Opinion of a lawyer on judges

Reference : MM-1-21-482

Name of creator(s) : Michael Moerman

Scope and content : March 18, 1969. Suthon told Moerman that it was hard to find negative information about the Thai justice system from judges and policemen. This is because they were afraid that Moerman would share the information with others, and this would discredit and shame the Thai justice system. Also, working with a judge was difficult because many of them liked formality and some of them were subjective in their judgement of the cases. It was likely that many of the judges had pampered their boss in the hopes of being promoted. Although there were similar cases, the judgment was different.

Extent and medium : Punch card