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STEPHANI E YONEKURAAct i ng Uni t ed St at es At t orneyROBERT E. DUGDALEAssi st ant Uni t ed St at es At t or neyChi ef , Cr i mi nal Di vi si onMARGARET A. MOESER (SBN 253177)Tr i al At t or ney, Asset For f ei t ureand Money Launder i ng Sect i onCr i mi nal Di vi si onUni t ed St at es Dept . of J ust i ce

1400 New Yor k Ave, N. W.Bond Bui l di ng, Room 10116Washi ngt on, D. C. 20005Tel ephone: ( 202) 598- 2345Facsi mi l e: ( 202) 616- 2547Emai l : margar et . moeser@usdoj . gov

At t orneys f or Pl ai nt i f fUNI TED STATES OF AMERI CA

UNI TED STATES DI STRI CT COURT

FOR THE CENTRAL DI STRI CT OF CALI FORNI A

WESTERN DI VI SI ON

UNI TED STATES OF AMERI CA,

Pl ai nt i f f ,v.

J UTHAMAS SI RI WAN,aka t he Governor , and

J I TTI SOPA SI RI WAN,aka J i b,

Def endant s.

CR No. 09- 81- GW

OI NT STATUS REPORT AND

STI PULATI ON TO CONTI NUE STATUSCONFERENCE

Hear i ng Dat e: December 4, 2014Hear i ng Ti me: 8: 30 a. m.

Pl ai nt i f f Uni t ed St at es of Amer i ca, by and t hr ough i t s at t or neys

of r ecor d, and Def endant s J ut hamas Si r i wan and J i t t i sopa Si r i wan, by

and t hr ough t hei r at t or neys of r ecor d, ( col l ect i vel y, t he par t i es)

f i l e t hi s j oi nt st at us r epor t and st i pul at i on t o appr i se t he Cour t of

r ecent devel opment s i n t he Thai pr osecut i on of t he Def endant s and

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agr ee t o a shor t cont i nuance of t he st at us conf er ence cur r ent l y

schedul ed f or December 4, 2014.

On March 20, 2013, t he Cour t hel d a hear i ng on Def endant s

mot i on t o di smi ss. At t hat hear i ng, t he Cour t cont i nued i t s st ay of

t hi s mat t er and i nst r uct ed t he par t i es t o f i l e a j oi nt st at us r epor t

on Mar ch 10, 2014, addr essi ng t he st at us of t he Thai pr osecut i on of

t he Def endant s. On Mar ch 10, 2014 t he par t i es f i l ed a j oi nt st at us

r epor t at t achi ng a l et t er f r om Thai l and s Of f i ce of t he Nat i onal

Ant i - Cor r upt i on Commi ssi on, t he ent i t y i nvest i gat i ng the Def endant s

i n Thai l and, addr essi ng t he st at us of t hat i nvest i gat i on and

pr osecut i on. See D. E. 117.

On Apr i l 1, 2014, t he Cour t cont i nued t he March 20, 2014 st atus

conf erence t o August 28, 2014. See D. E. 120. On August 25, 2014,

t he par t i es f i l ed a j oi nt st i pul at i on i nf or mi ng t he Cour t t hat t he

par t i es had no new devel opment s t o repor t and agr eei ng t o cont i nue

t he st at us conf erence t o December 4, 2014. See D. E. 122. The Cour t

gr ant ed t hat cont i nuance on August 26, 2014. See D. E. 123.

On November 13, 2014, t he Bangkok Post publ i shed a repor t t hat

a j oi nt panel of t he Of f i ce of t he At t or ney- Gener al ( OAG) and

Nat i onal Ant i - Cor r upt i on Commi ssi on ( NACC) has agr eed t o i ndi ct

f or mer Tour i sm Aut hor i t y of Thai l and ( TAT) gover nor J ut hamas Si r i wan

i n a f i l m f est i val br i ber y case. See Exhi bi t A. The par t i es ar e

each gat her i ng more i nf ormat i on r egardi ng t hi s devel opment . I n

addi t i on, counsel f or t he Uni t ed St at es of Amer i ca must t r avel out of

t he count r y t he week of December 4, 2014. Ther ef ore, t he part i es

her eby agr ee t o cont i nue t he st atus conf er ence cur r ent l y schedul ed

f or December 4, 2014 at 8: 30 a. m. t o J anuary 8, 2015 at 8: 30 a. m.

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DATED: November 19, 2014 Respect f ul l y submi t t ed,

STEPHANI E YONEKURAAct i ng Uni t ed St at es At t or ney

ROBERT E. DUGDALEAssi st ant Uni t ed St at es At t or neyChi ef , Cr i mi nal Di vi si on

J AI KUMAR RAMASWAMYChi ef , Asset For f ei t ur e

and Money Launder i ng Sect i onCr i mi nal Di vi si onUni t ed St at es Dept . of J ust i ce

/ s /MARGARET A. MOESERTr i al At t or neyAsset For f ei t ur eand Money Launder i ng Sect i onCr i mi nal Di vi si onUni t ed St at es Dept . of J ust i ce

At t orneys f or Pl ai nt i f fUNI TED STATES OF AMERI CA

/ s /Davi d E. Fr ul l aKELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLPWashi ngt on Har bour3050 K St r eet , N. W. , Sui t e 400Washi ngton, DC 20007- 5108( 202) 342- 8400

Davi d E. Fi nkKELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP

10100 Sant a Moni ca Bl vd.23r d Fl oorLos Angel es, CA 90067

At t or neys Appear i ng Speci al l y f orDef endants J uthamas Si r i wan andJ i t t i sopa Si r i wan

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