whoopdedo, on 2008-11-30 20:34:28, said:
just a quick question, I am not sure if I am confused here.
Wasnt Sondhi convicted of an offence last year and was given a prison sentence and is out on bail pending an appeal?
That's right. Just like Pojaman, they are both out of bail pending appeal.
However there is no appeal in Thaksin case. He has to go straight to jail. But it is funny why a person sentenced to jail with no possibililty of an appeal, have been given a permission by the court, to leave for Beijing to attend the olympic (after the sentence was passes)? This is Thailand. Indirectly the court was telling Thaksin to leave Thailand and don't come back. There was NO INTENTION to put any ex-PM behind bar (Thaksin was not the first). Thailand will loose too much face.