Buriram Expats

“Call Center” gang raid in Buriram province again.

Mr.Jarueng Fasantia, aged 60 years old, teacher occupation at Nong Hong district has inform to the police that he was shammed by Call Centre Gang that fool him to transfer the money of 110,000 baht to their bank account.

He has provided the details the police that he has received a phone call from a guy which claimed he is a staff of the Kasikorn bank calling to inform that he has an outstanding debt amount of 36,000 baht and if there is money in another account then the account will be frozen as well.

Thereafter has connected him to talk with another person who claimed that he is an officer from DSI (Department Of Special Investigation) and told him to check his bank account balance at ATM machine to see if he still have all of his money in the bank account.

He believed the guy and followed the steps that the “Call Centre Gang” told him and found that all of his money is still in the bank account. Then the “Call Center Gang” told him to change password in order to lock the database in the bank account and he has followed all the steps as he was told by the “Call Center Gang”.

After all completed transactions therefore he checked his bank account balance again but it appeared that he have lost money in the bank account amount of 110,000 baht.

Remaining money in bank account was only 59 baht.

5 districts has been declared as controlled area wildfires.


Prevention and Mitigation of Buriram Province has warning people and farmers to abstain burning rice stubble or any various weeds during the dry season because of fear the fire will spread and cause forest fires.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has declared 5 districts in Buriram province:

- Non Din Daeng district.

- Pakham district.

- Lahan Sai district.

- Ban Kruat district and Chaloem Phra Kiat district.

These districts are adjacent to the Wildlife Sanctuary and National Forest Reserve to be a wildfire control area because these areas usually caused forest fire on a regular basis during the dry season every year.

The statistics from the past year shows that it has caused forest fire 28 times and created damaged to the forests of more than 3,000 rai. Therefore the farmers were asked to abstain from burning rice straw, cob corn, grass and weeds in their own land during this period.

Fraud gang been arrested by Buriram police.

Police of Nong Hong police station, Nong Hong district, Buriram province has arrested4/2/2011

Mr.Thongsai Pudpeng 45 years old,

Mr.Lamull Thipkrathok 47 years old

Both are residents at Dong E Jarn subdistrict, Non Suwan district, Buriram province and Mrs.Sombut Hasung 45 years old, reside at Nong Ra Weang subdistrict, Pimai district, Nakonratchasima province.

Both were together patroling and fraud scam people in Nong Hong district by persuading the public to participate in “Cooperative of Green River Power land Limited” by claiming as its a project of the government and people who participate will be allocated land at Nong Bua district, Nakonsawan province for 10 rais per person but must pay a registration fee of 1000 baht per person to join the project.

There are many villagers who believed and had paid the money to the gang as described above.

From the investigation they confessed that they were together patroling and fraud scam people in many provinces like Nakonsawan province, Sukhothai province, Nakonratchasima province and Roiet province. Which more than 100 people have been scammed.

Rubber plantation increased after prices soaring.

Rubber prices rise continuously, latest price is 163 baht per kilogram which is an incentives price resulting farmers in Buriram Province turned to rubber plantation increasingly.

Presently, Buriram province has a rubber plantation area (rubber farms) more than 180,000 rais which now over 80,000 rais of rubber trees can be tapping latex.

In the past year there was the latex yield of 2,400 tons created revenues to farmers over 2,400 millions baht resulting farmers turned to rubber plantations increasingly more than 10,000 rais per year.

In addition, the Fund for Promotion of rubber plantations is also encouraging by held the project called “The new rubber plantation project” stage 3 during the year 2011-2013 for 800,000 rais which is the total quotas for the whole country.

Buriram province has recieved a quota for 30,000 rais.

It is believed that this year farmers will plant more rubber than all last year up to 15,000 rai.

3/2/2011

Gold sales during Chinese New Year decreased more than 50 percent.

Gold trading atmosphere during Chinese New Year according various of gold shops in Buriram province was relatively quiet, not busy like all the past years.

It may be due to the high price of gold as now the gold price is more than 20,000 baht per one-baht-weight gold which is unprecedented of gold price (record-breaking).

Therefore the Thai Chinese descent are giving Aung Pao money (“Aung Pao money” is “money in red envelope” ) to their descendants and employees instead of buying gold as gifts, which resulting in gold sales during the Chinese New Year this year decreased more than 50 percent and also during this period people do not have confidence in the world market price of gold because the gold price have been fluctuating continuously so mostly people are selling gold other than buying gold.

1/2/2011

“Headstone Placed ceremony” of a new government center.

A chairman of the Parliament and the Council of Representatives (Mr.Chai Chidchob) and Minister of Interior ( Mr.Chaowarut Charnveerakul) together are presided in the “Headstone Placed ceremony” of a new government center.

The new government center of Buriram province is located at Khok Khao Kradong, Samet subdistrict, Muang district, Buriram province in the area fo 400 rais under the budget for the construction of more than 485.8 million baht.

The reason for requiring the construction of the new Government Center due the original city hall condition was deteriorating as the building has been used for over 42 years.

The new building will be constructed as a 4-story and the auditorium room with capacity of 1,000 people.

By starting the construction contract from the date of December 30th, 2010 and the scheduled for completion on December 13th, 2013 which believed that the new government center will be particularly useful because government offices will be in the same area. Therefore the services to the public will be much more convenient.