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Thailand’s national park chief in custody on corruption charges


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We're waiting for the request for bail to be approved

 

Now where did I put that <deleted> ticket?

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Haven't I see that surname on here before? Was it a young 16 y.o. girl that had a really bad car crash?

 

Added to someone's name to show descended from a royal bloodline.

 

 
 
 

 

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the nationalities of suspects are no longer revealed to the media.

 

In this case, they don’t revealed his nationality ????

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13 hours ago, sidjameson said:

Am I being overly optimistic to think this arrest happening and being reported is a sign things are improving?

Yes. It's all about pass the parcel. He forgot to pass it on a little lighter as is the unwritten law.

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13 hours ago, anchadian said:

We're waiting for the request for bail to be approved

 

Now where did I put that <deleted> ticket?

(1/2) Charged chief of the Department of National Park, Wildlife & Plant Conservation Ratcha Suriyakul na Ayutthaya was temporarily released by anti-corruption police after posting 400K baht bail Tues. He was charged with accepting bribe in exchanged for promoting subordinates.

 

(2/2) The police said he's not a flight risk as he's a high-ranking official.Ratcha was arrested by anti-corruption officers while receiving hampers from well wishers at the department. Officers discovered and later displayed 5 million baht cash found inside envelope.

 

https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1607927051683786752

 

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1 hour ago, lujanit said:

In addition to corruption hopefully he gets charged with zenophobia.  Charging foreigners far more than Thais to enter National Parks.

Is zenophobia the fear of "one hand clapping"? Or looking into your bank account and "realizing  the void"?

Maybe you meant "xenophobia"? ????

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3 hours ago, lujanit said:

In addition to corruption hopefully he gets charged with zenophobia.  Charging foreigners far more than Thais to enter National Parks.

Not his call even though he is probably very happy with the arrangement. 

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Wait, what?!  From the linked article:

 

Chaiwat (the whistle blower) and his three former subordinates at Kaeng Krachan national park are facing murder charges for the enforced disappearance of Karen activist Porlajee Rakchongcharoen, aka “Billy”, about eight years ago.

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14 minutes ago, Lee65 said:

Wait, what?!  From the linked article:

 

Chaiwat (the whistle blower) and his three former subordinates at Kaeng Krachan national park are facing murder charges for the enforced disappearance of Karen activist Porlajee Rakchongcharoen, aka “Billy”, about eight years ago.

Not important, he was only a Karen, so doesn't really rate in the eyes of the authorities. 

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Can I get a cut of the money seized, I am sure it's part of my foreigner entry fees to the National parks.....I need it to pay for my entry fees a second time......

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7 hours ago, Enzian said:

But what things exactly was he accepting bribes to approve, construction on park land, or what else?

Click on the link in the OP.

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The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation is a political backwater - politicians hate this post and it has been run incompetently (and corruptly?) for decades.

There has been a lot written about this previously so it comes as no surprise.

however what happened behind the headlines to start this particular purge will probably never be revealed. 

Will it improve the state of National Parks in Thailand? I wold suggest a resounding “NO!”

The fact that the DNP has for decades been clinging to the archaic policy of duel pricing just shows what an out of date and mis-functioning institution it is

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