Sorayuth faces charge of bilking

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Sorayuth faces charge of bilking

Mcot ad revenue probe finds B138m conspiracy

Published: 21 Sep 2012 at 06.00
Newspaper section: News

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will recommend embezzlement charges be laid against well-known TV show host Sorayuth Suthassanachinda and other staff of state-run media agency Mcot Plc.

News anchor Sorayuth Suthassanachinda at TV Channel 3 in Bangkok for his programme yesterday after the National Anti-Corruption Commission found he and his company withheld 138 million baht in TV advertising fees from Mcot Plc seven years ago. PATTARACHAI PREECHAPANICH

The NACC said they had been found to conspire to withhold 138 million baht in advertising revenue sharing from Mcot seven years ago.

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Suttisan
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Discussion 21 : 21 Sep 2012 at 14.4921
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These people will only change their behaviour when they start seeing the inside of a prison cell, which they won't.
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Discussion 20 : 21 Sep 2012 at 14.2620
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As someone who spent his first year here testing the water for starting a business, I can honestly say that every single person I talked with and got to know was in some way cheating (or trying to cheat) someone else - usually the government.

Trying to get money without earning it seems to be a way of life here for some, so I have since decided to keep business outside and send money as I need it.
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Discussion 19 : 21 Sep 2012 at 13.4319
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Disc #15 This is a fine example of what the Thais think of as being astute business and see no problem with it. For a change its not tax payers money, rich robbing the rich.

Um, sorry MCOT is state owned. That would be robbing the government once again.
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Discussion 18 : 21 Sep 2012 at 13.3018
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I like how the content has been changed from " guilty " to "charged"..
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Discussion 17 : 21 Sep 2012 at 13.2417
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shallowguy you certainly live up to your name not everyone here on holiday,some have family here ,some have business interest and some purely enjoy and if people critise the system they have a freedom to express,to help to change things,think before you say shallow comments ?
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Discussion 16 : 21 Sep 2012 at 13.0316
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Thailand's best known investigative talk show host gets investigated, just goes to show, graft and dishonesty pervades every corner of society, and this was a man who skillfully sat right on the fence throughout this political crisis.
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Discussion 15 : 21 Sep 2012 at 12.5815
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This is a fine example of what the Thais think of as being astute business and see no problem with it. For a change its not tax payers money, rich robbing the rich.
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Discussion 14 : 21 Sep 2012 at 11.1814
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No one has mentioned it yet so I guess I will be first. I farang retired and here because Thailand is a fun place to be and live. Period!
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Discussion 13 : 21 Sep 2012 at 11.1313
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abbub...My only point is that the two comments that I quoted are virtually irrelevant to the news story. There's a time and a place for everything.
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Discussion 12 : 21 Sep 2012 at 10.5512
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To Shallowguy - Why do some people like me point out things that makes us wonder . . . because nothing changes.Last year I lost everything in the flood and guess what . . . . the goverment learned nothing from that.Now that the water is getting closer to my home by the day they decide to improve things . . . my Thai wife has told me that money was paid out a long time ago to improve things but nothing happened.The money found it's way into deep pockets somewhere along the way.The work they are doing now will not be finished in time so I have started to pack already.
Famous or important people in this country think they can do as they like just as this shows.It has taken 7 years to get this far and with 138 million bath in the pot it just goes to show that in Thailand crime does pay most of the time if you are famous or a politician . . .
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