Illegal wildlife hunting scandal – One year on

[rooster59]

Illegal wildlife hunting  scandal – One year on

 

 

The trial of one of Thailand’s top construction tycoons, Premchai Karnasuta, for alleged illegal wildlife hunting moves into its final stage as the Thong Pha Phum provincial court has scheduled the reading of the verdict on March 19, 2019 according to Seub Nakhasathien Foundation chairman Sasin Chalermlarb, who was speaking on the first anniversary of the incident.

 

In his lengthy Facebook post on the scandal, Sasin said that one panther had been sacrificed in return for the exposure of the dark side of Thailand’s construction mogul, Premchai Karnasuta, who has become best known in Thailand and across the World, not because of his construction empire but for his alleged involvement in illegal wildlife hunting in Thung Yai Naresuan wildlife sanctuary in Thailand’s western province of Kanchanaburi.

 

Sasin added that, from the day of Premchai’s arrest by wildlife officials, Thai people have shown they are against his alleged conduct, appreciate the natural abundance of the sanctuary and feel the collective urge to protect the country’s natural heritage.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/illegal-wildlife-hunting-scandal-one-year-on/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2019-02-03

[cornishcarlos]

Great article !!!

[YetAnother]

5 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

in return for the exposure of the dark side

if you live in an underdeveloped country, have to endure some dark sides

[canopy]

24 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Thai people have shown they are against his alleged conduct, appreciate the natural abundance of the sanctuary and feel the collective urge to protect the country’s natural heritage.

 

No, no, and no. The only reason people got excited about this is because a rich guy did it. As the ranger who busted them said it's usually the poor doing it which he even astonishingly justifies because he says they get hungry. The poor are out hunting in the national forests every day. Everyone knows it. Not news worthy. A poor villager or hill tribe can kill all the black panthers and everything they want and no one cares about that. None of these "concerned" people rise up with condemnation, not one. Natural heritage? Again no one cares. Look around--the forests are full of poor people illegally poaching, logging, burning, and encroaching. The real story here is people jumping up and down to condemn a rich guy, meanwhile they do absolutely nothing and have absolutely no interest in protecting the forests which desperately need their help. So let's accept this for what it is instead of hiding behind all this "protecting the forest and conservation" baloney no one is doing anything about.

 

[klauskunkel]

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Thai people feel the collective urge to protect the country’s natural heritage.

Is that so? 

Does that urge outweigh the other urge of embellishing their habitat with trash? "Oh look, ... what a beautiful, green spot. Bring the trash bags."

[monkfish]

So was it a Black Panther now or a Bearcat?
And if it's a Bearcat why keep calling it a Black Panther why not just tell the facts?
 

 

[chickenslegs]

5 minutes ago, monkfish said:

So was it a Black Panther now or a Bearcat?
And if it's a Bearcat why keep calling it a Black Panther why not just tell the facts?
 

 

Different incident.

[Vacuum]

2 hours ago, canopy said:

The real story here is people jumping up and down to condemn a rich guy

...who killed endangered species just for 'fun'. Throw him in jail for a couple of years!

[monkfish]

27 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

Different incident.

Oh yes my mistake so it was a Black Leopard then.
Very rare and difficult to find.
Interesting though seems they were guests of the National Park Director.

Khon Anurak Facebook page disclosed that Mr Premchai was “a guest” of the director of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation’s Wildlife Conservation Office for the visit to the wildlife sanctuary.

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/italian-thai-boss-premchai-karnasuta-arrested-for-hunting-black-panther/

Also interesting from that article:

It was the second time in almost 50 years for the controversial hunting at Thung Yai Naresuan wildlife sanctuary by well-known and influential people.

In the incident on 29 April 1973, a large group of about 60 hunters who included top government officials businessmen and a well-known movie star was found to go hunting in the area.

The hunting was revealed after the army helicopter used to transport the hunters back from Thung Yai Naresuan crashed, killing six of them in Bang Len district of Nakhon Pathom.
 

[neeray]

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

"Premchai Karnasuta, who has become best known in Thailand and across the World, not because of his construction empire but for his alleged involvement in illegal wildlife hunting"

What a pathetic way to achieve notoriety"

[neeray]

3 minutes ago, monkfish said:

after the army helicopter used to transport the hunters back from Thung Yai Naresuan crashed, killing six of them

Karma ?

[gamini]

Sadly, I think that the maximum penalty he will get is a large fine, which will be peanuts to him or a suspended jail sentence. 

[ZeVonderBearz]

5 hours ago, YetAnother said:

if you live in an underdeveloped country, have to endure some dark sides

Huh? Whilst all them developed nations are all sitting pretty and have no problems or dark sides.

[monkfish]

1 hour ago, gamini said:

Sadly, I think that the maximum penalty he will get is a large fine, which will be peanuts to him or a suspended jail sentence. 

Could also depend on whether he quits Italian Thai but we will see.

[Basil B]

One year on...

 

Quote

An air passenger who arrived in India from Thailand has been detained at the airport after customs officers found a month-old leopard cub in his luggage.

Suspicions were raised when officials heard noises coming from his bag, which was found to contain the 2.2lb (1kg) cub hidden in a plastic grocery basket.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-47103009

no change one year on... 

[leeneeds]

What ever the fine will be, Khun Premchai has stayed to face the trial and has not run,

One wonders what the next person will face once this verdict is given,

maximum permissible as a basic standard would be nice with an option to push to a higher court for further increase.

[Sydebolle]

Decisive - yet nothing will happen - as usual ???? 

[Khaeng Mak]

Why don't they just order the guy to set up and pay for a breeding program for the big cat species that he killed.  Set some realistic new cub targets and fine Premchai if they are not met each year.

 

Big cat population wins, national park wins, Premchai get to use the program as a social responsibility marketing tool for Italy Thai, and the corrupt authorities cant filter of any lump sum paid to the court as a fine.

[Artisi]

10 minutes ago, Khaeng Mak said:

Why don't they just order the guy to set up and pay for a breeding program for the big cat species that he killed.  Set some realistic new cub targets and fine Premchai if they are not met each year.

 

Big cat population wins, national park wins, Premchai get to use the program as a social responsibility marketing tool for Italy Thai, and the corrupt authorities cant filter of any lump sum paid to the court as a fine.

Although a fantastic suggestion there is no way it will happen - far too intelligent to put into motion, and nothing in it for the hanger on's.

[oldrunner]

While ya'alls out there chasing dem darn animal killers (which is very very bad) how about some seious investigations into the Thailand child market. Many a poor Thai mother/father willing to sell their children to the smuggling market, the child life forever stolen.