one would dare to testify for a defendant for fear that if the defendant was found guilty, the defence witness would be guilty of perjury too. For any justice system anywhere in the world, the logic of “one plus one equals two” can’t be used. Lots of times the court of first instance and the appellate court found a defendant guilty as hell, but the Supreme Court overturned the case. 

Some ten years ago, a physician was tried for the murder of his wife, who was also a physician. A criminal court judge threw the case out for weak evidence, but the victim’s parents appealed. The case was retried and the defendant was found guilty and got the death penalty (later commuted to life in prison for good behaviour). Does Khun Lung want the first judge fired and jailed for freeing a true murderer? 

Somsak Pola

Samut Prakan