Committee set up to find those responsible for organising March 6 boxing event

[webfact]

Committee set up to find those responsible for organising March 6 boxing event

By The Nation

 

 

Army chief General Apirat Kongsompong on Thursday (March 26) ordered the setting up of a committee to find the people responsible for holding a competition in Lumpinee Boxing Stadium on March 6.

 

The boxing stadium, which is under the management of the Royal Thai Army, has been the hotbed for the spread of the new coronaviris (Covid-19) in Thailand, prompting demands by Thai netizens to hold the Army accountable.

 

The holding of the event could be deemed a violation of a government diktat, after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, on March 3, ordered all public gathering locations such as sports stadiums to be closed.

 

The private sector was allowed to hold a public gathering if it strictly followed the Public Health Ministry guidelines while the authorities of the public sector were ordered to consider the appropriateness of the gathering before granting permission.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30384871

 

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[Thailand]

So basically the Army investigating themselves, that should work.

[PatOngo]

Lunatics running the asylum!

[khwaibah]

Cap all the scum involved in this.

[Phuketshrew]

Can't accept any responsibility. Got to find some minnions to blame

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, Thailand said:

So basically the Army investigating themselves, that should work.

Why would they investigate who set it up, there was no orders in place at the time were there to limit such venues?.  So its a mute point and a waste of money as I see it.

[seeyoujimmy]

Could be not just phone whoever is in charge of the stadium and ask.

[Mike k]

1 hour ago, Phuketshrew said:

Can't accept any responsibility. Got to find some minnions to blame

It was that new conscript 

[trainman34014]

Watch this space for the 'Committee's' findings....in about five years time !

[Ian Nagle]

They need a serious  finger pointing re-think. Instead they should focus on the person who allowed a mass evacuation of Bkk to all four corners of Thailand and beyond.

[legend49]

After the Korat tragedy a list of army activities and ownerships was drawn up. Boxing arenas and horse racing centres were suppose to be disposed of back to dept of Finance. Obviously we need a committee to check why that wasnt done too.

[Borzandy]

15 hours ago, webfact said:

those responsible for organising March 6 boxing event

Sorry they were influential persons.

[Benmart]

The Army, Police and others seemingly have their fingers into everything. Cash flowing, unregulated by those who may be benefiting from this chaos. Pathetic.

[Vigilante]

11 hours ago, Ian Nagle said:

They need a serious  finger pointing re-think. Instead they should focus on the person who allowed a mass evacuation of Bkk to all four corners of Thailand and beyond.

Yeah..they should confine them to BKK , jobless/money-less to starve to death.

Lay down the crack pipe pls

[newnative]

What a joke.  The investigation should zero in like a laser on the General, himself.  Total jerk and moron.

[Hank Gunn]

15 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

Can't accept any responsibility. Got to find some minnions to blame

I immediately recalled a scene from the movie “Casablanca” when I saw this topic.

 

”Round up the usual suspects.”

[Sydebolle]

In that case can we expect the resignation of Army chief General Apirat Kongsompong anytime soon.

As the big wig he would have to take responsibility for the incident. Not, that he was involved - it was organized by one of his underlings who bluntly ignored if not purposely disregarded an army order. 

As it happened during Apirat's watch, the army might be in need of a new army chief general? 

[emptypockets]

3 hours ago, Sydebolle said:

In that case can we expect the resignation of Army chief General Apirat Kongsompong anytime soon.

As the big wig he would have to take responsibility for the incident. Not, that he was involved - it was organized by one of his underlings who bluntly ignored if not purposely disregarded an army order. 

As it happened during Apirat's watch, the army might be in need of a new army chief general? 

Nah, he'll just start crying again.

[digger70]

On 3/26/2020 at 4:03 PM, Thailand said:

So basically the Army investigating themselves, that should work.

They are looking for a scapegoat.  ????

[nahkit]

23 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Why would they investigate who set it up, there was no orders in place at the time were there to limit such venues?.  So its a mute point and a waste of money as I see it.

"Army chief General Apirat Kongsompong on Thursday (March 26) ordered the setting up of a committee to find the people responsible for holding a competition in Lumpinee Boxing Stadium on March 6.

 

The holding of the event could be deemed a violation of a government diktat, after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, on March 3, ordered all public gathering locations such as sports stadiums to be closed."

 

Well according to those two sentences they held the event 3 days after they were told that they should close.

[Venom]

On 3/26/2020 at 3:57 PM, webfact said:

The boxing stadium, which is under the management of the Royal Thai Army,

That's an interesting concept. 

[wotsdermatter]

On 3/27/2020 at 1:20 AM, Sydebolle said:

the army might be in need of a new army chief general

It was recently announced by the top man that the number of generals in the armed forced are to be reduced by 50 per cent.  Is this the way to start that process?  Just out of curiosity, why has it taken so long to decide to order the formation of a committee to investigate a straight forward and blatant disregard of a law supposedly set in place before the event by the one in charge of the country?  Didn't he get his share first?  Usually military justice follows a chain of command process.

'nuf sed.

[Sydebolle]

On 3/28/2020 at 3:39 PM, wotsdermatter said:

It was recently announced by the top man that the number of generals in the armed forced are to be reduced by 50 per cent.  Is this the way to start that process?  Just out of curiosity, why has it taken so long to decide to order the formation of a committee to investigate a straight forward and blatant disregard of a law supposedly set in place before the event by the one in charge of the country?  Didn't he get his share first?  Usually military justice follows a chain of command process.

'nuf sed.

Thailand = the land of Generals; would assume that Thailand has more generals than entire Europe ???? 

[spidermike007]

Just arrest the top fifty generals, including Prayuth and Prawit, and jail them without trial. Problem solved. Guilty parties caught and dealt with. 

[JAG]

On 3/27/2020 at 3:56 PM, emptypockets said:

Nah, he'll just start crying again.

By my reckoning he has only got 6 months or so left in post - doesn't he retire in October? Maybe he looks so upset because it looks like the plague has put the mockers on the traditional pre retirement coup?

[MaxLee]

On 3/26/2020 at 3:57 PM, webfact said:

Committee set up to find those responsible for organising March 6 boxing event

By The Nation

 

 

Army chief General Apirat Kongsompong on Thursday (March 26) ordered the setting up of a committee to find the people responsible for holding a competition in Lumpinee Boxing Stadium on March 6.

 

Those are the eyes of someone who would start an ACT called C (Not to be named) at any time.....

Edited March 30, 2020 by MaxLee

[Prairieboy]

On 3/26/2020 at 3:57 PM, webfact said:

ordered the setting up of a committee to find the people responsible for holding a competition

They need a committee to determine the organizers?  They didn't need a permit?

[Prairieboy]

9 hours ago, Sydebolle said:

Thailand = the land of Generals; would assume that Thailand has more generals than entire Europe ???? 

"...it also reported that there is one general for every 660 lower-ranking members.

In comparison, the troop-based ratio for the U.S. Army, where the number of generals is capped by Congress, is about one general to every 1,600 enlisted personnel." 

 

Thailand has about 1,750 generals.

 

 

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Thailand-Land-of-a-thousand-generals