Well now I have heard it all.
A senior Pattaya police officer who has asked that I do not name him has told me that my ex employee Boonrod Baikrathok (Nang) believes she should not be charged with the alleged theft of goods from the premises of a company she managed.
Apparently Baikrathok recently met with Pattaya Police Superintendent Pol. Col. Supatee along with Andrew Drummond the journalist and a mysterious 'lawyer' called 'Nok' to plead her case.
It seems 'Nok' may not in fact be a lawyer, but instead Pattaya's newest fake lawyer.
Whoever 'Nok' may be clearly has no concept of the duties of a company director, or what happens when a company director removes assets from company premises and refuses to return them when instructed to do so by shareholders - under Thai law, the director must at all times act in the best interests of the company, and comply with shareholder instructions.
It also seems the 'lawyer' was surprised to hear that a company shareholder has every right to prosecute a company director for theft. Or in this case, two shareholders controlling 99% of company shares.
Senior police were this week visited by lawyers acting for me and Ms. Sukanaya Warakham, my co shareholder, and police seemingly were also surprised to hear about Drummond's two criminal convictions this year, and the two criminal cases in Pattaya for which he is now on bail, as well as the further three criminal cases already accepted against him in Koh Samui.
I suspect police were also surprised to be informed of Drummond's recent failure on 16th December to appear at the reading of a Supreme Court judgement in which he is being prosecuted by Pattaya businessman James Lumsden.
In addition to all the meetings, police and lawyers this week visited the premises Baikrathok 'managed' and agreed unanimously there were clear grounds for criminal charges.
All parties agreed the premises had been 'ransacked', and were stunned to see that even light switches, water taps had been taken, every door lock broken and every room trashed. Electric and network cables have all been cut - the whole building is a scene of utter devastation.
Nothing like a graphic site visit! More details are here: http://casewatchasia.blogspot.com/2014/12/pattaya-police-contemplate-issuing.html
Of course, if Baikrathok did not do this personally, she can simply tell police who did.
I also suspect Baikrathok did not do herself any favours when she did not turn up at Pol. Col. Supatee office at Pattaya police station to be charged with theft on 27th November after promising she would.
Baikrathoks claims of unfair treatment I suspect will now fall on deaf ears as police can clearly see the charges are well founded. Nang of course is presumed not guilty until convicted by a court of law - a privilege Andrew Drummond does not afford others when he acts as judge, jury and executioner on his blog.
Anyway in the interests of fairness and justice, police will attempt to persuade Baikrathok to surrender one last time to be charged with theft and then send the matter to Pattaya Court to be dealt with according to law.
Police say should Baikrathok fail to appear this time they will ask Pattaya Court to issue an arrest warrant for her.
Baikrathok who now works for Pattaya Glory Real Estate, and anyone considering asking Nang to manage their premises can see the photos of the last property she managed here:
http://briangoudie.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-jaggy-thistle-robbery.html
Nang of course can simply return company property and pay for damages any time she likes to avoid prosecution - our accountants tell us it only THB 5.7 million so far, or about GBP 110,000.
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