By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FEW AMONG the suspects recently named by the Election Commission for alleged involvement in 2024’s senatorial rigging scandals and bound to be prosecuted in the Supreme Court have been found to be well-known politicians attached to the Bhumjaithai, core of the current coalition government surreptitiously pulled around by de
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No Bhumjaithai suspects found guilty by election commissioners over senatorial rigging conspiracy
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NONE OF those among the Bhumjaithai rank and file specifically including Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and de facto party boss Newin Chidchob was today (Sep.14) determined by the Election Commission to have been illegitimately involved in 2024’s senatorial rigging scandals, leaving only 26 senators among a total of 77 suspects
Read morePeople’s leader joins ‘Indict the 229 Senators’ campaign
PEOPLE’S leader Nattapong Ruangpanyawut said in front of iLaw office in Ladprao, which has arranged a rally at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BAAC) this evening (Sep. 13), that he and everyone else present are attending the event simply as private citizens to pile pressure on the Election Commission (EC) to forward the names
Read moreDSI summons Phuket MP in real estate nominee case
JUSTICE MINISTER Lt. Gen. Ruttapol Naowarat said today (Sept. 2) at Government House that the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has summoned Mr. Somchart Techathaworncharoen, a People’s Party Phuket MP, for questioning in a Phuket real estate nominee case next Monday (Sept. 7), Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said. DSI’s investigation indicates that Somchart
Read moreYoung activist granted bail in lese majeste case
THE CRIMINAL Court on Ratchadapisek road granted bail to Ms. Tantawan Tuatulanon, or Tawan, former leader of Thalu Wang activist group, after sentencing her to two years in jail, without suspension, for violating the lese majeste law, or Section 112 of the Criminal Code, Section 14 of the Computer Crimes Act, resisting arrest, and
Read moreHeroin-smuggling flight attendant names Thai woman in Australia as recipient
THE recipient of over 1 kilogramme of heroin hidden in 12 tote bags found in the baggage of a Thai flight attendant at Melbourne Airport is a Thai woman who has lived in Australia for over 10 years, TV Channel 7 said this evening (July 6). Ms. Areephak Ngernbumroong, deputy secretary-general and spokesperson of
Read moreMore suspects in flight attendant heroin trafficking case identified
THAI police together with Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Border Security (ABF) have identified the person who transferred 8,800 baht to a Thai Airways International flight attendant arrested at Melbourne Airport on heroin smuggling charges as well as other suspects, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (July 1). Pol. Lt. Col. Suriya Singhakamol,
Read moreTeen boyfriend confesses to killing girlfriend and dumping body in trash can
THE SHOCKING murder of a teenage girl whose body was found dumped in a trash can in Rayong has been solved with her 16-year-old boyfriend having confessed to the brutal crime, Amarin TV said this morning (June 19). The deceased was identified as Ms. Chonthicha (surname withheld), 17, by her parents Ms. Areerat, 40,
Read moreSingha beer scion dismisses mum as only adoptive after mediation fails
By PPTVHD36 and AFP – published by France24.com AFTER mediation in a land ownership dispute between “Psi” Siranudh Scott and his mother Ms. Chiranuj Bhirombhakdi of the Singha beer empire failed, the former dismissed her to an adoptive role with Phra Khanong Civil Court giving both sides opportunity to reach an out of court
Read moreEx-deputy House speaker politically banned for life due to illegal forest land grab
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER DEPUTY House speaker Supachai Bhosu was today (June 11) judged guilty of illegally occupying forest land in his native province of Nakhon Panom and was immediately deprived of electoral candidacy rights as well as banned from assuming political positions for life. The Supreme Court ruled Supachai, also known as
Read moreAd hoc panel sought to probe NACC’s failure over Saksayam’s asset concealment case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PARLIAMENT President Sopon Zaram was today (June 5) asked by the People’s-led opposition to relay a formal request for the Supreme Court to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s failure to press asset concealment charges against former transport minister/former Bhumjaithai secretary-general Saksayam Chidchob. The
Read moreThanathorn relieved after being acquitted in lese majeste case
THE Criminal Court today (May 28) acquitted Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit in a case under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the lese majeste law, over livestreaming the management of Covid-19 vaccines which was ruled to be directed at former prime minister/coup leader Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha and no malice intended at the
Read morePeople’s MPs vow to slug it out over coup-derived legal battle
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S today (April 24) pledged to slug it out over a legal battle currently besieging reformist legislators, past and present, who remain practically undaunted by a disreputable, sustained legacy of undemocratic rule passed down from a coup to keep them in trouble. In a press conference at a Bangkok
Read morePolice officer linked to whistleblower’s alleged extortion bid faces dismissal
A POLICE colonel who has been charged with joining the head of Crime Victims Assistance Association and four other accomplices in extorting 2.5 million baht from an Immigration police officer to not broadcast allegations of smuggling out Chinese suspects from a detention centre faces dismissal within five days, Amarin TV said today (April 22).
Read moreAMLO seizes additional 8 billion baht assets from scam suspects
THE Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) today (April 9) temporarily seized a second batch of assets worth 8 billion baht from scam suspects Ms. Taengthai, Mr. Yim Liak, Ms. Wirinya Yim ,Mr. Ben Smith, aka Benjamin Mauerberger, and his wife Ms. Katriya Beaver, taking the total to over 20 billion baht, Amarin TV said. Announcing
Read moreAm Cyanide acquitted in one murder case
AFTER being found guilty in two murder cases, serial killer suspect Ms. Sararat Rangsiwutthaporn, dubbed Am Cyanide by the media, was today (Mar. 11) acquitted in the third murder case with the Criminal Court ruling that the prosecution failed to prove the defendant possessed cyanide and that there was no motive for theft, PPTVHD36
Read moreBen Smith not willing to fight the case: Lawyer
FOLLOWING the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) issuing arrest warrants for Mr. Ben Smith, aka Benjamin Mauerberger, and his wife Ms. Katriya Beaver on charges of transnational investment fraud, his lawyer said today (March 3) that his client is not prepared to fight the case because of lack of trust in the judicial system with
Read moreCourt adds to Arnon’s jail time in Section 112 case
By Amarin TV and Reuters – published by The Straits Times THE Ratchada Criminal Court today (Feb. 20) sentenced jailed activist lawyer Arnon Nampha and three other defendants to two years and eight months in prison without parole for violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the lese majeste law. The other three
Read moreActivist’s Section 112 sentence overturned, gets 3 years in jail
THE Appeals Court today (Jan. 19) overturned the lower court’s verdict acquitting a Samut Prakan activist of charges of violating the lese majeste law, or Section 112 of the Criminal Code, and Section 116, a sedition law, and sentenced him to three years in jail without suspension, Naewna newspaper said. The Lawyers for Human
Read moreImmigration Police release Myanmar murder suspect citing overcrowded detention centres
A MAJOR SCANDAL has erupted at Mae Sot town abutting Myawaddy township in Myanmar, as a neighbouring country’s citizen implicated in the murder of a Thai woman who had employed him to work in her ricefield was released and allowed to return to home because detention centres were overcrowded, Amarin TV said today (Jan.
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