# Red Bull heir arrested in deadly Thai hit-and-run **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 3, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570 "2012-09-03T19:39:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/21 "2012-09-08T13:57:33Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > Why _would_ I have a clue how things work in Thailand? Why would I care? Thailand itself has nothing to do with the comments I made about the Senser case. > … Why did you bring up Senser in the first place, in a thread about Thailand? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/22 "2012-09-08T14:16:12Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > And the story has dropped right out of the news. > > At least the kid (probably) didn’t mean to kill the cop. Remember, as I’ve detailed in other threads, this is the place where 11 years ago next month, the son of a powerful politician who is today a deputy prime minister put a gun right up against the head of a cop and blew his fucking brains out, right smack dab in the middle of a crowded pub full of witnesses. Apart from having to resign his army commission, he was never punished and was in fact himself made a police officer a month or so ago. Everything I know about Thailand I’ve learned from reading Christopher G Moore, but your right up there with him! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/23 "2012-09-08T14:54:10Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Why did you bring up Senser in the first place, in a thread about Thailand? Indeed. There have been some very odd posts in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/24 "2012-09-08T15:12:40Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Indeed. There have been some very odd posts in this thread. (If you mean my post about Christopher G Moore, I meant it as a compliment to you. If you haven’t read his stuff, it probably came off as odd, though. Sorry.) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/25 "2012-09-08T15:15:32Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > (If you mean my post about Christopher G Moore, I meant it as a compliment to you. If you haven’t read his stuff, it probably came off as odd, though. Sorry.) Thanks. No, none of yours were any of the odd ones I was mentioning, heh. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/26 "2012-09-08T15:20:20Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Thanks. No, none of yours were any of the odd ones I was mentioning, heh. 😉 Ahh, one of the other farang.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/27 "2012-09-08T16:57:21Z")
\ It’s one of the last paper books I bought, and Moore’s the only author I buy non-paperbacks from. I hate paying more for his just because they are printed in a bigger format so they can charge more, but…they’re worth it. Well, most of them are. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/28 "2012-09-08T18:22:35Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Why did you bring up Senser in the first place, in a thread about Thailand? Because I can comprehend the other words in the thread topic, naturally. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/29 "2012-09-08T19:42:36Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > Because I can comprehend the other words in the thread topic, naturally. Funny how nobody else seems to comprehend them the same way that you do. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/30 "2012-09-08T20:55:55Z")
The family of the dead Thai cop would not doubt be encouraged to learn that every once in a while, someone screws up and a rich person in the United States is brought to justice. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/31 "2012-09-09T01:44:58Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Funny how nobody else seems to comprehend them the same way that you do. Yeah, isn’t it? What the hell is wrong with them? It’s a conspiracy, I’m sure of it. > [@VinylTurnip](#): > > The family of the dead Thai cop would not doubt be encouraged to learn that every once in a while, someone screws up and a rich person in the United States is brought to justice. Well, it made \*me \*happy. I’m just trying to spread the joy. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/32 "2012-09-12T17:20:23Z")
[A good take on the situaion](http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/311541/yes-we-do-know-who-your-daddy-is) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/33 "2012-09-17T15:54:45Z")
[A small update](http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/312730/red-bull-heir-to-be-questioned-further). Boss – the perp’s nickname – will be called in for questioning again tomorrow (Tuesday) about his blood test apparently testing positive for cocaine. However, a police Lt-Colonel is already making excuses: “If he tested positive for illegal substances it still might not mean that the accused was abusing drugs, because some medicines can affect the tests, such as cough syrup,” he’s quoted as saying. Hmmm. You don’t hear much about cocaine in Thailand. From what I know, it’s used mainly by high-society types, many of whom first tried it while attending school abroad. There doesn’t seem to be any large-scale importation, but from time to time they catch someone bringing in smallish amounts (in dealer terms) for sale just among friends. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/34 "2012-09-19T16:06:41Z")
Well, Tuesday has come and gone, but it’s not clear if the kid was actually questioned again. There was a small item in the paper that is oddly missing from the website in which a National Police spokesman cautioned the media against jumping to any conclusions regarding cocaine use. And the same Lt-Colonel mentioned before said the kid’s family had originally requested the blood testing be done at a private hospital, and so “The blood test results came in medical terms in a foreign language, so they cannot be used as evidence yet.” The foreign language presumably being English. Hmmm. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/35 "2012-09-19T21:45:03Z")
Ah yes, the old problem of cough syrups causing a false positive for cocaine. Extremely common, especially with the Cocatussin and NoseQandy brands. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/36 "2012-09-24T03:14:32Z")
Just a short update. It’s been a full week now – it’s Tuesday morning over here – since the Red Bull heir was supposed to have been called in for further questioning, but nada in the news. Who knows if the further questioning even took place? Meanwhile, the headlines are now being filled with a Police General Hospital doctor on whose property on the upper peninsula several bodies have been discovered buried. That story they’re not going to let go (nor should they, of course). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/37 "2012-09-27T04:55:31Z")
And a short front-page story in Wednesday’s newspaper: [Red Bull clan pay B3m to victim’s kin](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/314056/red-bull-clan-pay-b3m-to-victim-kin) The Red Bull family will pay 3 million baht to the family of the cop. That’s US$96,700 at today’s exchange rate and chump change to this wealthy family. I am guessing this will end the entire matter, with the case allowed to peter out quietly now. At any rate, I guarantee the kid will not spend any jail time, and it is highly doubtful the case will even make it to court. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/38 "2012-09-27T06:03:14Z")
It seems life is cheap over there ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/39 "2012-09-27T06:24:52Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > It seems life is cheap over there Only if you’re rich. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570/40 "2013-04-05T05:06:55Z")
[A sad update](http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/344053/red-bull-heir-case-sparks-legal-conflict-between-police-and-prosecutor) on the case. The kid’s money is working hard to protect him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570.md?page=3)