Thailand's DSI gets a lead in super-car case

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DSI gets a lead in super-car case
The Nation



BANGKOK: -- The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has received information from a transport firm owner about who might own the luxury cars that were damaged in a trailer-truck fire in Nakhon Ratchashima last month.

Hence, DSI chief Tarit Pengdith said, the probe should be completed in the next two weeks.

The DSI and other related agencies were also scheduled to meet with 10 super-car dealers later yesterday to inspect vehicles that are believed to have been wrongly registered as locally re-assembled, Tarit said.

Tarit said the DSI was interrogating the owner of the trailer company, A-ngoon Jeungsaengmanee, and trailer driver Ekkapan Wilamon, and was hence able to identify the person who had hired the trailer to transport the luxury cars. However, Tarit said the name could not be revealed as the investigation was pending.

He said that within two weeks, the DSI should be able to identify others involved. He said the investigation had initially found that JMW Motors Co, TAN Express Co and Porjai Autopart Co had sent auto-parts to Dhamma Motor Rich Co to re-assemble and register the cars.

Tarit said that the probe into 532 other wrongly registered vehicles would not interfere in this investigation, adding that DSI officials will contact the owners to present their papers on June 14.

Meanwhile, the Provincial Police Region 3 said yesterday that it was looking into other re-assembled super cars in seven provinces in the lower Northeast.


-- The Nation 2013-06-13

[ratcatcher]

"Tarit said the DSI was interrogating the owner of the trailer company, A-ngoon Jeungsaengmanee, and trailer driver Ekkapan Wilamon, and was hence able to identify the person who had hired the trailer to transport the luxury cars. However, Tarit said the name could not be revealed as the investigation was pending."

Will the name ever be revealed? Depends on how much the payoff is.

[NongKhaiKid]

"Tarit said the DSI was interrogating the owner of the trailer company, A-ngoon Jeungsaengmanee, and trailer driver Ekkapan Wilamon, and was hence able to identify the person who had hired the trailer to transport the luxury cars. However, Tarit said the name could not be revealed as the investigation was pending."

Will the name ever be revealed? Depends on how much the payoff is.

Does this fall within the instruction to " help " as issued by the Justice Minister ?

[doremifasol]

"Tarit said the name could not be revealed as the investigation was pending".

I don't care about his name,

just show me his mugshot.

[Tatsujin]

He's bound to be a Democrat . . .

[Pib]

Final fall guy still in work.

[seajae]

his name starts with..............s

[Halion]

A game of bait and switch which this country has adopted as a national standard. They really think that Thailand is dumb and they work rather hard to keep it so.

[Payboy]

"Tarit said the DSI was interrogating the owner of the trailer company, A-ngoon Jeungsaengmanee, and trailer driver Ekkapan Wilamon, and was hence able to identify the person who had hired the trailer to transport the luxury cars. However, Tarit said the name could not be revealed as the investigation was pending."

Will the name ever be revealed? Depends on how much the payoff is.

He's narrowed it down to an individual whose name starts with a letter between A to Z.

[chooka]

They must know who ordered these vehicles, they are being shipped to a designated location to be offloaded and signed for.

[OzMick]

Who do they send the account to? Or is this "reputable" transport company doing cash in hand deals without paperwork which leads to the presumption they are dodging tax?

What does the service station operator say when a transporter pulls in and starts using his premises to off-load millions of baht worth of cars?

And who does the truck driver hand the keys to - the tall blonde man with a red rose in his buttonhole carrying a copy of War and Peace?

[Tatsujin]

Who do they send the account to? Or is this "reputable" transport company doing cash in hand deals without paperwork which leads to the presumption they are dodging tax?

What does the service station operator say when a transporter pulls in and starts using his premises to off-load millions of baht worth of cars?

And who does the truck driver hand the keys to - the tall blonde man with a red rose in his buttonhole carrying a copy of War and Peace?

Actually I believe it's a pink carnation . . . the red rose was too obvious.

[paulyd2k]

anybody know what reasembled in this case, is it repaired write off`s? or just another term, i know it`s to get around the huge taxing on these vehicles, but just curious, i`m sure evrything on these type of cars, if altered it would be heavily documented, so i dont know why it`s so difficult to get to the bottom of it, but they all probably belong to head police or some hierachy, obstucting the case,lol

[howzat]

Oh dear. The investigation completed in 2 weeks. Impossible to believe.

Similar statement was made about a super car driven by a spoiled rich kid that killed a policeman last year and still the perp not brought to justice. 2 weeks in Thai Politics can be for ever.

[bbradsby]

c'mon, don't be so dang cynical! it takes time to finalize negotiations and arrange a meeting schedule to hand over the, ah, paperwork to DSI.

[bbradsby]

One question - if its legal to bring in used car parts and assemble then title & register, why is it illegal to do the same with motorcycles?

Edited June 13, 2013 by bbradsby

[Bellweather]

The name can't be revealed as the investigation was pending but this has never stopped them in the past as DSI, BIB and politicians happily throw names around at the slightest excuse so either this is complete crap or Mr. Big is so big he's ginormous

[EyesWideOpen]

I predict...........that no name will ever be revealed. Stall, stall , stall and wait for things to fade away. This is Thai style at its best. If the owners were simply wealthy business people, the names would be revealed, a few words about being sorry for not paying the tax, and life moves on. The real problem will be when Thai politicians and their worthless offspring get caught in the net. They are then in the position of trying to explain how they can afford a 35 million baht car on a civil servant salary.. :-)

Look at what happened to the Thai guy that just killed the businessman. The police had the case cracked in two days, including a full confession..

I almost feel sorry for the DSI/police.... But it is funny to see them twist in the wind... :-)

Choice 1. Look like complete morons by saying they cannot solve a case with endless evidence in front of them.

Choice 2. Risk getting destroyed by making public the name of the really big fish that own these cars but cannot prove how they got the money to do so...

Edited June 13, 2013 by EyesWideOpen

[chooka]

The name can't be revealed as the investigation was pending but this has never stopped them in the past as DSI, BIB and politicians happily throw names around at the slightest excuse so either this is complete crap or Mr. Big is so big he's ginormous

They were very quick to release the name of a farang they raided. They came with a full media crew to show the bust which fizzed out to be nothing but his name was still released. These thais all look the same so it is harder for them to find the offenders.

[EvilDrSomkid]

I think the re-assembly comes down to putting the wheels back on or some such micky mouse assembly.

Bumpers, lights that kind of thing. What constitutes re-assembly according to Thai customs?

Edited June 13, 2013 by EvilDrSomkid

[khunken]

I predict...........that no name will ever be revealed. Stall, stall , stall and wait for things to fade away. This is Thai style at its best. If the owners were simply wealthy business people, the names would be revealed, a few words about being sorry for not paying the tax, and life moves on. The real problem will be when Thai politicians and their worthless offspring get caught in the net. They are then in the position of trying to explain how they can afford a 35 million baht car on a civil servant salary.. :-)

Look at what happened to the Thai guy that just killed the businessman. The police had the case cracked in two days, including a full confession..

I almost feel sorry for the DSI/police.... But it is funny to see them twist in the wind... :-)

Choice 1. Look like complete morons by saying they cannot solve a case with endless evidence in front of them.

Choice 2. Risk getting destroyed by making public the name of the really big fish that own these cars but cannot prove how they got the money to do so...

Yes but usually there is a third choice:

Choice 3. Find an appropriate scapegoat (a driver will fit the bill) who agrees to take the rap for a large sum of money - percentage to the DSI or police.