snoop1130 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Sticky rice smuggler arrested, seeds seized By Thanapat Kijjakosol THE NATION A total of 30 tonnes of glutinous rice seeds smuggled into Thailand from Cambodia has been seized in the eastern province of Sa Kaew. The local customs office acted on a directive from the military to monitor smuggling of crops from three neighbouring countries, which has become prevalent as a result of ongoing drought in Thailand coupled with oversupply in those countries. The driver of the truck carrying the cargo was identified as Wichai Kon-ngern. He is now in custody and will be prosecuted. The prices of sticky rice seeds and other crops grown in Thailand are increasing because of the wide-reaching drought while those of crops in Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar are much lower, regardless of the state of supply and demand in the three countries. Many areas are facing drought in spite of the ongoing wet season. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30375135 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-08-21 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeraldisle Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Should Thailand not be happy to be able to import rice given that they have a shortage? Same as other countries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 A 30 ton truck of rice is going to take a bit of smuggling in,OK that did not work ,time for plan B, grease a few palms. regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaltsc Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 "Sticky rice smuggler arrested" This has to be the weirdest dream ever. I dreamed I was living in Thailand..and cannabis was legal, but people were getting busted for sticky rice...and they weren't even vaping it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 34 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: Sticky rice smuggler arrested, seeds seized But did the seeds crack under questioning .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Rice seeds eh? I had a bowl of that for lunch, we just called it rice though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 54 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: The driver of the truck carrying the cargo was identified as Wichai Kon-ngern. He is now in custody and will be prosecuted. Like the driver was doing anything other than driving a truck full of cargo. Why is buying something that's in short supply from another country illegal? Who makes up these rules? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcnx Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Food smuggler. The worst of them all. He’s easily getting 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcnx Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 36 minutes ago, ukrules said: Who makes up these rules? People you’re not allowed to criticize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inn Between Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 I believe every country has laws about bringing uninspected agricultural products across their borders, and those laws make sense to me as the risk of contamination, likely from insect infestations, etc. seems real. Perhaps we're being bamboozled, and such close scrutiny isn't actually necessary, but I'd go along with the idea of being overly cautious about it rather than lackadaisical. In Thailand's situation where they suffer a shortage of sticky rice and their neighbours are sitting on surpluses, somebody in an appropriate office in gov't should be brokering deals to bring in legitimate and inspected supplies to make up for this temporary shortage situation. But I can't help feel that with Thailand's attitude of looking down their noses at their neighbours, that could never happen -- Thailand could never admit to needing help from those lowly nations around them. Unfortunately, that attitude of superiority causes the masses to suffer and people like this driver to pay an unfair penalty for his actions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarFlungFalang Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Emeraldisle said: Should Thailand not be happy to be able to import rice given that they have a shortage? Same as other countries Not if you are making huge profits from selling it to desperate people this is Thailand and this is where those that get to be in control get to rake in as much money as they can before they get kicked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 I wonder if Thailand would have this much drama with potatoes ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 There is something wrong with the picture ! Unless I am mistaken and have missed some crucial factor. There is a shortfall in the availability of glutinous rice. Therefore the price has risen dramatically. A market driven eventuality. But ! Justification is being put on the reduction in the current years production. Yet this years harvest has not happened yet! Was glutinous rice production in deficit last year? So am I wrong to suspect that perhaps a cartel has foreseen an actual upcoming shortfall and has "cornered the market" on existing stocks? Such manipulations have repeatedly occurred with many agricultural products around the world. Such as with coffee beans. With major financial backing offer a little above average market price to buy on several years ahead production, warehouse it and not on sell until the false creation of a shortage drives prices way up. Thus driving up ongoing distribution prices at a huge profit against the investment period and establishing a new higher average price into the future while paying the primary producer a relative pittance in increased value while binding them to a contract. With legislative backing by those implicit in the manipulation that provide a protectionist "closed shop " environment that barrs import from a cheaper priced source would be easily applied to such an item as glutinous rice . I concede that I am probably mistaken. But I hope those fortunate enough to have has success in growing it this year will name their own price or feed it to chickens if declined ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarFlungFalang Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 31 minutes ago, Dumbastheycome said: There is something wrong with the picture ! Unless I am mistaken and have missed some crucial factor. There is a shortfall in the availability of glutinous rice. Therefore the price has risen dramatically. A market driven eventuality. But ! Justification is being put on the reduction in the current years production. Yet this years harvest has not happened yet! Was glutinous rice production in deficit last year? So am I wrong to suspect that perhaps a cartel has foreseen an actual upcoming shortfall and has "cornered the market" on existing stocks? Such manipulations have repeatedly occurred with many agricultural products around the world. Such as with coffee beans. With major financial backing offer a little above average market price to buy on several years ahead production, warehouse it and not on sell until the false creation of a shortage drives prices way up. Thus driving up ongoing distribution prices at a huge profit against the investment period and establishing a new higher average price into the future while paying the primary producer a relative pittance in increased value while binding them to a contract. With legislative backing by those implicit in the manipulation that provide a protectionist "closed shop " environment that barrs import from a cheaper priced source would be easily applied to such an item as glutinous rice . I concede that I am probably mistaken. But I hope those fortunate enough to have has success in growing it this year will name their own price or feed it to chickens if declined ! I agree there is something smelling like Isaan "old fish" sauce here and I don't think you are wrong and you explained it much better than my feeble attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyHeyHey Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 4 hours ago, snoop1130 said: rice seeds smuggled into Thailand <deleted> ! Now I can finally sleep. Thanks for keeping us safe officers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 4 hours ago, worgeordie said: A 30 ton truck of rice is going to take a bit of smuggling in,OK that did not work ,time for plan B, grease a few palms. regards worgeordie Could be sticky palms in this case???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enki Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 3 hours ago, ukrules said: Like the driver was doing anything other than driving a truck full of cargo. Why is buying something that's in short supply from another country illegal? Who makes up these rules? Buying and selling is not illegal. Smuggling is. He simply could have declared it at the border and paid the import tax ... wow, that was so easy again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enki Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 2 hours ago, mok199 said: I wonder if Thailand would have this much drama with potatoes ? Potatoes would not survive the rain season. No idea if you could plant them end of rain season and if they would be able to harvest them after dry season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david555 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 So is that's real A.S.E.A.N ideology …? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thongkorn Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Cambodian rice is a lot cheaper for the same Jasmine rice, Grown in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the guest Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Sticky-bun fingers I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 18 hours ago, Justgrazing said: But did the seeds crack under questioning .. So you should be... sowing humour in bad taste at a time when the situation is getting sticky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krataiboy Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Beats me how anybody can eat this glutinous muck, low on nutrition and a notorious bowel clogger. Now the price has rocketed, maybe more folk will be switch to to healthier (and much tastier) brown and red rice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweedledee2 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 If all the bags on the truck contain what the officials are holding in their hands, then it is not seed rice. This rice has already been milled and is ready to be cooked. Only rice that has an intact outer hull will germinate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enki Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 19 hours ago, tweedledee2 said: If all the bags on the truck contain what the officials are holding in their hands, then it is not seed rice. This rice has already been milled and is ready to be cooked. Only rice that has an intact outer hull will germinate. Milled rice usually has an intact outer hull (in Thailand). The rice we seeded definitely is milled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 I wonder what will happen to the rice? someone with sticky fingers get their hands on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from the home of CC Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 On 8/21/2019 at 6:21 PM, ukrules said: Like the driver was doing anything other than driving a truck full of cargo. Why is buying something that's in short supply from another country illegal? Who makes up these rules? Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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