Govt spending Bt4.2 billion to 'cover up Thaksin's botched policy'

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The government has earmarked Bt4.2 billion under the guise of loan repayment in order to cover up the misnagement of price intervention for longan under the Thaksin Shinawatra administration in 2004.

"PM Yingluck Shinawatra is using the taxpayer's money to whitewash her brother Thaksin," Democrat Party spokesman Chavanond Intarakomalyasut said on Thursday.

Chavanond said the mismanagement happened after the Thaksin administration had allocated Bt3.4 billion to prop up the price for 312,373 tons of longan for nothern farmers.

Under the price intervention scheme, the administration would back the Krung Thai Bank loans to the Marketing Organisation for Farmers.

The MOF contracted, in turn, Po Heng International Co to process the fresh fruit into some 90,000 tons of dried longan.

But the fruit processing could turn out only about 40,000 tons of dried longan, an insufficient amount to repay the loans.

The allocation of additional funds would enable the MOF to repay the bank loans without having to check the amount of longan involved in the price intervention scheme, Chavanond said.

-- The Nation 2012-06-21

They already know that half went missing, they are very aware of those involved, but the statue of limitations may be up on this mess also. The two agencies (run by cronies) are mentioned in the article, they should be repaying the monies from what they took as fees. kickbacks, storage, transport, etc.

They already know that half went missing, they are very aware of those involved, but the statue of limitations may be up on this mess also. The two agencies (run by cronies) are mentioned in the article, they should be repaying the monies from what they took as fees. kickbacks, storage, transport, etc.

You´r right, the problem is that "repay" isn´t in the Thai vocabulary.

what a surprise!

It's great that there is a news article about this minor incident. This is clearly NOT why corruption charges have been levied against Thaksin. Thaksin is incredibly cynical about the intelligence of his constituency. AIS is the issue. Shin Corp., etc. It's tragic to watch the brazen dissemination of red herrings become so successful. C'mon Yingluck. You need to convince Bangkok, because you can't expect someone from the outside to step in create a democracy based on a minor 50%-plus majority.

The legacy continues

They already know that half went missing, they are very aware of those involved, but the statue of limitations may be up on this mess also. The two agencies (run by cronies) are mentioned in the article, they should be repaying the monies from what they took as fees. kickbacks, storage, transport, etc.

Just Thaksin and his mass ups in Thailand keep on going and going and going. when will it stop?

In any western democracy this would be a major scandal; here it's hardly news.

The sad part is, most Thais probably don't know about this, and of those that do, they either won't care or will just accept it.

It just shows how far behind Thailand is.

The legacy continues

The longan scam goes all the way back to being part of the lyrics to the legendary video,

Square Faced Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLGTopD8UH4&

A rough translation...

Our square shaped friend is a thick-skinned man,

A Singapore lackey, he's hellbound, so brazen,

His staff, how they lick and fawn,

A mixed breed man, mixing Thai and English- cheap show-off.

The Opposition boycott, public start to stir, but he's unfazed,

Our insensitive dude is no real man, afraid of exposure, he dissolves Parliament,

Square-face head, handing crisp new banknotes to those going to ballot booths,

Some fake ballot papers too, to get 19 million votes,

Under pressure to resign -in the next life he says,

Sold Shin, sold the country, devoured it for his Chinese clan.

Power, he bought with currency,

Conspiring in the baht's flotation, he damaged the economy with his dollar hoarding,

If the law has a loophole, he emerges with a business,

When it's exposed, hiring a lawyer, he forgets to mention ethics.

Buying land for speculation, insider information told him about the sky train,

Vested interest policy,all the family rich, even the maids and gardeners!

Foreign products promoted in Thailand, it's free trade exchanged for IPstar,

Acting as mafia, extorting, fraud, even kidnap and killing.

Always devious, looking for underhand moves,

When hungry he consumes all the airwaves, Post Office, Egat,

For snacks he eats longan, for appetizers TPI and also rubber seedlings,

For take- away it's PTT with the shares given to Oak( his son) and Or( his wife),

At his home ,'The moonlit dogs'.

Thinking deviously, he can't get enough sleep,

Concealing the CTX scandal, sex is forgotten, an activity he loves,

Worried about Ample Rich, he forgets to zip his trousers after a leak( meaning can't control all his staff),

Concerned his fate is declining, his assets may be seized, he's afraid of higher powers.

The populist policies of square-head, what a boon!

Village funds debts for the grass-roots,

Debts postponed, money left over for mobile phones for all,

The 'caring' housing programme, shoddy, sloppy quality, cheaper to build your own,

'Silence killings' in the drug trade because the big fish fear exposure.

Legalised underground lottery, 75 percent for fraud, 25 percent for education,

30 baht scheme, every disease, diabetes, bird flu but just paracetomal,

When the square face man's popularity wanes, like a loose woman he hugs,

All those he sees, weeping crocodile tears.

Endless cheating,

He pays the Constitutional Court to not pass a verdict regarding asset concealment,

He finds and buys eunuchs for the independent organisations,

Corrupts the Civil Service, his minions promoted,

The tyrant square face, so conceited,

Wants to be a statesman, the short tail dog with a rotten face,( ie wants to look good but isn't),

Not knowing high from low,( respect for those senior), he insults Royalty,

Boasting he appoints The Supreme Patriach, the devil himself.

Square- head man, a Nazi who only lies,

Says he can catch the southern terrorists, but innocents are framed or die,

Claims he's a good person, but cheating on tax he sends his son to face the rap,

Claims to follow the system, but when disadvantaged he changes the rules.

He'll buy Liverpool, Fulham, fabricating news to hide his sins,

Asked to sign an agreement, he produces another one he's prepared,

Claims to suppress corruption, his dirty mouth should be suppressed,

Talks of Buddhist teachings, but when asked he just says 'so be it'.

Square-face geometrically sound,

His younger relative fatter, smaller brain, faked diploma to get a degree,

His daughter not bright,even after cheating GPA only over 2,

His son a low IQ, wearing shades to hide his drug addiction.

His wife unashamedly corrupt, strolling in the Emporiom is criticised,

So many more cases,from the monkhood to mega projects,

suffering from insomnia, he must have injections,

Soon he'll be neurotic,maybe strip off, hollering at an advertising sign.

In the future Thailand, maybe a secret prison with bases for the USA,

Singaporeans can come and go,well connected, no need for visas,

Khmer witchdoctors will be wealthy from casting spells to send square-head to Parliament,

Embezzling Thailand's money, he'll use to support Burma's economy.

Thailand will sell its shares , one baht as per par,

The national anthem will be changed, copyright monopolised this life and next,

Hitler will be reborn, his last son called' gold plated collection'.

There then follows a long list of Thaksin's colleagues.

A few years down the road, will a Thaksin proxy govt be doing the same for the rice policy./

The legacy continues

The longan scam goes all the way back to being part of the lyrics to the legendary video,

Square Faced Man

Thank you for posting this, especially with the English lyrics! Was actually looking for it a couple weeks ago but couldn't find it on youtube. Was searching for squarehead instead of squareface and wasn't getting what I wanted

Great job , thanks Buchholtz.

None if this is surprising.

Cronyism and social state handouts are the slipperyslope to drain the national coffers dry all year long... Make that all decade long.

They already know that half went missing, they are very aware of those involved, but the statue of limitations may be up on this mess also. The two agencies (run by cronies) are mentioned in the article, they should be repaying the monies from what they took as fees. kickbacks, storage, transport, etc.

You´r right, the problem is that "repay" isn´t in the Thai vocabulary.

what is the Thai word for repay?

They already know that half went missing, they are very aware of those involved, but the statue of limitations may be up on this mess also. The two agencies (run by cronies) are mentioned in the article, they should be repaying the monies from what they took as fees. kickbacks, storage, transport, etc.

You´r right, the problem is that "repay" isn´t in the Thai vocabulary.

what is the Thai word for repay?

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