Former PCD chief and two officials to pay 10.5 billion baht in infamous Klong Dan case

 

 

Thailand’s Central Administrative Court has ordered former Director-General of the Pollution Control Department, Pakit Kiravanich, and two former senior officials of the same department, to pay the department about 10.5 billion baht in compensation for damage caused to the state over the controversial Klong Dan water treatment project in Samut Prakan province.

 

The court order was read to the three ex-officials, Messrs. Pakit and Siritan Pairoteboriboon, former Director of Water Management Division, and Mrs. Yuwaree Inna, former Deputy Director-General of Pollution Control Department on Thursday and was reported by the Isranews agency on Saturday.

 

Under the order, Mr. Pakit was ordered to pay compensation, estimated at 4.5m billion baht, and Mr. Siritan and Mrs. Yuwaree about 3 billion baht each.

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/former-pcd-chief-and-two-officials-to-pay-10-5-billion-baht-in-infamous-klong-dan-case/

 

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Good luck,getting that.........can we pay 100 THB a week.

regards Worgeordie

13 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Under the order, Mr. Pakit was ordered to pay compensation, estimated at 4.5m billion baht, and Mr. Siritan and Mrs. Yuwaree about 3 billion baht each.

going to be 3 runners

Hopefully they can pay the fine allocated to each, if they can not then I think at reducing it by 300 baht a day it can be erased by a stay of equal time in the Remand Prison until its worked off, and of course all of there properties seized and sold off to pay back the ill-gotten gains, much like they have done to other prior government officials like Yingluck and her fellow ministers.

Sure, give us couple of minutes to find it, we're sure we seen it somewhere around the house...

What about the interest?  Even you local bank would give you 5% on a squillion baht. ????

Meanwhile, the (convicted and sentenced in-absentia) mastermind of the entire scheme, former deputy interior minister Vatana Asavahame, continues to comfortably sit out his remaining days just across the Thai-Cambodian border in Poipet, where he is a majority shareholder in a luxurious casino.

 

Not that he seems too happy, though. Now in his late 70s and with a 20-year jail sentence (or was it 25?) waiting for him, he's terribly suffering from home sickness. As they all do once they've fled abroad. 

 

I've recently come across booklets laid out in various retail shops and supermarkets across Bangkok, in which Vatana directly addresses Prime Minister Prayuth, pleading with him to "let an old man finally come home".

 

He also insists in long-winded and whiny words spreading across 50 pages or so how completely, totally, wholesomely innocent he is of any wrongdoing -- and that it was all "a terrible misunderstanding" and how his prison sentence was a vicious miscarriage of justice and should be annulled.

 

I picked up a copy of this vile pamphlet, adding it to my archive as a historical document to illustrate how absolutely incapable this gentlemen and other "leaders" of his ilk are of feeling any guilt or remorse for their corrupt actions.  

Finally a ruling that attacks corruption. But like so many said getting the money is a whole other thing.

4 hours ago, YetAnother said:

going to be 3 runners

You would think that they should be imprisoned until it is paid in cases like this but in reality they are probably transferring all the assets now and booking their red bull taxis

2 hours ago, robblok said:

Finally a ruling that attacks corruption. But like so many said getting the money is a whole other thing.

Should re-posess everything they own, every asset, every car, every property anything and everything and leave them penniless.

52 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Should re-posess everything they own, every asset, every car, every property anything and everything and leave them penniless.

Yes i agree... but they probably hid their assets already they saw this coming. 

6 minutes ago, robblok said:

Yes i agree... but they probably hid their assets already they saw this coming. 

Don't know how it works here, but where I come from the court will put preservative seizure as soon as they get charged

Edited September 6, 20205 yr by Susco

Im surprised they are still here join their mates in Dubai

Do you accept American Express ?

2 hours ago, Susco said:

Don't know how it works here, but where I come from the court will put preservative seizure as soon as they get charged

Not sure either but i do know that its easier to get away with stuff here. I hope your right and I am wrong.

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Im surprised they are still here join their mates in Dubai

Not sure they are connected as the case goes back 25 years to 1995.

Edited September 6, 20205 yr by ThailandRyan

13 hours ago, Susco said:

Don't know how it works here, but where I come from the court will put preservative seizure as soon as they get charged

Same where I was born, something involving this much money they would freeze everything the family owns, accounts, assets, shares, property you name it they found it.

Including immediate family assets.