He pledged to unite Thais under world's tallest flagpole. Now he's accused of fraud.

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

In a 2015 promotional video, Trin Nilprasert points at map as he inspects the site in Chiang Rai province for what he promised to be the world’s tallest flagpole. Image: Sak Atthaklit Kawngern / YouTube

 

CHIANG RAI — It seems Thailand won’t see its colors fly atop the world’s tallest flagpole as promised by a businessman last year after all.

 

Trin Nilprasert, 48, was arrested Sunday for welshing on 24 million baht meant for contractors to clear the ground for the construction of a massive flagpole in Chiang Rai province. The officer in charge of the case said Monday that the enterprise, which launched with much patriotic fanfare last year, is now abandoned.

 

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Wow!  Now that's a tall story...

Another chest beater only interested in self glory and the size of his bank balance.  He joins a long list of such people that the Thai's love to look up to !

Ah. The land of scams.!!

650 000usd. to clear the land. wonder what was on it.

24 mill to clear the land..???

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" per Dr Johnson more or less I think

Unite means to bring together and the intent of reconciliation  is to do similar with the outcome of  friendly relations - ring a bell anywhere ?  Now this Trin Nilprasert has been found out to be nothing but a fraud so I wonder if history will tell the story of others that fit the bill ?

1 hour ago, williamgeorgeallen said:

650 000usd. to clear the land. wonder what was on it.

Trees.

Hey he should have done in as a condo and they absconded with the money leaving it partially build. Then he would not have had a problem

 

Leave the deposit holders with the bag and get away scott free. That is the way they do it in Thailand You can see from the Skeletal structures unfinished

throughout Thailand 

It is in there genes, from birth. Lie ,cheat, steal. Thainess.

Guinness BWR should sue to recover cost of a blank page in their next edition.....

And what a stupid idea to unite the peopel of a country under the tallest flag pole! What does this unite??

 

only the selfish people following ....

I thought a Mexican bloke had the 'tallest flagpole'... Thais arnt known for the height of their 'flagpoles'.. 

10 minutes ago, Jimbo2014 said:

I thought a Mexican bloke had the 'tallest flagpole'... Thais arnt known for the height of their 'flagpoles'.. 

Are you referring to penis size ?

15 minutes ago, sanemax said:

Are you referring to penis size ?

Of course not - Just sayin those Mexicans know how to erect a flag pole.

18 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Another chest beater only interested in self glory and the size of his bank balance.  He joins a long list of such people that the Thai's love to look up to !

One can make a lot of money with patriotism, just look at the military industrial complex but a flag pole is a new one and didn't kill anyone, no sympathy.

Hoisted by his own petard? 

 

Hamlet