Convicts to be enrolled in making guns for Defence Ministry

By Piyanuch Tamnukasetchai 
The Nation

 

 

The Corrections Department is reviewing inmates in the prison system nationwide who have been convicted of illegally making or modifying guns to enrol them in training with the Royal Thai Army Ordnance Department to aid the Ministry of Defence in manufacturing weapons.

 

Department chief Pol Colonel Narat Sawettanan said on Monday that he had instructed prisons and remand facilities nationwide to review inmates involved in gun crimes to respond to a policy set by Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha for qualified inmates to be trained to assist the Defence Ministry’s weapon-making industry.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30330406

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-10-30

The lunatics have finally taken over the asylum.

Makes sense to me! Enroll drug addicts to manufacture fentanyl. Enroll drunk drivers to manufacture alcohol. 

 

So they are going to teach them how to make guns properly?

 

Great idea.

 

No flaws in that one.

 

Oh...

 

Wait...

 

No...

 

Hang on a minute...

What could go wrong?

UP next : Police raid on illegal gun manufactuary run by ex-convicts. 

Might as well give the crims, if there any real ones in there the keys, so many naff ideas around here these days the guy who dreams them up, should be the one incarcerated.

wow, 55555

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha

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1 hour ago, BigBadGeordie said:

The lunatics have finally taken over the asylum.

And the asylum simply being the Thai military government's corrective services? Or is it the term asylum more embracing and includes the government as a whole? 

56 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

UP next : Police raid on illegal gun manufactuary run by ex-convicts. 

Yes but a pedantic correction: "Police raid on illegal gun manufacturers run by ex-convicts and corrupt turnkeys". 

Hope they do not try to sell these prison made weapons abroad. 

Teaching criminals to make firearms...what on earth could go wrong there?

there is a gun shortage in the military?

 

YEAH BABY

Oh-my-*** GOD

 

After all these years living and reading the news in peace, they did it, they made me login and comment ! Damm I knew this day would come ... i was hoping it would be in years, how silly of me :

 

How can ... what ... who !?  !? Really !? Why !? No .. !? Uh !?

 

In a word : Speechless 

 

 

4 hours ago, thequietman said:

You forgot to include "RED HERRING" in the details of the explanation. 

Thailand making its own guns. They can't even make a decent powerboard.

7 hours ago, yellowboat said:

Hope they do not try to sell these prison made weapons abroad. 

 

No need to worry, the domestic spurned husband market will see that none go to waste, or abroad!

12 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

Makes sense to me! Enroll drug addicts to manufacture fentanyl. Enroll drunk drivers to manufacture alcohol. 

 

..at least they have a full understanding of the product.

2 hours ago, PatOngo said:

 

No need to worry, the domestic spurned husband market will see that none go to waste, or abroad!

..i will have to cut me a bigger stick.

Reminds me of the Americans helping the Afghanistan rebels fight the Russians.  

Almost daily we read of schemes that make Thailand's ruling classes look even more stupid than their worldwide reputation would have it.

10 hours ago, FitnessHealthTravel said:

Teaching criminals to make firearms...what on earth could go wrong there?

They already know how... it is the reason they are in prison.
Now they will be trained to produce them to Mil. Spec. 
As long as they are not provided the materials to produce ammunition as well...

12 hours ago, Cadbury said:

And the asylum simply being the Thai military government's corrective services? Or is it the term asylum more embracing and includes the government as a whole? 

All of the above.

14 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

So they are going to teach them how to make guns properly?

 

Great idea.

 

No flaws in that one.

 

Oh...

 

Wait...

 

No...

 

Hang on a minute...

So they are going to teach them how to make guns properly?

 

And at the same time teach them how to run a proper auction!

12 hours ago, FitnessHealthTravel said:

Teaching criminals to make firearms...what on earth could go wrong there?

Nothing, if you don't count improving their skills for future illegal activities, the side-tracking of huge amounts of useful resources for personal use and resale etc. - so nothing can go wrong.  

 

1 hour ago, hobobo said:

So they are going to teach them how to make guns properly?

 

And at the same time teach them how to run a proper auction!

What?

3 hours ago, mikebell said:

Almost daily we read of schemes that make Thailand's ruling classes look even more stupid than their worldwide reputation would have it.

Amazing Thailand indeed...

 

Man, saw that news on BP and was looking forward for this thread 5555...

 

I think, looking at the state of the country and government at this time, that move actually really make sense, all about consolidation...

The crooks and thieves recruiting more crooks and thieves, they already have some sort of monopoly on drugs, weapons seem the next logical target business model 

And confiscating unused bank account...

 

Keep squeezing, I think there is a few drops on blood left on this one...