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  • #16
    Boonsong, Poom, Manas impeached for fake rice exports


    Former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, left, and former deputy commerce minister Poom Sarapol of the past Yingluck Shinawatra administration were retroactively removed from their positions on Friday for corruption in government-to-government rice sales.

    The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) on Friday voted to impeach former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, former deputy commerce minister Poom Sarapol and former foreign trade chief Manas Soyploy for fake government-to-government rice deals.

    Of the 220 NLA members, 190 were present for the vote.

    Mr Boonsong was impeached by 180 votes to six, with four abstentions.

    Mr Poom was impeached by 182-5. Two members abstained and one ballot was ruled invalid.

    Mr Manas, former director-general of the Department of Foreign Trade, was impeached by 158-25, with six abstentions. One ballot was ruled invalid.

    They were retroactively removed from office and banned from politics for five years under the provisions of the interim constitution.

    The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) had accused them of fabricating government-to-government rice deals with two Chinese companies. Instead they resold it to domestic firms with close ties to the past Yingluck Shinawatra administration, which had stockpiled the grain through its rice-pledging scheme.

    Mr Boonsong, Mr Poom and Mr Manas had failed to confirm whether Guangdong Stationery & Sporting Goods Import & Export, and Hainan Grain & Oil Industrial Trading, were really authorised by the Chinese government to purchase the rice under G2G deals. The two firms were not rice trading companies, the NACC charged.

    The offences occurred between Sept 8, 2011 and Feb 22, 2013, during the Yingluck administration.

    5 years: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/poli...e-rice-exports
    Keep your friends close and your enemies closer

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    • #17
      one of the most scandalous corruption cases in Thai history

      Boonsong and two colleagues impeached over 'fake' G2G deal

      NLA bans former commerce minister, his former deputy and ex-Foreign Trade chief from public office for five years

      Members of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) voted unanimously yesterday to impeach former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, his then-deputy Poom Sarapol and former director of the ministry's Foreign Trade Department Manus Soiploy for their role in fabricating government-to-government (G2G) rice deals.

      The three are now effectively banned from holding any positions in public office for the next five years.

      With 190 NLA members present, 180 voted to impeach Boonsong and 182 to impeach Poom. These numbers were similar to the 190 votes cast to impeach former premier Yingluck Shinawatra.

      Meanwhile, 158 members voted to impeach Manus.

      The meeting, chaired by NLA president Pornpetch Wichitcholchai, kicked off at around 10am.

      The prosecution was led by National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) member Vicha Mahakhun, who also led the impeachment proceedings against Yingluck.

      In his opening remarks, Vicha said the claims of rice stockpiles being sold via G2G deals by the Yingluck-led administration were "total lies".

      The scheme, he said, played a key role in "one of the most scandalous corruption cases in Thai history".

      One of the key points of debate seems to be whether the two Chinese state enterprises, Kwang-Tung Stationary and Hai-Narn Grain and Oil Industrial Trading, were official representatives of the Chinese governments in the G2G deal.

      Vicha alleged that the two firms were never officially authorised by the Beijing government to cut a deal with the Thai government. Instead, he said, it was a fake scheme created for Pheu Thai Party's business allies to buy back rice from these two firms and make large profits.

      However, Boonsong and Poom defended themselves by saying the fact that these two firms are state enterprises was enough for them to get involved in a "G2G deal". They accused the NACC of practising "double standards" by rushing to an ill-judged conclusion derived from prejudice, bias and resentment against them and their political allies.

      deals by the Yingluck-led administration were "total lies": http://www.nationmultimedia.com/poli...-30259704.html
      Keep your friends close and your enemies closer

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      • #18
        Is there a Thai word for Kangaroo?

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        • #19
          Yes mate, it's kangaroo.

          I take it that in this ''one-sided vendetta'' you think that the Rice Pledging scheme was great for Thailand in which it lost billions upon billions of baht or are you being deliberately or naturally obtuse?

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          • #20
            one of the most scandalous corruption cases in Thai history

            you mean one which won't hurt the current Gov

            scandalous corruption cases

            no shortage of 'em .............how about GT200 ?
            http://thailandchatter.com/showthrea...ll=1#post45112

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Mid View Post
              one of the most scandalous corruption cases in Thai history

              you mean one which won't hurt the current Gov

              scandalous corruption cases

              no shortage of 'em .............how about GT200 ?
              Yes and in the same breath the Palm fruit farmers have their own price guarantee! Peace and Happiness is this governments goal!

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              • #22
                Yes all doubt has been removed , you're naturally obtuse.

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                • #23
                  ...which might have incurred a loss of over 600 billion baht
                  I'm sure non of the money was "lost". It takes a lot of money to buy an election .

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                  • #24
                    Unbelievable , Justice ?

                    There's a lot more rotten aspects of Thailand than just the rice

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                    • #25
                      With help from the friendly Chinese friends, rubber, rice and palm fruit mountains will soon disappear. Wonder what's in it for the Chinese?

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                      • #26
                        Just to keep things in perspective. Governments in more "civilized" ares have been known to subsidize farmers.

                        By NICK FAGGE
                        PUBLISHED: 00:00, Fri, Jan 23, 2009 | UPDATED: 13:33, Sat, Jan 24, 2015

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                        [COLOR=#FFFFFF !important]The European Commission plans to buy up 30,000 tons of butter
                        The European Commission yesterday pledged to buy up 30,000 tons of butter from farmers across the 27-country union this year as well as 109,000 tons of skimmed milk powder.
                        The unwanted dairy produce will be stored in silos across the continent and will join
                        This is sending a bad signal to developing countries.
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                        • #27
                          It hilariously funny that by trying to keep things in perspective you are comparing the whole of the European Union to little old Thailand...

                          The EU doesn't buy butter, wine or sugar at double the production cost and hoards them hoping to influence world prices and plunge the EU into billions and billions of debt like Thailand has.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by CHEEKYFOKKER View Post
                            It hilariously funny that by trying to keep things in perspective you are comparing the whole of the European Union to little old Thailand...

                            The EU doesn't buy butter, wine or sugar at double the production cost and hoards them hoping to influence world prices and plunge the EU into billions and billions of debt like Thailand has.

                            Dranoutre




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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Delayed View Post
                              I am so embarrassed and stuck for an intelligent answer that I have to revert to posting complete crap, exactly the same crap as I've posted below. Not just on this thread but other threads also.....Same crap, different day[
                              Dranoutre



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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by CHEEKYFOKKER View Post

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