Sorrayuth the victim of anti-graft hysteria

Is this a kangaroo court calling for Sorrayuth to leave Channel 3 before the public prosecutor and the court have decided his fate? Is this pressure encroaching on his rights? The Anti-Corruption Commission’s recommendation for prosecution has not yet been followed up on by the prosecutor. Have any of the anti-corruption brigade read the transcript of Sorrayuth’s 6-minute defence? Do any of them know that under our Constitution a person is deemed innocent until proven otherwise in court? Constitutional rights are just as high a priority as good governance. 

It took the Anti-Corruption Commission four years to conclude its investigation, while the anti-graft movement took 24 hours to render its judgement and call for the ostracism of this public figure.

I truly admire the anti-corruption movement’s policy and attempt to eradicate Thailand’s “disease”. However I fear that, in this case, the movement may be seen as corrupt in using its newly acquired persuasive power to bully and coerce an individual and Channel 3.

Songdej Praditsmanont

Bangkok