Deputy minister denies role in hoarding of face masks for sale to China

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Deputy minister denies role in hoarding of face masks for sale to China

By The Nation

 

Thamanat Prompow

 

Deputy Agriculture Minister Thamanat Prompow on Monday denied involvement in the hoarding of 200 million units of face masks for sale to Chinese traders.

 

The minister was accused of involvement with Sornsuwee Puraweerassawach who had hoarded face masks to export to China.

 

Sornsuwee updated the details of his business on his Facebook account which was spotted by Thai netizens. He had also posted a picture of himself with Phalang Pracharat Party MP Pittinan Rak-iat, who is related to the deputy minister.

 

Thamanat said that he did not have any close association with Sornsuwee. He said he had only one conversation about the face mask business with him and decided not to make any business contract with Sornsuwee.

 

He said that Pittinan was asked to inform the officials to prosecute Sornsuwee in a case of hoarding face masks and overpricing them and if Pittinan was guilty, he would himself prosecute him.

 

When reporters asked Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on the issue, he only responded with a frown.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30383662

 

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[Yadon Toploy]

They just can't help themselves can they?

 

Horrible people.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

So THAT's where all the masks went to!!!!!  200 MILLION?????

 

How would any one Thai person have the ability to acquire such a massive haul????

 

Hmmm..... perhaps the government and/or its players have some role in this one????

 

[DrTuner]

Selling? Be a good vassal state and send them for free, Motherland awaits.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

2 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

Selling? Be a good vassal state and send them for free, Motherland awaits.

 

You give us Mekong water and Navy subs.... We send you masks....

 

[FarFlungFalang]

Ah the Golden Triangle boy at it again.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

15 minutes ago, webfact said:

Deputy Agriculture Minister Thamanat Prompow on Monday denied involvement in the hoarding of 200 million units of face masks for sale to Chinese traders.

 

Same guy who's continually denied his past foreign drugs conviction, right?  Despite clear documentary evidence to the contrary....

 

[KhunKenAP]

Seen a video of this on Facebook this morning, where they were loading a truck.

 

 

[rkidlad]

17 minutes ago, webfact said:

When reporters asked Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on the issue, he only responded with a frown

Yes, that Thamanat is a very naughty boy. 

[FarFlungFalang]

20 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

So THAT's where all the masks went to!!!!!  200 MILLION?????

 

How would any one Thai person have the ability to acquire such a massive haul????

 

Hmmm..... perhaps the government and/or its players have some role in this one????

 

Careful I think I hear someone knocking at your door.

[Golden Triangle]

29 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Ah the Golden Triangle boy at it again.

Nuttin to do wiv me 

[Matzzon]

55 minutes ago, webfact said:

Deputy Agriculture Minister Thamanat Prompow on Monday denied involvement in the hoarding of 200 million units of face masks for sale to Chinese traders.

Of course he does! The question still remain, though. Is it true or is it false?

[edwinchester]

"When reporters asked Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on the issue, he only responded with a frown."

 

Because he knows he's far outranked by whoever is looking after these people.

 

[JustAnotherHun]

One sells face masks to China, the other one sells Heroin in Australia. 

[BobbyL]

Incredible. I guessed it was him from just the headline. 

 

The man is a convicted class A international drug smuggler (not some low level street dealer selling a 10 draw of weed to some students). He has been proven to have fake post -  graduate qualifications from a university in America that doesn't exist. And finally, now this. Imagine the things about him that we don't know. 

 

To put it simply, the man is a criminal and a fraudster, yet still holds a senior position in the government. Stuff like this makes me embarrassed to live in a country like this.  

[sammieuk1]

Turn that frown upside down general your troops are bang at the fiddling again????  

[FarFlungFalang]

17 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said:

Nuttin to do wiv me 

Yes a poor choice of words.

[madmen]

How do you stop centuries of stealing that is now deeply etched into their DNA? 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

I just read today's BKK Post article on this...

 

Amazingly, the entire story is just Thamanat giving his explanation of how he personally had nothing to do with this at all, and how his aide had just met with the other guy for an introduction meeting once, but nothing came of it.  The entire story one-sided and doesn't even much say what was alleged in the Facebook post that apparently started the whole issue.

 

[Matzzon]

9 minutes ago, JustAnotherHun said:

One sells face masks to China, the other one sells Heroin in Australia. 

And the third one encroach on forest land and gets appointed as chief of anti corruption.

[GalaxyMan]

I'd never question the honesty of someone who served time for smuggling heroin, not me. ????

[GalaxyMan]

22 minutes ago, BobbyL said:

Incredible. I guessed it was him from just the headline. 

 

The man is a convicted class A international drug smuggler (not some low level street dealer selling a 10 draw of weed to some students). He has been proven to have fake post -  graduate qualifications from a university in America that doesn't exist. And finally, now this. Imagine the things about him that we don't know. 

 

To put it simply, the man is a criminal and a fraudster, yet still holds a senior position in the government. Stuff like this makes me embarrassed to live in a country like this.  

Speaks volumes as to the lack of integrity and low quality of this government.

[PatOngo]

24 minutes ago, BobbyL said:

Stuff like this makes me embarrassed to live in a country like this.  

Embarrassed? Don't feel embarrassed, feel good that you have moral standards that far surpass the lowly bottom feeders that run this show!

[Muzzique]

31 minutes ago, BobbyL said:

The man is a criminal and a fraudster, yet still holds a senior position in the government. 

I thought that was a prerequisite of becoming a senior member of the Thai government. He seems to have the perfect qualifications in my view. Can't have corruption if you don't have the right ministers there to facilitate it. Whatever are you suggesting? Next thing you'll be asking for true democracy and honest elections.

[Creasy]

No surprise at all.

 

The guy is a 100% certified convicted criminal.

 

The fact he is a minister, should be an embarrassment to the whole of Thailand and even Bayern Munich's number one fan

[Odysseus123]

3 minutes ago, Creasy said:

No surprise at all.

 

The guy is a 100% certified convicted criminal.

 

The fact he is a minister, should be an embarrassment to the whole of Thailand and even Bayern Munich's number one fan

They don't get embarrassed in that kind of way..

 

Does he have money...hell yes!

[colinneil]

The whole bunch involved with running the country are as bent as nine bob notes, they couldnt lie straight in bed no matter how hard they tried..... A pathetic, sad bunch of crooks.

[EricTh]

I have been asking a few pharmacies in Chiang Mai for the masks and all of them said it is sold out.

 

I only had the less effective ordinary cloth mask that is used for motorcycle.

 

Wonder what happened to the surgical mask.

[NanLaew]

1 hour ago, KhunKenAP said:

Seen a video of this on Facebook this morning, where they were loading a truck.

 

 

I know it's true because I saw it on (someone elses foreign language) Facebook...

[JustAnotherHun]

When Thai ministers travel abroad do they check if there is an interpol arrest warrant before boarding? Would be a good idea I guess.