Buriram United denies profiting from Bt300-m junta budget allocation

By The Nation

 

File photo: Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha receives grand reception at the Buriram International Circuit earlier this month.

 

Buriram’s sports racing powerhouse on Tuesday brushed aside allegations that it had agreed to receive Bt300 million in budget approved by the junta-led Cabinet.

 

Buriram gave a grand reception to Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha earlier this month, and the junta premier walked out on to the Buriram International Circuit to the cheers of about 30,000 people.

 

The scene was followed the next day by a mobile Cabinet meeting at which billions of baht worth of local development project proposals were considered.

 

According to a petition to Prayut from the Pheu Thai Party’s lawyer, Ruangkrai Leekitwattana, the Cabinet approved Bt100 million budget annually to support the Buriram United company to host the MotoGP World Championship from 2018 to 2020.

 

Buriram United denied that a single baht from this budget would go into its pockets.

 

“The MotoGP is held by the government with a company as a sponsor, not organiser,” the company said in a statement. “The approved budget would go to the Sports Authority to purchase the licence fee for the racing programme directly from the licence owner.”

 

Buriram United said that its support to the race would include providing the racing venue, staff and equipment, worth around Bt20 million per year.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30346578

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-05-30

"Buriram United denies profiting from Bt300-m junta budget allocation"

 

Of course it does, but the real question one should always ask in Thailand is "If it was true, would they admit it or deny it?"

 

So how useful is this piece of blatant propagandising by Chidchob?

 

Answers on a postcard please...

Edited May 30, 20188 yr by KiwiKiwi

Just another reason why paying tax here to the 'government' is as popular as the idea of an all female soccer league in Afghanistan.

Edited May 30, 20188 yr by Lupatria

These people cannot scratch their asses without looking dubious.  So much for Thai rak Thai.  What these people do to their fellow country men is appalling. 

Edited May 30, 20188 yr by yellowboat

“The approved budget would go to the Sports Authority to purchase the licence fee for the racing programme directly from the licence owner.”.... yes, I am sure 100% of this money will be used in a legitimate and transparent manner.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Buriram’s sports racing powerhouse on Tuesday brushed aside allegations that it had agreed to receive Bt300 million in budget approved by the junta-led Cabinet.

Brush all you want, but **** sticks and the stench lingers.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

the Cabinet approved Bt100 million budget annually to support the Buriram United company to host the MotoGP World Championship from 2018 to 2020. 

Good policy.

Bt100 million to low income parents to subsidize children's education - bad policy.

Parents will be allowed instead to borrow from government pawnshops but Buriram United gets a grant.

Prayut's government operates as if its Prayut's personal wallet to support his personal interests and not the interests of the Thai people.

Not really sure why this is news now, back in March 2017 it was reported that the government would provide 300 million for the licence so why make a fuss over a year later?

 

The cost of a licence to host a MotoGP varies but back in 2016, Malaysia paid $9m to host for three years.