Huge amount of rice missing in Phichit

[Lite Beer]

Huge amount of rice missing in Phichit
The Sunday Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Army's inspection of rice warehouses has found that almost 47,000 tonnes of rice is missing from a company's facility in Phichit's Bang Mun Nak district.

The information was presented at a recent meeting presided over by Phetchabun Army commander Maj-General Sawai Palakan that was convened to follow up the progress of seven teams checking 83 rice warehouses and 16 silos in Phichit's 12 districts.

The meeting heard that the inspection was 70 per cent complete and so far 46,961 tonnes of rice was missing while some broken rice grain was mixed in two silos.

As a result, the Army told the Commerce Ministry's Public Warehouse Organisation to file a police complaint while rice samples were submitted for quality checking.

The Phichit inspection is scheduled to finish next month.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Huge-amount-of-rice-missing-in-Phichit-30238975.html

-- The Nation 2014-07-20

[sjjmmi]

No NEW news here then

[shirtless]

1. Thats a hell of a lot of rice to disappear

[AGareth2]

big rats

[jaltsc]

"almost 47,000 tonnes of rice is missing from a company's facility in Phichit's Bang Mun Nak district."

Those rats (both the four legged and two legged species) must really be hungry.

[jaidam]

1. Thats a hell of a lot of rice to disappear

No it's not that much. It would only have taken about 47,000 pickup trucks(which trunk to bonnet would stretch from Phichit to somewhere near Songkla) to come and taken it away. Easily missed, perhaps the warehouse manager was having a little siesta?

As has been said many times by the forum neutrals. The rice scheme was designed to win Thaksin an election, and enable him, his clan and his cronies to steal unprecedented amounts of money. That it would be totally ruinous for the farmers it was trumpeted to benefit was known from the first, check back on ThaiVisa to when the scam started and you will see the results were obvious to nearly all TVF members. Anybody that raises an eyebrow to the growing list of evidence of the thieving should be ashamed of themselves. You were warned.

Edited July 20, 2014 by jaidam

[Cake Monster]

The rice was probably not even there in the warehouse to start with.

Its much easier to transport that way, not needing 47,000 pick-up trucks.

[EricBerg]

Very well possible that a big part of the missing rice never even existed. There were more ways to make money from the rice scheme. Bring in one sack more times f.i.

[rubl]

With almost 47,000 tonnes of rice missing from a company's facility in Phichit's Bang Mun Nak district, I wonder how much that would be in 'percentage' of what the company is supposed to have stored at those facilities?

[chainarong]

As the boys have said on this site, there are ways to manipulate the tonnes, what the investigators need to find out, which way , either way, corruption is indicated, so find out from whom.

[lostsoul49]

I think you will find that there will be well in excess of over a million tonnes of rice missing, and the facts are.... that rice probably never existed... Only the paperwork and receipts for it did.

They produce the paperwork and is handed to the BAAC to collect the cash.

Tens of thousands of crooks may be involved from farmers who never grew any rice to Commerce Ministry and BAAC officials.

But ultimately two people at the top are to be blamed the most.... The PM who oversaw this are their policy to get the into power, and the Chairperson of the Rice scheme,,..... and they happen to be the same person who is currently on her way to the airport with offspring and probably plenty of luggage that won't be checked.

That person will NOT be back and to be honest, if this is the case then I will have lost all confidence in the junta.

[rubl]

I think you will find that there will be well in excess of over a million tonnes of rice missing, and the facts are.... that rice probably never existed... Only the paperwork and receipts for it did.

They produce the paperwork and is handed to the BAAC to collect the cash.

Tens of thousands of crooks may be involved from farmers who never grew any rice to Commerce Ministry and BAAC officials.

But ultimately two people at the top are to be blamed the most.... The PM who oversaw this are their policy to get the into power, and the Chairperson of the Rice scheme,,..... and they happen to be the same person who is currently on her way to the airport with offspring and probably plenty of luggage that won't be checked.

That person will NOT be back and to be honest, if this is the case then I will have lost all confidence in the junta.

You make it seem like one of those games Thai seem to like to play on their mobile. Raising a farm and 'producing' crops, getting bonus points and the like

[jaidam]

I think you will find that there will be well in excess of over a million tonnes of rice missing, and the facts are.... that rice probably never existed... Only the paperwork and receipts for it did.

They produce the paperwork and is handed to the BAAC to collect the cash.

Tens of thousands of crooks may be involved from farmers who never grew any rice to Commerce Ministry and BAAC officials.

But ultimately two people at the top are to be blamed the most.... The PM who oversaw this are their policy to get the into power, and the Chairperson of the Rice scheme,,..... and they happen to be the same person who is currently on her way to the airport with offspring and probably plenty of luggage that won't be checked.

That person will NOT be back and to be honest, if this is the case then I will have lost all confidence in the junta.

Having both Thaksin and Yingluck in exile would not automatically be problematic. However, having them in exile together with all their stolen monies in offshore accounts is hugely problematic as he has been using this money to buy expensive propaganda and funding terror cells aimed at splitting the Thai nation. Seeing as Prayuth has no jurisdiction over the Caymans,BVI, UAE, Montenegro and Nicaragua amongs other countries banking systems(unfortunately!), he can't confiscate this stolen money so better not let Yingluck do a runner.

[thaidel48]

I dispute the need for 47,000 one ton pick-up trucks. The way most farmers overload them I reckon you could probably get away with using a couple of dozen.

[cooked]

I moved here two years ago and the main (only) crop here is rice. The farmers knew all about this state of affairs but just shrugged their shoulders, 'as long as we get our money....' Prayuth smelt which way the wind was blowing when farmers' representatives threatened to blockade Bangkok if they didn't get their <deleted> money and do the <deleted> audits themselves, which would inevitably involved violence. We were told that the audits couldn't be done until the scheme came to an end. Well it has come to an end, but if it had come to an end the way the government wanted, you can be sure that none of this would have come to light.

[aussieinthailand]

1. Thats a hell of a lot of rice to disappear

No it's not that much. It would only have taken about 47,000 pickup trucks(which trunk to bonnet would stretch from Phichit to somewhere near Songkla) to come and taken it away. Easily missed, perhaps the warehouse manager was having a little siesta?

As has been said many times by the forum neutrals. The rice scheme was designed to win Thaksin an election, and enable him, his clan and his cronies to steal unprecedented amounts of money. That it would be totally ruinous for the farmers it was trumpeted to benefit was known from the first, check back on ThaiVisa to when the scam started and you will see the results were obvious to nearly all TVF members. Anybody that raises an eyebrow to the growing list of evidence of the thieving should be ashamed of themselves. You were warned.

Hmmm, not bad only post #6 and post #13 to have Thaksin, Thaksin, Thaksin, Yingluk, you make me laugh,

your first port of call should be the head honcho of the storage facility, he is responsible for what go's in and what comes out, end of story, and then do you really think the rice ever existed? AAAHHhhhhhh,,, Thaksin, did it ,Thaksin's guilty, Thaksin paid someone to take the rice, and it's on the moon with Elvis.

[lostsoul49]

No doubt there will be some fool along shortly to claim Yingluck is innocent and none of this is her fault.

Hurry up, I need a good Sunday morning laugh to blow the cobwebs away.

Edited to add:

Lol... It came in as I was originally typing this post.

Edited July 20, 2014 by lostsoul49

[lostsoul49]

1. Thats a hell of a lot of rice to disappear

No it's not that much. It would only have taken about 47,000 pickup trucks(which trunk to bonnet would stretch from Phichit to somewhere near Songkla) to come and taken it away. Easily missed, perhaps the warehouse manager was having a little siesta?

As has been said many times by the forum neutrals. The rice scheme was designed to win Thaksin an election, and enable him, his clan and his cronies to steal unprecedented amounts of money. That it would be totally ruinous for the farmers it was trumpeted to benefit was known from the first, check back on ThaiVisa to when the scam started and you will see the results were obvious to nearly all TVF members. Anybody that raises an eyebrow to the growing list of evidence of the thieving should be ashamed of themselves. You were warned.

Hmmm, not bad only post #6 and post #13 to have Thaksin, Thaksin, Thaksin, Yingluk, you make me laugh,

your first port of call should be the head honcho of the storage facility, he is responsible for what go's in and what comes out, end of story, and then do you really think the rice ever existed? AAAHHhhhhhh,,, Thaksin, did it ,Thaksin's guilty, Thaksin paid someone to take the rice, and it's on the moon with Elvis.

If you truly believe what you are saying... I suggest you sit in the corner with the pointy hat.

Are people so naive in Australia????................. Surely not.

[WhizBang]

<snip>

That person will NOT be back and to be honest, if this is the case then I will have lost all confidence in the junta.

I totally agree, and I issued those exact comments a few days ago when her permission to flee vacation was announced.

As I said then, obviously a deal has been struck with Thaksin. Let little sis go, I (Thaksin) will bow out and the PTP are yours to do with as you please.

[Skywalker69]

1. Thats a hell of a lot of rice to disappear

No it's not that much. It would only have taken about 47,000 pickup trucks(which trunk to bonnet would stretch from Phichit to somewhere near Songkla) to come and taken it away. Easily missed, perhaps the warehouse manager was having a little siesta?

As has been said many times by the forum neutrals. The rice scheme was designed to win Thaksin an election, and enable him, his clan and his cronies to steal unprecedented amounts of money. That it would be totally ruinous for the farmers it was trumpeted to benefit was known from the first, check back on ThaiVisa to when the scam started and you will see the results were obvious to nearly all TVF members. Anybody that raises an eyebrow to the growing list of evidence of the thieving should be ashamed of themselves. You were warned.

Hmmm, not bad only post #6 and post #13 to have Thaksin, Thaksin, Thaksin, Yingluk, you make me laugh,

your first port of call should be the head honcho of the storage facility, he is responsible for what go's in and what comes out, end of story, and then do you really think the rice ever existed? AAAHHhhhhhh,,, Thaksin, did it ,Thaksin's guilty, Thaksin paid someone to take the rice, and it's on the moon with Elvis.

The rice sceme was Thaksins idea.

[Ricardo]

1. Thats a hell of a lot of rice to disappear

No it's not that much. It would only have taken about 47,000 pickup trucks(which trunk to bonnet would stretch from Phichit to somewhere near Songkla) to come and taken it away. Easily missed, perhaps the warehouse manager was having a little siesta?

As has been said many times by the forum neutrals. The rice scheme was designed to win Thaksin an election, and enable him, his clan and his cronies to steal unprecedented amounts of money. That it would be totally ruinous for the farmers it was trumpeted to benefit was known from the first, check back on ThaiVisa to when the scam started and you will see the results were obvious to nearly all TVF members. Anybody that raises an eyebrow to the growing list of evidence of the thieving should be ashamed of themselves. You were warned.

Hmmm, not bad only post #6 and post #13 to have Thaksin, Thaksin, Thaksin, Yingluk, you make me laugh,

your first port of call should be the head honcho of the storage facility, he is responsible for what go's in and what comes out, end of story, and then do you really think the rice ever existed? AAAHHhhhhhh,,, Thaksin, did it ,Thaksin's guilty, Thaksin paid someone to take the rice, and it's on the moon with Elvis.

I agree that the warehouse-boss, or whoever he pays to take the blame, should be prosecuted.

There should also be strenuous efforts to recover the money defrauded.

But to try to claim, that the person who originated the idea, then continued to insist that it must continue for several more years despite growing claims/potential for corruption, should somehow be absolved of any blame whatsoever, that's asking too much IMO.

He took all the credit, now it's time to shoulder some of the blame, but S-Clan members don't like to admit mistakes, very often (if ever).

[northernjohn]

I think you will find that there will be well in excess of over a million tonnes of rice missing, and the facts are.... that rice probably never existed... Only the paperwork and receipts for it did.

They produce the paperwork and is handed to the BAAC to collect the cash.

Tens of thousands of crooks may be involved from farmers who never grew any rice to Commerce Ministry and BAAC officials.

But ultimately two people at the top are to be blamed the most.... The PM who oversaw this are their policy to get the into power, and the Chairperson of the Rice scheme,,..... and they happen to be the same person who is currently on her way to the airport with offspring and probably plenty of luggage that won't be checked.

That person will NOT be back and to be honest, if this is the case then I will have lost all confidence in the junta.

Depends on how you look at it. If she does not come back it pretty much seals the deal for PTP corruption. Any case brought up against them will have a tainted view because of her running from the law and her brother who every one knows was calling the shots both living in a self imposed exile rather than defend charges against them

The Shinawatra's dream of a dynasty is dead..

[northernjohn]

1. Thats a hell of a lot of rice to disappear

No it's not that much. It would only have taken about 47,000 pickup trucks(which trunk to bonnet would stretch from Phichit to somewhere near Songkla) to come and taken it away. Easily missed, perhaps the warehouse manager was having a little siesta?

As has been said many times by the forum neutrals. The rice scheme was designed to win Thaksin an election, and enable him, his clan and his cronies to steal unprecedented amounts of money. That it would be totally ruinous for the farmers it was trumpeted to benefit was known from the first, check back on ThaiVisa to when the scam started and you will see the results were obvious to nearly all TVF members. Anybody that raises an eyebrow to the growing list of evidence of the thieving should be ashamed of themselves. You were warned.

Hmmm, not bad only post #6 and post #13 to have Thaksin, Thaksin, Thaksin, Yingluk, you make me laugh,

your first port of call should be the head honcho of the storage facility, he is responsible for what go's in and what comes out, end of story, and then do you really think the rice ever existed? AAAHHhhhhhh,,, Thaksin, did it ,Thaksin's guilty, Thaksin paid someone to take the rice, and it's on the moon with Elvis.

You are dreaming. Elvis is not on the moon.

[cooked]

1. Thats a hell of a lot of rice to disappear

No it's not that much. It would only have taken about 47,000 pickup trucks(which trunk to bonnet would stretch from Phichit to somewhere near Songkla) to come and taken it away. Easily missed, perhaps the warehouse manager was having a little siesta?

As has been said many times by the forum neutrals. The rice scheme was designed to win Thaksin an election, and enable him, his clan and his cronies to steal unprecedented amounts of money. That it would be totally ruinous for the farmers it was trumpeted to benefit was known from the first, check back on ThaiVisa to when the scam started and you will see the results were obvious to nearly all TVF members. Anybody that raises an eyebrow to the growing list of evidence of the thieving should be ashamed of themselves. You were warned.

Hmmm, not bad only post #6 and post #13 to have Thaksin, Thaksin, Thaksin, Yingluk, you make me laugh,

your first port of call should be the head honcho of the storage facility, he is responsible for what go's in and what comes out, end of story, and then do you really think the rice ever existed? AAAHHhhhhhh,,, Thaksin, did it ,Thaksin's guilty, Thaksin paid someone to take the rice, and it's on the moon with Elvis.

The rice sceme was Thaksins idea.

Nobody is claiming that Thaksin made money from this particular case. However he very cynically, even by Thai standards, fostered and augmented the atmosphere of corruption for his own ends. The results are still visible everywhere. I could go on but I would be banned from TV.

[scorecard]

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1. Thats a hell of a lot of rice to disappear

No it's not that much. It would only have taken about 47,000 pickup trucks(which trunk to bonnet would stretch from Phichit to somewhere near Songkla) to come and taken it away. Easily missed, perhaps the warehouse manager was having a little siesta?

As has been said many times by the forum neutrals. The rice scheme was designed to win Thaksin an election, and enable him, his clan and his cronies to steal unprecedented amounts of money. That it would be totally ruinous for the farmers it was trumpeted to benefit was known from the first, check back on ThaiVisa to when the scam started and you will see the results were obvious to nearly all TVF members. Anybody that raises an eyebrow to the growing list of evidence of the thieving should be ashamed of themselves. You were warned.

Hmmm, not bad only post #6 and post #13 to have Thaksin, Thaksin, Thaksin, Yingluk, you make me laugh,

your first port of call should be the head honcho of the storage facility, he is responsible for what go's in and what comes out, end of story, and then do you really think the rice ever existed? AAAHHhhhhhh,,, Thaksin, did it ,Thaksin's guilty, Thaksin paid someone to take the rice, and it's on the moon with Elvis.

The rice sceme was Thaksins idea.

Add... more and more discrepancies / serious discrepancies are being found. There is a strong chance that red / easily corruptible warehouse owners had, some time back, already taken an attitude of 'don't worry, nobody will be allowed to touch us'.

Now an obvious question ' where would the protection have generated from'?

[northernjohn]

<snip>

That person will NOT be back and to be honest, if this is the case then I will have lost all confidence in the junta.

I totally agree, and I issued those exact comments a few days ago when her permission to flee vacation was announced.

As I said then, obviously a deal has been struck with Thaksin. Let little sis go, I (Thaksin) will bow out and the PTP are yours to do with as you please.

Sounds like a good deal to me.

Not only do we lose him but we lose the whole red shirt movement.

with out them Thailand's chances for reunification triple.

[WitawatWatawit]

Off topic a little, but necessary - can we please stop using "self-imposed exile" for Thaksin? He's a fugitive from the law, nothing more, nothing less. He is not a political martyr in exile. YL of course is nothing atm.

[saltandpepper]

To all of these TV members who still think that this gang of thieves was actually helping Thai people, it is never too late to accept the truth....

Not one politician is trustable, nowhere, but it is amazing how this bunch has set new standards.

[Thailand]

Are all these warehouses "government" or privately owned?

If privately owned then surely any responsibility for discrepancies must lay with the warehouse owner?

If "government" owned the responsibility would surely lay with the warehouse managers and their superiors in the govt department responsible for warehousing rice?

[Gunna]

1. Thats a hell of a lot of rice to disappear

No it's not that much. It would only have taken about 47,000 pickup trucks(which trunk to bonnet would stretch from Phichit to somewhere near Songkla) to come and taken it away. Easily missed, perhaps the warehouse manager was having a little siesta?

As has been said many times by the forum neutrals. The rice scheme was designed to win Thaksin an election, and enable him, his clan and his cronies to steal unprecedented amounts of money. That it would be totally ruinous for the farmers it was trumpeted to benefit was known from the first, check back on ThaiVisa to when the scam started and you will see the results were obvious to nearly all TVF members. Anybody that raises an eyebrow to the growing list of evidence of the thieving should be ashamed of themselves. You were warned.

Hmmm, not bad only post #6 and post #13 to have Thaksin, Thaksin, Thaksin, Yingluk, you make me laugh,

your first port of call should be the head honcho of the storage facility, he is responsible for what go's in and what comes out, end of story, and then do you really think the rice ever existed? AAAHHhhhhhh,,, Thaksin, did it ,Thaksin's guilty, Thaksin paid someone to take the rice, and it's on the moon with Elvis.

Too stupid a comment to even reply to