Over the years in Thailand we have become familiar with tales of malfeasance involving such unlikely items as parliament clocks, school pianos, kindergarten toys, illegal onions and even disappearing cows. Then, a dozen years ago along came a new one …the humble lamppost.
I admit to having forgotten about the " Kinnaree lamppost affair" until it resurfaced recently with news that after years of legal proceedings two officials have been sentenced to five years in the jug concerning thousands of overpriced lampposts in Samut Prakan.
