PEOPLE’S Party MP Rangsiman Rome immediately quashed a rumour that he is wearing a Rolex watch worth 500,000 baht as alleged in a Facebook post pointing out that this watch is in fact a Seiko which his wife gave him, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Apr. 27).
This Facebook page posted a photo of Rangsiman wearing this watch and said in the message: “Today what did the Orange party lie about?” This was accompanied by a livestreaming about the watch in question.
The writer then posted another message: ““Everyone, Brother Rome has never done any real work since graduating, except for being a protest leader. When he became an MP, he declared his assets totaling 13 million baht. When looking at his asset statement, there was no information about the Rolex watch worth more than 500,000 baht that he wore on the livestreaming. Is it the same model? Please ask Brother Rome.”
Later Rangsiman clarified this issue in a message saying he did not think he would have to address such nonsense.
“At first, I saw some pages spinning this story, I didn’t want to say anything because there is no basis to it. And I know that some people don’t care about the truth anyway. They want to spread false stories,” he said.
However, once a major online media played up this story without having called him or got a watch expert to check what model he was wearing he had to speak up.
“I can accept that people hate me. I think I have to continue working on my thinking. But if they want to use false stories to slander and attack me, to incite people to hate me, I won’t accept it.
“In short, please respect Seiko,” he wrote.
As declared to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) upon stepping down as an MP on March 20, 2023 and after being re-elected in the general election held that May Rangsiman and his spouse Ms. Ivana Kurniawati, an Indonesian national, had total assets of 13,380,781 baht and total debts of 6,602,028 baht.
Rangsiman’s assets totaled 8,039,177 baht, consisting of 126,000 baht in cash, 70,997 baht in deposits in five bank accounts;
A plot of land in Bangkok’s Bang Bon district worth 1,722,000 baht and a single house worth 4,950,000 baht;
One car, Honda HRV, worth 800,000 baht, rights and concessions worth 306,843 baht consisting of life and accident insurance policies with 3,550-baht dividend annually;
He also had 15 digital coins worth 63,337 baht.
Ivana reported assets of 5,341,603 baht, consisting of 469,394 baht in cash and of this there were 3,000,000 Indonesian rupiah, equivalent to 6,942 Thai baht, 1,000 Malaysian ringgit, equivalent to 7,723.10 Thai baht, 220 pounds, equivalent to 9,223 Thai baht, 200 euros, equivalent to 7,341 Thai baht, 180 US dollars, equivalent to 6,163 Thai baht, and 878,029 baht deposited in three accounts.
She obtained 7,003 baht from an insurance policy. She had published a thousand copies of a book via Kled Thai Publishing House, worth 145,000 baht, with the value of 141 copies sold being 35,250 baht.
Other assets, worth 3,987,176 baht, consist of 10 digital coins, 13 necklaces, gold bars, 10 rings, six diamond and gold pendants, four bracelets and bangles, etc.
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People’s MP Rangsiman Rome and his Seiko watch. Photo: Naewna
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