Sattahip District Chief Transferred After Pub Fire Kills 14 People

[webfact]

Scenes from the deadly pub fire. Photos with this report: Naewna, Front Page photos: Sanook.com

 

TNR Staff 

 

AFTER a huge fire engulfed a pub in Sattahip district of Chonburi province at 1 a.m. yesterday morning (August 5) killing 14 people and injuring many others the district chief was immediately transferred to the Department of Provincial Administration, Naewna newspaper and Sanook.com said.

 

The department’s chief Mr. Thanakom Chongjira signed an order transferring Sattahip’s district chief  Maj. Chatchai Sriphoon to perform duties at the Institute of Administration Development  on a regular basis starting today until further notice.

 

The deadly fire that broke out at Mountain B pub while hundreds of nightlifers were enjoying themselves there initially killed 13 people but one more later died in the hospital raising the toll to 14 with 41 injured.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/08/05/sattahip-district-chief-transferred-after-pub-fire-kills-14-people/

 

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[Excel]

Looks like they have identified one scape goat already, pretty quick work even before the investigation of the cause is completed. What next, all the RTP and RTN parties will be asked to return their back handers ?

[Nicholas Paul KNIGHT]

Why transfer, suspend on half pay, remove him from making ANY decisions 

 

[2baht]

  

3 hours ago, webfact said:

the district chief was immediately transferred

For punishment or protection? ????

[scorecard]

1 hour ago, 2baht said:

  

For punishment or protection? ????

Symbolic ... 'see we did something'.

[mikeymike100]

2 hours ago, 2baht said:

  

For punishment or protection? ????

Maybe both. Until an investigation is carried out it seems very premature, but maybe they know something we dont?

[brucegoniners]

It's always transferred, never fired. Why aren't these guys ever fired?

 

[Excel]

4 minutes ago, brucegoniners said:

It's always transferred, never fired. Why aren't these guys ever fired?

 

Because they are needed, possibly in other positions, to ensure proceeds of corruption are still channeled appropriately upwards.

[new2here]

I suspect these kinds of moves serve two concurrent purposes …

 

1) it’s a societally acceptable way to “punish” someone…

 

2) it also avoids the loss-of-face that comes with making such a move to a public officer and in relation to a very public incident. 

 

Kind of like kids who get a score of 50/100… most will see the “50” and know that s/he failed …. but the use of 50/100 also avoids the labeling/shaming/embarrassment and paperwork that comes with having to deal with a true failing mark.

At the level of the person in question, anyone who is involuntary transferred will be known as “…that guy”… but avoids a formal label of being demoted etc…

 

 

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The department’s chief Mr. Thanakom Chongjira signed an order transferring Sattahip’s district chief  Maj. Chatchai Sriphoon to perform duties at the Institute of Administration Development  on a regular basis starting today until further notice.

Too bloody late.... these establishments are allowed to operate under the watch of chiefs and police.

Time to drain the swamp.

[petermik]

44 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

 

Time to drain the swamp.

Swamp too deep....a bottomless pit....

[Henryford]

13 dead and the only punishment is a transfer !!

[Burma Bill]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

department’s chief Mr.

 

8 hours ago, webfact said:

transferring Sattahip’s district chief  Maj.

I found this interesting, a "Mister" transferring a "Major" (military??)