Colabamumbai Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 The PM is complicit he should resign also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dick dasterdly Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 23 minutes ago, DoctorG said: So, a friend lends you some watches. The friend dies. You just decide to keep the watches? No thoughts of returning them to the estate? Presumably one of those weird things us farangs cannot understand. I've borrowed books and DIY equipment in the past, even a 'bike - but it's never crossed my mind to borrow a watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukeleto Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 His biggest crime to date is making the boss look bad, and that is certainly punishable with resignation. This would be the one and only reason he would resign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon467367354 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 As long as resigning doesn't prevent or get in the way of any corruption charges and prosecution, good riddance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1337markus Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 All talk, close to resign but wont do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 So he borrowed them and failed to return them to the estate or widow upon the guy"s death? Or did I misunderstand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realenglish1 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 If a dead friend gave you the watched NAME THE FRIEND its that simple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Loh Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 26 minutes ago, Colabamumbai said: The PM is complicit he should resign also. You mean malfeasance and negligence in stopping corruption within his cabinet? Sound very familiar but with a different outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryofthailand Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 This is normal in Thailand. Corruption is accepted here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart1916 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 He's not going anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 "Oh what a tangled web we weave when at first we start to deceive." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 5 hours ago, jaltsc said: “If we do something wrong, we have to show spirit... " That would make Thailand the "Hub of Spirit". Men in the village here and round about would agree, they're full of spirit, Hong Thong. Meanwhile how about a FULL explanation of where all the watches came from, serial numbers receipts etc etc? No he'll just quietly " pretend" to resign., they never follow anything up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttrd Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) RE - A former military officer speaking on condition of anonymity named Pattawat Suksriwong as Prawit’s friend who had lent him the watches. Some of the luxury watches Prawit was seen wearing previously belonged to the late businessman, who passed away last year, the source said. I am curious about what kind of "patient deliver back deal" he have agreed on With the bereaved... Edited January 22, 2018 by ttrd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazykopite Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 My next door neighbours son is in the Army he is a serving officer of 10+ years and he has told me what he earns per month and on the wages he mentioned he could just about afford a plastic watch from the 20 baht shop . I also know a Thai police inspector of 20 years service and his wages are dreadful for the rank he holds I am not surprised there is so much corruption in the Kingdom . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryPattaya Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 If his friend died would those watches not be in his estate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12DrinkMore Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 6 hours ago, berybert said: He's leaving the job so he can spend more time looking after his watches. Are you trying to wind him up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextStationBangkok Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 People are watching these ghost watches...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Deerhunter Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, Artisi said: Does this guy remind you of a characters in the kids story "Wind in the Willows" in looks and action. Beep beep? But obsessed with motor cars not flash watches? Edited January 22, 2018 by The Deerhunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattayaAngel Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 "Some of the luxury watches Prawit was seen wearing previously belonged to the late businessman" Case closed as obviously this 'late businessman' 'lent' 'some' watches and he forgot to give them back and his 'friend' the 'late businessman' kicked the bucket so he kept them. Seems reasonable enough but what about the other watches? and the house? car? kids education? bank accounts? they have to focus just on watches or face defamation when it's a pimple on the General's buttock compared to the other stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poohy Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I doubt he will go unless the big bosses allow or tell him too , certainly Little P can do nothing Reason being 2 factions in army holding guns/power, one moderate, one not so much 1 Little P in charge of moderate 2 This guy in charge of others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themerg Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Good bribery system. Influential favors for expensive watches. Most of the watches will be more at resale value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkles Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Tragic loss for the country,man of great vision and sense of style,he will be greatly missed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hgma Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 nobody resigns...i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 And of course the friend declared them in his assets ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meinphuket Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 BS....out with Ai Kob, and prosecute him like others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliotness Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 So if it's true that he was lent them by an extremely rich friend who has since died I would have thought not returning them to the deceased family is akin to stealing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmatix Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 It should be easy for the NACC trace through Curstoms Dept and Revenue Dept whether the rarer items were imported legally with import duty and VAT paid on them and by whom. There can't be that many coming into the country, certainly not with tax paid. Tax records would show who imported them and if it was a bona fide watch retailer, their records would who bought them. Items that were hand carried from overseas and properly declared to Thai customs would show who brought them in and paid the tax on them. If there are no tax records, then Prawit should explain to the public why he was happy to borrow and wear smuggled luxury watches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nev Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 These over entitled <deleted> in power who are above the law and are protected by their buddies need to be brought down a leg or two. Jail him for corruption to set an example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, rkidlad said: Well, that really depends on what you did wrong. If you dropped the ball, fair enough. If you stole the public's money to buy yourself some fancy stuff, you shouldn't have any choices. Off to jail. And herein lies the problem of apathy and the brainwashing of, 'when rich people steal, it's not really stealing'. Oh, it's stealing alright. It's the absolute worse kind of stealing. People who have lots of money stealing from people who don't have a pot to p*** in. Sure, Prawit should have resigned. As a different matter does Former deputy prime minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula have much credibility? There is some case to say he failed miserably to maintain / build the Thai economy and way too much time was lost until he was replaced, and that's why the word 'former' is used. Edited January 22, 2018 by scorecard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealthychef Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Quote The public is continuing to question how a military officer making less than Bt1 million a year could possibly have afforded the luxury items. How is that possible? Isn't it illegal to publicly criticize leaders in Thailand? Isn't questing authority anathema to "Thai style democracy?" Honest questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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