Problem description:
At the Asian Cup draw ceremony, it was said that Saudi Arabia would not go to Thailand to participate in the Asian Cup because of political and diplomatic relations. Why?
Analysis:
A senior Thai police officer in charge of investigating 1989 the theft of a Saudi prince's jewels was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment by the Thai criminal court on the 29th, on the charge of stealing from the inside, and conspired with others to keep some jewels worth $20 million for himself.
Punish sb severely
The Criminal Court of Bangkok, Thailand ruled on the 29th that Chalo Kothai, the former police chief of Thailand, will be accused of conspiring with eight policemen to embezzle some stolen goods.
These stolen goods were jewels stolen from the Saudi palace by a Thai waiter, worth $20 million.
In Thailand, officials can be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison for corruption. However, Chalo faces more severe punishment. In March this year, the Thai Court of Criminal Appeal overturned the ruling of the lower court and sentenced Chalo to death for murder. The lower court had previously sentenced him to life imprisonment.
At the same time, the Criminal Appeal Court upheld the lower court's judgment on six of the eight co-defendants, of whom three were sentenced to life imprisonment, two were sentenced to 32 months imprisonment, and 65,438+0 were released in court. Two other defendants died in the trial.
Steal something from someone's custody.
The story of the incident should start from 17 years ago.
Thai waiter Jiang Kelaite Chamon fled back to Bangkok after stealing $20 million worth of jewelry from a Saudi prince's palace on 1989.
In the second year of the crime, Chalo was appointed as the chief investigator of the jewel theft case. After investigation and tracking, the task force led by Chalo captured Jiang Kelai at 1990. Jiang Kelai was later sentenced to five years in prison.
After the jewels were returned to their original owners, Thailand * * * received * *. Saudi Arabia claims that only a quarter of the jewels are genuine. Thailand * * * re-appointed Chalo to investigate the jewelry switch case.
Chalo discovered that Sandi Sritanakan, a Thai jeweler, had bought some stolen jewels from Jiang Kelai. So he kidnapped Sandy, forced him to account for the lost jewels, and then took some of them for himself.
The Thai Court of Criminal Appeal said that the evidence provided by the prosecutor showed that Chalo planned to kidnap and kill Sandy's wife and 8-year-old son behind 1994 for the purpose of concealing the facts of the crime.
Damage to diplomatic relations
The jewel theft also involved the mysterious disappearance and murder of several Saudis.
Saudi businessman * * * Ruwali 1990 was sent to Thailand by the Saudi royal family to investigate the jewel theft, but he disappeared mysteriously. Three months later, three diplomats from the Saudi embassy in Thailand were murdered in Bangkok. Thai police never solved the case.
These cases have seriously affected the relations between Saudi Arabia and Thailand. Therefore, Saudi Arabia stopped issuing work visas to Thais, and announced that the security situation in Bangkok was not good, suggesting that Saudi nationals should not go there. The diplomatic missions of the two countries have also been reduced to the level of agency. Earlier this month, members of the Saudi royal family were not invited to attend the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Thai King's accession to the throne.