Thailand’s Industry Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit has been urged, by an environmental advocacy group known as Ecological Alert and Recovery – Thailand (EARTH), to investigate why Ming Dih Chemical, whose factory exploded last week, was allowed to increase its production capacity of Styrofoam pellets, despite the fact that it is surrounded by communities and is not far from Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

 

EARTH Director Penchome Sae-Tang claimed today that the Industrial Works Department issued a permit two years ago, to allow the company to increase the production capacity by 15 times the pre-2019 capacity at its factory in Soi Kingkaew, Samut Prakan province.

 

The factory was burned down in a fire on July 5th, sending plumes of black and poisonous fumes into the sky, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people living around the factory.  Some of the styrene monomer, a colorless poisonous chemical used in the production process and stored in the factory’s compound, leaked into sewers and natural waterways around the factory.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/probe-urged-for-permit-allowing-for-ming-dih-chemical-to-increase-production-capacity/

 

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Try following the "Brown Envelope Trail" ..............LOL

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand’s Industry Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit has been urged, by an environmental advocacy group known as Ecological Alert and Recovery – Thailand (EARTH), to investigate why Ming Dih Chemical, whose factory exploded last week, was allowed to increase its production capacity

It should be obvious why they were allowed to increase production, bribes to local hi ranking officials, that is where they should start the investigation.

No. Since you can't tell from the street if a factory is suddenly producing 15 times more of anything, I think they just started doing it off their own bat. No need for any  permit to do anything, just do what you want.

 

I think the much maligned brown envelopes will become more of a feature NOW. Everyone concerned is already shape-shifting between finger-pointing and sloping shoulders. It's like fire inspections at night clubs. They've always been easier AFTER the building has caught fire and burned people alive.

Ming Dih sounds very Thai  to me 555 must have been some brown Chinese envelopes being passed around there in the past and present .

4 hours ago, colinneil said:

It should be obvious why they were allowed to increase production, bribes to local hi ranking officials, that is where they should start the investigation.

Long since spent