Pattaya-area police hit house of politically connected alleged face mask hoarder

[Rimmer]

Pattaya-area police hit house of politically connected alleged face mask hoarder

 

PATTAYA:--Police and Agriculture Ministry officials descended on a Pattaya house where an associate of the country’s farm minister is accused of hoarding 200 million medical face masks to sell to China amid a shortage in Thailand.

 

Nongprue police audit and monitoring officers and representatives from the Agriculture and Co-operatives ministry were turned away at the Patta Village house of Sornsuvee Pooraveenasawatchari March 9, with his girlfriend saying he wasn’t at home and there were no masks there.

 

Police are seeking a search warrant check the house. One wonders why they didn’t get a search warrant before going to the house the first time.

 

Sornsuvee is at the heart of the latest political scandal to rock the government of former military officers. He was photographed meeting with an aide to Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow at a Bangkok hotel, purportedly to discuss selling the cache of masks overseas, even as Thailand struggles to meet demand for masks amid the panic over the Covid-19 coronavirus and new laws restricting their trade.

 

Read more: https://www.pattayamail.com/news/pattaya-area-police-hit-house-of-politically-connected-alleged-face-mask-hoarder-290745

-- PATTAYA MAIL 2020-03-12—

[KhunKenAP]

2-day delay. Wonder why they found nothing. lol

[colinneil]

What a bunch of dimwits, no search warrant.????

Meanwhile truck loads of masks just vanish into thin air.

You could not make up a better scenario if you tried.

[RichardColeman]

59 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

Police are seeking a search warrant check the house. One wonders why they didn’t get a search warrant before going to the house the first time.

I wonder if it will be long enough to flush 200 million masks down the loo

[trainman34014]

The usual story; if someone of 'importance' is possibly involved they have to be given enough time to move the goods, hide any other evidence and/or flee the country.   Seen this so many times, it is sickening !

[Canuck1966]

1 minute ago, trainman34014 said:

The usual story; if someone of 'importance' is possibly involved they have to be given enough time to move the goods, hide any other evidence and/or flee the country.   Seen this so many times, it is sickening !

Yeh just a bit of lip service to placate the plebs on social media

[klauskunkel]

3 hours ago, Rimmer said:

One wonders why they didn’t get a search warrant before going to the house the first time.

It is what it is.

[TheFishman1]

You have to give them time to hide all the mask come on what are you guys thinking this is Thailand TIT

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Sornsuvee is at the heart of the latest political scandal to rock the government of former military officers. He was photographed meeting with an aide to Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow at a Bangkok hotel, purportedly to discuss selling the cache of masks overseas, even as Thailand struggles to meet demand for masks amid the panic over the Covid-19 coronavirus and new laws restricting their trade.

If the PM had any sense of responsibility he'd remove the minister involved now!

[BestB]

Being connected is the operative word. Police did their job, no blame to be laid , once warrant obtained , nothing found. Just a false alarm. All looks good on the surface. Welcome to Thailand 4.0

[BestB]

17 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

If the PM had any sense of responsibility he'd remove the minister involved now!

You assuming PM is not getting cut of the action ????

[NanLaew]

28 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

If the PM had any sense of responsibility he'd remove the minister involved now!

And then fall on his sword and remove himself from office for appointing such a person.

 

...then I woke up.

[Thechook]

16 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

The usual story; if someone of 'importance' is possibly involved they have to be given enough time to move the goods, hide any other evidence and/or flee the country.   Seen this so many times, it is sickening !

Yep happens over and over

[JimmyTheMook]

This is why Thailand will never be more than a banana republic.

 

 

[mikebell]

22 hours ago, Rimmer said:

One wonders why they didn’t get a search warrant before going to the house the first time.

Because we are talking about Pattaya police here; probably the most corrupt and least effective force in Thailand.  I do not subscribe to the theory that they are just stupid:  not just stupid but greedy; lazy; and a disgrace to the R in RTP.

[zaZa9]

A farang riding a scooter without an  IDP would  face more consequences !

[ThailandRyan]

17 hours ago, hotchilli said:

If the PM had any sense of responsibility he'd remove the minister involved now!

Place him into an inactive post, and replace him, then send him off to self exile to the masters in China with his masks to appease the masters.

[sammieuk1]

Masks what masks all that's here is a cloak of invisibility and a super fat envelope ????