webfact Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Probe launched into foreign farms on state borderland By The Nation File photo: DSI deputy chief Pol Lt-Colonel Prawut Vongseenin BANGKOK: -- The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has launched a probe into allegations that Chinese investors in collaboration with Thai partners have acquired state land plots without proper permission. The plots cover about 1,200 rai (192 hectares) of land in Kanchanaburi province’s Makham Tia district. “We have received a complaint, so I am here to investigate,” DSI deputy chief Pol Lt-Colonel Prawut Vongseenin said in Kanchanaburi on Wednesday. The inspection found that land plots used for dragon-fruit farming had been initially assigned to the 9th Infantry Division. “Given that these land plots are located in a border zone, this case may affect national security,” Prawut said. He added that the dragon-fruit farm also threatened the local environment, given that foreign investors often relied heavily on chemicals to boost yields. “About 80 local families have said that they are suffering from water shortage because the investors have had a big pond dug in their farmland,” Prawut said. He added that foreigners were not allowed to engage in agricultural operations. “I will have a meeting with relevant authorities to discuss the matter,” he said. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30323978 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-08-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABloke Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 A normal army's job is to protect sovereign land - THIS army sells it (and stages coups every now and then) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer90210 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 And the next escalation and retaliation will be the (corrupt) army arresting this fine DSI officer in charge of investigating... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) I will have a meeting with relevant authorities to discuss the matter. Should have read .... I will have a meeting see what can be screwed out of them pesky foreigners. Edited August 16, 2017 by colinneil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 anyone else notice the red lines look like a mushroom, arent they kept in the dark and fed on sh*t..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 15 hours ago, webfact said: land plots used for dragon-fruit farming had been initially assigned to the 9th Infantry Division. 15 hours ago, webfact said: acquired state land plots without proper permission. Unless the army is completely unaware that their assigned area is now fully occupied by farming activity, there is a case to be made that the military must be complicit in such illegal use regardless of whether the occupants are foreign or domestic. Will DSI examine any potential illegal compensation between the new occupants and the military, ie., to provide permission for occupation? As we've seen during Prayut's regime, DSI will ask the military to investigate itself for possible transaction between the military and company. DSI will not be allowed to conduct an independent investigation. In lieu of DSI the NAAC may investigate the alleged illegal use of the property as potential government corruption, and/or abuse of power. But as we've seen with NAAC investigations of potential military corruption during Prayut's regime, the NAAC typically accepts without independent verification documents or the lack thereof from the military to conclude no military corruption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 DSI probes alleged Chinese-owned land plots in Kanchanaburi By Thai PBS Officials from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) on Wednesday (Aug 16) went to Kanchanaburi province to investigate complaints by villagers that some Chinese businessmen are illegally occupying land plots which were turned into fruit orchards to produce fruits for export to China. The DSI team, led by Pol Lt-Col Prawut Wongseenin, first met with Kanchanaburi deputy governor Narong Rakroi and Colonel Karnnart Nikornyanont of the 9th Infantry Division and Mr Pun Plengpiew, the local treasury official, for discussion on the villagers’ complaints which were accepted by the DSI as a special case. The locals complained that the land owner built two large reservoirs to store water for farm use, causing severe water shortage in downstream villages. Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/dsi-probes-alleged-chinese-owned-land-plots-kanchanaburi/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-08-17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangyo1948 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Forget brown envelopes for this one,it's going to be a big brown box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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