Srettha To Be Taken To Task Over Alleged Tax-Evading Real Estate

[webfact]

 

PHEU THAI PRIME-MINISTERIAL CANDIDATE Srettha Thavisin will likely be taken to task over tax evasion allegations pertaining to his real estate dealings very shortly, according to political activist Chuwit Kamolvisit.

 

Known as personally associated with deposed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the real estate tycoon-turned-prime-ministerial candidate has allegedly conspired with a few Indian and Chinese nationals to evade taxes for property dealings in Bangkok and elsewhere, Chuwit charged.

 

In the upcoming Friday’s joint House/Senate meeting, Srettha will likely be questioned by some lawmakers over under-the-table shenanigans and legal loopholes through which he had allegedly evaded taxes for his property businesses.

 

By Thai Newsroom Reporters

Pheu Thai prime minister candidate Srettha Thavisin. Top photo: Thai Rath

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/08/02/srettha-to-be-taken-to-task-over-alleged-tax-evading-real-estate/

 

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[OneMoreFarang]

The perfect candidate to represent the owner of the party. 

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

PHEU THAI PRIME-MINISTERIAL CANDIDATE Srettha Thavisin will likely be taken to task over tax evasion allegations pertaining to his real estate dealings very shortly, according to political activist Chuwit Kamolvisit.

Is their one honest politician in Thailand...

rhetorical question.

[ikke1959]

Shows how much this party and members can be trusted

[2baht]

Go for the jugular, Chuwit! He has the tenacity of a fox terrier dog! 

[RandolphGB]

Surely not! Thais are well known for their honesty, civic pride and law-abiding character. 

[SoilSpoil]

Birds of feather......

[2baht]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

honest politician

That's an oximoron!

[bamnutsak]

Might as well just ask the people in charge who they want as PM?

 

It would save time.

 

And it won't look any less "democratic" than this selective public defamation/prosecution through cut-outs (Chuwit, Runagkrai) of contenders.

 

 

 

 

[Henryford]

Will he be banned like Pita? thought not.

[Denim]

Tax evasion over a land deal ? 

 

Oh come on, they all do that. 

 

But....apparently nothing wrong with evading taxes when selling land. Prayuth said so when he sold 600 million baht of his land to a private company based in the British virgin Islands , set up only a week before the transaction and no other business on the books.

 

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2014/11/04/1415098178/

 

When grilled by reporters he answered :

 

When a reporter asked Gen. Prayuth about the land sale today, the Prime Minister shot back that the media has no business questioning him on the matter. 

 

"The land has belonged to me since I was a kid, it belonged to my father. So what's the problem?" Gen. Prayuth said. "Please stop criticising me already."

 

"I don't know. I don't remember," Gen. Prayuth said on 1 November. "I am not a businessman. Please don't ask me about this."

 

[Tropicalevo]

53 minutes ago, Henryford said:

Will he be banned like Pita? thought not.

There will be a case for FMP to say that he cannot stand for PM until his case his heard?

Only Anutin left then.

[renaissanc]

I think that every Senator and every PM candidate will have skeletons in their closet. If every candidate's past is examined, the 10 months will be up by the time they find a suitable candidate, if they ever do.

[Brickleberry]

Sounds like he learned a lot from his mentor, Thaksin.

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/specter-of-thaksins-tax-saga-returns-to-haunt-thailand/

[John Drake]

8 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Is their one honest politician in Thailand...

rhetorical question.

Rhetorical or not, I'll answer: Chuwit.

[John Drake]

5 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

There will be a case for FMP to say that he cannot stand for PM until his case his heard?

Only Anutin left then.

Two other PTP nominees in line first

[hotchilli]

14 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Rhetorical or not, I'll answer: Chuwit.

Chuwit is a rogue turned whistleblower... 

[tomacht8]

The best thing for Thailand would be if they had politicians which are honest, incorruptible, which always keep their word, pay their taxes and have no criminal history. Unfortunately, those to whom this applies are mercilessly sawed off and disqualified, from the group of dirty politicians, who have skeletons in the closet.

[rick44]

"personally associated with deposed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra". Or supposedly former boyfriend, right? And while we are on the subject on the Thaksins, Isn’t Yingluck in reality Thaksin’s daughter, not sister? I am just asking, because who has a sister who is 18 years younger than you? That was a rumor going around for a while anyway…

[JensenZ]

10 hours ago, tomacht8 said:

The best thing for Thailand would be if they had politicians which are honest, incorruptible, which always keep their word, pay their taxes and have no criminal history. Unfortunately, those to whom this applies are mercilessly sawed off and disqualified, from the group of dirty politicians, who have skeletons in the closet.

Listening to all the expats moaning about how dishonest Thai policiticians are, you'd wonder why they ever left their home countries to live here when politicians back home are so honest. Where is that paradise?