Residents of the Muang district of Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat held a protest jog on Saturday night against the alleged inaction by local authorities in fixing the malfunctioning decorative lamp posts installed along a road in front of the King Rama IX public park.

 

The protesters used the flash lights in their smart phones as they ran from the park along the otherwise unlit road connecting Mamuang Song Ton, Po Sadet and Nai Muang sub-districts.

 

The protesting joggers were accompanied by an illuminated truck relaying protest messages through its public address system.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/protest-against-faulty-fancy-lamp-posts-in-nakhon-si-thammarat/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-05-31

 

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Got to love the residents of Nakhon Si Thammarat for free thinking and standing up to ineffective government. I spent a lot of years in NST and they have a progressive movement. Likely they will still be ignored though. At least they aren't afraid to protest. 

just have an indendent financial audit and all will be revealed

 

Follow the money

YOU voted the MP in, YOU vote him out unless  he does something. Pretty sure a prolonged feeding at the government trough will trump local authorities

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The protesters used the flash lights in their smart phones as they ran from the park along the otherwise unlit road connecting Mamuang Song Ton, Po Sadet and Nai Muang sub-districts.

Oh the embarrassment...

2 hours ago, smedly said:

just have an indendent financial audit and all will be revealed

 

Independent audit, financial transparency.... no no no.

We had Watergate 50 years ago, now it is the "Lamppostgate" - a favourite of mine explaining the petty corruption going on literally anywhere in Thailand on every level. Except the NST citizen though nobody else even queried the "need" for the good work by the state ............. it seems. 
In Pattaya the dolphins "beautified" North Pattaya road for years already and ultimately had to get turned 90 degrees as too many motorbike racers got killed by hitting their unhelmeted head on the lowest part of the lamp post. Another pristine example was Pattanakarn road on the dark side; all existing lamps mounted on power poles got "assisted" with hundreds of cheapest quality more "decorative" posts with typical Thai rice farmer hats made of iron cast ..... within the first month some 10% of the lamps went out of order and ..... are still out of order. 

This corruption scheme cost billions of Thai Baht but if the Thais do not have a problem with it, we can just stand by, watch and chuckle ........ 

3 hours ago, Sydebolle said:

This corruption scheme cost billions of Thai Baht but if the Thais do not have a problem with it, we can just stand by, watch and chuckle ........ 

Great montage, thank you.

13 hours ago, Willy Wombat said:

Follow the money

Like in so many cases in Thailand but since everyone has his hands in the pies, impunity prevails.

9 hours ago, Sydebolle said:

We had Watergate 50 years ago, now it is the "Lamppostgate" - a favourite of mine explaining the petty corruption going on literally anywhere in Thailand on every level. Except the NST citizen though nobody else even queried the "need" for the good work by the state ............. it seems. 
In Pattaya the dolphins "beautified" North Pattaya road for years already and ultimately had to get turned 90 degrees as too many motorbike racers got killed by hitting their unhelmeted head on the lowest part of the lamp post. Another pristine example was Pattanakarn road on the dark side; all existing lamps mounted on power poles got "assisted" with hundreds of cheapest quality more "decorative" posts with typical Thai rice farmer hats made of iron cast ..... within the first month some 10% of the lamps went out of order and ..... are still out of order. 

This corruption scheme cost billions of Thai Baht but if the Thais do not have a problem with it, we can just stand by, watch and chuckle ........ 

 

excellent, i was aware of the ripping up and replacing perfectly good pavements money making scheme, seems this is another such obviously dodgy and often pointless activity. it's surprising more people haven't been complaining for years...