By Thai Newsroom Reporters IT WILL BE UNLIKELY FOR de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra to be held in custody by the authorities on lese majeste charges, said a partisan source today (Feb.18). In case that the Office of the Attorney-General may proceed with a lese majeste lawsuit in the Criminal
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Big Joke dismisses involvement in money-laundering, online gambling charges
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF Pol.Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big Joke, yesterday (Feb.16) dismissed allegations that he had been involved in money-laundering and running a gambling website. The well-known deputy police chief admitted that as many as eight police officers under his command had been accused of alleged involvement in the money-laundering
Read morePaetongtarn’s puzzling statement on Thaksin’s lese majeste questioning
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI LEADER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra today (Feb.9) made a puzzling statement about her father/de facto party boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra, saying he has already been questioned by public prosecutors over lese majeste charges and is anticipated to literally return home. Paetongtarn told reporters that public prosecutors have already questioned
Read moreProsecutors, police have waited in vain to quizz ‘untouchable’ Thaksin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PUBLIC PROSECUTORS AND POLICE have apparently waited in vain for a questioning of de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra at a Bangkok prison on lese majeste charges, a police source said today (Feb.6). The public prosecutors attached to the Office of the Attorney-General and the police of
Read moreThaksin being hit with Section 112 charges upon release on parole
CONVICTED de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra who is speculated will be released on parole on Feb. 22 now faces charges under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the lese majeste law, and the Computer Crimes Act with the Corrections Department being notified to hold him, Matichon newspaper said this morning (Feb.
Read morePheu Thai MP in hot water over allegedly posting campaign speech online
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI MP PATTANA Sappaso was today (Dec.15) charged with breaking the election law by posting content of a vote-wooing campaign speech online during prohibited hours ahead of last May’s general election. The Election Commission pressed the criminal charge against the Pheu Thai MP of Sakon Nakhon who had allegedly
Read morePolice target pub after former boxing champ faces sexual misconduct claims
KHON KAEN police are rushing to gather evidence after a 17-year-old teenage girl claimed that famous former boxing champ Mr. Somrak Khamsing sexually assaulted her while taking legal action against the pub where they met for admitting minors, Matichon newspaper said this morning (Dec. 11). Pol. Col. Yosawat Kaewsueb-thannit, superintendent of Muang Khon Kaen
Read more409 million baht in wealth owned by suspected money-laundering senator seized
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A COMBINED 409 MILLION BAHT worth of wealth owned by Senator Upakit Pachareeyangkun was today (Nov.30) impounded by the Office of the Narcotics Control Board amidst drug trafficking and money laundering charges earlier filed against him. Acting ONCB secretary-general Panurat Lakbun led a team of officials in a raid on
Read moreFemale activists press MP to quit over sexual harassment allegations
AFTER MOVE Forward Party decided last night (Nov. 1) there were grounds to allegations that two of its MPs had committed sexual harassment and voted to expel one but not the other, there was a lash back from female political activists who urged the MP who got off the hook to resign, Naewna newspaper
Read moreEx-minister, Pattaya mayor arrested at airport over graft charges
FORMER culture minister and Pattaya mayor Itthipol Khunpluem was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport upon returning from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, at 10 a.m. this morning (Oct. 9), as he faces malfeasance charges stemming from approval of a condominium project in Pattaya over a decade ago, Naewna newspaper said. Itthipol, together with Mr.Pichet Uthaiwattananont, Mr. Witthaya
Read moreCourt drops murder charges against officials over vanished activist
By AFP and published by CNA A THAI court today (Sep. 28) dropped murder charges against four national park officials over the disappearance of an environmental activist almost a decade ago, but jailed one on a lesser offence. It was the latest twist in a long-running legal saga after ethnic Karen leader Porlajee Rakchongcharoen,
Read moreHundreds protest against Malaysian govt after DPM’s graft charges were dropped
By AP and published by CNA Kuala Lumpur – Hundreds of people staged an anti-government rally on Saturday (Sep. 16) in Kuala Lumpur, accusing Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of helping his key ally escape prosecution in exchange for political support. Prosecutors unexpectedly dropped 47 corruption charges against Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Read moreEx-deputy premier ‘sues couple, parents for fraud’
AN ALLEGED police letter to a former deputy prime minister who had an affair with a married woman which is circulating online today (Jan. 11) states that progress had been made on fraud charges he had filed against the couple and the woman’s parents, Matichon newspaper said. This follows Mr. Sittra Biabungkerd, a well-known
Read more‘Big Joke’ : Case against grey capitalist suspect to be closed in 3 weeks
ON THE surrender of Chinese businessman Mr. Chaiyanat Kornchaiyanana, alias Tu Hao, to fight drug charges and who is allegedly a grey capitalist Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, whose nickname is Big Joke, said today (Nov. 24) that the suspect continues to deny all charges and insists on only testifying
Read moreOver 500 youngsters slapped with politically related charges so far
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MORE THAN 500 PRO-DEMOCRACY adolescents have been arrested on politically related charges since the Free Youth movement started in 2020, a human rights report says. According to the Centre for Thai Lawyers for Human Rights’s report released today (Sept. 20) to ironically mark the National Youth Day, a total of 563
Read moreChampion charged after wakeskating on flooded road
BANGKOK-BORN World Wakeskate 2022 Champion Daniel Grant was summoned and charged with endangering vehicles and people for wakeskating on flooded Phaholyothin road, Sanook.com said this afternoon (Sept. 13). Grant, 24, posted a video clip of himself wakeskating on floodwater in front of Bangkok University in Khlong Luang district of Pathum Thani on Facebook Accompanying caption
Read moreRed Bull heir escapes cocaine charge, only reckless driving charge left
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL said today (Aug. 2) that the statute of limitations on cocaine use charge against Red Bull heir Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya, who is wanted in a hit-and-run incident that led to a policeman’s death in Bangkok on September 3, 2012, has expires, Amarin TV said. The lawsuit would now be solely on the
Read moreCouncillor bailed out, denies sexual abuse charges
A MOVE Forward Party councillor for Bangkok was today (July 13) bailed out after denying charges of sexually abusing an 18-year-old girl, Sanook.com said. Pol. Col. Kritsada Manawongsakul, superintendent of Thung Maha Mek police station, said the councillor, Mr. Anupap Thanthong, was summoned to acknowledge charges filed by four 16 to 18 teenagers that he
Read moreWealthy protester’s wife files rape charges against former deputy party leader
THE wife of Mr. Thanat Thanakitamnuay, or Hiso Luknut, a wealthy protester, last evening filed rape charges against a former deputy leader of a political party, Sanook.com and TV Channel 7 said today (Apr. 15). Mrs. Hathairat Thanakitamnuay, or Anna, who is Ruam Thai United Party’s councillor candidate in the Bangkok gubernatorial election, was accompanied
Read moreWatana sentenced to 99 years jail in payoff scandal
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT & HUMAN Security minister Watana Muangsook was today (Mar.4) sentenced to 99 years in prison on kickback-taking charges involving government housing projects run over a decade ago. The Supreme Court’s judges handling criminal lawsuits against politicians finally ruled Watana guilty of manipulating demands for payoffs in relation to
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