Regarding the donation controversy, the Watchdog Thailand foundation, which has been in the spotlight due to allegations that its former president embezzled 13 million baht, as well as questions about salaries within the foundation, sparking intense criticism online,
recently, the singer and actor, Golf Pitchaya Nithipaisalkul, posted a message questioning the issue: “I wonder, do people working in foundations have to get a salary? Isn’t it supposed to be voluntary work out of goodwill? So does this mean that anyone who doesn’t want to work for a living can just say, ‘I’ll open a foundation to do some good,’ collect donations, then pay themselves a salary first, and only then give the rest to those truly in need?”
“And what about those foundations running these ads? They appear in my feed a lot. Is that ad money from donations, or their own funds? They use sad images of dogs to emotionally pull people in... I’m just curious.”
Fans responded with comments such as: “Yes, Golf, I feel sorry for those dogs, cats, and the donors—they’re really shameless,” “True, from my heart I won’t donate to foundations anymore. I only help stray animals I see directly. Some donate to help animals, not to pay anyone’s salary,” “True, the foundation with those ads is very aggressive; I always scroll past because it’s too much drama. The dogs’ images are really heartbreaking,” and so on.
Meanwhile, a netizen commented: “Normally, board members or the foundation president should not receive a salary, but regular employees can. If the accountants are skilled at creative bookkeeping, there are many ways to divert funds for personal use while still appearing to manage the foundation normally. Or an easier method is to have someone else as a board member and the person themselves as an employee.”
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