Farmers' marketing boss to be summoned for explanation on huge stock of missing rice

[Lite Beer]

Farmers' marketing boss to be summoned for explanation on huge stock of missing rice
The Sunday Nation

Yingluck

BANGKOK: -- The director of the Marketing Organisation of Farmers (MOF) has been summoned to explain to the government's newly-established National Administrative Centre against Corruption tomorrow about the disappearance of over 100,000 sacks of rice from the government stock.

A total of 108,480 gunny-bags of rice, each with 100-kilogram capacity, was reported as missing from the warehouse of a company rented to store rice bought under the Yingluck Shinawatra administration's rice scheme.

Prayong Preeyachitt, secretary-general of the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC), said yesterday that Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya, who is in charge of the centre, has summoned the MOF chief to find out about the missing rice.

He said that the MOF, which is responsible for overseeing the rice in government stock, had not taken any serious action in response to the disappearance of this large amount of rice, apart from filing a police complaint.

The disappearance was discovered during a recent inspection of rice warehouses following the coup in May.

Prayong said yesterday that the PACC would also summon representatives from the state agencies whose officials were suspected of being responsible for the disappearance of rice from government stock. He said those agencies would be required to explain as to what have been done against the officials suspected of malfeasance of dereliction of duty.

A source familiar with the matter said that it was unlikely so large amounts of rice had been stolen.

"You can't take out so much rice in a short period of time," the source said.

Investigators found suspicious facts during an inspection of rice bags at the warehouse in question, the source said.

Large amounts were reported as stolen on three occasions between October 2013 and June 2014.

During an inspection shortly after the coup, a steel structure was raised in the middle of piles of gunny sacks of rice, and inspectors suspect this was aimed at deceiving them, the source said.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Farmers-marketing-boss-to-be-summoned-for-explanat-30250809.html

-- The Nation 2014-12-28

[NeverSure]

"Exceptional picture of <deleted> attached to rice story."

Edit. Dang, I can't post that? What happened to all of the fun around here?

Edited December 27, 2014 by NeverSure

[Thai at Heart]

"Exception picture of <deleted> attached to rice story."

Indeed, quite why she needs such an enormous picture attached to a story of s bureaucrat being summoned for this, is a little OTT.

Amazed they chose that picture too. What a ray of sunshine.

[The stuttering parrot]

Why isn't there a picture of the mof chief?

Then again why not throw up yings picture they do ever time and at every opportunity.

The witch hunt continues with the usual bias reporting .

[Robby nz]

Why isn't there a picture of the mof chief?

Then again why not throw up yings picture they do ever time and at every opportunity.

The witch hunt continues with the usual bias reporting .

Considering it was your beloved witch that urged the inspections it must be a case of 'Som nam na'

BANGKOK, 24 April 2014 (NNT) – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has asserted that rice in the government's stockpile has not gone missing as suspected by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), urging the latter to conduct an inspection of the government's rice stock to determine whether rice was really missing.

Your usual bias posting parrot.

[Thai at Heart]

Why isn't there a picture of the mof chief?

Then again why not throw up yings picture they do ever time and at every opportunity.

The witch hunt continues with the usual bias reporting .

Considering it was your beloved witch that urged the inspections it must be a case of 'Som nam na'

BANGKOK, 24 April 2014 (NNT) Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has asserted that rice in the government's stockpile has not gone missing as suspected by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), urging the latter to conduct an inspection of the government's rice stock to determine whether rice was really missing.

Your usual bias posting parrot.

This stuff has been audited since the coup.

So, as someone pointed out, the blame can most certainly not be put 100% at the previous govt, until someone proves when the con was set up.

Maybe it was nicked last week.

I go with it was never there, in which case, when checked against one warehouse area it shouldn't have been to hard find a discrepancy in the 100s of thousands of sack. Someone didn't do a very good job of auditing this at all

But then, a decimal here and a pahn lan there.

Edited December 28, 2014 by Thai at Heart

[MaxLee]

The director of the Marketing Organisation of Farmers (MOF) has been summoned to explain to the government's newly-established National Administrative Centre against Corruption tomorrow about the disappearance of over 100,000 sacks of rice from the government stock.

Orders from Dubai,....

[Skywalker69]

Why isn't there a picture of the mof chief?

Then again why not throw up yings picture they do ever time and at every opportunity.

The witch hunt continues with the usual bias reporting .

Considering it was your beloved witch that urged the inspections it must be a case of 'Som nam na'

BANGKOK, 24 April 2014 (NNT) – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has asserted that rice in the government's stockpile has not gone missing as suspected by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), urging the latter to conduct an inspection of the government's rice stock to determine whether rice was really missing.

Your usual bias posting parrot.

He keep on stuttering.

[ezzra]

'"You can't take out so much rice in a short period of time," the source said.'

yes you can when everyone around is in cahoots, you can make an aircraft carrier

disappear... take the KMITL story for an example, 2 billions baht has gone missing

and if it wasn't for disgruntled person who probably didn't get his share, this would

have seen day light for years to come...

[Artisi]

Why isn't there a picture of the mof chief?

Then again why not throw up yings picture they do ever time and at every opportunity.

The witch hunt continues with the usual bias reporting .

Considering it was your beloved witch that urged the inspections it must be a case of 'Som nam na'

BANGKOK, 24 April 2014 (NNT) Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has asserted that rice in the government's stockpile has not gone missing as suspected by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), urging the latter to conduct an inspection of the government's rice stock to determine whether rice was really missing.

Your usual bias posting parrot.

He keep on stuttering.

But forgot to add in how YL was elected by the the people.

[mikemac]

Why isn't there a picture of the mof chief?

Then again why not throw up yings picture they do ever time and at every opportunity.

The witch hunt continues with the usual bias reporting .

Considering it was your beloved witch that urged the inspections it must be a case of 'Som nam na'

BANGKOK, 24 April 2014 (NNT) Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has asserted that rice in the government's stockpile has not gone missing as suspected by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), urging the latter to conduct an inspection of the government's rice stock to determine whether rice was really missing.

Your usual bias posting parrot.

He keep on stuttering.

But forgot to add in how YL was elected by the the people.

"was elected by the the people".................................and I bet there are some people smarting about that !

[worgeordie]

Err,err, It must have been rats,mice and birds that stole it,

Ok, will that do,explanation excepted !, no problem.

regards Worgeordie

[chainarong]

The farmers have extremely good taste in this marketing boss ,maybe while everyone was going gaga at the marketing boss the leprechauns were removing the rice for the rats.

[Tatsujin]

Why isn't there a picture of the mof chief?

Then again why not throw up yings picture they do ever time and at every opportunity.

The witch hunt continues with the usual bias reporting .

You need to change your name, something like "The Blinkered Emu" would be more appropriate.

[Artisi]

Why isn't there a picture of the mof chief?

Then again why not throw up yings picture they do ever time and at every opportunity.

The witch hunt continues with the usual bias reporting .

Considering it was your beloved witch that urged the inspections it must be a case of 'Som nam na'

BANGKOK, 24 April 2014 (NNT) Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has asserted that rice in the government's stockpile has not gone missing as suspected by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), urging the latter to conduct an inspection of the government's rice stock to determine whether rice was really missing.

Your usual bias posting parrot.

He keep on stuttering.

But forgot to add in how YL was elected by the the people.

"was elected by the the people".................................and I bet there are some people smarting about that !

Particularly the camel herder who "elected" her without any input from the people of Thailand

[Fab5BKK]

Why isn't there a picture of the mof chief?

Then again why not throw up yings picture they do ever time and at every opportunity.

The witch hunt continues with the usual bias reporting .

Ridiculous!

Beware, intensive use of rosy lenses can damage your brains (if any!) ;-)

[ratcatcher]

I imagine a few TVF members will be requesting a full size frameable picture of Ms Yingluck from The Nation after seeing this superb sample of their "Lady -in - waiting."

[DLock]

'"You can't take out so much rice in a short period of time," the source said.'

yes you can when everyone around is in cahoots, you can make an aircraft carrier

disappear... take the KMITL story for an example, 2 billions baht has gone missing

and if it wasn't for disgruntled person who probably didn't get his share, this would

have seen day light for years to come...

That defense is fantastic...

...much like you can't take 500 luxury cars and make them disappear.

Trouts.

[The stuttering parrot]

Sorry I forgot yinglucks party was democratically elected by the Thai people and I know how much that upsets the yellow dem junta supporters on here but it's just a fact.

Anyway the odds of Yingluck doing anytime is a million to one and this really is a non event.

The main event will start when the general announces the election date but that's not going to happen real soon because Ying and thaksin are doing his head in and it will take some time for him and his stooges to figure out a way of keeping the reds out.

And that's not going to happen either!

[Thaddeus]

I imagine a few TVF members will be requesting a full size frameable picture of Ms Yingluck from The Nation after seeing this superb sample of their "Lady -in - waiting."

Photoshop a yashmak on to it.

Keep everyone happy.

[ratcatcher]

I imagine a few TVF members will be requesting a full size frameable picture of Ms Yingluck from The Nation after seeing this superb sample of their "Lady -in - waiting."

Photoshop a yashmak on to it.

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Keep everyone happy.

Some may prefer the burqa to the Yingmak, but regardless, she isn't going away anytime soon.

Edited December 28, 2014 by ratcatcher

[JOC]

Sorry I forgot yinglucks party was democratically elected by the Thai people and I know how much that upsets the yellow dem junta supporters on here but it's just a fact.

Anyway the odds of Yingluck doing anytime is a million to one and this really is a non event.

The main event will start when the general announces the election date but that's not going to happen real soon because Ying and thaksin are doing his head in and it will take some time for him and his stooges to figure out a way of keeping the reds out.

And that's not going to happen either!

"it will take some time for him and his stooges to figure out a way of keeping the reds out."

For starters, charge them for the crimes they committed!!

[Robby nz]

Why isn't there a picture of the mof chief?

Then again why not throw up yings picture they do ever time and at every opportunity.

The witch hunt continues with the usual bias reporting .

Considering it was your beloved witch that urged the inspections it must be a case of 'Som nam na'

BANGKOK, 24 April 2014 (NNT) Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has asserted that rice in the government's stockpile has not gone missing as suspected by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), urging the latter to conduct an inspection of the government's rice stock to determine whether rice was really missing.

Your usual bias posting parrot.

This stuff has been audited since the coup.

So, as someone pointed out, the blame can most certainly not be put 100% at the previous govt, until someone proves when the con was set up.

Maybe it was nicked last week.

I go with it was never there, in which case, when checked against one warehouse area it shouldn't have been to hard find a discrepancy in the 100s of thousands of sack. Someone didn't do a very good job of auditing this at all

But then, a decimal here and a pahn lan there.

You are still trying to defend this rotten scheme. Now you try to divert the blame.

Did you not read the BKK post article I pointed you to ?

If you did you would understand better what has actually happened and the suspicion that a lot of the rice never existed in the first place as no trucks have been reported taking large quantities of rice away.

Did you not see that there have already been arrests made and people charged over rice missing from the same warehouse ?

[Bakseeda]

Yinluck was elected by MPs NOT by the voters.... Her party NEVER won an election, she recruited coalition partners at great cost to have her majority. And Thailand has NEVER had a fair democratic election...EVER. Lets not let the truth stand in the way of red shirt apologists. But then again you have to have a very low IQ to be one of them .. so I believe.

[The stuttering parrot]

Yes bakseeda saying people have a low IQ is exactly like the yellow dems calling the north buffalo brains and that's why the yellow dems will never win an election.

Thai people aren't as stupid or slow as the yellows try and make out!

[scorecard]

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Why isn't there a picture of the mof chief?

Then again why not throw up yings picture they do ever time and at every opportunity.

The witch hunt continues with the usual bias reporting .

You need to change your name, something like "The Blinkered Emu" would be more appropriate.

Well emus' are known to be pretty stupid birds.

[SOTIRIOS]

...not even superficially......yuck......

[Robby nz]

It must be remembered that we are only talking about the rice that is missing from stocks in warehouses as of when the inspections were carried out.

These stocks are only a part of the rice that has been bought in the time of the scheme and there is no telling just what has been shunted in and out of storage in the last two and a half years and where that rice has gone.

As an example, and I hope Mods will allow this as I have no link as it was tacked on to a report of a warehouse fire that I don't have a source for :

Meanwhile, there has been a report that about 500 tonnes of rice have been released from a warehouse in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Muang district.

Most of the trucks used to move the rice are registered in the lower part of the southern region. Several of them bear the name ‘’Nattawut Transport’’.

A source said a letter which approved the release of the stocks was issued by the Commerce Ministry’s Department of Foreign Trade.

The source added that the destination of the rice is not known and it is being speculated that the rice is being transported to the lower South or the Thai-Malaysian border.

‘‘This is not the first time. Hundreds of thousands of rice sacks have been moved. Local authorities have no idea where the rice is heading,’’ the source said.

You will note that Nattawut Transport was reported to be moving at least some of that rice, it is difficult to determine just who is the owner of that company (partnership), however it appears to be the same Nattawut Saikua who was an associated minister of commerce at the time the commerce ministry released the rice, conflict of interest at the very least.

Would hope that in time there is a complete accounting of the scheme done and things like the above are properly investigated.

[rickirs]

In July 2014 the NCPO audited 72% of the government pledged rice held in 1,787 privately-owned granaries. Only "some sacks were missing." And according to the Second Army at that time, in 14 eastern provinces there were 429.8 tonnes of rice missing or 0.018% of the 2.32 million tons in total.

If now more rice is found missing, either the Army can't do an accurate audit, the Army is stealing the rice, or the granary owners stole rice AFTER the NCPO initial audit. While any and all might be the case, how does the former Yingluck administration rationally continue to be responsible?

[JOC]

In July 2014 the NCPO audited 72% of the government pledged rice held in 1,787 privately-owned granaries. Only "some sacks were missing." And according to the Second Army at that time, in 14 eastern provinces there were 429.8 tonnes of rice missing or 0.018% of the 2.32 million tons in total.

If now more rice is found missing, either the Army can't do an accurate audit, the Army is stealing the rice, or the granary owners stole rice AFTER the NCPO initial audit. While any and all might be the case, how does the former Yingluck administration rationally continue to be responsible?

Don't spoil a good "hate the reds" thread with something as boring as facts!!

Some haters will blame YL for the weather!!