Pilchard Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Coco Blue's Mr Alan Saad Why is he on the front page of Thai newspaer today ? Anyone got the gos ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Which paper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
churchill Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 The Paper says - Probably not a very good translation but - He was arrested for writing a cheque for 750,000 baht for Coco 66 holdings ( presumably his housing project ? ) without funds . He was trying to obtain a Visa to go to Taiwan . The paper says the cheque was written a year ago and the order to arrest him was made a year ago ?? and he was caught due to his recent visa application . So if the order was made to arrest him a year ago why didn't the police do it ? This is Samui , Thailand ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Which paper please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazeeboy Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 its going to hit the fan now with him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charma Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Bangkok Post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Other posters made it sound like it was a Thai language newspaper and I don't see anything in the Bangkok Post online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 1 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Page 2 Bangkok post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boater Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Page 2 Bangkok post. I cannot see either online... anyone got a link or a scanned image of the article to post??? ( all bangkokpost sold out where i am ) Tx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
churchill Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 daily News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
churchill Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I imagine that he was not arrested straight away as he negotiated with the court to repay the debt but was arrested as it seems he was trying to leave the country . Only speculation ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I don't see it on the daily news online edition either. We get the Bangkok Post a day late here, I'll try to pick one up in town in the morning and see what the article says, that is if nobody posts anything more substantial before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 it is in the bangkok post in the small collom on the right hand side of about page 2. i read this aswell. didn't know he was the coco man though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuiRes Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 (edited) The Paper says - Probably not a very good translation but - He was arrested for writing a cheque for 750,000 baht for Coco 66 holdings ( presumably his housing project ? ) without funds . He was trying to obtain a Visa to go to Taiwan . The paper says the cheque was written a year ago and the order to arrest him was made a year ago ?? and he was caught due to his recent visa application . So if the order was made to arrest him a year ago why didn't the police do it ? This is Samui , Thailand ! The Police did not do anything because they knew the matter was in hand and had been effectively resolved apart from some paperwork withdrawing the complaint. Immigration however saw an opportunity to make a few bucks selling a story to the Press when he applied for a re-entry permit for a business trip. It was a set up - how many times to do you go to Immigration and find a Newspaper photographer waiting for you? Anyway - it has gone away, there are no charges and the whole thing once again has been blown out of all proportion. Edited January 17, 2008 by SamuiRes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazeeboy Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 The Paper says - Probably not a very good translation but - He was arrested for writing a cheque for 750,000 baht for Coco 66 holdings ( presumably his housing project ? ) without funds . He was trying to obtain a Visa to go to Taiwan . The paper says the cheque was written a year ago and the order to arrest him was made a year ago ?? and he was caught due to his recent visa application . So if the order was made to arrest him a year ago why didn't the police do it ? This is Samui , Thailand ! The Police did not do anything because they knew the matter was in hand and had been effectively resolved apart from some paperwork withdrawing the complaint. Immigration however saw an opportunity to make a few bucks selling a story to the Press when he applied for a re-entry permit for a business trip. It was a set up - how many times to do you go to Immigration and find a Newspaper photographer waiting for you? Anyway - it has gone away, there are no charges and the whole thing once again has been blown out of all proportion. theres no smoke without fire........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 The Paper says - Probably not a very good translation but - He was arrested for writing a cheque for 750,000 baht for Coco 66 holdings ( presumably his housing project ? ) without funds . He was trying to obtain a Visa to go to Taiwan . The paper says the cheque was written a year ago and the order to arrest him was made a year ago ?? and he was caught due to his recent visa application . So if the order was made to arrest him a year ago why didn't the police do it ? This is Samui , Thailand ! . The Police did not do anything because they knew the matter was in hand and had been effectively resolved apart from some paperwork withdrawing the complaint. Immigration however saw an opportunity to make a few bucks selling a story to the Press when he applied for a re-entry permit for a business trip. It was a set up - how many times to do you go to Immigration and find a Newspaper photographer waiting for you? Anyway - it has gone away, there are no charges and the whole thing once again has been blown out of all proportion. so what facts is this based on. are u saying that he did not write a cheque that bounced. or are u saying that he did do it but the police were waiting to sell the story to the paper. doesn't really matter why they nicked him if he is guilty then he is guilty. then he might be innocent. not for me to decide. i know how thailand works. so when in Rome as they say....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocwaoh Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 The Paper says - Probably not a very good translation but - He was arrested for writing a cheque for 750,000 baht for Coco 66 holdings ( presumably his housing project ? ) without funds . He was trying to obtain a Visa to go to Taiwan . The paper says the cheque was written a year ago and the order to arrest him was made a year ago ?? and he was caught due to his recent visa application . So if the order was made to arrest him a year ago why didn't the police do it ? This is Samui , Thailand ! The Police did not do anything because they knew the matter was in hand and had been effectively resolved apart from some paperwork withdrawing the complaint. Immigration however saw an opportunity to make a few bucks selling a story to the Press when he applied for a re-entry permit for a business trip. It was a set up - how many times to do you go to Immigration and find a Newspaper photographer waiting for you? Anyway - it has gone away, there are no charges and the whole thing once again has been blown out of all proportion. theres no smoke without fire........ Agreed! Everything SamuiRes says is all opinion and conjecture (and borderline defamation). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
churchill Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 "There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true. " Sir Winston Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Saw the Bangkok Post article, all it says was the he was arrested on a year old charge of bouncing a check. That he was arrested at Samui Immigration making preparations to go to Taiwan. If you want more "gos" suggest you go ask the man himself Unless anyone has further information besides conjecture I don't really see any need to leave a thread open that could end up libellous and defamatory. Please PM me if you have published facts regarding this case and I will be happy to re-open it for discussion. ///CLOSED/// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.png.3b3332cc2256ad0edbc2fe9404feeef0.png)
Recommended Posts