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Officer Charged Over Tsunami Funds Scandal Volume 15 Issue 9 News Desk - Tel: 076-236555 March 1 - 7, 2008 Daily news at www.phuketgazette.net 25 Baht The Gazette is published in association with Senatorial Officer charged race reaches IN THIS ISSUE over tsunami NEWS: Phummisak appointed climax to Senate; Patong’s hill of de- struction; Young lovers go By Pathomporn Kaenkrachang down for drugs.Pages 2 & 3 PHUKET: Thais will go to the INSIDE STORY: Patong Sea- funds scandal planes still causing a stir. polls on March 2 to vote for their Pages 4, 5 & 6 By Gazette Staff senatorial candidate of choice, who will then be sworn in as one AROUND THE NATION: War on BANGKOK: The Royal Thai of 76 senators to be decided in drugs set to be resumed. Police Disciplinary Division has the election. Page 7 charged a high-ranking officer On the ballot papers will be in the Foreign Affairs Division Adirak Engchuan, a 46-year-old AROUND THE R EGION: Bungling over alleged improprieties in the Phuket native who holds a law boaters keep mum about use of funds for the Thailand degree from Ramkhamhaeng mishap. Page 8 Tsunami Victims Identification University in Bangkok; Cherd- AROUND THE ISLAND: Barmy (TTVI) center. chai Wongseree, 47, another lo- bunch take center stage. Col Chaiyaporn Wanna- cal lawyer; and Thanyarat “Gee” Page 10 prapa, deputy commander of the Achariyachai, who won the last Disciplinary Division of the Royal senatorial election but was un- GOOD LIVING: Handsome Thai Police, on February 12 an- able to take her seat because of Sam gets harassed by nounced that Col Pornprasert the military coup of September Hucknall. Page 12 Karnjanarin was formally notified 19, 2006. PEOPLE: Signing teacher of the investigation against him The 76 seats will be knows all the right moves. just two days before a resigna- elected to represent indvidual Pages 14 & 15 tion letter he had tendered was provnices, in addition to 74 seats set to take effect, on February already appointed by the Elec- SPA MAGIC: Working girl 10. tion Commission. sees Zense. Pages 20 Col Pornprasert, deputy Advance voting held in YOUTH ’N ASIA: Miss Teen commander of the Royal Thai Phuket on the weekend of Feb- goes gaga for Guangzhou. Police Foreign Affairs Division, ruary 23 and 24 for the election Page 26 will have his pension benefits Col Pornprasert Karnjanarin seen at a press conference in December saw less interest among out-of- seized unless he is able to prove 2005. Col Pornprasert has been charged after being found as “likely town Thais than before the par- SPORTS: Cricket; Laguna himself innocent, Col Chaiyaporn to have been involved in misappropriation of donated tsunami liamentary election held in De- marathon; rugby 10s; Soccer said. funds", accoding to the Royal Thai Police Disciplinary Division. cember. 7s; Darts. Pages 34 & 35 “The investigating panel has Col Pornprasert said that it then-Police Commissioner Kowit PEC Director Supap PROPERTY: Construction; issued Col Pornprasert a two- was important that justice be Wattana to launch an indepen- Akkam said that of 30,291 non- Home of the Week; Garden- part summons ordering him to proved in the case because the dent audit of how 88 million baht Phuket Thais registered to cast ing; Design. Pages 37-42 appear and hear the charges image of the Royal Thai Police in donated funds were used. advance ballots in the province, against him and also notifying him was at stake. The TTVI center was only 7,301 (24.1%) did so. Of PLUS that if he fails to appear within The Disciplinary Division based in Chalong until Decem- those, 2,968 voted on the Satur- 15 days a decision will be ren- will have one year to conclude ber, 2005, when it was moved to day and 4,333 on the Sunday. QUEER NEWS 6; AROUND THE dered and punishment imposed the case before the statute of the Police Forensic Science Unit This was in contrast to SOUTH 9; HAPPENINGS 16; MO- based solely on the facts already limitations runs out, he said. in Bangkok. December 15 and 16, when TORING 17; LIFESTYLE 18 & 19; collected by the panel,” Col It was also reported that Problems began when 25,956 voters (more than 85%) WHAT’S ON 21; TAKE A BREAK Chaiyaporn said. since the alleged impropriety, former TTVI Chief Pol Col made their way to Phuket Com- 23 & 24; BOOKS, WORD C OURT “From our investigation, we which first came to light in 2006, Khemmarin Hassiri was trans- munity Hall to cast absentee bal- 27; EDITORIAL, LETTERS 28; believe that Col Pornprasert can- Col Pornprasert had changed his ferred to an inactive post in lots for the general election. FIRST PERSON, ISSUES & ANSWERS not prove his innocence and had first name to Paramate. January, 2007, after the scandal K. Supap attributed the low 29; TSOWNDINGS, HOROSCOPES thus been trying to avoid the con- The case made international broke. turnout to the fact that canvass- 30; COMPUTERS 31; BUSINESS sequences of his actions by re- headlines after the ambassadors Col Khemmarin has not ing activities of Senate candi- AND MONEY 32 & 33; porting in sick until his resigna- of seven countries that donated CLASSIFIEDS 43-55. been implicated in this latest de- dates are restricted compared tion took effect,” he added. funds to the TTVI requested velopment. Continued on page 2 2 PHUKET GAZETTE NEWS March 1 - 7, 2008 Young love ends in ya bah bust By Sompratch Saowakhon girlfriend Natthanaree Boonsong, from A search of the suspect uncovered Phitsanuloke. 587 ya bah pills and 63,660 baht in cash. PHUKET CITY: A Muang District spe- The arrests followed reports from A search of Natthanaree uncovered 100 cial operations unit arrested a pair of young informants that the pair were selling 10 to more pills. lovers and seized 697 ya bah (metham- 20 ya bah pills at a time to clients in and All the seized pills were branded with phetamine) pills in a sting operation early around Phuket City at a price of 300 baht the “WY” logo, indicating they were pro- February 22 morning. per pill. duced in Burma. The arrests were announced by The special operations officers ar- Also taken as evidence: a homemade Phuket Vice Governor Worapoj Rat- ranged to buy 10 pills at a price of 3,000 shotgun with 12 cartridges, three gold thasima and Muang District Chief Wisit baht during a rendezvous at Bangneaw In- chains, three Nokia mobile phones, four Kurattanavej at a press conference at tersection at 2:30 am. bankbooks recording savings of more than Muang District Office at 9:30 am on Feb- The couple arrived in a dark blue 100,000 baht and two ATM cards. ruary 22. Honda Civic. After the transaction was Both confessed to charges of pos- The couple were identified as complete, officers quickly surrounded sessing a Class 1 narcotic with intent to Nakhon Pathom native Natchapong “Ou” Natchapong, who was standing outside the sell and were taken to the Phuket City The arrests in this case were made by Kaewrattanachai, 22, and his 21-year-old vehicle. Police Station. Interior Ministry officers, not police. From page 1 Senate election Land holdout halts Revered with those for candidates running for parliamentary seats. There were no reports of Abbot any violations of voting rules dur- ing the advance voting, he said. Rawai road project passes “I hope at least 60% of reg- istered voters will turn out to vote By Gazette Staff next Sunday,” he added. There were also 4,186 RAWAI: The incomplete section away Phuket residents who cast ad- of Wiset Rd near Soi Romjai [in vance ballots over the weekend: Thai, Soi Ruamjai] remains un- WICHIT: Phra Ratchakiti Soon- 1,918 on the Saturday and 2,268 finished because the owner of the thorn, Abbot of Wat Thepnimit, on the Sunday. Most were people land refuses to sell, Saroj Su- died of congestive heart failure who will be unavailable to vote vinchai, director of the Phuket at Thalang Hospital on the night on March 2. Provincial Highways Office of February 24 at the age of 78. For the March 2 senatorial (PPHO) has told the Gazette. As head of Phuket’s pro- election, a ban on alcohol sales Repeated attempts by the vincial monastic council, Phra will apply from 6 pm Saturday, PPHO to buy the land, measur- Ratchakiti Soonthorn was Phu- March 1, through to midnight Sun- ing 20 meters by five meters, have ket’s highest-ranking Buddhist day, March 2. failed, K. Saroj said, adding that cleric at the time of his death. he knows that the blocked lane Born as Sommart Kinkaew, has become the site of many ac- the Phuket native was initially When is a Rooney cidents. ordained at Wat Thepkrasattri at not a Rooney? “We are still trying to reach the age of 22. an agreement with the land- He was named Abbot of PATONG: Following the Ga- owner, Krissana Samart, who Negotiations by the local Highways Office, and even Phuket Governor Wat Thepnimit 32 years ago and zette’s report “Wayne Rooney ar- refuses to sell the land,” he said. Niran Kalayanamit, to buy this small stretch of land on Wiset Rd appointed chairman of the provin- have failed – creating a death trap that motorists heading from rested in Patong” (Gazette, Feb- K. Saroj explained that Chalong to Rawai must avoid. cial monks’ council in 1999. ruary 16), in which an Englishman when building or expanding a pub- Hundreds of followers and was involved in an accident that lic road, a royal decree giving the force him to sell.
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