NINE police officers were suspended from duty after a Vanuatu citizen complained that they had extorted over 5 million baht from him to drop charges of being linked to passport forgery which he denied, Naewna newspaper and TV Channel 3 Plus News said this evening (Nov. 5). Pol. Lt. Gen. Thanayut Wutticharasathamrong, assistant national
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PM offers to ‘cooperate’ over dad’s stay at Police Hospital
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra today (Nov. 5) offered to “cooperate” with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) in search of information pertaining to her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s previous, contentious stay at Police Hospital. Though the prime minister-cum-Pheu Thai leader yesterday declined to comment on the controversy surrounding
Read moreSomchai: Kittiratt unsuitable for central bank board chairman
FORMER election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn warned that if former deputy prime minister Kittiratt Na Ranong, who is very capable, becomes the chairman of the Bank of Thailand board he would bend to politicians, Naewna newspaper said this morning (Nov. 5). In a Facebook post Somchai warned that at this moment the country needs a
Read moreNACC urged to ask PM for info about her father’s medical treatment
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission was suggested today (Nov 4) to directly ask Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for information pertaining to her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s medical treatment at Police Hospital. Thai Liberal leader Seripisut Temiyavej advised the NACC to officially call on the prime minister to provide
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