Chada Admits Having 23 Guns In Private Possession

[webfact]

 

DEPUTY INTERIOR MINISTER Chada Thaiset today (Oct.7) admitted to having as many as 23 handguns and rifles in his private possession.

 

The deputy interior minister told reporters he merely liked to collect guns and rifles which, he said, have a “beautiful design” and that he has possessed them as private keepsakes at home in Uthai Thani.

 

Chada said he will gladly offer to give away those firearms in his private collection to the authorities or to pay any rate of personal income tax for them.

 

By Thai Newsroom Reporters

Deputy Interior Minister Chada Thaiset. Photo: Thai Rath

 

Full story: THAI NEWSROOM 2023-10-09

 

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[dinsdale]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Chada said he will gladly offer to give away those firearms in his private collection to the authorities or to pay any rate of personal income tax for them

Interesting. Difficult to get a read on this but could this mean the weapons are not exactly squeaky clean?

[scorecard]

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

Interesting. Difficult to get a read on this but could this mean the weapons are not exactly squeaky clean?

And not licensed?

And where/how/from whom were they bought?

[PETERTHEEATER]

12 hours ago, webfact said:

........to pay any rate of personal income tax for them.

Why would income tax apply to personal effects?

He's a Cabinet Minister of the Interior and any suggestion that these firearms are not licensed under the laws of his department will be refuted. They are for self defence. ????

[paul1804]

On 10/9/2023 at 2:42 PM, PETERTHEEATER said:

Why would income tax apply to personal effects?

He's a Cabinet Minister of the Interior and any suggestion that these firearms are not licensed under the laws of his department will be refuted. They are for self defence. ????

Typical Thai story but could be a mixture of reporters getting the story confused. Chada is a cabinet Minister so his collection is more than likely an illegal one like most in LOS! So he offers to give it away or pay taxes, smell Fishy????

[quake]

Gun nuts,  are all the same world wide.

Flaky at best, but most likely full on nut jobs under the varnish.

Go and collet Amulets instead.

 

 

[RanongCat]

At least he  fessed up but perhaps only for fear of exposure by another admirer on some occasion ?