Ministry rejects Democrats' complaints over poor rice quality

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Ministry rejects Democrats' complaints over poor rice quality

Published: 11 Feb 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

The Commerce Ministry says the Democrat Party's allegations over poor quality control of rice under the government's rice pledging scheme are not true.

Vatchari Vimooktayon, permanent-secretary for commerce, said authorities had hired rice surveyors to monitor the quality of the pledged rice. She said several committees have also been set up to control the rice quality and storage.

She said the rotten rice, which was displayed in parliament last week, did not come from the rice pledging scheme.

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Discussion 7 : 11 Feb 2013 at 21.367
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"Mr Nattawut said outsiders were not allowed to enter the government rice warehouse so an investigation would force Mr Warong to explain where the rice actually came from."
If Warong tells how he is able to get into the warehouse, that means he is breaking into the warehouse and stealing the rice.
If Warong can't tell how he entered inside the warehouse, that means he does not get the rice from the warehouse and that he is telling a fake story in the parliament. A dem MP with limited intelligence.
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Discussion 6 : 11 Feb 2013 at 09.276
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"The rice-purchase scheme has elevated local prices, prompted increased production and "fostered a considerable rise in unofficial inflows" from neighboring countries, the FAO said in the report. An estimated 750,000 tonnes in unofficial shipments was moved in, up from 400,000 tonnes a year earlier, it said." http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/335024/rice-stocks-near-record

musashi disc 1:Maybe this is where your the parboiled rice came from.But getting anyone from the regime's top leadership to admit to it is another thing. Maybe you should try and point your remote at the tv and change your news channel from RSN (red shirt new
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Discussion 5 : 11 Feb 2013 at 09.175
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Is it intentional to have an advertisement for purchase of rice from India under this article (on my phone anyway) ? Love it.
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Discussion 4 : 11 Feb 2013 at 08.544
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Mr Nattawut said outsiders were not allowed to enter the government rice warehouse. So is he stating that an MP elected is an outsider? and not allowed into government buildings??
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Discussion 3 : 11 Feb 2013 at 07.153
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Well this MP put on quite a show in parliment and one would think there would be at least a bit of truth to his story unless things are getting this desperate for the DP. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
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Discussion 2 : 11 Feb 2013 at 06.072
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The government's rice pledging scheme is not transparent to the public. MP's of parliament should at least be allowed to enter government warehouses to check, whether the government tells the truth. Where is the check and balance here ? It is public taxpayers money which is being used for this scheme and MP's including the opposition are the representative of the people in parliament. PT represents only 32 percent of the voters and they play a hiding game. Sure, people think something is rotten here and maybe it is the rice.
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Discussion 1 : 11 Feb 2013 at 04.311
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"Only rice milled from paddy will be received under the scheme, she added."

If you gave Warong Dejkitvikrom a TV remote control, he will probably keeping point it at a microwave oven and claiming the "TV doesn't work".

It is a good concept to have an opposition party to keep the checks and balances on a government. However, the Dems are having a hard time being a good opposition since they have a problem with honesty and appears as clueless as they are incompetent.
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