Warehouse filled with rotten rice in Nakhon Si Thammarat

[Lite Beer]

Warehouse filled with rotten rice in Nakhon Si Thammarat

BANGKOK: -- Rice inspectors were shocked when they found out that the rice stored at a warehouse in Thung Song district of Nakhon Si Thammarat was almost completely damaged during an inspection on Tuesday.

The inspection team led by Mrs Orawan Khumsap, inspector-general of the Prime Minister’s Office, inspected the warehouse belonging to Sin Thong Dee Parawood Company which was contracted to store 60,068 sacks of pledged rice each weighs 100 kilogrammes.

The officials were stunned at the sight of rotten rice scattered on the ground of the warehouse while the rice sacks were disorderly stacked and infested with weevils. There were traces of several rice sacks being gutted.

Pol Lt-Col Pachon Niamrin, deputy superintendent of Kapang police station, said that the warehouse was struck by fire three times on March 4, 2011, February 21 and April 5 this year.

However, he ruled out arson saying that the fires might have been caused by aluminium phosphate interacting with relative humidity.

Mrs Orawan said samples of the rice from the warehouse would be taken for further examination.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/warehouse-filled-rotten-rice-nakhon-si-thammarat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=warehouse-filled-rotten-rice-nakhon-si-thammarat

-- Thai PBS 2014-07-08

[robblok]

No there is no problem with the rice all the stock is good (according to Yingluck and her gang and of course the red cheerleaders here on Thaivisa)

More and more it becomes clear how expensive this scam was to buy votes and stay in power.

[EyesWideOpen]

The unraveling of the rice scam continues..... Smart posters on TV knew it was a scam

all along, but it is certainly interesting to get an inside look at it. I also look forward to the

arrests starting as well. The red shirt spin should be interesting as the scope of the scam gets

larger and larger. Perhaps the military planted the rotten rice there ? Also Images like the one

in this story are doing incalculable damage to the reputation of Thai rice on the world

market.

Edited July 8, 2014 by EyesWideOpen

[Stradavarius37]

Cue the Red TV apologists like Mango Bob to explain that it is all a misunderstanding....

[Thai at Heart]

The unraveling of the rice scam continues..... Smart posters on TV knew it was a scam

all along, but it is certainly interesting to get an inside look at it. I also look forward to the

arrests starting as well. The red shirt spin should be interesting as the scope of the scam gets

larger and larger. Perhaps the military planted the rotten rice there ? Also Images like the one

in this story are doing incalculable damage to the reputation of Thai rice on the world

market.

So was any of it nicked?

[thesetat2013]

Cue the Red TV apologists like Mango Bob to explain that it is all a misunderstanding....

That will never happen. Cue the excuses they will make for this warehouse catching fire previously.

You can not make a RED fanatic see they are wrong. As for these inspections! I expect that almost every warehouse and storage facility will be reported with problems. Although most level headed TV previously stating these troubles. I was one of them and even i fear we all will be shocked when the final results show the exact amount of missing and damaged and rice replaced with inferior rice and the levels of corruption it took to maintain this scam on the people and the farmers.

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[robblok]

Cue the Red TV apologists like Mango Bob to explain that it is all a misunderstanding....

[Mango Bob mode] But it is a misunderstanding.. this is fake rice planted by Suthep because all the storage facilities were real good.

I know for sure because Yingluck said it. [/Mango Bob mode]

Just wait for wandasloan to come in and turn the topic around how its all the fault of the junta

But come on guys let them have their delusions.. without them their world would shatter.

[surangw]

The unraveling of the rice scam continues..... Smart posters on TV knew it was a scam

all along, but it is certainly interesting to get an inside look at it. I also look forward to the

arrests starting as well. The red shirt spin should be interesting as the scope of the scam gets

larger and larger. Perhaps the military planted the rotten rice there ? Also Images like the one

in this story are doing incalculable damage to the reputation of Thai rice on the world

market.

So was any of it nicked?

only the fresh rice

[EyesWideOpen]

The unraveling of the rice scam continues..... Smart posters on TV knew it was a scam

all along, but it is certainly interesting to get an inside look at it. I also look forward to the

arrests starting as well. The red shirt spin should be interesting as the scope of the scam gets

larger and larger. Perhaps the military planted the rotten rice there ? Also Images like the one

in this story are doing incalculable damage to the reputation of Thai rice on the world

market.

So was any of it nicked?

At this point nobody knows. This rice audit is going to be done in about a month.

I think it will be a combination of invoicing for phantom bags of rice, and poor grade

rice being substituted for high grade rice. The rotting rice in the warehouses is just

an outgrowth of the general scam, where they have to put the rice somewhere. The mills

were making a pretty satang off of the storage costs. Seem to remember

that within a fairly brief period of time, the storage costs would exceed the value of the

rice.

Edited July 8, 2014 by EyesWideOpen

[Thai at Heart]

The unraveling of the rice scam continues..... Smart posters on TV knew it was a scam

all along, but it is certainly interesting to get an inside look at it. I also look forward to the

arrests starting as well. The red shirt spin should be interesting as the scope of the scam gets

larger and larger. Perhaps the military planted the rotten rice there ? Also Images like the one

in this story are doing incalculable damage to the reputation of Thai rice on the world

market.

So was any of it nicked?

At this point nobody knows. This rice audit is going to be done in about a month.

I think it will be a combination of invoicing for phantom bags of rice, and poor grade

rice being substituted for high grade rice. The rotting rice in the warehouses is just

an outgrowth of the general scam, where they have to put the rice somewhere. The mills

were making a pretty satang off of the storage costs. Seem to remember

that within a fairly brief period of time, the storage costs would exceed the value of the

rice.

So, OK. Whilst everyone is running around screaming scam, I am a little lost quite how anyone would profit from a pile of rice going mouldy.

That's OK. Of course letting it go mouldy instead of selling it has to be a scam????????huh?

[robblok]

The unraveling of the rice scam continues..... Smart posters on TV knew it was a scam

all along, but it is certainly interesting to get an inside look at it. I also look forward to the

arrests starting as well. The red shirt spin should be interesting as the scope of the scam gets

larger and larger. Perhaps the military planted the rotten rice there ? Also Images like the one

in this story are doing incalculable damage to the reputation of Thai rice on the world

market.

So was any of it nicked?

At this point nobody knows. This rice audit is going to be done in about a month.

I think it will be a combination of invoicing for phantom bags of rice, and poor grade

rice being substituted for high grade rice. The rotting rice in the warehouses is just

an outgrowth of the general scam, where they have to put the rice somewhere. The mills

were making a pretty satang off of the storage costs. Seem to remember

that within a fairly brief period of time, the storage costs would exceed the value of the

rice.

So, OK. Whilst everyone is running around screaming scam, I am a little lost quite how anyone would profit from a pile of rice going mouldy.

That's OK. Of course letting it go mouldy instead of selling it has to be a scam????????huh?

The scam is that the goverment said the rice was all good an not missing. They were so arrogant that they would not admit the problems and rectify them. By admitting storage was bad they might had to stop the program and they did not want that. So the blew even more taxpayer money. So they are guilty of gross negligence.

[WitawatWatawit]

^^^They were paid to store it. I presume they did not buy it. Hence, not their problem if the rice goes bad (or was already bad to begin with, and came from a shoddy storage set up). A big profit to be made.

[Seastallion]

3 fires.

"However, he ruled out arson saying that the fires might have been caused by aluminium phosphate interacting with relative humidity."

He ruled something out with a supposition of something else.

Pol Lt-Col Pachon Niamrin, deputy superintendent of Kapang police station sounds like a red sympathiser to me.

[UbonRatch]

"deputy superintendent of Kapang police station, said that the warehouse was struck by fire three times on March 4, 2011, February 21 and April 5 this year.

However, he ruled out arson saying that the fires might have been caused by aluminium phosphate interacting with relative humidity."

<DELETED>K me. These police are chemical experts in Thailand. Whoa! No evidence left then, apart from a pile of shit?

[Thai at Heart]

The scam is that the goverment said the rice was all good an not missing. They were so arrogant that they would not admit the problems and rectify them. By admitting storage was bad they might had to stop the program and they did not want that. So the blew even more taxpayer money. So they are guilty of gross negligence.

You do understand that not a single soul in the world ever beleived for one second that the rice wouldn't get any worse because it had been stored for a year or two. Every buyer in the world knows that the stuff reduces in quality and some of it will inevitably go mouldy. There was no way on earth to build enough space to be able to manage storing all this stuff and it would have been a crazy expense to do so. Basically, you would need at least 40% vacant space sitting around in order to be able to move the stuff around. All the buildings are full to bursting point.

So, ok, now it is gross negligence, not a scam. A scam would imply they got paid in some way.

[dru2]

The scam is that the goverment said the rice was all good an not missing. They were so arrogant that they would not admit the problems and rectify them. By admitting storage was bad they might had to stop the program and they did not want that. So the blew even more taxpayer money. So they are guilty of gross negligence.

You do understand that not a single soul in the world ever beleived for one second that the rice wouldn't get any worse because it had been stored for a year or two. Every buyer in the world knows that the stuff reduces in quality and some of it will inevitably go mouldy. There was no way on earth to build enough space to be able to manage storing all this stuff and it would have been a crazy expense to do so. Basically, you would need at least 40% vacant space sitting around in order to be able to move the stuff around. All the buildings are full to bursting point.

So, ok, now it is gross negligence, not a scam. A scam would imply they got paid in some way.

So what happened to the monies budgeted for the farmers? It is very clearly both a scam and gross negligence. The Yingluck government never cared what happened to the rice, because their tracks were due to be covered by the massive 50 year unsecured loan. Make no mistake, these people are criminals.

[Thai at Heart]

The scam is that the goverment said the rice was all good an not missing. They were so arrogant that they would not admit the problems and rectify them. By admitting storage was bad they might had to stop the program and they did not want that. So the blew even more taxpayer money. So they are guilty of gross negligence.

You do understand that not a single soul in the world ever beleived for one second that the rice wouldn't get any worse because it had been stored for a year or two. Every buyer in the world knows that the stuff reduces in quality and some of it will inevitably go mouldy. There was no way on earth to build enough space to be able to manage storing all this stuff and it would have been a crazy expense to do so. Basically, you would need at least 40% vacant space sitting around in order to be able to move the stuff around. All the buildings are full to bursting point.

So, ok, now it is gross negligence, not a scam. A scam would imply they got paid in some way.

So what happened to the monies budgeted for the farmers? It is very clearly both a scam and gross negligence. The Yingluck government never cared what happened to the rice, because their tracks were due to be covered by the massive 50 year unsecured loan. Make no mistake, these people are criminals.

They called an election and the extra budgets couldn't be released. Is it that hard to understand.

It would have been virtually impossible for the system to be self funding. They were paying and costing more than twice the market price for the product. So every kg they sold only funded 500gs of farmer product.

On this rice thing, u do realise that someone who wanted to criminally enrich themselves with rice purchases would not have done it the way they did. I bet they never find any proof of those at the top getting paid over this.

They aren't that smart, and also they aren't that stupid.

Edited July 8, 2014 by Thai at Heart

[robblok]

The scam is that the goverment said the rice was all good an not missing. They were so arrogant that they would not admit the problems and rectify them. By admitting storage was bad they might had to stop the program and they did not want that. So the blew even more taxpayer money. So they are guilty of gross negligence.

You do understand that not a single soul in the world ever beleived for one second that the rice wouldn't get any worse because it had been stored for a year or two. Every buyer in the world knows that the stuff reduces in quality and some of it will inevitably go mouldy. There was no way on earth to build enough space to be able to manage storing all this stuff and it would have been a crazy expense to do so. Basically, you would need at least 40% vacant space sitting around in order to be able to move the stuff around. All the buildings are full to bursting point.

So, ok, now it is gross negligence, not a scam. A scam would imply they got paid in some way.

Scam is harder to prove.. but what if only red warehouses could apply and have to pay a fee back to the man in Dubai. Remember that is real hard to prove but not totally impossible. Remember storage is profitable.

[JesseFrank]

Pol Lt-Col Pachon Niamrin, deputy superintendent of Kapang police station, said that the warehouse was struck by fire three times on March 4, 2011, February 21 and April 5 this year.

They probably forgot that rotten rice contains too much moisture, so it won't burn

[UbonRatch]

The scam is that the goverment said the rice was all good an not missing. They were so arrogant that they would not admit the problems and rectify them. By admitting storage was bad they might had to stop the program and they did not want that. So the blew even more taxpayer money. So they are guilty of gross negligence.

You do understand that not a single soul in the world ever beleived for one second that the rice wouldn't get any worse because it had been stored for a year or two. Every buyer in the world knows that the stuff reduces in quality and some of it will inevitably go mouldy. There was no way on earth to build enough space to be able to manage storing all this stuff and it would have been a crazy expense to do so. Basically, you would need at least 40% vacant space sitting around in order to be able to move the stuff around. All the buildings are full to bursting point.

So, ok, now it is gross negligence, not a scam. A scam would imply they got paid in some way.

Well now, 700 billion Baht went missing, so who didn't get paid?? Scam side-winded, negligence ignored... where exactly did 700 billion Baht go to? Somebody got paid!

[dru2]

The scam is that the goverment said the rice was all good an not missing. They were so arrogant that they would not admit the problems and rectify them. By admitting storage was bad they might had to stop the program and they did not want that. So the blew even more taxpayer money. So they are guilty of gross negligence.

You do understand that not a single soul in the world ever beleived for one second that the rice wouldn't get any worse because it had been stored for a year or two. Every buyer in the world knows that the stuff reduces in quality and some of it will inevitably go mouldy. There was no way on earth to build enough space to be able to manage storing all this stuff and it would have been a crazy expense to do so. Basically, you would need at least 40% vacant space sitting around in order to be able to move the stuff around. All the buildings are full to bursting point.

So, ok, now it is gross negligence, not a scam. A scam would imply they got paid in some way.

So what happened to the monies budgeted for the farmers? It is very clearly both a scam and gross negligence. The Yingluck government never cared what happened to the rice, because their tracks were due to be covered by the massive 50 year unsecured loan. Make no mistake, these people are criminals.

They called an election and the extra budgets couldn't be released. Is it that hard to understand.

It would have been virtually impossible for the system to be self funding. They were paying and costing more than twice the market price for the product. So every kg they sold only funded 500gs of farmer product.

On this rice thing, u do realise that someone who wanted to criminally enrich themselves with rice purchases would not have done it the way they did. I bet they never find any proof of those at the top getting paid over this.

They aren't that smart, and also they aren't that stupid.

But I think they are that arrogant, and that stupid.

[Morch]

I'd like them to bring Yingluck for another rice eating tour like she did for CP.

I know it's not the same thing, but still...

Edited July 8, 2014 by Morch

[Bender]

The scam is that the goverment said the rice was all good an not missing. They were so arrogant that they would not admit the problems and rectify them. By admitting storage was bad they might had to stop the program and they did not want that. So the blew even more taxpayer money. So they are guilty of gross negligence.

You do understand that not a single soul in the world ever beleived for one second that the rice wouldn't get any worse because it had been stored for a year or two. Every buyer in the world knows that the stuff reduces in quality and some of it will inevitably go mouldy. There was no way on earth to build enough space to be able to manage storing all this stuff and it would have been a crazy expense to do so. Basically, you would need at least 40% vacant space sitting around in order to be able to move the stuff around. All the buildings are full to bursting point.

So, ok, now it is gross negligence, not a scam. A scam would imply they got paid in some way.

So what happened to the monies budgeted for the farmers? It is very clearly both a scam and gross negligence. The Yingluck government never cared what happened to the rice, because their tracks were due to be covered by the massive 50 year unsecured loan. Make no mistake, these people are criminals.

They called an election and the extra budgets couldn't be released. Is it that hard to understand.

It would have been virtually impossible for the system to be self funding. They were paying and costing more than twice the market price for the product. So every kg they sold only funded 500gs of farmer product.

On this rice thing, u do realise that someone who wanted to criminally enrich themselves with rice purchases would not have done it the way they did. I bet they never find any proof of those at the top getting paid over this.

They aren't that smart, and also they aren't that stupid.

But, but, but Thaskin....

Seriously "Thai at Heart", your problem is you put too much sense in your post.

For brainwashed/stupid/daft people is very hard to follow your logic.

They are just left shouting over and over, this silly argument :"its a scam"

[Thai at Heart]

The scam is that the goverment said the rice was all good an not missing. They were so arrogant that they would not admit the problems and rectify them. By admitting storage was bad they might had to stop the program and they did not want that. So the blew even more taxpayer money. So they are guilty of gross negligence.

You do understand that not a single soul in the world ever beleived for one second that the rice wouldn't get any worse because it had been stored for a year or two. Every buyer in the world knows that the stuff reduces in quality and some of it will inevitably go mouldy. There was no way on earth to build enough space to be able to manage storing all this stuff and it would have been a crazy expense to do so. Basically, you would need at least 40% vacant space sitting around in order to be able to move the stuff around. All the buildings are full to bursting point.

So, ok, now it is gross negligence, not a scam. A scam would imply they got paid in some way.

Well now, 700 billion Baht went missing, so who didn't get paid?? Scam side-winded, negligence ignored... where exactly did 700 billion Baht go to? Somebody got paid!

It didn't go anywhere. They have 19,000,000 tonnes of rice that they have bought and paid for, processed, stored.

This 19,000,000 makes up god knows how many billions of it, and the rest went to farmers. There is a loss of 700,000,000,000, on paper because the sale price of this 19,000,000 tons is 700bn less than the market value. The farmers have virtually all been paid

[Theoutsider]

Cue the s##t stirring.

[djjamie]

A less flattering view of this warehouse from a Thai link.

The PTP said there was no rotten rice and the embarrassing thing is people believed it. I pity those people.

[tominbkk]

I'm wondering can this rice be used for anything at this point?

[wealth]

can we call it the incinerator warehouse on purpose? Could be ...

[Thai at Heart]

A less flattering view of this warehouse from a Thai link.

The PTP said there was no rotten rice and the embarrassing thing is people believed it. I pity those people.

Very very sad. It looks like it has been deliberately vandalised to help it to catch fire. Chinese lightning. A very common problem.

[useronthenet]

Rotten rice to go with the previous rotten government. They should all be thrown in jail !