THE DEPARTMENT of Special Investigation (DSI) is looking into filing another case against Xin Ke Yuan Steel Ltd (SKY) which supplied steel for the unfinished construction of the State Audit building that collapsed during the March 28 earthquake after collecting samples of this metal and hazardous red dust during a raid on its factory
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DSI accepts building collapse as special case
THE Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has accepted the collapse of the unfinished 30-storey State Audit building during last Friday’s huge earthquake centred at Mandalay, Myanmar, with strong tremors felt across Thailand as a special case, TV Channel 7 said today (Apr. 2). Justice Minister Thavi Sodsong, who directly controls DSI and is known
Read moreMany former senatorial contestants tipped to confess to vote-buying plots
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HUNDREDS OF FORMER SENATORIAL contestants may become witnesses to electoral rigging scandals over last year’s nationwide races with their anticipated confession of playing their part in such bloc-voting, vote-buying and money-laundering shenanigans, according to government officials. Out of some 1,200 former senatorial contenders and others whom the Department of Special
Read moreSenatorial rigging scandals now special case for DSI
By Thai Newsroom Reporters LAST YEAR’S senatorial rigging allegations were today (March 6) collectively handled as a special case for the Department of Special Investigation to find and bring to justice any guilty perpetrators. The Special Lawsuit Committee, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and consisting of 22 high-ranking government officials, today
Read moreDSI likely to probe scandals over senatorial race riggings
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION will likely launch investigation into allegations that last year’s senatorial elections were blatantly riddled with vote-buying, rigging shenanigans, a partisan source said over the weekend. DSI Director-General Yutthana Praedam who himself has recently received a refreshed petition from a defeated senatorial contestant at the agency’s
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