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3 Kalasin policemen arrested for taking bribe to free drug suspect

  THREE Mueang Kalasin policemen have been arrested on the charges of taking a large bribe from the sister of a drug suspect to free him in a sting operation mounted by the provincial police, Naewna newspaper reported this afternoon (March 25). Pol. Maj. Gen. Suwan Chienawinthawat, the provincial police commander, confirmed that three policemen

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National Parks Dept chief nabbed on extortion charges

By Thai Newsroom Reporters NATIONAL PARKS, WILDLIFE & PLANT Conservation Department director-general Ratchada Suriyakul na Ayudhya was today (Dec.27) arrested on charges of extorting and accepting payoffs in cash from subordinate officials of the agency. In a press conference following the surprise arrest of the chief of the national parks agency, National Anti-Corruption Commission secretary-general

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High-ranking official caught stealing public money

  A HIGH-RANKING official in Ayutthaya was caught red-handed pocketing almost 80,000 baht in cash made out to pay for religious ceremonies today (Sept. 7), TV Channel 7 and Naewna newspaper said, Acting on a complaint filed against Mrs. Somsri (pseudonym),  Mr. Poomwisan Kasemsuk, acting secretary-general of the Office of the Public Sector Anti-corruption Commission,

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Thai police help arrest couple in 821m baht luxury goods scam 

By The Straits Times Singapore – The couple allegedly involved in a luxury goods scam, involving undelivered items worth S$32 million (approximately 821 million baht), have been arrested in Malaysia and are back in Singapore with the Thai police having tipped off their counterparts in Singapore The Singapore Police Force said Pi Jiapeng, 26, and

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