By Thai Newsroom Reporters PEOPLE’S LEADER Nattapong Ruengpanyawut today (April 7) insisted that the Supreme Court keep legislative duties of some of his fellow MPs and himself intact from a lese majeste lawsuit being filed against them as the Bhumjaithai-led government’s policy statement is scheduled very shortly for debate at parliament. Nattapong was referring
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Federation reluctantly hikes transport charges
THE HEAD of the Land Transport Federation today (Feb. 27) tearfully announced raising charges because higher fuel prices made it difficult to maintain the cost structure while fearing a domino effect, Amarin TV said. Dr. Thongyoo Kongkhan, the federation’s president, said 136 associations nationwide covering road, bus, and water transport sectors attended a meeting
Read moreKlatham MP faces online gambling, money-laundering charges
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEWLY-ELECTED MP Chonnapat Naksua was today (March 12) briefly detained by the Department of Special Investigation on charges of involvement in online gambling and money-laundering activities and eventually released under bail. The lawmaker elected in a Songkhla constituency under the Klatham banners was brought to the Criminal Court by the
Read moreIsrael man arrested on drug charges on Koh Phangan, Aussie couple too nabbed
FOLLOWING the arrest of a Brazilian man on drug trafficking charges on Koh Phangan, further investigation led to an Israeli man being arrested on similar charges while an Australian couple also landed in hot water with the man for drug use and the woman for resisting arrest, Naewna newspaper and TV Channel 7 said
Read morePeople’s contestant in Bangkok changed due to money-laundering charges
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A PEOPLE’S CONTESTANT was today (Dec.29) completely dismissed from running for MP in constituency-based mode in Bangkok in the face of an arrest warrant recently issued for his alleged involvement in a yet-unspecified money-laundering activity. The People’s executive board member Picharn Chaowapattanawong confirmed that the reformist party has ultimately deprived
Read moreTwo former tourism department heads face graft charges
THE NATIONAL Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has gathered sufficient evidence to take legal action against two former directors-general at the Tourism and Sports Ministry for corruption in the procurement of exercise equipment for the development of recreational and health tourism destinations, PPTVHD 36 said late afternoon today (Oct. 8). Mr. Surapong Intarathaworn, the graft agency’s
Read moreConstruction magnate surrenders on negligence charges over Bangkok building collapse in earthquake
By AP and published by Msn.com A CONSTRUCTION magnate, builders, designers and engineers surrendered to police today (May 16) on criminal negligence charges for the deadly collapse of State Audit high-rise in the March 28 earthquake that hit Myanmar. Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Italian-Thai Development Plc, the main Thai contractor for the building
Read moreProsecutors drop royal insult charges against American academic
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND’S state prosecutor said on Thursday (May 1) it will not prosecute an American academic who was arrested and charged last month with insulting the royal family, a crime that carries a penalty of up to 15 years in jail, and asked a court to free him. Paul
Read moreElection commissioners warned they face jail over senatorial election rigging scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ALL ELECTION commissioners might probably be found guilty of duty negligence charges and sentenced to prison over alleged rigging, bloc-voting plots in last year’s senatorial elections, according to a former senator. Mr. Seri Suwanpanon posted on his Facebook page today (Feb.22) to caution all the seven commissioners of the polling
Read moreArrest warrant issued for MP on charges of raping Taiwanese woman
THE CHIANG MAI Provincial Court has issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Chaiyamparvaan Manpianjit, nicknamed Pu-ad, a Bangkok MP for Thai Progressive Party, on charges of raping a Taiwanese tourist , Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said today (Feb. 7). The alleged incident occurred at around 2 a.m. on Jan. 9 within a hotel
Read moreDSI slaps four charges against 18 iCon Group bosses
THE Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is moving to file four charges against all 18 executives of The iCon Group after going through 300,000 pages documents and questioning 50 witnesses, Amarin TV said today (Dec. 20). Investigation was launched after investors complained to police that they had lost hundreds of thousands and up to
Read more9 policemen suspended on charges of extorting cash from foreigner
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
Read morePopular Malaysian singer faces drug charges in Thailand
OVER a hundred fans and relatives of a popular Malaysian singer flocked to encourage her after she was arrested together with five others at a hotel in Su-ngai Kolok, Narathiwat, last Friday with 6,060 methamphetamine pills in their possession,TV Channel 7 and TV Channel 3 Plus News said today (Nov. 4). As Pol. Lt.
Read moreThaksin might escape again due to alleged fake-out at Police Hospital
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra might probably manage to escape from jail again if he is freshly charged with alleged premeditated fake-out during a six-month period at Police Hospital, according to a partisan source. Upon last year’s homecoming from self-exile abroad, the father of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra
Read moreLese majeste charges filed against Warner Music Thailand
ROYALISTS filed lese majeste charges against Warner Music Thailand for doctoring a photo of nine Constitutional Court judges with portraits of Their Majesties King Rama IX and King Rama X in the background edited and hidden to promote Charli XCX’s song “The Apple’s Rotten Right to the Core”, Amarin TV said tonight (Aug. 13).
Read moreProvincial prosecutor held on bribery charges
A PROSECUTOR in Nakhon Si Thammarat was arrested today (July 31) on the charges of taking a bribe from a man facing a land grab case just as the victim went to his office to give the second instalment of the payoff, TV Channel 7 said today (July 31). Mr. Niwatchai Gasemmongkol, secretary-general of
Read moreCourt dismisses macau888 online gambling charges against businessman
THE Criminal Court this morning (June 11) dismissed a case against a well-known Thai businessman who was among nine suspects arrested on charges of running macau888 and one other online gambling website and money laundering after an expose by his former girlfriend actress Arisara “Due” Thongborisut, TV Channel 7 said. Mr. Chaiwat “Benz Daemon”
Read moreFrench woman arrested on attempted kidnap, robbery charges
A FRENCH woman was arrested at a hotel in Silom area on the charges of heading a gang that had hatched a plan to kidnap the daughter of a high-society family for 200 million baht ransom, Amarin TV said today (Apr. 19). At 10 p.m. last night Metropolitan Police arrested Ms.Sandra Christina Marie Diersten,
Read moreSenior Phuket policeman ‘just a friend of a friend’ of Swiss man facing charges
IN INVESTIGATING whether any policemen in Phuket were involved in the case about a Swiss businessman who allegedly kicked a female doctor Provincial Police Commander Pol. Maj. Gen. Sinlert Sukhum said a senior policeman seen in a couple of photos socialising with him is just a friend of a friend, TV Channel 7 said
Read moreOAG not deciding on lese majeste case against Thaksin till April 10
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL will remain undecided as to whether to proceed with a lese majeste lawsuit against de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra until April 10. OAG spokesperson Prayut Petcharakhun confirmed today (Feb.19) the agency is not going to decide whether to put forward the
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