Court panel to mull injunction over asset seizure order in rice case

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Court panel to mull injunction over asset seizure order in rice case
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE CENTRAL Administrative Court has appointed a panel to consider an injunction against an order for the seizure of assets belonging to former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and deputy minister Bhumi Saraphol for their alleged roles in a government rice scandal.

 

Boonsong and Bhumi are facing civil lawsuits and a Commerce Ministry order to pay Bt1.77 billion and Bt2.3 billion in compensation for damage to the state. 

 

The two men were accused of being behind fake government-to-government rice sales while the Yingluck government was implementing its rice-pledging scheme, which resulted in over Bt500 billion in losses to the state.

 

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[williamgeorgeallen]

yingluck had 45 days to pay her fine. what happened with that?

[Eric Loh]

No different from thugs extorting money just because they have the muscle. 

[elgordo38]

4 hours ago, williamgeorgeallen said:

yingluck had 45 days to pay her fine. what happened with that?

Blowing in the wind. I wonder if the guys at the top could find bag number A14305759. I think it is near the bottom. 

[Baerboxer]

7 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

No different from thugs extorting money just because they have the muscle. 

 

Yes it is. But the fact you can't see the difference isn't surprising.

[ramrod711]

If it can be proved that they were complicit in the plundering of the public purse, fine them and jail them.

[halloween]

34 minutes ago, ramrod711 said:

If it can be proved that they were complicit in the plundering of the public purse, fine them and jail them.

Fines in Thailand are usually very low. Demanding compensation for the loss of state revenue they caused by their criminal acts is reasonable.

[aussieinthailand]

1 minute ago, halloween said:

Fines in Thailand are usually very low. Demanding compensation for the loss of state revenue they caused by their criminal acts is reasonable.

"Fake rice sales G to G" and the rice was never sent, then the rice is still in country, so why the billions of Baht of compensation to the state if the rice is still in the country? Justify the numbers by (independant) bean counters then ok, but just throwing out creative accounting is not credible.

 OK sure if damage was done cool fines.

 Did they pocket any money then that would be gaol...

[Cook my sock]

Gawd all that oversprayed toxic rice sitting there since Prayut took over. If anything it's ruined thai rice reputation for years. That's almost more scandalous than Yingluck's stupidity

[catinthehat]

If the dimwits have not frozen said assets, then they are long gone.