Police told to speed up probe into 1.75 million tonnes of rotten and adulterated rice

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Police told to speed up probe into 1.75 million tonnes of rotten and adulterated rice



BANGKOK: -- The National Police Office has been told to speed up investigation into the 1.75 million tonnes of adulterated and rotten rice stored at 186 warehouses throughout the country.

Mrs Chintana Chaiwannakarn, board chairwoman of Public Warehouse Organisation, said Wednesday that she was ordered by commerce permanent secretary Ms Chutima Booyaprapat to coordinate with the Marketing Organisation for Farmers to notify the National Police Office to try to wrap up their investigation into the 1.75 million tonnes of rotten rice and adulterated rice within June.

The 1.75 million tonnes of rice are made up of 54,000 tonnes of adulterated rice, 653,000 tonnes of rotten rice and one million tonnes of C-grade grains.

Both criminal and civil lawsuits will be taken against the warehouse owners and rice surveyors.

As for the adulterated and C-grade rice, they are to be sold by auction whereas the rotten rice are to be sold to ethanol producers.

(Photo : Thai PBS File)

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/police-told-to-speed-up-probe-into-1-75-million-tonnes-of-rotten-and-adulterated-rice


-- Thai PBS 2015-05-07

[saltandpepper]

Why do they need to be told to do there job?

Oh wait.....I know.. TIT !!

[catterwell]

Maybe, one day, the police will their job without the need for notifications, reminders or other?

[zaphod reborn]

The police are too aligned with the interests of the probable suspects in these crimes. The investigation should be done by an independent auditing firm and the results given directly to the prosecutors.

[Wilsonandson]

Both criminal and civil lawsuits will be taken against the warehouse owners and rice surveyors. Why? I thought it was Yingluck's fault.

[clockman]

Integrity and truth,rarely witnessed in Thailand!

[TheCruncher]

Police in Thailand aren't even able to enforce any simple traffic law while they are at the spot, but they gonna complete an investigation that involves influential Thai people.

[ratcatcher]

Both criminal and civil lawsuits will be taken against the warehouse owners and rice surveyors. Why? I thought it was Yingluck's fault.

"I thought it was Yingluck's fault."

Oh, silly you. Don't you know Yingluck is faultless.

[ezzra]

These adulterated rice, how dare they to live in sin?

[NeverSure]

Integrity and truth,rarely witnessed in Thailand!

You've seen this future investigation handled with integrity and truth, have you?

[Thai at Heart]

I will remember to sue my missus when the rice goes off in the cupboard....

[tingtongfarang]

Thought i read somewhere its all being sold/unloaded to the philipines?

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/822984-thailand-confident-to-win-export-quota-of-200000-tons-of-rice-to-the-philippines/

Edited May 6, 2015 by tingtongfarang

[Rogergreybeard]

Crooks investigating crooks

[rametindallas]

I'm sure that Chalerm Yubamrung already investigated all this for the Yingluck government. Why don't they just use his report? It would save a lot on court costs. /sarc

Edited May 6, 2015 by rametindallas

[berybert]

OK forget these multipule graves we keep finding, lets get our finest on the rotten rice case.

That's how you get to have a police force that is as rotten as your rice.

[mikiea]

Maybe, one day, the police will their job without the need for notifications, reminders or other?

3 trillion, 500 billion pounds of rise spoiled ? anybody ever think how much rice that is ? that is enough to give 8 million people 437.5 pounds of rice. all the people of bangkok would each get 437.5 pounds of rice. this is a shame that should never be forgotton. where are the police , the pm , the army , well all i can say is hear no....see no....speak no..... evil . it is living here , to late :-)

[winstonc]

I will remember to sue my missus when the rice goes off in the cupboard....

lol.she will only take it back out of your account as you well know..

[Robby nz]

I'm sure that Chalerm Yubamrung already investigated all this for the Yingluck government. Why don't they just use his report? It would save a lot on court costs. /sarc

Na you have that wrong it was the Commerce Ministry in March last year :

Minister Yanyong visited the NACC on Wednesday to submit a letter asserting that inspections of the rice stock in warehouses, carried out in March by Ministry of Commerce officials and members of the rice stock inspection committee, found that the entire 18.7 million tons of rice was intact and another 1.1 million tons was being fumigated.

So as you can see any deterioration obviously happened after that inspection which makes it all the fault of Suthep and the General (I can do sarc to)

[Srikcir]

Just 1.75 million tons of rice are made up of adulterated rice, rotten rice and C-grade grains?

In the report released by the committee chaired by ML Panadda Diskul, permanent secretary of the PM's Office allegedly found that more than 14 million tons of rice were of "substandard" quality and only two million tonnes of "standard" quality. This report became the basis for dereliction of duty against Yingluck and lawsuit for economic loss. Maybe with Prayut's barter of Thai rice for the Chinese dual rail system the government decided (ahem) there was a lot more good rice than originally surveyed.

[Gunna]

I'm sure that Chalerm Yubamrung already investigated all this for the Yingluck government. Why don't they just use his report? It would save a lot on court costs. /sarc

Charlerm's report to YL said there was No corruption or wastage in the rice scam.

Apparently it was done without need to leave his office and with a bottle of wine close by.

[rubl]

Just 1.75 million tons of rice are made up of adulterated rice, rotten rice and C-grade grains?

In the report released by the committee chaired by ML Panadda Diskul, permanent secretary of the PM's Office allegedly found that more than 14 million tons of rice were of "substandard" quality and only two million tonnes of "standard" quality. This report became the basis for dereliction of duty against Yingluck and lawsuit for economic loss. Maybe with Prayut's barter of Thai rice for the Chinese dual rail system the government decided (ahem) there was a lot more good rice than originally surveyed.

Now if only you could dig up the missing details which would have helped explain the numbers you just tossed up.

PS 14m tonnes + 2m tonnes + 1,75m tonnes gets close the 18m tonnes.

[mikemac]

Just 1.75 million tons of rice are made up of adulterated rice, rotten rice and C-grade grains?

In the report released by the committee chaired by ML Panadda Diskul, permanent secretary of the PM's Office allegedly found that more than 14 million tons of rice were of "substandard" quality and only two million tonnes of "standard" quality. This report became the basis for dereliction of duty against Yingluck and lawsuit for economic loss. Maybe with Prayut's barter of Thai rice for the Chinese dual rail system the government decided (ahem) there was a lot more good rice than originally surveyed.

Now if only you could dig up the missing details which would have helped explain the numbers you just tossed up.

PS 14m tonnes + 2m tonnes + 1,75m tonnes gets close the 18m tonnes.

This should be good !

[Baerboxer]

I'm sure that Chalerm Yubamrung already investigated all this for the Yingluck government. Why don't they just use his report? It would save a lot on court costs. /sarc

Na you have that wrong it was the Commerce Ministry in March last year :

Minister Yanyong visited the NACC on Wednesday to submit a letter asserting that inspections of the rice stock in warehouses, carried out in March by Ministry of Commerce officials and members of the rice stock inspection committee, found that the entire 18.7 million tons of rice was intact and another 1.1 million tons was being fumigated.

So as you can see any deterioration obviously happened after that inspection which makes it all the fault of Suthep and the General (I can do sarc to)

In a normal country, the Minister Yanyong and all those officials who gave that report would be questioned - fraud, false accounting, theft etc.

Don't suppose that will happen here. Business as usual.

[halloween]

Just 1.75 million tons of rice are made up of adulterated rice, rotten rice and C-grade grains?

In the report released by the committee chaired by ML Panadda Diskul, permanent secretary of the PM's Office allegedly found that more than 14 million tons of rice were of "substandard" quality and only two million tonnes of "standard" quality. This report became the basis for dereliction of duty against Yingluck and lawsuit for economic loss. Maybe with Prayut's barter of Thai rice for the Chinese dual rail system the government decided (ahem) there was a lot more good rice than originally surveyed.

Has it occurred to you that if there is a C grade there will also be a B grade and an A grade? Now just imagine that A grade is "standard quality". So what term would you use to describe B grade?

Hint, it's in your post in bold font.

[halloween]

Both criminal and civil lawsuits will be taken against the warehouse owners and rice surveyors. Why? I thought it was Yingluck's fault.

The warehouse owners and rice surveyors will be charged with corruption, negligence and/or incompetence. Can you think of any reason why the person who set up the scheme, without any attempt to control corruption (with the exception of tasking Chalerm to investigate) and subsequently lost in the order of B700 billion of the nation's money, shouldn't be charged with the same?