snoop1130 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Court turns down bid for retrial of Hopewell case By THE NATION The Central Administrative Court today (August 23) dismissed a request by the Transport Ministry for a retrial of the controversial case involving Hopewell (Thailand) Co Ltd. The Supreme Administrative Court had ruled on March 21 that the ministry and the State Railway of Thailand must jointly repay Bt11.888 billion (US$386,978,176) to the Hong Kong-based company , following a concession dispute. Today's ruling meant that the arguments put forward by both complainants were based on factual information in past verification of contract conditions, which were not permissible under court procedural rules. Transport Minister Saksyam Chidchob said after the court's decision in the morning that he would seek legal counsels with the Office of Attorney General, before the six-month deadline on the repayment of the so-called "cost of stupidity" to Hopewell is due in October. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30375284 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-08-23 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Ashame the current government isnt liable for "The cost of stupidity". Although it would be nice for Prayut and Prawit to suffer from their "looks of stupidity " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Life is so unfair sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_paarp Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 So the government side tried to bring up stuff they should have raised in previous parts of this case and got slapped down. A bit like the CP Corp bid for the redevelopment of U-Tapow that was rejected for being 9 minutes late due to traffic. Cost of incompetence rather than stupidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 12 hours ago, Reigntax said: Ashame the current government isnt liable for "The cost of stupidity". Although it would be nice for Prayut and Prawit to suffer from their "looks of stupidity " This is from the past.. too bad they cant personally hold the people who did this responsible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Tell Saksyam Chidchob and all those other sweet hearts in governments present and previous, that they've been incinerating tax payers money by the pyre ........... .... and not only nobody is held responsible but the money which disappeared in the brown manila envelopes ..... remains disappeared. Sad thing is, that no lesson has been learnt except by the cronies in the waiting for the next little hat trick, when history will repeat itself (unless this is already going on) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 31 minutes ago, rhyddid said: Wish they will not pay a single cent to Hopewell ! Why not ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newatthis Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 1 hour ago, rhyddid said: Wish they will not pay a single cent to Hopewell ! Then that famous plane better not leave Thailand again. And all other foreign companies best learn not to enter into contracts with the Thai government or its agencies if they want to be paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaifriends Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Letigation matters should not be open for discussions as it serves no good to anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LomSak27 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 58 minutes ago, rhyddid said: Wish they will not pay a single cent to Hopewell ! Hopewell won every legal case since the 1997 stoppage, then the 98 final shutdown, about this contract. Hopewell fufilled their part of the contract, The ministry of Trasnportation & Railways needs to pay up. No more courts to appeal it too. They did not fufill their obligations and need to pay their debts. 3 hours ago, robblok said: This is from the past.. too bad they cant personally hold the people who did this responsible. Choonhaven has passed away, that leaves 'Chuan Leekpai' who was PM when they shut it down. What is Chuan doing these days anyway. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 All that needs to happen now is for Kingsgate to win their case over the gold mine that was shut down by PM Prayut using Article 44. A set up from day one to take it from Kingsgate and hand it over to one of the junta's greedy connections; for a price of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Hopewell deserve the payment. Stupid SRT decided in their stupidity to change the contract 12 months into start as they thought they could charge for "air rights" Hopewell pondered over this new illegal clause & decided they would notpay & as a result pulled the plug as they had every right too. SRT Greed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thingamabob Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 3 hours ago, rhyddid said: Wish they will not pay a single cent to Hopewell ! Why ? Thai government/contractors entirely to blame in this shocking case. A massive stain on the integrity of Thailand and it's people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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