Suspected illegal logging leads to timber confiscation
By Digital Content



CHIANG MAI, May 30 -- Thai military and forestry officials are continuing to inspect and confiscate more logs from the home of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's sister in Thai northern Chiang Mai province, well into the second day.

Military officers from the 7th Infantry Division and Forestry Officials from the Forest Protection and Fire Prevention Unit inspected house number 39/99 of Wiang Pink Villa housing estate, in Doi Saket's Talad Kwan subdistrict, belonging to Monthathip Kowitcharoenkul, a sister of self-exiled ex-premier Thaksin, after being tipped off.

Numerous logs were reported hidden at the house, including teak and other rare species of wood, along with 8,000 planks of timber and more than 100 logs of illegal wood.

Forest Protection and Fire Prevention Unit director Apirat Noppakul said the house caretaker showed officials documentation and receipts of the log purchases, which clarified that the house owner has brought the timber more than a year ago from a wood shop in the province for Bt5 million, intended to be used to renovate the home.

However, all the wood has now been confiscated for further investigation by the Forestry Department to determine whether or not any of them were illegally logged. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-05-30

hahahahaha, the shins are really copping it now, everything they have done will come back and bite them all on the ar*e, this is brilliant. Cant wait to see all the other corruption they are involved in coming out.

Edited May 30, 201412 yr by seajae

I hope if they were cut in Thailand she get's 30 years like the old couple who got done for picking mushrooms.

And again the same family....

The Shins really are something else. All that money and it's still not enough.

i'm stumped

Corruption, abuse of power, negligence, murder, illegal logging, lying, well a beautiful family

it was the maid or the gardener...

Edit correction

It was Suthep he planted the logs...he is a fascist you know...

Edited May 30, 201412 yr by Soutpeel

No red supporters here to say it was a plant by Suthep

5,000,000 baht for wood .... wow must be a big renovation

Corruption, abuse of power, negligence, murder, illegal logging, lying, well a beautiful family

and the never ending belief of being above everything. Hoepfulyl it's all coming home to roost.

hahahahaha, the shins are really copping it now, everything they have done will come back and bite them all on the ar*e, this is brilliant. Cant wait to see all the other corruption they are involved in coming out.

We need to wait see the results of the investigation but if there is wrong doing then proper punishments are needed. There's one Shin's ar*se that's not going to get bitten though.

Monthathip Kowitcharoenkul, a sister of self-exiled ex-premier Thaksin, after being tipped off.
Seems that the Authorities are receiving a lot of "tips" lately. Perhaps payback!

The same family party anyway :

CHIANG MAI, 30 May 2014 (NNT) - Soldiers confiscated a huge lot of 41 teak logs and 2,000 - 3,000 processed teak planks kept on a piece of land belonging to a former Chiang Mai MP, at the Chiang Mai Green Valley housing estate in Mae Rim District

And yesterday

RT @tulsathit: Illegal logs seized in Mae Hong Son and allegedly linked to ex-Pheu Thai head Jarupong. ASTV photohttp://t.co/Wcz5x53tYH

RT @tulsathit: MT @teamkorn: TR @NationTV22: illegal wood confiscated near Yaowapa's house (Thaksin's sister) in Chiang Maihttp://t.co/3AQ7zaJMW1

Send in The Special Branch.

i'm stumped

so is someone else by the look of it

Don't need to say Suthep planted it. Just say it is fake wood, or pretend it didn't happen. Maybe doubt the source or demand written unattainable proof in the form of police reports on TVF until they believe it. Maybe ignore this and google something Suthep or Ahbisit did to defend these actions. Maybe…….

Oh, they have a plethitude of excuses.

When people say the thaksins are criminals there is a "grain" of truth in that.

I am glad all of these Shin's crimes are coming out of the wood work though!

They should arrests Thaksins sister for Treezun.

I wonder if thaksins son, "Oak", needs to be investigated too?

All too common here in Thailand and Ubon. Until this greed for natural resources are dealt with and protected by the gov't, these hoarders of rare and exotic Thai wood will be the downfall of Thai's beautiful and pristine forest. Sad to say, it's not just the Shinawatra family.

Send in The Special Branch.

Branch - is that a pun?

Don't need to say Suthep planted it. Just say it is fake wood, or pretend it didn't happen. Maybe doubt the source or demand written unattainable proof in the form of police reports on TVF until they believe it. Maybe ignore this and google something Suthep or Ahbisit did to defend these actions. Maybe…….

Oh, they have a plethitude of excuses.

When people say the thaksins are criminals there is a "grain" of truth in that.

I am glad all of these Shin's crimes are coming out of the wood work though!

They should arrests Thaksins sister for Treezun.

I wonder if thaksins son, "Oak", needs to be investigated too?

I'm sure no stone will be left unturned. Oak is a Shinawatra.

Send in The Special Branch.

Branch - is that a pun?

Of course not, corruption is deeply rooted in this country

The same family party anyway :

CHIANG MAI, 30 May 2014 (NNT) - Soldiers confiscated a huge lot of 41 teak logs and 2,000 - 3,000 processed teak planks kept on a piece of land belonging to a former Chiang Mai MP, at the Chiang Mai Green Valley housing estate in Mae Rim District

And yesterday

RT @tulsathit: Illegal logs seized in Mae Hong Son and allegedly linked to ex-Pheu Thai head Jarupong. ASTV photohttp://t.co/Wcz5x53tYH

RT @tulsathit: MT @teamkorn: TR @NationTV22: illegal wood confiscated near Yaowapa's house (Thaksin's sister) in Chiang Maihttp://t.co/3AQ7zaJMW1

I'd never heard of Monthathip Kowitcharoenkulso I did a quick search which brought up a story about a house warming. As is often the case with internet searches you find something else. This time some deal to buy Russian jet fighters in return for chickens from what I could tell. I decided I'd found out enough then.

Send in The Special Branch.

Branch - is that a pun?

Of course not, corruption is deeply rooted in this country

It's not only the tree's that are now rooted

The Shin's will be at loggerheads over this exposure!

Oh, nothing that a call to the friendly local police chief can't fix... what's that, our police chief was booted out? well f##k me!

Edited May 30, 201412 yr by AleG

Confiscate the residents while you're at it.

The Shins really are something else. All that money and it's still not enough.

cliche comment. youre not telling anyone anything new or important.

And yet another Shinawatra with dirty hands. No surprise here.

Is there no-one in this entire family who is NOT involved in some shady deals or corruption, I wonder.

And to think that they almost succeeded in taking over the entire country... shudder.

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No red supporters here to say it was a plant by Suthep

They can not respond, no freedom of speech anymore, they are living in your world now, enjoy it while it last!

Why am I not surprised.