Thailand presses ahead with three airport High Speed Rail project - promising no corruption at all

[webfact]

Picture: INN

 

INN reported that Thailand was pressing ahead with plans to link three main airports as part of the Eastern Economic Corridor High Speed Rail project.

 

This came after criticism from a party list MP of the Move Forward Party about prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha's involvement in deals between Asia Erawan and CP.

 

Prayuth is chairman of the EEC board. 

 

MP Phijan Chaopattanawong claimed there were irregular goings on after payment terms were extended claiming that this showed favors were being granted. 

 

Government spokesman Thanakorn Wangbunkhongchana hit back on behalf of the PM saying that his best interests were for the country and that everything in the project was honest and above board. 

 

He blamed the MP concerned for causing confusion and scapegoating. In parting commments he said that the MP discredited himself in an attempt to discredit others. 

 

The High Speed Train - also known as the Airport Rail Link (ARL) according to INN - will link Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi in Bangkok with U-Tapao in Rayong (serving the Pattaya area) via Chachoengsao and Sriracha.

 

The EEC project is one of Thailand's largest and the jewel in its crown is the rail link. 

 

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[ThailandRyan]

No corruption, and my names Felix the Cat....

[fangless]

Even without COVID he would have had to wear a mask to say that there will be "no corruption at all" in order to hide his lack of a straight face!

[Geoffggi]

4 minutes ago, fangless said:

Even without COVID he would have had to wear a mask to say that there will be "no corruption at all" in order to hide his lack of a straight face!

Either that or he must be one hell of a poker player .................LOL

[RafPinto]

If an "honest" person has even to mention "no corruption" at all, that says it all.

[Willy Wombat]

The joke du jour by the clowns in charge

[sammieuk1]

 Everything in the project was honest and above board. reiterated the captain of the phoenix ????

[mtls2005]

no (more than the usual) corruption at all

[poskat]

maybe he meant that there will only be normal type corruption, the kind that is just baked into doing things the thai way, not any excessive corruption, which of course, would be wrong.

[Hayduke]

 

The mask really does add something to that “Doctor  No” look.

 

 

 

[ThailandRyan]

29 minutes ago, RafPinto said:

If an "honest" person has even to mention "no corruption" at all, that says it all.

Ding ding ding, winner, winner, chicken dinner...nailed it in one sentence....

[bbko]

15 minutes ago, Hayduke said:

 

The mask really does add something to that “Doctor  No” look.

 

 

 

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[ezzra]

I thought this article should be in jokes section, building huge airports and " no corruption" surly someone is having  fun at our expense this morning...

[Gottfrid]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

best interests were for the country and that everything in the project was honest and above board.

Nothing special with that. Everything as it always been then. 

[djayz]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

his best interests were for the country and that everything in the project was honest and above board

I believe you, but millions wouldn't. 

[Artisi]

What no coruption means is, no corruption for the riff raff, in our case it's consultation fee. 

[RubbaJohnny]

Pardon me boy, is that the frat n goowoo choo choo?

 

These old buffers like coupling, let me make this heir port expressly clear there may be loco motion or slippage when train changes from Groovy Train gravy Train.

 

After the Hopewell fiasco we realize their engineeering work is actually an Indian ear ring piercer

 

All board te Chew choo choocha woo woo

[Destiny1990]

They said in 2016 it was going on so it most be nearly finished by now.

[biggles45]

All those in the know have already bought up all the land needed for the construction, par for the course in corrupt countries

[Andycoops]

Just promising no corruption guarantees that there will be plenty.

[Isaan sailor]

China‘s Belt and Road coming to Thailand.  What could possibly go wrong?

[RJRS1301]

I wonder if it appears to be a conflict interest for the PM to be chairperson of the board?

The mere fact that it has to be announced " no corruption" is a sad indictment of all dealings in the Kingdom

Is there a register of the land owners required  for the land required for the projects, and can we guarantee that no infringements of integrity have taken place in the acquisition of the land needed?

Is the watchman involved?

 

[Paul Henry]

Simple misprint should read "NO CORRUPTION FOUND"

[Srikcir]

China's state-owned HSR system in the last few years has resulted in an overall debt trap, in part due to lack of freight tariffs. Will Prayut pledge he'll be personally responsible for any financial losses for the EEC HSR lines as he created the system by his personal use of Article 44 that overruled economic analysis and anti-corruption laws? 

[mahtin]

Quis custodiet ipsos custodies?

[Artisi]

35 minutes ago, Paul Henry said:

Simple misprint should read "NO CORRUPTION FOUND"

Nor looked for..... 

[Hanuman2547]

Something tells me that in a couple of years they will track down some "unusually wealthy" people that were involved with this whole project.

[Isaan sailor]

Will the average Thai use high speed trains for domestic travel?  I don’t think so….

[JCP108]

Almost spit my coffee into my keyboard when I read that headline.

[JCP108]

On 11/2/2021 at 6:04 AM, Artisi said:

Nor looked for..... 

Or, maybe to find the corruption they will send that top notch investigation team that they sent to Pattaya to look for prostitution.