webfact Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Move Forward MP Padipat Suntiphada accused the government today (Thursday) of covering up the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) since October 2019, as there was an official letter issued, which was acknowledged by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit and Agriculture Minister Chalermchai Srion, ordering the setup of an ad hoc committee to try to contain the contagious pig disease. Speaking in Parliament on the first day of the two-day general parliamentary debate, Padipat claimed that ASF was first detected in 2019 and spread until last year, during which time about 300,000 pigs died, either from the disease or through culling to prevent the disease from spreading. About one billion baht in compensation has been paid by the government to affected pig farmers. As a direct result of the cover-up of the spread of ASF in 2020, Padipat said that the disease had spread across almost the entire country, forcing many small pig farmers to sell off their animals at fire-sale prices to middlemen who pushed the prices of live pigs down to 300-500 baht each, instead of having the animals culled. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-government-accused-of-covering-up-spread-of-swine-flu-since-2019/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-02-18 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThailandRyan Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 They can not deny the facts that are in evidence. Swine flu has been around in Thailand for many years and this government has done nothing about it. This is also why every year for the past few years the farmers have had to cull their herds thus leading to severe losses as well as the increase in pork prices. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post itsari Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 The Thai people can thank the lack of a free press for the reason of the cover up of the ASF situation in Thailand . It took the death of two pet pigs for the subject to be raised after the owner had the animals tested privately . 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Cover-up's Thailand? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Thailand or LOS, "Land of Smokescreens" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Just another scandal that would have, in and of itself, toppled a popularly-elected government. Plenty of room under the carpet for a few million pigs, just nudge that submarine over a bit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, mtls2005 said: toppled a popularly-elected government. I sense some sarcasm in that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Covering Up no! it's just trough instinct ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Remember the avian flu during Dr Thaksin‘s reign as primus-inter-pares? The Thai government had a deal running, apparently, to buy Airbus aircraft against chicken. So X containers of frozen chicken sailed towards Europe when a spot-check somewhere revealed, that the frozen poultry was avian flu infested. Apparently the then sitting minister of agriculture, the uncrowned king of Buriram, had swept that knowledge under the biggest carpet east of Suez called Thailand. The chicken was returned to sender and the local customers could buy poultry as cheap as 14 Baht a kilogramme. Now the equally gifted leaders of the land have banned all imports of pork-related matters which includes 24-month aged parma ham or 12+ months aged salami from Italy. Pata Negra (the Iberian ham Rolls Royce though is not an issue - yet)! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 8 hours ago, webfact said: Move Forward MP Padipat Suntiphada accused the government today (Thursday) of covering up the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) since October 2019, as there was an official letter issued, which was acknowledged by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Another nail in his coffin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandeventer Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 5 hours ago, hotchilli said: Cover-up's Thailand? We are so close to China where most of these dangerous viruses come from, yet we are so lucky our manhood hasn't fallen off yet. I just wonder how many deaths last year were from Swine flu, bird flu or any other flu you can think of 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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