Thailand: Asean Potash Mining case centers on role of prime minister's foreign affairs adviser.

(From Thai Press Reports)

Section: Commentary - If you believe the sky belongs to Shin Corp and the land belongs to Charoen Pokphand, then you should believe that the underground belongs to Yian Pin, or Chanchai Ruayrungruang. Yian Pin is the foreign affairs adviser to the prime minister who is being accused of reaping what others have sown from a joint-venture project, Asean Potash Mining Plc.

Democrat MP Thaworn Senniam alleges that Yian Pin has injected just Bt26 million, but has been able to acquire a 49 per cent stake in a company in which more than Bt1.1 billion has been invested.

However a former chairman of Asean Potash Mining, Sommai …