Popular Post snoop1130 Posted May 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2023 Image Courtesy: Isra News Former governor of Yala province, Thira Minthrasak, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison without suspension, after being found guilty of malfeasance by the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases in connection with the purchase of fake bomb detectors, known as GT-200, more than a decade ago. 11 other officials who were involved in the deal, most of them retired, have also received sentences ranging from four years to eight months. The National Anti-Corruption Commission found sufficient evidence to substantiate malfeasance charges against the 12 officials after the signing of two contracts to purchase the British-made GT-200 bomb detectors. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/8-years-in-prison-for-ex-yala-governor-over-gt-200-bomb-detector-deal/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2023-05-03 - Cigna 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. The most versatile and flexible rental investment and holiday home solution in Thailand - click for more information. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 About time too... this was farcical to say the least. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobU Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Wow! corrupt officials actually being punished. Interesting to note that their corrupt activity was against Thai interests and not fleecing foreigners 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post klauskunkel Posted May 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 4, 2023 12 hours ago, snoop1130 said: The National Anti-Corruption Commission found sufficient evidence to substantiate malfeasance charges against the 12 officials Apparently the NACC did not find evidence against the military who spent the most on the "bomb detectors". 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 No Hi-So goes to jail (unless they've offended the higher-ups). By the time all the appeals have been heard all will have died of old age. LOL = Land of Lawyers. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 And where did all the money go to, has any been retrieved. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsxrnz Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 (edited) I remember this case. They were importing a hand-held device that was actually a modified golf ball detector. Not sure if they bought them from the English couple that sold them to a good number of governments, but the whole incident was oh-so-typically-Thailand. Here's a link about the matter from 2014. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29459896 Edited May 4, 2023 by Gsxrnz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroveHillWanderer Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Gsxrnz said: I remember this case. They were importing a hand-held device that was actually a modified golf ball detector. Not sure if they bought them from the English couple that sold them to a good number of governments, but the whole incident was oh-so-typically-Thailand. Here's a link about the matter from 2014. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29459896 Not sure about it being typically Thailand - as the BBC article shows, governments and security organisations all around the world were fooled into buying these useless devices. UK government agencies and even UK military personnel were also used to helped promote the devices. So perhaps this was more typically British than anything else? Edited May 4, 2023 by GroveHillWanderer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nahkit Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 What are the chances of anyone from the armed forces being held accountable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 42 minutes ago, nahkit said: What are the chances of anyone from the armed forces being held accountable? They would need to purchase the optional 'military personnel finder' card to install in their GT200 in order to locate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroveHillWanderer Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 The article is a little vague, talking about "malfeasance" but I'm wondering what exactly the ex-governor (and the other officials) were found guilty of. I thought the whole basis of this scam is that people were fooled into believing these devices worked. Was it the case that these local officials were guilty of more than just being gullible? Were they for instance, supposed to have known that the devices were bogus but bought them anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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