Bangkok: Pratunam Polyclinic owner ordered to pay Bt76m in debt

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Pratunam Polyclinic owner ordered to pay Bt76m
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a previous ruling ordering the owner of the Pratunam Polyclinic to pay Bt76 million in debt, including interest since 1997, for breaching his mortgage for two adjoining townhouses in Bangkok's Makkhasan area.

The civil lawsuit was filed by Gamma Capital Fund against clinic owner Dr Thep Vechavisit and his wife Kamolrat.

Previously, the Appeals Court had also upheld a lower court's ruling for them to pay Bt11.2 million plus 3 per cent annual interest calculated since December 1997 until full payment is made in addition to Bt20,000 for lawyer's fees. Failure to pay would result in a Nonthaburi plot owned by the defendant and this building to be foreclosed.

After yesterday's verdict, Thep said he accepted the ruling and would repay his debt.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Pratunam-Polyclinic-owner-ordered-to-pay-Bt76m-30238157.html


-- The Nation 2014-07-10

[Robby nz]

Should have paid it right at the start, would have saved himself and others a lot of time and money.

Might be a good idea in cases like this if the losers were required to pay all the courts costs.

[Thai at Heart]

Why didn't they just foreclose years ago instead of running up this ludicrous amount of interest?

[pisico]

Why didn't they just foreclose years ago instead of running up this ludicrous amount of interest?

ANSWER: Thainess

[Pib]

After yesterday's verdict, Thep said he accepted the ruling and would repay his debt.

Yea, right....He won't pay a stang. Later on he'll say he didn't understand the courts ruling, I don't have enough income, etc....and he'll say that with puppy dog eyes.

[englishoak]

Should have paid it right at the start, would have saved himself and others a lot of time and money.

Might be a good idea in cases like this if the losers were required to pay all the courts costs.

Does make you wonder ... 11m vs 76m..... thats not chump change. Must be one hell of a doctor ... plastic surgeon maybe

[Centrum]

I hope he has adequate sources of income other than the clinic.

76million is a hell of a lot of sex-changes and boob jobs.

[WitawatWatawit]

I hope he has adequate sources of income other than the clinic.

76million is a hell of a lot of sex-changes and boob jobs.

There are a hell of a lot of patients ... even for the boob jobs.

[kinmaew]

Thais and their debts dont you just love it I am surprised he didnt flee the scene.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

How about the Thai civil judicial system in all this...

Although the details in the OP article are sparse, it certainly appears that the case has been kicking around the civil courts system for YEARS... probably longer than a decade.

Probably lucky the plaintiffs didn't die first...

[smokinfun]

Obviously you haven't been to his clinic; he probably does about 100 boob jobs a day (45,000 B per) - local anesthetic; pumps the gel right in (same gel for all four girls on gurnees) - I wouldn't bring my dog there to be castrated; but the Thai girls all go there, ever notice all the 'barney google' tit jobs - this is the guy. This 'doctor' has big money for sure.

[Chang_paarp]

Why didn't they just foreclose years ago instead of running up this ludicrous amount of interest?

This is part of the foreclosure process, the finance company needed a judgement of default to foreclose. The Dr just kept delaying in the hope they would go away. His good name and connections did make the finance company go away.

[Lozza]

After yesterday's verdict, Thep said he accepted the ruling and would repay his debt.

Yea, right....He won't pay a stang. Later on he'll say he didn't understand the courts ruling, I don't have enough income, etc....and he'll say that with puppy dog eyes.

How do you know all this?

[Prbkk]

...cheap lawyers in the context of the size of the judgement...20,000, a bargain

[Loles]

Greedy Chinese in trouble now.

[Loles]

And this clinic made new face for the American kid-murderer John Karr. Very nice team.