Court sentences “habitual offender”
30 May 2008
At the end of a much publicised case, Kelzang Wangyel Tshultim was sentenced to an imprisonment term of nine months by the Thimphu dzongkhag court yesterday for obstruction of lawful authority, disorderly conduct and public intoxication.
He was also ordered to pay a fine of Nu 18,000.
The charge of battering a police officer and some other RBP officials was dismissed as the accused was battered and met
with degrading treatment by the police in detention.
“No person shall be punished twice for the same offence,” reads the verdict.
The charge of use of controlled substances was also dismissed on grounds of lack of evidence. Kelzang was arrested in
the early hours of March 2 on grounds of disturbing public peace, obstruction of justice and raising hands on a police officer
on night patrolling duty.
The court states that the accused had abused officers on duty and physically resisted going to the police station, and
that the policemen had battered the accused, handcuffed and tied him to a flagpole half-naked.
Kelzang was not let out on bail on grounds that he was a habitual offender. However, he was given 10 days to appeal to
higher authorities. “I will appeal to the High Court,” Kelzang said.
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Frankly speaking, this person Kelzang makes me ashamed to be a Bhutanese. And to be even more blunt, I think that this really makes me question the abilities of our honorable Speaker. After all if he isn’t able to teach his kids to treat their fellow Bhutanese with a little decency, how can we expect him to run the floor of the parliament.
Kudoes to your newspaper for showing some guts and approving my comment. I wrote the same comment on the Kuenselonline.com forum and they didn’t approve because they were afraid to upset the speaker. So much for hoping that they would hold the elected official accountable. I guess they are still the pansies they were.