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    Thai Nominees: Ministry puts foreign firms under watch

    Ministry puts foreign firms under watch | Bangkok Post: news

    Ministry puts foreign firms under watch

    Thai nominees falsely acting as 'executives'

    The Commerce Ministry has instructed officials to examine foreign businesses following reports that many of them are being run by Thai nominees.

    Banyong Limprayoonwong, the director-general of the ministry's Business Development Department, said he had received reports of companies violating the Foreign Business Act in tourist destinations, including Chon Buri, Pattaya, Samui and Phuket.

    Many foreigners are thought to have asked Thai nationals to hold 51% of company shares, although in reality the whole administration is under the control of the foreigners. Mr Banyong said many Thai nationals whose names are given as the companies' shareholders had been found to be unconnected to the businesses.

    Many people had been called in and had admitted giving their names as company executives even when they weren't, which breaches the Foreign Business Act. Some now face legal action.

    "Foreigners and Thais should be aware of the law and must not violate it. The punishment is a fine of between 500,000 baht and 1 million baht," Mr Banyong said.

    He said Deputy Commerce Minister Nattawut Saikuar has told officials to examine foreign businesses such as real estate holdings, hotels, rice mills and farming operations.

    The checks will be conducted on a random basis, Mr Banyong said, adding the department also will work with the Department of Special Investigation to check the companies' accounts.
    "Slavery is the daughter of darkness; an ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction; ambition and intrigue take advantage of the credulity and inexperience of men who have no political, economic or civil knowledge. They mistake pure illusion for reality, license for freedom, treason for patriotism, vengeance for justice."-Simón Bolívar

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    Here we go again.

    I had the "pleasure" of Suthep staying at one of my condos in the uk with his family, as a favour to his daughter, whilst Thaksin was still in charge.

    I asked him whats the best way to buy some land for development. He recommended forming a company and using nominees.

    These people really are duplicitous monkeys. Happy to bank the money and then pull the rug from under your feet.

    Glad i sold and out of it.

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    Ancient Chinese secret, LAF.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StrontiumDog
    The checks will be conducted on a random basis, Mr Banyong said,
    humm me thinks this is code for checked on the basis of settling old scores and collecting tea moneys for that nice shiny new merc that someone's got on order.

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    BERNAMA - Thai Government Monitors Audit Firms

    Thai Government Monitors Audit Firms

    BANGKOK, Dec 3 (Bernama) -- Audit firms in several Thai holiday cities are being suspicious of violating Thai business law, which generally prohibits business operation by foreigners.

    Banyong Limprayoonwong, director-general of Thailand's Business Development Department, said a probe had been commissioned to examine firms in Chon Buri province, Pattaya, Koh Samui and Phuket, where a number of unregistered foreign firms had been reported, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported.

    Recently, Deputy Commerce Minister Nattawut Saikua also called for an investigation into irregularities on foreign ownership of hotels, rice mills and farmland in the kingdom.

    Violation of the Foreign Business Act could result in fines of up to one million baht (US$32,557).

    Currently, more than 20,000 foreign-run businesses are registered with the Business Development Department, over 900 of which are set up in resort areas.

    -- BERNAMA

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    ^ Amusing....the Pheu Thai party doing its nationalistic thing....again......Johnny foreigner is engaging in naughty things....but whilst you are all focused on that, we will be doing much worse...have a nice day!

    Where's the outcry from the usual sycophantic morons here?

    Ah, you just know there wont be one.

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    now now, its not nationalism its jingoism


    and they all do it. my personal pet hate and I am not sure if it was mark or the generals that introduced it, I would guess the genrals as its the kind of stupid shit they thinks important.... just look at their number plates. someone passed an edict that all government budget documents and spreadsheets must use thai numerals. its sent the error rate though the roof, as even for thai's its not quite as easy to spot mistakes in numbers written in thai numerals.

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