snoop1130 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 SRT to halt legal move against Hopewell By THE NATION Nitithorn Lamleur, a lawyer acting on behalf of State Railway of Thailand (SRT) said today (October 18) that he had been assigned by Transport Minister Saksyam Chidchob to file a case against Hopewell at the Civil Court as SRT had discovered that Hopewell's elevated highway and rail line project might have violated the Announcement of the National Executive Council No 281, which requires foreign companies to be qualified and approved by the Cabinet before conducting business in Thailand. “If Hopewell is found guilty in this case, SRT would challenge the Supreme Administrative Court’s order for it pay Bt11.8 billion in compensation to Hopewell, plus 7.5 per cent interest annually," he said. Nitithorn said he had planned to submit the case to the Civil Court as well as filing an appeal for the Central Administrative Court to temporarily halt the compensation payment order until the issue has been resolved, but changed his mind after a representative from Hopewell contacted him. “Hopewell (Thailand) Co Ltd has made contact, saying that it would like to re-negotiate with the Ministry of Transport and SRT to find a new solution to this issue,” he said, adding that "Hopewell will not object if SRT proceeds with filing an appeal for an injunction of the payment order at the Central Administrative Court”. Nitithorn said he would wait for the outcome of the re-negotiations before taking any legal actions. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30377532 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-10-18 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 To be 'qualified and approved' just depends on how thick the brown envelopes are ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvorLott Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Blimey, is this tangled skein of villainy, double talk, corruption and bribery still rumbling on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Did Hopewell just slip into Thailand under the cover of darkness and just start building or did they pre qualify, get awarded a contract and approval to start work? Who awarded that contract! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 1 hour ago, snoop1130 said: SRT to halt legal move against Hopewell The SRT has second thoughts given Hopewell has reminded them their corrupt practices will be exposed in any litigation. Many big SRT and Thai Ministerial heads are on the block. Hopewell has called their bluff! Pay up and shut up SRT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy John Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 If there is no foreseeable way to avoid paying the damages find another matter, no matter how slim the argument maybe, to take to a different court. So that would be the Thai way, not the elevated road/rail way.... ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matzzon Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 So that the government agencies went into a contract with unqualified and non-approved foreign companies is nothing to talk about. If they had any brains they would try to sweep their own mistake under the rug instead of rubbing it in the face of the people that do understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fex Bluse Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 9 hours ago, snoop1130 said: “Hopewell (Thailand) Co Ltd has made contact, saying that it would like to re-negotiate with the Ministry of Transport and SRT to find a new solution to this issue,” he said, adding that "Hopewell will not object if SRT proceeds with filing an appeal for an injunction of the payment order at the Central Administrative Court”. Difficult to translate -- as usual with the Nation and Thai Save Face language. I suppose he is saying, on behalf of SRT, that it is Hopewell (Thailand), who is capitulating. And, it is supposed to imply as though Hopewell (Hong Kong) is giving in. Little Kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 I wonder whether SRT have been unable to "arrange" a favourable (for them) decision? Perhaps because other "influential parties" higher up the food chain may be embarrassed by too much light being shone on the arrangements made so many years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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