Police Intercept Activist With Cheap Seiko For Gen. Prawit

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Police Intercept Activist With Cheap Seiko For Gen. Prawit

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan speaks at a January 2016 news conference. Image: Matichon

 

BANGKOK — Ekachai Hongkangwan may have no love for the junta deputy junta chairman currently besieged by a scandal involving his collection of luxury watches, but the activist said Thursday that he sympathized with the general as a fellow watch lover.

 

That was the rationale Ekachai gave for attempting to block a junta motorcade Wednesday morning: to present Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan with a new watch as a New Year’s gift. For his latest stunt, Ekachai was detained by police, though the activist said he was told no charges would be filed.

 

Full story:  http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2017/12/28/police-intercept-activist-cheap-seiko-gen-prawit/

 

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[Mango Bob]

My 3,000 baht Citizen watch can tell the time just as good as his half a million Rolex watch.  And I don't have to hide mine from the NACC.

[coulson]

What an insult, only Prayut could fashion a seiko

[greatwhitenorth]

 

Just now, coulson said:

What an insult, only Prayut could fashion a Seiko

but only the 250,000 baht version

 

[AGareth2]

No sense of humour

good one!

[worgeordie]

Has he explained yet,where the millions of Baht's worth

of watches came from,or has he been given more "time"

to come up with a good enough excuse.loaner from a

friend,found them in a packet of Kellogg's is not good enough.

regards worgeordie

[greatwhitenorth]

3 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Has he explained yet,where the millions of Baht's worth

of watches came from,or has he been given more "time"

to come up with a good enough excuse.loaner from a

friend,found them in a packet of Kellogg's is not good enough.

regards worgeordie

11 in total according to todays  BKKpost

[Chris Lawrence]

What else do you get a person who has everything, a used Seiko. 

[lemonjelly]

Wonder if his million baht watches are accurate enough to tell fatso it’s time to step down and stop the charade of fighting corruption


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[ezzra]

One of the several scrooges and pitfalls of being inexplicably rich,

is having to explain the origin of the loot, which is a problem if you're

holding an office that is under the public scrutiny and watchful eye....

[chuang]

he seems to have many deceased friends....

[4MyEgo]

Tick Tock, time is running out, sooner or later we will find out they are all fakes, like him 555

[Bob12345]

3 hours ago, Mango Bob said:

My 3,000 baht Citizen watch can tell the time just as good as his half a million Rolex watch.  And I don't have to hide mine from the NACC.

Alternatively you can just take over the country and appoint the NACC with your cronies.

Seems like a lot more of work, but then its all fine to have a dozen of hi-so watches.

[lom]

3 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Has he explained yet,where the millions of Baht's worth

of watches came from,or has he been given more "time"

to come up with a good enough excuse.loaner from a

friend,found them in a packet of Kellogg's is not good enough.

Who says that they are genuine? My Rolex was only Baht 350..

[hansnl]

4 hours ago, Mango Bob said:

My 3,000 baht Citizen watch can tell the time just as good as his half a million Rolex watch.  And I don't have to hide mine from the NACC.

Mine cost 1100 baht.

Works already flawlessly for three years, on its second battery however.

[eliotness]

This watches story isn't going to die, no matter how much the generals wish it would.  In fact they risk this becoming how the current junta will be remembered in the future.  A kind of "Watchgate".

[mikebell]

21 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Has he explained yet,where the millions of Baht's worth

of watches

And the 5 million a year increase over 6 years in his personal wealth despite struggling along on a stipend of less than 200,000?

[Grumpy Duck]

18 hours ago, lom said:

Who says that they are genuine? My Rolex was only Baht 350..

Did you buy it from the indian guy walking around Citibank at ASOK?