Tawee asserts that more details may be finalized before confinement outside of prison is permitted.
PUBLISHED: 4 Dec 2024 at 19: 50
Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong refuted claims that former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra would benefit from a new law allowing the detention of prisoners inside of jail.
According to Pol Col Tawee, more functional guidelines and registration requirements must first be established before the foundation legislation, which is recognized in the 2017 Corrections Act, has not yet been adopted.
He added that the extra regulations should also be made known to the general public in order to get their opinions before they are published in the Royal Gazette.
For those who have been assessed as having a lower risk of committing more crimes or serving only short sentences, incarceration outside of prison might be a good choice.
After being published in the Royal Gazette, the legislation is anticipated to become adopted on an empirical basis. Facts may be requested from the head of the Department of Corrections, said the chancellor.
Prisoners must satisfy certain conditions and get approved by a monitoring panel established by the department.
When questioned if this would favor Yingluck, 57, who has been a criminal since August 2017, Pol Col Tawee said there was no connection between the two.
The Supreme Court’s Criminal Case Division for Holders of Political Positions sentenced Yingluck to five years in absentia for allegedly trespassing in connection with a rice-pledging program that cost at least 500 billion ringgit in costs.
Nipit Intarasombat, a former MP for Phatthalung, said recently that negotiations were under way for Yingluck’s returning, as mentioned by her brother, ex-PM Thaksin, the parents of existing PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra.
Mr. Nipit asserts that the fresh regulation would let Yingluck profit without entering prison. The government has taken pains to claim that it is not preparing for her profit.