Slapped: Speaking Up In Thailand | 101 East Documentary
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 เม.ย. 2024
- When tens of millions of baht disappeared from funds supposed to help lift Thai farmers out of poverty, Chutima Sidasathian began investigating.
The acclaimed journalist and human rights defender soon uncovered a banking scandal that has devastated her local community.
But a public figure implicated in the alleged fraud has filed criminal defamation complaints against her and now she’s facing up to 18 years in prison.
She’s just one of tens of thousands who have been slapped with these charges in the past decade.
101 East investigates how lawsuits are allegedly being used to intimidate whistleblowers and conceal corruption in Thailand.
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Corruption by public officials is endemic in Thailand. All the way to the top. Just look what they did to Pita.
And in America as well…
@@v.m.8472 Yep - TRUMP!
As per every government in the world, including liberalism and secularism 🤷🏾♂️ i live in Thailand and have lived in the UK and i can say that the corruption in the UK is worse!!!!
Why? Because Thailand's corruption stays in Thailand, UK's dirty corruption affects the whole wide world and causes famine and war, and has been for centuries.
People need to wake up, this is documentary is good but dont every forget the bigger picture, UK/USA and France, more corrupt than any nation
The world is corrupt Money is the power of all corruption
Thailand corruption stays in Thailand, UK/USA corruption affects the whol world, causes starvation, famine and wars. Which is worse? And yet these farangs(foreigners in Thai) have the nerve to come to Thailand and moan abd groan about Thai politic 😅
Give me a break you arrogant people, you countries corruption are worse considering the worldwide impact they have.
Keep that in mind farang, the next time you moan.
Khun Chutima is a Fighter, a brave woman who spend her life trying to help the poor farmers in Thailand. I pray for her safety and wellbeing
My heart goes out to these Thai hardworking farmers and the brave women who fight for them. My wife's from a farmers family also and i can see how the corruption and years of keeping farmers in the perpetual debt keep them poor while the middleman keeps getting richer and richer.
I was a buddhist monk in Thailand who was born and raised in the western system who once had a conversation with a Thai lawyer and what he told me made me question why he decided to pursue the law in a country where the law doesn’t actually work……
What makes you think the law in west works? Are you suffering from skin superiority? You think white is always right?
Meanwhile in Chon Buri tons and tons of Cadnium computer waste have been found stored in warehouses. Just some samples of corruption here.
Three brave and intelligent Thai women!!
Yes indeed.
Strong woman we support you!
One simple solution is for Thailand to merely have their defamation laws adhere to the UN Declaration of Human Rights which Thailand is a signatory of. In that document, you have the right to state your opinion and to relate your experiences and should never face criminal repercussions for doing so. This would not stop civil cases being filed but would at least remove the possibility of being jailed.
Update: The court ruled that Alan Morison, the editor and Chutima Sidasathian, a reporter for the Phuketwan online news agency, Not guilty of defamation and offenses under the Computer Crime Act. This is a measure used to punish the importation of false digital data in a manner that may cause harm to third parties or the public.
At least they got to fight in court. I am American and was sued for criminal defamation by an Iranian crypto scammer in Thailand. My passport was taken and held hostage. I could prove everything I said was true but I was told pay an arbitrary amount or never get my passport back until trial ends in one or two years. Yes it’s extortion The guy suing me has fled Thailand wanted for a murder and torture of a Taiwan national on November 16 but I still had to pay my life saving to this guy just to get my passport back. No red notice was even issued to bring this guy back. The American embassy wouldn’t help, no media would help. I lost everything This same guy even has made attempts to kill me by trying to lure me into situations. I must hide. Yes it went to the court, I was arrested by the police and arrested after the prosecutor accepted the case. I never spent time in jail but they where trying very hard to make me serve time
@@genobkkthey must see $$ signs whenever they see a foreigner
It's a disgrace that Asian democracies all seem to do this. Allowing the affluent to intimidate and prosecute the poor into silence is a vile practice. Democracies need to be better than that.
Democracies? 😅 In name only.
Right across SEA full of corruption
Europeans do the same bruh 🤦🏾♂️
Check up Grenfell Tower in London, bet you never heard about that.
So many upper class corruption was involved and who had to pay for it
... So many innocent lives and even though residents have been wailing for action to be taken.... NOTHING has been done about.
You call this democracy 😂😂😂😂
Give me a break
Western countries are not doing better. The USA must be the best in this. Both parties are. Biden is definitely. Trump less so. Lots of interference competition. Look at the illiteracy & dyslexia rates & costs around the anglosphere. 2.2 trillions per year in the USA alone. English spelling reform anyone? 🙄
The thing is that the majority of people don't even know that defamation laws like this is the same as in South Korea and Japan but like the others Thailand is a precious Allie so the best you can expect is that their friends tell them to be more smart like Korea and Japan when abusing the defamation law in a way you don't make a big fuss
Mishandling money aka stealing it for other purposes
Good work Al Jazeera. Keep pulling back the curtain!
Thailand has so much corruption... Please international community or international courts help us! 😫
Sadly, this happened all over Thailand. The general population have no rights and no way of defending themselves. The fact that debt is passed on to next of kin, is absolutely horrendous.
The legal system here feels as if it were designed to prevent everyday people from climbing the social ladder.
Debt is passed onto next of kin in western countries. Thailand has little ability to recoup the debts of average citizens, it's not like the west.
@@ThePatriot-gm1fg I don't know about other western countries, but I don't believe that's done in the US. Children don't get saddled with their parent's debt, but the court will try to settle the debts out of the parent's estate before the heirs get anything.
@rhizomorph-music I could be wrong but I thought that's exactly what happens in the USA and that the country isn't any different in this regard than other western countries. Again, I'm not 100% on this but I'd be surprised if debt was completely forgiven upon someone's death.
@@ThePatriot-gm1fg I have never heard of this being the case in yhe UK.
@leehaseley2164 Well, there are inheritance taxes and such. However don't quote me on the specifics as I'd have to research them in more detail. My point is the west taxes people a lot more than Thailand in general and has a far greater ability to recoup taxes than Thailand does.
Now imagine being a foreigner facing these charger's..bye bye!
Great story! Sorry for the trouble these fine people had to go through.
Thanks, was hoping to visit Thailand one day but I don't think I want to support such a horrible system now.
If you eat Local Food you would actually help the local ppl! They would love for them to eat their food! You dont eat at Chain Restaurants but everything Local!
People accusing others of Lesse Majeste. 😢
I live here I don’t say nothing I’m a guest The world is corrupt
Thank you , ALJAZEERA . For open the dark side in Thailand . We have many more in every sector .
The land of smiles. NOT!
Land of masks actually.
Land of military 's pupet civilian goverment with under injustified constitutional court and all related judicial system
Land of coups.
20:22 How to determine if an issue has a public interest? Are not all matters of injustice or unfairness subject to public interest?
Cambodia leaders always name their country as democracy but leading to being communist.
How come one democratic country is controlled by one family, a son is the prime minister, senator is his daddy, military top is his younger brother and vice prime minister is his youngest brother. Other government officers are his relatives.
This video is about thailand not Cambodia. Duh
@@packageism Same as Cambodia. Most of those southeast Asia are bending to be communism.
These strong defamation laws do stop petty nonsense in some regards. For example in western countries people write fake reviews about small businesses. Here its not very common because Thai people know the consequences. I still believe the laws should be changed
I believe that the Thailand defamation laws should be changed . Because Currently is very easy to be misused and abused
Guilty then prove your innocence!!!
Disgraceful. And very unfortunate.
Corruption everywhere!
I knew a bloke who made a school owner lose face. He raised his voice and slammed his plastic mail door shut in front of parents. The school owner said that it was cracked, claimed damages for the draw and filed the charges 400km away. It dragged on for over 18 months and cost him hundreds of thousands of baht, much of it in travel and hotel costs.
I think that's a bit exaggerated or there's more to the story. Unless you've actually destroyed property, raising your voice, although culturally frowned upon, won't have any bearings on anything. One time at Don Muang Airport and this is going back almost 20 years now, I lost my cool and angrily demanded my right to be checked in for a flight I was late for. When the staff refused, I stormed out of the office and due to the force I used to open the door, the glass pieces shattered. After getting fixed up at the airport clinic, I was asked to pay the damages of around 10000 Baht and also filed an insurance claim, which was accepted. I didn't deliberately cause damage to the door. Strangely, one of the employees was crying after the incident. Not sure if she was sad that I got injured or just being a crybaby. There was no further action taken. If the same thing had happened in the west, I'd probably have been charged even though I can state with confidence I did NOT deliberately destroy property. I was angry and wasn't careful as to how I opened the door. Had the door not been glass, nothing would have happened.
My heart aches for the innocent, poor and fearful villagers, pray and hope justice will prevail for these corrupt authorities....karma will surely prevail!
The king's anger is like the roar of a lion,
and whoever kindles his wrath endangers his life.
We live in a very sad world.
This is what happened when you let the Red & Orange shirt party into parliament.
So better to have a military backed government that have zero idea how to drive the economy??
Some how this matter doesnt sound right. It needs to be investigated thoroughly.
Doesn t sound right. Needs to be investigated
Same is the condition of people in India 😢
That is Rule by Law instead of Rule of Law.
We live here we know. 😢
Shouldn’t be a snitch and tell peoples business. Then cry when you’re treated like a criminal for committing a crime. You don’t have freedom of speech in Thailand so why do you think your deserve freedom?
Excellent investigative journalism. 👏🏻👍🏻
rip Billy
Now you know why people get violent. Robber Barons have always been around. The original Robber Barons are the monarchy.
Wars and troubles everywhere, Europe, Middle East, you wanna talk about Thailand.
Better is if she could wait till court decision before announcing her own decision on social media.
Sounds like coventry city Council
Spent all the money on... Stationary 😂
Don't defame someone's dog, you will be next. 😅
Dont be Fool by Talking about other ppls dog and focus on Actual Problems like developing an Amazing Public Infrastructure, Reconstruct how Waste Management should be Disposed, Stop Accepting Western Trash to “Recycle”! There are Tens of Thousands of Problems within each Province that doesn’t Involve the Family!
banana kingdom
👌👌 🇧🇩
Qatar should look into their own backyard, their law and their democracy. May be Ali and David could do that.
What's Qatar being corrupt have to do with corruption in Thailand though?
‘Cause Al Jazeera is funded by Qatar. Qatar self nor the Wests in wars killing hundreds of thousands are qualified to criticize anybody.
I like Thailand because of its natural beauty. But I don't value the people here. I learned a lot of terrible things about their culture
propaganda
Zang you...
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There are issues in most government's, and I'm all for challenging corruption.
But some people bring troubles to themselves by going a bit too far.
Often for the sake of an agenda and publicity.
🤨
There are too many sheep. Are you not one of them?
Failed state.. or should we say 'Kingdom" . Like some English mediveal monarchy
It's the same in Communist dictatorships.
She should just keep her mouth shut and don't do anything damaging. This is her third time. She should know the consequences
Why? You are okay with corruption & stealing money? Why? Didn't your parents tell you it is not okay?
I am Thai Most Corruption from Thai politicians & army they form Gov. Then they rule the country 😢😢😢😢😢
mishandling funds = bought a lambo
Horrible KING
women are AWESOME!!!!
She should get a year for texting while driving
🙄
Doesn t sound right. Needs to be investigated