Sontirat orders probe into Bt150,000 vegetable carts ordered by Egat

By The Nation

 

 

Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong ordered a probe into the purchase of overpriced vegetable carts under the ‘Supply and Construction of 500/230 kV(GIS)’ project after activist Srisuwan Janya displayed an invoice for Bt150,000 each.

 

Srisuwan produced the purchase document of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) that stated the high price of the cart. He added that such a cart should cost around Bt2,000 if bought at the local market. He added that this was one of the problems swept under the rug and the state enterprise was using the national budget to pamper its employees.

 

The minister said that he would set up a committee to investigate the matter which would take around two weeks.

 

 

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12 minutes ago, webfact said:

displayed an invoice for Bt150,000 each.

 

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

such a cart should cost around Bt2,000 if bought at the local market.

Pure and utterly despicable greed to steal money !

Edited April 24, 20206 yr by Thaiwrath

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

activist Srisuwan Janya displayed an invoice for Bt150,000 each.

Surely just another (in long line of ) "misunderstanding"    ????

 

11 minutes ago, webfact said:

committee to investigate the matter which would take around two weeks.

activist shipped off to re-education camp for 2 weeks ☹️

A "smart cart"?

 

Thailand 4.0 doesn't come without a cost you know!

Scumbags everywhere

why is  the Electricity Generating Authority getting involved in vegetable carts?

 

Anyone ask why EGAT needs vegetable carts in the first place?

50 minutes ago, anterian said:

why is  the Electricity Generating Authority getting involved in vegetable carts?

 

Now THAT my friend is a very good question...

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He added that such a cart should cost around Bt2,000 if bought at the local market.

Not if it has silver trim on it!

1 hour ago, johng said:

Surely just another (in long line of ) "misunderstanding"    ????

 

activist shipped off to re-education camp for 2 weeks ☹️

That is not going to happen. Srisuwan is not a true activist. He is a serial complainer and mostly about those in the opposition so he is tolerated. However, there is no denying that from time to time he does raise something that is genuine and worthwhile pursuing. 

That's dirt cheap, I would have expected at least 1.5M baht. It's the local "value added" corruption tax.

1 hour ago, anterian said:

why is  the Electricity Generating Authority getting involved in vegetable carts?

 

There is 148,000 Baht profit to be skimmed with every one.

1 hour ago, anterian said:

why is  the Electricity Generating Authority getting involved in vegetable carts?

 

Where else would you put a PEA?

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

ordered a probe into the purchase of overpriced vegetable carts under the ‘Supply and Construction of 500/230 kV(GIS)’ project after activist Srisuwan Janya displayed an invoice for Bt150,000 each

It's the sheer neck they have to ask 150k for a bit of yellow painted bent tubing and supermarket trolley wheels that I admire .. You'd be hard pressed keeping a straight face even sending the invoice in the post .. 

Edited April 24, 20206 yr by Justgrazing
Sp

But that Thaksin was so corrupt wasn't he.

Lucky for Thailand there was a coup and corruption has been stamped out and everything is roses now.

 

By the way,that's not yellow paint. Those carts are gold plated.

3 hours ago, anterian said:

why is  the Electricity Generating Authority getting involved in vegetable carts?

 

Were these ones made by Tesla?? ????????????????????????????????

1 hour ago, Denim said:

But that Thaksin was so corrupt wasn't he.

Lucky for Thailand there was a coup and corruption has been stamped out and everything is roses now.

 

By the way,that's not yellow paint. Those carts are gold plated.

At that price I would think they would be made of solid gold.

41 minutes ago, DPKANKAN said:

Were these ones made by Tesla?? ????????????????????????????????

No, these are BMWs.

4 hours ago, anterian said:

why is  the Electricity Generating Authority getting involved in vegetable carts?

 

It should surely be Anutin, he's a vegetable after all.

Amazing Thailand they’re all corrupt here TIT

The minister said that he would set up a committee to investigate the matter which would take around two weeks.

 

Two weeks to set up a committee then two years to run the investigation before concluding there is no case to answer.

The investigation will take 2 weeks and cost 3 million baht

40 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

The minister said that he would set up a committee to investigate the matter which would take around two weeks.

 

Two weeks to set up a committee then two years to run the investigation before concluding there is no case to answer.

 

35 minutes ago, Grumpy one said:

The investigation will take 2 weeks and cost 3 million baht

And that, as they say, is the rub. Even with a case of such blatant corruption as this, it will either be swamped with bureaucratic inertia, or used as an opportunity to steal even more money, Whichever route is taken, or perhaps even a combination, it will be simply another exercise in utterly blatant corruption. These people are utterly shameless. The motivation is always not how can we stop this from happening again, and bring the perpetrators to justice, but how can we ensure we get (or increase) our share.

 

 

Edited April 25, 20206 yr by JAG

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Sontirat orders probe into Bt150,000 vegetable carts ordered by Egat

THB 150K EACH.  Easy to find out Who Ordered them  and Who gave the order to Pay for them . One Day, a few phone cals  and the Culprits should be in Jail.     

19 hours ago, Denim said:

But that Thaksin was so corrupt wasn't he.

Lucky for Thailand there was a coup and corruption has been stamped out and everything is roses now.

 

By the way,that's not yellow paint. Those carts are gold plated.

Yes, he was. The fact that others are still corrupt doesn't exonerate him.

15 hours ago, nahkit said:

Yes, he was. The fact that others are still corrupt doesn't exonerate him.

True. Just makes him the lesser of two evils.

 

 

28 minutes ago, Denim said:

1 hour ago, nahkit said:

Yes, he was. The fact that others are still corrupt doesn't exonerate him.

True. Just makes him the lesser of two evils.

I think I'm beginning to agree with you on that one.

Apart from the corruption,that is a very poor design if used  to carry vegetables,this is the type I used as a lad

working in Newcastle wholesale market, the Thai design you will be lucky to get a bag of carrots on it.

regards Worgeordie

 

9 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Apart from the corruption,that is a very poor design if used  to carry vegetables,this is the type I used as a lad

working in Newcastle wholesale market, the Thai design you will be lucky to get a bag of carrots on it.

regards Worgeordie

 

It's not supposed to be functional. Just a product to allow money to be skimmed.

If functional, it would surely cost 10 times that amount in Thailand allowing for commissions and suitable inclusions for the brown envelopes.

Edited April 25, 20206 yr by Reigntax

On 4/24/2020 at 4:44 AM, apex2000 said:

Anyone ask why EGAT needs vegetable carts in the first place?

They use them to move cable, tools, supplies around on job sites.