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Viewing cable 09BANGKOK1823, BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON LICENSES

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09BANGKOK1823 2009-07-29 10:25 2011-08-26 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Bangkok
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PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHBK #1823/01 2101025
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 291025Z JUL 09
FM AMEMBASSY BANGKOK
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7674
INFO RUETIAA/DIRNSA FORT GEORGE G MEADE MD PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEKDIA/DIA WASHDC PRIORITY
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UNCLAS BANGKOK 001823 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC KOMC TH
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON LICENSES 
050168987 AND 050175150 
 
REF: A. STATE 62677 
     B. BANGKOK 672 
 
1. (U) P. Wang Burapa Firearms Limited Partnership (PWB) was 
subject to ref B Blue Lantern investigation in January 2009. 
The firm's details and facility remain the same.  The shop 
has obtained a special gun quota from Police for items for 
resale to police officers nationwide under a "Weapon 
Procurement Project for the Welfare of Police Officers".  PWB 
is now in the process importing the items. 
 
2. (U)  According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, P. Wang 
Burapa Firearms, Ltd. was listed. 
 
Registration No. 0103511019183 
Registered Date: December 11, 1968 
Status: Limited Partnership 
Capital Registration: 210,000 baht 
Partners: Amporn Kohphet with an investment of 170,000 baht, 
Phatcharavalai Muenphakdi with an investment of 10,000 baht, 
Amnart Tanthongyin with an investment of 10,000 baht, and 
Pussadee Kohphet with an investment of 20,000 baht. 
The managing partner is Pussadee Kohphet. 
Company Location: 15 Burapa Rd., Wang Burapa Phirom 
Sub-District, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok 
The company has submitted annual financial reports for 
1999-2008. 
Purpose of Company: To import and sell guns and ammunition. 
 
2. (U) The company was listed in the telephone directory as 
02-222-6949, as stated reftel.  Another number, 02-222-2353, 
belongs to Prapa Firearms Ltd under the same address as PWB. 
PWB told POL FSN that the latter number originally belonged 
to the PWB owner who at that time owned the gun shop named 
Prapa.  The owner later sold Prapa, but has kept the phone 
number and has moved it to the PWB without changing the name 
of subscriber.  The business address was confirmed as stated 
ref A. 
 
3. (U) We visited PWB July 10 and met with Amporn and Sirisak 
Hiranpradit, in charge of foreign relations.  They presented 
official documents to confirm the legitimacy and accuracy of 
the transaction and the import of firearms by their shop. 
The reftel lot of guns is for police officers in Police 
Region 6 (nine provinces in the lower northern region of 
Thailand).  However, by the time of delivery, some of the 
police buyers may have rotated to other regions. 
 
4. (U) For distribution of the firearms, after arrival in 
Bangkok the items will be transported to Department of 
Provincial Administration for registration.  Then they will 
be transported to each provincial police office in Region 6 
to deliver to the buyers, who have already ordered and paid, 
or partly paid, for the guns.  The delivery will be 
acknowledged and witnessed by the provincial police commander 
or other high-ranking police officers in the province. 
Photos and a video will be taken of the transaction.  The 
guns will be transported by a van with a driver, four PWB 
representatives, and two policemen from the destination 
province.  Upon delivery of the guns to police buyers, the 
shop's responsibility ends at that point. 
 
5. (U) The entity that maintains records of guns is the 
district office at each locality.  The district chief acts as 
local gun registrar, who records the change of possession of 
all guns.  The district chief is a civil servant under 
Department of Provincial Administration (DPA) in the Ministry 
of Interior.  It is the personal responsibility of each gun 
owner to protect the gun since it is not a government-issued 
item.  The Welfare Project dictates that guns cannot be 
resold or transferred to a non-government official within 
five years of delivery. 
 
6. (U) We inquired about the names of two non-police who 
appeared in the DPA's electronic gun registration system as 
owners of the guns purchased under the Police Welfare Project 
as detected ref B.  PWB's Sirisak provided copies of DPA's 
documents that showed Itthiphon Chommuang as a police 
officer. The other name was Pricha Jaiphet who was a district 
chief in Sukhothai Province.  Pricha had bought the pistol 
from Pol. Sen. Sgt. Maj. Thawin Thipaeng, the original gun 
owner. 
 
7. (U) Sirisak asked us to convey to the State Department 
 
that a permit for import is valid for one year from the date 
of issue.  However, if a purchase order is placed with a 
foreign manufacturer within that year the permit is valid 
until delivery of the items even if that date is more than 
one year. 
 
8. (U) The foreign consignee was Fixtech Co., Ltd.  The 
company is the representatives and distributor for Smith & 
Wesson in Thailand.  The firm was listed in Ministry of 
Commerce as follows: 
 
Registration No.: 0105538141429 
Registration Date: November 28, 1995 
Status: Company Limited 
Company Executives: Dissatat Dejthamrong, Thanisorn 
Dejthamrong, Surapee Dejthamrong, and Aphinya Wongwiwatchai. 
Capital Registration: 10,000,000 Baht 
Location: 142 Pacific Place 2, Sukhumvit Road, Khlong Toei, 
Bangkok 
This Company has submitted its annual financial reports of 
1999- 2008 
Purpose: To sell firearms and defense equipment 
 
9. (U) We visited Fixtech July 10 and met Mr. Dissatat.  His 
company took PWB's purchase order for 1,000 pieces of .38 and 
.357 revolvers, but not 800 pieces of .45 pistols from 
Kimber. Dissatat confirmed of the PWB's purchase and 
legitimacy, and presented the permit issued by the DPA, the 
End User Certificates, and DSP-83. 
 
10. (U) We July 10 visited the Firearms Registration Section 
of the DPA and Section Chief Prawet who confirmed PWB's 
explanation that the local district office is the entity 
responsible for the gun movement and record, and that each 
individual gun owner is responsible for gun security.  Prawet 
also confirmed that this lot of firearms is for police 
officers in Region 6.  He also affirmed Sirisak's explanation 
regarding the validity of Import Permits if the order is 
placed within the effective timeframe. 
 
11. (U) Permits for Import/Order of Firearms presented by 
PWB, Fixtech, the Firearms Registration Section, and reftel 
were all consistent. The total firearms to be imported in 
this lot are 1,800 pieces. 
 
12. (U) POL FSN July 21 and 22 called Police Region 6 and 
spoke to Pol. Lt. Col. Sansani, Inspector of Welfare Section, 
Pol. Lt. Col. Chakkraphong, Inspector of Weapon Section, and 
the Front Office of the Police Region 6 Commissioner.  Police 
Region 6 oversees the lower northern region provinces of 
Kamphaengphet, Tak, Nakhon Sawan, Phichit, Phitsanulok, 
Phetchabun, Sukhothai, Uttaradit, and Uthaithani.  The region 
has 14,323 police officers, of whom 2,059 are commissioned 
officers.  There are some 4,700 government-issued 
pistols/revolvers in Police Region 6. 
 
13. (U) Inspector Sansani and Inspector Chakkraphong said 
their Sections were not involved with this project.  It is a 
transaction between PWB and the police buyers.  As examined 
by Inspector Sansini and the Police Region 6 Front Office 
staff, the Commissioner's signatures on the End User 
Certificate and DSP-83s are genuine.  Police Inspector 
General Rachata Yensuang confirmed the authentication of all 
documents.  Rachata, Sansani, and Chakkraphong all stated 
that most of police personnel, particularly those in crime 
suppression and investigation, want to buy their own pistols 
since government-issued weapons were inadequate or outdated. 
JOHN