PM Charged With Breaking Law Over 6,000 Baht Gift To Paetongtarn

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A FRESH COMPLAINT WAS FILED today (Dec.6) against Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for allegedly breaking the law by handing a personal gift worth over 6,000 baht to Pheu Thai leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra.

 

Political activist Srisuwan Janya lodged the petition against the Pheu Thai-backed prime minister to the National Anti-Corruption Commission calling for probe into the recent event in which the prime minister had bought out of his own pocket a large piece of Mudmee fabric for 6,000 baht from an OTOP store in Sri Boonruang district of Nong Bualampu and handed it to Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra, in the presence of government personnel and villagers.

 

Political activist Srisuwan Janya. Photo: Thai Rath

 

Embroidered in Thai alphabet on the indigenously-made, pink fabric is Paetongtarn’s nickname Oong Ing. On Monday, the prime minister headed the Pheu Thai-led government’s first roving cabinet meeting in the northeastern province.

 

By Thai Newsroom Reporters

TOP: Pheu Thai leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra holding a piece of Mudee fabric that Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had just given her. Photo: Thai Rath

 

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[2baht]

Children in politics, pathetic!

[stoner]

deport. and a 500b fine for that stupid mask. 

[loong]

How ridiculous can you get.

That could hardly be considered a "hand out"! Just a gift from one person to another.

[Andycoops]

This guy is becoming a clown nearly every single day.

[hotchilli]

29 minutes ago, Andycoops said:

This guy is becoming a clown nearly every single day.

The whole political arena is a circus.

[scorecard]

1 hour ago, loong said:

How ridiculous can you get.

That could hardly be considered a "hand out"! Just a gift from one person to another.

 

There are laws re such matters and the laws exist for good reasons.

 

Surprising that the PM or his minders didn't take care with this to not break any laws. 

[daveAustin]

Stroll on! Don’t like the bloke either, but if you want to get him, wait until he does something corrupt… like ‘running the country’ when an election has been stolen. 😋

[dinsdale]

I don't care for this bloke at all but if the money was from the public coffers then I can see a problem but it wasn't. This seems rather absurd to me. Does this mean he cannot buy a birthday present for his wife for example?

Edited December 7, 2023 by dinsdale

[brianthainess]

Sack him, Then Tony can full control 

[mikebell]

36 minutes ago, scorecard said:

 

There are laws re such matters and the laws exist for good reasons.

 

Surprising that the PM or his minders didn't take care with this to not break any laws. 

Laws do not apply to Hi-sos.

[Chassa]

the prime minister had bought out of his own pocket a large piece of Mudmee fabric for 6,000 baht from an OTOP store in Sri Boonruang district of Nong Bualampu

 

We all must pay for goods purchased.

 

Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra

 

Description of her is not necessary.

[spidermike007]

First he steals an election, and now he is giving illegal gifts. There is no limit on the immorality of this man. 

[edwinchester]

It is this guy's job to run offense for the super rich elite and their stooges and nothing else. He will never raise issues of corruption and injustice perpetrated by his paymasters.

[kingstonkid]

7 hours ago, loong said:

How ridiculous can you get.

That could hardly be considered a "hand out"! Just a gift from one person to another.

The catch is that the gy filing is a strong man for the PPRP.  He is the one tht filed all the papers on the MFP and will continue as a watch dog to file on anything he thinks is wrong.

 

Better someone does that than no one does anything.

[rovinman]

7 hours ago, scorecard said:

 

There are laws re such matters and the laws exist for good reasons.

 

Surprising that the PM or his minders didn't take care with this to not break any laws. 

 

I agree with "No gifts, from Contractors to emp;loyers " say, 

But what is the Minimum amount that one is allowed to spend on someone's Birthday present, say,  and is there a Maximum amount also  ?

[jayboy]

7 hours ago, Chassa said:

the prime minister had bought out of his own pocket a large piece of Mudmee fabric for 6,000 baht from an OTOP store in Sri Boonruang district of Nong Bualampu

 

We all must pay for goods purchased.

 

Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra

 

Description of her is not necessary.

 

Rules on this kind of gift should be followed though the value is of course very small.

 

In the catalogue of crimes committed (eg grabbing the country by force of arms) over the last 15 years it is perhaps not worth getting too hot under the collar.

[madmitch]

If this was MFP they'd be looking for a reason to disqualify someone and dissolve the party!

[herfiehandbag]

This fellow Srisuwan Janya must have been on a special course!

 

After all, no one could be such an idiot, or such an obsessive, naturally!

[Sydebolle]

Well, a former Prime Minister, Samak Sundaravej, had to clear his PM office for less. 

He participated in a cooking show on TV and was compensated with some ridiculous amount for transportation (I think it was THB 500) in connection with his appearance on TV as a hobby cook. The law stipulates, that the PM is not entitled to receive any money apart from his remuneration as PM - which sent Samak packing and he disappeared from the political stage. He was a hopeless nuisance politically and certainly an apparent crook (remember the fire engine deal for Bangkok's BMA?) but the whole dismissal was politically motivated.