PM: Only 10 percent of 18 million tonnes of rice in stockpiles are good



BANGKOK: -- Only 10 percent of the 18 million tonnes of rice in stockpiles since June are of good quality and in good condition, 70 percent of them are of poor quality with the grains turn yellowish and the rest 20 percent have become rotten and inedible, said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha on Tuesday.

Regarding some 100,000 tonnes of rice which have mysteriously gone missing from the book, the prime minister said that the National Anti-Corruption Commission would investigate the case to ascertain how they had gone missing, where was the mistake and who would be held accountable.

But as far as the government is concerned, the prime minister said the government’s role and responsibility was to take good care of the people and would try to offload the stockpiled rice from the storages but at prices which would not affect the prices of the new rice crops.

General Prayut pointed out at the need of farmers to have their own barn or storage which, he said, to store their crops when the prices are down and to sell them when the prices are right. The rice storages can help stabilize rice prices, he added.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/pm-10-percent-18-million-tonnes-rice-stockpiles-good/


-- Thai PBS 2014-10-29

90% gone bad in just four months??

And before anyone get started on YL, this was under the present government!!

Whatever, they had better start doing something with it, that's one hell of a lot of rice to deal with.

the prime minister said that the National Anti-Corruption Commission would investigate the case to ascertain how they had gone missing, where was the mistake and who would be held accountable.

"WOULD investigate" My God, there should have been tons of investigation DONE already and indictments handed out. Is this stall tactic just more of the same Thai policy of avoiding accountability for corruption and criminal activity? Does nothing ever change in this unbelievable society? Where are the reporters who, in any other democratic society, would be doing their own investigating and exposing the corruption? I had hopes that this guy would be different but it looks and smells just like same old- same old Thai BS. Disgusting!

90% gone bad in just four months??

And before anyone get started on YL, this was under the present government!!

Unbelievable the intelligence of some red posters. The rice gone bad under the YL government and of course got worse under this one. There was just no storage good enough available. Unlike you I realize you can't just change that fast. Its all a result of YL and she should be punished for it. She was responsible. She set up the program had to check it and made sure the storage was good. We see the result.

Wish they could again impound Thaksins money to pay for this loss.

Time for a 2 for 1 sale.

90% gone bad in just four months??

And before anyone get started on YL, this was under the present government!!

And you can show all of us exactly where you see that he is talking about ONLY the rice from the last 4 months? Or are you just trying to change this story to suit your feelings for YL?

Amazing they can investigate something of the complexity of this, but Mr Pannada struggles to identify anything with the microphones.

Indeed this sad news when more people are dying form hunger. Most states are committing crime for humanity in the name of economics. Should have been donated to the West African countries where there is Ebola outbreak that requires aid.

Amazing they can investigate something of the complexity of this, but Mr Pannada struggles to identify anything with the microphones.

It's fairly easy to see if rice is bad. No?

As for the microphones, they have been canceled!

Amazing they can investigate something of the complexity of this, but Mr Pannada struggles to identify anything with the microphones.

Real amazing how farang redskirts like you like to deflect the topic at hand. The massive loss denied by YL is here its confirmed and you bring up some microphones (guy should be punished too for sure but it is not this topic and kind pales in comparison)

Don't forget that many storage facilities were forced to participate in this scheme that weren't equipped .

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Indeed this sad news when more people are dying form hunger. Most states are committing crime for humanity in the name of economics. Should have been donated to the West African countries where there is Ebola outbreak that requires aid.

Already suffering from Ebola and you want to punish them further with Thai rice!!

90% gone bad in just four months??

And before anyone get started on YL, this was under the present government!!

Unbelievable the intelligence of some red posters. The rice gone bad under the YL government and of course got worse under this one. There was just no storage good enough available. Unlike you I realize you can't just change that fast. Its all a result of YL and she should be punished for it. She was responsible. She set up the program had to check it and made sure the storage was good. We see the result.

Wish they could again impound Thaksins money to pay for this loss.

And no yellow shirts made a satang out of the Rice Scheme?

And next you will be saying NO YELLOWS made out of the 1st time car buyer scheme

90% gone bad in just four months??

And before anyone get started on YL, this was under the present government!!

End of the month joke post.

Amazing they can investigate something of the complexity of this, but Mr Pannada struggles to identify anything with the microphones.

Real amazing how farang redskirts like you like to deflect the topic at hand. The massive loss denied by YL is here its confirmed and you bring up some microphones (guy should be punished too for sure but it is not this topic and kind pales in comparison)

Interesting to see, how you label anyone disagreeing with you on any topic as redshirts!!

It is not all red or yellow, you as Dutch should know that!! (hint orange)!!

90% gone bad in just four months??

And before anyone get started on YL, this was under the present government!!

Unbelievable the intelligence of some red posters. The rice gone bad under the YL government and of course got worse under this one. There was just no storage good enough available. Unlike you I realize you can't just change that fast. Its all a result of YL and she should be punished for it. She was responsible. She set up the program had to check it and made sure the storage was good. We see the result.

Wish they could again impound Thaksins money to pay for this loss.

And no yellow shirts made a satang out of the Rice Scheme?

Every one concerned made money out of it. BUT at least now a concise investigation of rice quality has been done .. whose fault is it?

Dunno but generally the buck stops with the PM and the head of the Rice policy committee!

90% gone bad in just four months??

And before anyone get started on YL, this was under the present government!!

Unbelievable the intelligence of some red posters. The rice gone bad under the YL government and of course got worse under this one. There was just no storage good enough available. Unlike you I realize you can't just change that fast. Its all a result of YL and she should be punished for it. She was responsible. She set up the program had to check it and made sure the storage was good. We see the result.

Wish they could again impound Thaksins money to pay for this loss.

No intelligence from the reporter which didn't help JOC' one eyed lack of intelligence. They mean 90% of rice inspected since June is bad. No one had inspected it previously so only a YL lover could say it was all good before before then.

Amazing they can investigate something of the complexity of this, but Mr Pannada struggles to identify anything with the microphones.

Real amazing how farang redskirts like you like to deflect the topic at hand. The massive loss denied by YL is here its confirmed and you bring up some microphones (guy should be punished too for sure but it is not this topic and kind pales in comparison)

Interesting to see, how you label anyone disagreeing with you on any topic as redshirts!!

It is not all red or yellow, you as Dutch should know that!! (hint orange)!!

You can call me yellow if you like... but you are on purpose distorting facts for propaganda and an other tries to deflect the whole topic by comparing it to something relatively minor (financial impact wise) to this. (the guy should be punished too.. no tolerance here for corruption)

90% gone bad in just four months??

And before anyone get started on YL, this was under the present government!!

The present government uncovered these facts. The last government is entirely responsible for them.

like the rest of the system here ..rotten

90% gone bad in just four months??

And before anyone get started on YL, this was under the present government!!

Unbelievable the intelligence of some red posters. The rice gone bad under the YL government and of course got worse under this one. There was just no storage good enough available. Unlike you I realize you can't just change that fast. Its all a result of YL and she should be punished for it. She was responsible. She set up the program had to check it and made sure the storage was good. We see the result.

Wish they could again impound Thaksins money to pay for this loss.

You start to sound like ginjag!!

Factually ofcourse you are right, but I was merely answering to the OP's "rice in stockpiles since June".

And thank you for worrying about my intelligence, thank you just fine!!

Of course i was right, and you realized it right away. You tried to use an error in journalism for redshirt propaganda. That is even worse then because you knew it.

It is all part of the big conspiracy, who wants to see an (however stupid and/or corrupt) elected government!!

Dangerous stuff!!

Some nonsense posts have been removed.

Amazing they can investigate something of the complexity of this, but Mr Pannada struggles to identify anything with the microphones.

Real amazing how farang redskirts like you like to deflect the topic at hand. The massive loss denied by YL is here its confirmed and you bring up some microphones (guy should be punished too for sure but it is not this topic and kind pales in comparison)

Real amazing, The topic is RICE, not your name calling "redskirts" and your contempt for any who support YL or redshirts, and yeah the mic's (corruption) debacle is well swept under the rug and will stay there, no one held responsible for that, so why are you not showing the same contempt? BIAS maybe???

I wonder how will the government sell this low quality rice without affecting the rice prices due to the impending harvest next month?

So how will it be stored, as many farmers do not have storage, and the accountability of rice purchases, condition, and payments to farmers? and so-on?

Rice issues in the next six months, things will really either heat up for the new guy's in power, or just play out.

yellow and rotten. no wonder Costco discontinued bringing Thai rice in unpackaged. Costco now markets only Thai rice under their own Kirkland brand after it's checked carefully at Costco warehouse locations. people no longer can trust Thai rice. The investigation of the 100,000 tons gone missing off the books will be a laugher. That's the last we will ever hear about it.

Amazing they can investigate something of the complexity of this, but Mr Pannada struggles to identify anything with the microphones.

Real amazing how farang redskirts like you like to deflect the topic at hand. The massive loss denied by YL is here its confirmed and you bring up some microphones (guy should be punished too for sure but it is not this topic and kind pales in comparison)

Interesting to see, how you label anyone disagreeing with you on any topic as redshirts!!

It is not all red or yellow, you as Dutch should know that!! (hint orange)!!

You can call me yellow if you like... but you are on purpose distorting facts for propaganda and an other tries to deflect the whole topic by comparing it to something relatively minor (financial impact wise) to this. (the guy should be punished too.. no tolerance here for corruption)

Wouldn't have mattered who was in charge. They all got a slice of the pie but when they realized the game was up they turned on each other like wolves. This is not about yellow or red, this is the standard corruption scheme in this country.

You can blame it all on Thaksin and Yingluck all you want Rob but this would have happened under any colored banner here.

The blame for the RTP scandal in Kho Tao doesn't soley fall to the reds do it. Because here we have governmental officials commending the police for the botched up job. Yellow or Red, it doesn't really matter, to the fact, they are all pretty much the same when it comes to corruption.

I think the govt has decided to stop the "slow bleeding" of trying to keep a happy face on the rice storage situation and the govt's ability to sell any significant amounts of the stored rice. The rice is just rotting! Best just to offload it cheaply at a fraction of its cost to whoever wants to buy it and for whatever purposes (i.e., maybe make biofuel, fertilizer, etc). Start anew. The rice buying scheme of the past govt will go down in Thai history (to be quickly forgotten of course) as a populist program which was a failure and probably the most costly in the nation's history.

Unbelievable the intelligence of some red posters. The rice gone bad under the YL government and of course got worse under this one. There was just no storage good enough available. Unlike you I realize you can't just change that fast. Its all a result of YL and she should be punished for it. She was responsible. She set up the program had to check it and made sure the storage was good. We see the result.

Wish they could again impound Thaksins money to pay for this loss.

You start to sound like ginjag!!

Factually ofcourse you are right, but I was merely answering to the OP's "rice in stockpiles since June".

And thank you for worrying about my intelligence, thank you just fine!!

Of course i was right, and you realized it right away. You tried to use an error in journalism for redshirt propaganda. That is even worse then because you knew it.

It is all part of the big conspiracy, who wants to see an (however stupid and/or corrupt) elected government!!

Dangerous stuff!!

Yes that has so much to do with what i posted, not even one word about how you knew what you posted was wrong and was used to mislead people but you posted it anyway. Moving the topic in the direction where you want it bad junta good PTP.

Would it not be wise to sell the 90% as animal feed and build new smaller stockpiles of good quality rice purchased at market price.

Wouldn't have mattered who was in charge. They all got a slice of the pie but when they realized the game was up they turned on each other like wolves. This is not about yellow or red, this is the standard corruption scheme in this country.

You can blame it all on Thaksin and Yingluck all you want Rob but this would have happened under any colored banner here.

The blame for the RTP scandal in Kho Tao doesn't soley fall to the reds do it. Because here we have governmental officials commending the police for the botched up job. Yellow or Red, it doesn't really matter, to the fact, they are all pretty much the same when it comes to corruption.

No mate.. they did not all get a share in the pie.. why do you think there is so much fighting here. This pie was shared by reds only. This scheme was pure evil, the opposition warned about it.. it was not budgeted (would be budget neutral). Many financial institutions warned about it. No this one falls only on YL and PTP. This is the biggest and worst loss of money for nothing in the recent history of Thailand. I dare you to come up with something that had similar losses without any benefits like this one.

Ko Tao is a totally different (and stupid thing and the general should step in hard), I dont see Ko Tao as a red or yellow thing. If any I blame the general for not stepping in hard.