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2361. Reference : MM-1-21-496

Interview with Ple.

| February 4 1969. Moerman interviewed with Ple on a number of interesting issues. For example, first, in the past as a career, judges had been highly paid and ranked highly in social position. Second, judging lawsuits required experience. Third, the qualifications of judges had become lower than those in the past, because new judges had worked at an early age and lacked work experience. Fourth, the talk also reviewed the various forms of the bribery process in which judges were involved. Fifth, problems in communication between the officials and local people, who spoke the local language. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

2362. Reference : MM-1-21-497

Interview with the head of judges in Lampang.

| June 16, 1969. Bodin interviewed the head of judges in Lampang Province on several issues of note. First, most cases that occurred in Lampang were related to the illegal appropriation of guns and drugs. Second, the process of the trial for a heroin case at the military court required two judges from outside, and both parties needed to be in agreement in order to punish the accused. Third, information regarding a hearing in a Karen case. Fourth, there were differences between criminal and civil cases. Fifth, the range of the detention time before a suspect would be be judged by the court. In particular the accused was detained in an area away from the city, and it was necessary to follow certain steps and took time to travel to the provincial court; thus the accused was detained over time limit for detention (36 hours). | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

2363. Reference : MM-1-21-498

Interview with haed J of Nan.

| June 18, 1969. Moerman interviewed the head of the judges in Nan. Interesting issues included: first, the majority of cases occurring in Nan province were civil cases. One type of case was related to the sale of oranges, as this was the main area of production for the province. Second, regarding the disability of the judges towards understanding the local languages, it required the clerks assistance in translation. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

2364. Reference : MM-1-21-499

Interview with Duang, head of regional courts region.

| January 23, 1969. Duang told Moerman about his duties as head of the regional courts. He was responsible for examing the cases and comments which were sent by the Provincial Courts under his responsibility. He would supply his comments, comparing the main opinions of the judges who were responsible for the case, in particular important cases and those which received high public attention. For example, fraud cases involving large sums of money or corruption cases that involved state officials. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

2365. Reference : MM-1-21-500

Lunch with Phenthip and Miphat.

| July 21, 1969. Morerman had lunch with Penthip and Miphat. Various issues of interest included: first, during the trial if the questions of the defendant's attorney were inappropriate, the judge might call the attorney to talk secretly. Secondly, the examination required for an of attorney level 2 and level 1 was discussed. Thirdly, sometimes the attorney would sent complaints about a lawsuit jugement to the Minister of Justice. Fourth, the mistakes of judgement incurred. For example, when judges in different courts considered the same case, but the penalty was different. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

2366. Reference : MM-1-21-501

Lunch with the judge

| January 21, 1969. Moerman had lunch with Penthip and Miphat and discussed various issues. For example, this year, the court could close more cases than last year. According the opinion of Moerman, both seemed to be close. Third, if a judge graduated from abroad, he and/or she would have chance to be promoted faster than the others who had graduated from domestic universities. Fourth, the work and status in society were also an important factor of promotion. Fifth, in order to promote the position, proposed articles were required for consideration. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

2367. Reference : MM-1-21-502

Interview with Praphat, secretary of the supreme court.

| February 4, 1969. Moerman interviewed Praphat, who currently served as Secretary of the Supreme Court on various issues. For example, first, before serving as Secretary of the Supreme Court Praphat worked as a court registrar, attorney, prosecutor and judge. Second, the Bar Council had decided to set up an institution to provide legal knowledge for those who had graduated from Thammasat University (?). Third, to alleviate the burden of the class 1 lawyer and to give a chance to help people who did not enough money to hire lawyers, the class 2 lawyers were allowed to conduct lawsuits throughout the Kingdom of Thailand. Fourth, the Supreme Court was an independent body to settle lawsuits and the final result could differ from the one of the District Court judge and the one of the Court of Appeal. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

2368. Reference : MM-1-21-503

Lunch with Mipat.

| April 29. Moerman collected data at a luncheon of judges on various, interesting issues. First, witnesses who were called by the court would get ‘conduct money’. The amount depended on the type of case. Second, relating to personal history of Winit, his father was a former judge. He was arrested because of his involvement in a coup d'etat. Third, Pat was expected to serve as a judge of the Supreme Court; however, to work in this department needed backing. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

2369. Reference : MM-1-21-504

Interview with Sansern

| June 19-20, 1969. Moerman interviewed Sansern on various interesting issues. First, objection was needed in a trial. Second, the personal history of Sansern and his past work experience. Third, language was a barrier in trial. Fourth, during the trial judges needed to write down words as well as comments in a notebook. In some cases judges could not take notes while following the trial. That was the reason shorthand note-takers were hired to assist the judges. However, the information obtained from the note-takers had to be used carefully. There might be some errors in recording. Fifth, experience was very important for the judges, because they had to consider the conviction of the defendants. Sixth, in the opinion of Sansern, the process of judgment was fair and equitable according to Constitution. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

2370. Reference : MM-1-21-505

Lunch with a judge

| June 2, 1969. Moerman had lunch with Winit, a judge, discussing various issues. First, there must be accurate evidence for a conviction in criminal cases. But in civil cases reliability of more than 50% was sufficient evidence for conviction. Second, the oath before the attestation, and the sacred vow taken that an offence was not true (not-guilty) was important to defendants. Third, the cases were classified as easy or difficult cases to be allocated to judges. Fourth, penalties regulated in criminal law (Yi Tok) were used to convict defendants in a general criminal court in Chiang Mai. But in some cases the conviction required the discretion of the judge. Fifth, Winit was flexible and compromising in his work. Sixth, Winit also mentioned different ways to approach to the judges for bribery. Seventh, the judges worked with honestly because they were considered a representative of the King. Eighth, even if salaries were not very high, Winit still worked as judge with pride. In the future, he planned to move back to Bangkok to get a higher position. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman