Alleged embezzler shouts kangaroo court at extradition trial
Larry Jagan Foreign Correspondent
Last Updated: February 15. 2010 11:14PM UAE / February 15. 2010 7:14PM GMT
BANGKOK // The extradition trial of a Briton facing embezzlement charges in Dubai ended in disarray in the Bangkok Criminal Court yesterday. Michael Bryan Smith shouted at the judge and prosecutor and had to be restrained by his wife and police guard after the judge refused to allow him to call any further witnesses in his defence against the Thai governments attempt to hand him over to Dubai.
The judge ruled that the proposed witnesses were not going to add any evidence that was not already before the court.You are sending me back to Dubai to die, he shouted at the judge. You are a liar and I can prove it, he shouted at the prosecutor, who smiled.This is a kangaroo court, he said, his voice still raised. Theres no justice in the Thai system. Mr Smith, a 43-year-old Briton, is alleged to have …

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