But it must go somewhere. I thought the law of 'being/becoming unusually rich' was meant to stop this. All senior figures should be forced to reveal their assets; that includes officials in the police/armed forces; politicians; the Business world and Prawit.
IF parties had a clear set of policies that the electorate could vote for or against, that should determine what parties win or lose. As it is now, seemingly all Thai politicians are following the money which sets a bad example to the voters.
How was this fortune amassed? Surely not out of his salary. Now he's laughing all the way to the bank after paying the 10K 'fine'! Thailand deserves all it gets if they don't confiscate this fortune.
U-tapao is greatly in need of a facelift as are the two bruisers in the picture. The website/email is a diabolical mess. (No answers to queries if written in English.) The facilities are threadbare with the upstairs lounge shabby; infested with mosquitos and totally unfit to welcome International travellers; you cannot buy a drink unless you have a Thai phone with Promptpay on it. With so few flights a day the staff treat their job as a game - three or four playing with the luggage scanning machine.