Ex-police chief elected FAT president



BANGKOK: -- Former national police chief Pol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang was overwhelmingly voted the new president of Football Association of Thailand in an election held this morning.

Pol Gen Somyot received 62 out of 68 votes casted. The first runner-up, Dr Charnwit Pholcheevin received four votes and Mr Natthapol Teepsuwan received one vote.

He will succeed Mr Worawi Makudi who was banned from contesting the election by Fifa.

The election today was made possible after the Administrative Court rejected a petition by Pol Lt-Col Chaisilp Tharat, one of the candidates, for the court to postpone the election today on the ground that the Sports Authority of Thailand, the Fifa-appointed normalization committee and FAT had violated FAT regulations.

Somyot has the backing of TPL clubs Buriram United, Chon Buri and Bangkok Glass among others and King Power Group.

Sourc: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/150545


-- Thai PBS 2016-02-11

In view of the mess of corruption that FIFA has become, he is most suited to his new role.

FAT pockets?

Thai ex copper worth billions of baht and fifa - match made in heaven.........

He will be right at home in this job what corruption

62 out of 68.. His master taught him well..

Still, good to get rid of that <deleted> Worawi.

I was so hopeful that I had finally heard the last of this clown.

"elected"

former POLICE sure made alot of money to get where he is now. how did he get so much money?

"elected"

former POLICE sure made alot of money to get where he is now. how did he get so much money?

He certainly made a lot of it during the tail end of his career....

His attention to the Koh Tao murders case in particular seemed to have a knock-on effect of sharpening up his business dealings.....

Of course they chose a current or formal police/military general...it's the Thai way.

"elected"

former POLICE sure made alot of money to get where he is now. how did he get so much money?

Their answer will always be inherited or married well.

Still, good to get rid of that <deleted> Worawi.

Do you really think this is an improvement?

My word what is becoming of the beautiful game?

This man is not what is required post Blatter.

A brilliant businessman and investor, well-suited for the role. His loaves, fishes and water into wine investment strategies out-do Jesus by a significant margin. Congratulations.

A brilliant businessman and investor, well-suited for the role. His loaves, fishes and water into wine investment strategies out-do Jesus by a significant margin. Congratulations.

Indeed - and in view of all the corruption in FIFA what better than to have the ex Chief of Police. He has the skill sets required. You'll never hear of corruption in FAT again!

Wonder if he'll develop to a ASEAN role, or even FIFA one day?

Thai ex copper worth billions of baht and fifa - match made in heaven.........

Yes being in the military, police or a politician its the gift that never stops giving. No different than the rest of the world. Your in the inner circle. A good example is a former police chief of the city of Toronto in Canada. He will no doubt be eligible for a half a dozen pensions in time.

Edited February 11, 201610 yr by elgordo38

I was so hopeful that I had finally heard the last of this clown.

One thing about a clown they keep on performing as long as they have an audience even a captive one.

After the whole FIFA debacle I will never watch a football game again....

And about Thailand. What more to say.... google all the names of the involved and after 2 minutes it is clear what is going on....

This is not about football, this is about people with questionable wealth who just want a small piece of cake of the FIFA billion dollar circus.....

This was posted on Jan 21:

Former national police chief disqualified to contest FAT presidency election

BANGKOK: -- Former national police chief Pol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang was disqualified to contest for the presidency of the Football Association of Thailand for applying his candidacy at the wrong place.

and then it was quiet for a couple of weeks

and now he is president of FAT

obviously, "Disqualification" has a different meaning in Thailand than in the rest of the world (like many other words)..., so, no wonder there are so many misunderstandings.

Have the forces control everything including sports? Why not businesses too...grab the lot...nationalize everything!

Sorry posters, just got carried away, Ha!

Have the forces control everything including sports? Why not businesses too...grab the lot...nationalize everything!

Sorry posters, just got carried away, Ha!

This was posted on Jan 21:

Former national police chief disqualified to contest FAT presidency election

BANGKOK: -- Former national police chief Pol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang was disqualified to contest for the presidency of the Football Association of Thailand for applying his candidacy at the wrong place.

and then it was quiet for a couple of weeks

and now he is president of FAT

obviously, "Disqualification" has a different meaning in Thailand than in the rest of the world (like many other words)..., so, no wonder there are so many misunderstandings.

The "disqualification" was all a misunderstanding, satisfactorily resolved for all stakeholders. No doubt that methodology will continue.

Rules and laws only apply to minions, not former senior officials, especially police officers. Besides, Thais would always apply commons senses and never enforce such a silly rule ever

The fat cat "elected" for FAT - what a joke. But he will fit perfectly with FIFA as I am sure he has plenty of good experience with lining pockets.

"elected"

former POLICE sure made alot of money to get where he is now. how did he get so much money?

He's been saving since a child.

"elected"

former POLICE sure made alot of money to get where he is now. how did he get so much money?

He's been saving since a child.

He's been saving for the last 20,000 years. He carries it forward through each life.

How can a nation of people sit back and allow it to happen?

The Thais deserve everything they get.

I wonder who the voters were.

This was posted on Jan 21:

Former national police chief disqualified to contest FAT presidency election

BANGKOK: -- Former national police chief Pol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang was disqualified to contest for the presidency of the Football Association of Thailand for applying his candidacy at the wrong place.

and then it was quiet for a couple of weeks

and now he is president of FAT

obviously, "Disqualification" has a different meaning in Thailand than in the rest of the world (like many other words)..., so, no wonder there are so many misunderstandings.

The "disqualification" was all a misunderstanding, satisfactorily resolved for all stakeholders. No doubt that methodology will continue.

Rules and laws only apply to minions, not former senior officials, especially police officers. Besides, Thais would always apply commons senses and never enforce such a silly rule ever

Unless you're an 84 year old farang playing Bridge in Pattaya.