News of large crowds celebrating Songkran in Pattaya and Bang Saen fake news

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Picture: Manager

 

Manager reported that the mayor of Pattaya was just as annoyed as the mayor of Saensuk municipality in Bang Saen.

 

The pair are brothers Sontaya and Narongchai Kunplome.

 

Why the anger?

 

Online news outlets had shared fake news pictures of huge crowds of maskless revellers allegedly flouting Covid rules at their resorts.

 

Picture: Manager

 

Earlier in the week Narongchai suffered calling it all nonsense and posting his own orderly snaps on his personal Facebook page.

 

Now Sontaya has confronted similar posts for Pattaya's "Dern Kin Thin Na Klua" festival at the end of the week. 

 

One posts claimed that "Pattaya Doesn't Care" about Covid.

 

He said that the pictures were old ones and completely distorted the truth.

 

The festival would follow all the Covid-19 rules, he said yesterday. 

 

Picture: Manager

 

The brothers are famous for being the sons of the infamous Somchai Kunplome or Kamnan Poh the so -called "Godfather of Chonburi" and long term Mayor of Saensuk, Bangsaen. 

 

He was convicted in 2004 for the hired killing murder of the headman of a neighboring district the previous year. He was also convicted in a corruption case. 

 

Picture: Manager

 

He died in 2019. 

 

His sons are two of the highest profile mayors in Thailand and in the news on an almost daily basis.

 

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[Surelynot]

Are they appointed or voted for....if voted for......who the hell votes for people like this???

[jacko45k]

8 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Are they appointed or voted for....if voted for......who the hell votes for people like this???

Those who are told to or paid to.

[Joe Farang]

49 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Are they appointed or voted for....if voted for......who the hell votes for people like this???

I hope you're not American making a comment like this.

[asiaexpat]

22 hours ago, Surelynot said:

Are they appointed or voted for....if voted for......who the hell votes for people like this???

Do you know them or even understand how leaders are selected in Thailand. I know them and can verify they are highly educated in the USA and honest leaders that want the best for their communities. Learn a little before you make derogatory remarks about people. Just because their father was typical Thai in the 1960-70 does not mean the children follow in his footsteps. 

[asiaexpat]

22 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Those who are told to or paid to.

Out of date idea, try learning about modern Thailand.

[Surelynot]

1 hour ago, asiaexpat said:

Do you know them or even understand how leaders are selected in Thailand. I know them and can verify they are highly educated in the USA and honest leaders that want the best for their communities. Learn a little before you make derogatory remarks about people. Just because their father was typical Thai in the 1960-70 does not mean the children follow in his footsteps. 

Said Narongchai Kunplome

[Joe Farang]

2 hours ago, asiaexpat said:

Do you know them or even understand how leaders are selected in Thailand. I know them and can verify they are highly educated in the USA and honest leaders that want the best for their communities. Learn a little before you make derogatory remarks about people. Just because their father was typical Thai in the 1960-70 does not mean the children follow in his footsteps. 

"Typical Thai"

 

You shouldn't make a derogatory remark about a whole Nation of people.

[mrfill]

6 hours ago, asiaexpat said:

Do you know them or even understand how leaders are selected in Thailand. I know them and can verify they are highly educated in the USA and honest leaders that want the best for their communities. Learn a little before you make derogatory remarks about people. Just because their father was typical Thai in the 1960-70 does not mean the children follow in his footsteps. 

 

Father .."was convicted in 2004 for the hired killing murder of the headman of a neighboring district the previous year. He was also convicted in a corruption case."

 

You have a calendar error. 2004 was never in the 1960s or 1970s

[lavender19]

On 4/17/2021 at 11:52 AM, Surelynot said:

Are they appointed or voted for....if voted for......who the hell votes for people like this???

People they pay

[Leaver]

11 hours ago, asiaexpat said:

Out of date idea, try learning about modern Thailand.

 

It's not so long ago people up in Issan were paid 200 baht each to vote for Mr. T.  Fact.

 

Since then, Thailand was under military rule, and now still under the the same Army General, in a sham democracy.

 

What "modern Thailand" are you talking about?  

[jacko45k]

19 hours ago, asiaexpat said:

Out of date idea, try learning about modern Thailand.

Other than the fact I am sitting in it?

[Rimmer]

Inflammatory post and reply removed

[joebrown]

19 hours ago, mrfill said:

 

Father .."was convicted in 2004 for the hired killing murder of the headman of a neighboring district the previous year. He was also convicted in a corruption case."

 

You have a calendar error. 2004 was never in the 1960s or 1970s

More recently their brother Itthipol, former mayor of Pattaya, was appointed as Culture Minister by the current military government.

AFAIK he has no drug related convictions, unlike another Minister, so he must be a clean upstanding guy.