Yellow elder trees planted in front of Phang Nga City Hall that a web page alleges were bought for over 6,000 baht each. Photos: Naewna

 

by TNR Staff

 

A WEB PAGE entitled “Watchdog Operation” in Thai alleged that the Phang Nga provincial administration had purchased 37 yellow elder trees for 6,090.50 baht each, totalling 225,348.50 baht, as part of a canal improvement project in front of the City Hall last year, Naewna newspaper said.

 

A reporter from this newspaper went to inspect the project and found that a fence had been built along a drainage canal in front of the Phang Nga provincial government centre and governor’s residence with the landscape too improved and the work now completed.

 

Yellow elder trees planted in front of Phang Nga City Hall that a web page alleges were bought for over 6,000 baht each. Photos: Naewna

 

There was no sign giving details about this project and while yellow elders were planted along the walkway adjacent to the canal they were of unequal sizes. Some trees were 2.5 metres tall while others just 50 centimetres and covered with grass thus almost unrecognisable.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/03/06/web-page-alleges-yellow-elder-trees-bought-for-over-6000-baht-each-in-phang-nga/

 

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No-one cares.....blatant corruption at every turn nowadays...!

It shows how they spend money and where it is going...Buy a few big trees for normal price and the rest young ones and the difference...... So that is in the pocket...These tree grow fast so and we have one too in the garden and that was not more than 500 THB   (1,5m tall)and is now 3 m high already in one year....