Firms accused of cassava fraud

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Published: 21 Jan 2013 at 18.21
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BURI RAM – Police have begun investigating two companies charged with defrauding the cassava pledging scheme of 212 million baht, Buri Ram governor Apinan Jantrarongsi said on Monday.

Mr Apinan said Saeng Isan Agriculture Ltd and Chalobon Enterprise were suspected to have stolen 30,000 tonnes of cassava, worth 212 million baht from the pledging scheme.

He believed that state officials were also involved.

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banmebkk
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Discussion 6 : 26 Jan 2013 at 16.426
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Why don't they start with the Rice Pledging Scheme that is costing the country billions in debt and billions in lost sales? Oh wait that would be a major loss of face if they ever found a problem with it.
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Discussion 5 : 22 Jan 2013 at 01.505
This is a joke right they stolen 212m bath of government money and nobody held accountable and going to jail for it, only blacklisted, all they have to do is just setup another company and re-registered bingo start trading again boys
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Discussion 4 : 21 Jan 2013 at 21.554
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So, if I read that correctly, these companies that stole 30,000 tonnes of cassava worth 212 million baht will only be blacklisted and unable to compete in any future government pledging schemes because they 'violated' the government's conditions. Is that the very worst that can happen to these bandit companies? It's no wonder that corruption is at biblical levels in Thailand.
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Discussion 3 : 21 Jan 2013 at 21.113
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"Companies and cassava plantations that violate the conditions set by the government will be blacklisted, unable to participate in any of the government’s pledging schemes in the future, he added."

Why not send them to jail for fraud. Just a suggestion. It would be the right thing to do to set an example.
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Discussion 2 : 21 Jan 2013 at 19.282
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And, no one will go to jail
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Discussion 1 : 21 Jan 2013 at 18.501
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Gee, must be that the governor wasn't getting his cut and now he has his knickers in a twist.
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