POLICE submitted over 90,000 pages of their investigation into the collapse of the State Audit Building during the huge earthquake on March 28, centred at Mandalay, Myanmar, to the Attorney-General’s Office with recommendation that all 23 suspects, among them juristic persons and individuals, be indicted, Naewna newspaper said today (July 22). Pol. Maj. Gen.
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Big names in Bhumjaithai suspected of involvement in money-laundering scam
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CERTAIN, HIGH-PROFILED figures among the Bhumjaithai rank and file have been suspected of involvement in money-laundering activities pertaining to alleged irregularities over last year’s senatorial elections, Department of Special Investigation Director-General Yutthana Praedam said today (July 18). Given an in-depth investigation by the DSI into the scandalous, electoral fraud featuring
Read moreElection Commission pressed again to suspend Sawaeng over senatorial rigging scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A GROUP OF PERSONS in reserve position for senators today (April 2) repeated their formal petition for the Election Commission to immediately suspend the polling agency’s secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee from work, pending an in-depth probe into his duty-negligence charges pertaining to last year’s senatorial rigging scandals. The petitioners revisited the
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 more1,200 people to be questioned as witnesses to senatorial rigging scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AS MANY AS 1,200 people including defeated senatorial candidates will likely be questioned by the Department of Special Investigation as personal witnesses to alleged senatorial rigging, bloc-voting shenanigans. The estimated 1,200 witnesses will likely be individually summoned for interrogation by the DSI pertaining to allegations that as many as 138
Read moreDSI panel’s decision on senatorial rigging scandals put off till March 6
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE COMMITTEE ON SPECIAL Lawsuits under the Department of Special Investigation today (Feb.25) postponed the making of a decision as to whether the agency may address scandals surrounding last year’s senatorial elections as a special lawsuit until early next month. The DSI committee chaired by Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Defence Minister Phumtham
Read moreDSI likely to handle senatorial rigging scandals as special lawsuit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION will likely address scandals surrounding last year’s senatorial elections as a special lawsuit allegedly involving unlawful conspiracy and money-laundering plots, according to partisan sources. The Committee on Special Lawsuits of the DSI, a government agency under direct control of Justice Minister Thavi Sodsong, is scheduled
Read moreOver half of senators allegedly involved in electoral rigging
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AS MANY AS 138 senators would probably be suspected of alleged involvement in rigging, bloc-voting shenanigans during last year’s senatorial elections, a partisan source said today (Feb.18). Of a total of 200 senators, no less than 138 would probably be accused of getting involved in electoral fraud which landed them
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
Read moreDSI to probe actress Tangmo Nida’s drowning death
THE Department of Special Investigation today (Jan. 22) accepted the case of late actress Pataratida Patcharawirapong, or Tangmo Nida, drowning in Chao Phraya river during a speedboat trip in February 2022 for investigation but it is as yet not in the category of a special case, Amarin TV said. DSI’s Director-General Pol. Maj Yuthana
Read moreMedical Council begins to probe Thaksin’s alleged fake-out
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE under the Medical Council of Thailand has today (Jan.16) begun to look into allegations of a fake-out staged by de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra as a former, highly-privileged convict who had stayed at a hospital in lieu of a prison for a six-month period.
Read moreThe iCon Group bosses keep mum while suspicious cash transfers traced
ELEVEN bosses of The iCon Group detained at Bangkok Remand Prison refused to give any statements to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) team nor did they sign to acknowledge the investigation report, TV Channel 7 quoted sources as saying this afternoon (Nov. 21). All 18 bosses of this direct sales company, including the
Read moreOver 144m baht more assets of The iCon Group seized
THE Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) this evening (Oct. 25) ordered the temporary freezing or seizure of additional assets of the The iCon Group and its executives worth over 144 million baht, with its 18 bosses being held in detention after investors complained to police that they had lost hundreds of thousands and up to
Read morePeople’s MP questions polling agency about ‘anonymous petition’ to dissolve Pheu Thai
PEOPLE’S Party MP Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn asked the Election Commission to clarify if an anonymous petition is among the batch that has led to an investigation of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra for allegedly illicitly dominating and steering the largest ruling party, albeit in behind-the-scenes fashion, because if so this is a dangerous
Read morePolice ready to take action against ‘angels’ in iCon case
AFTER detained owner of The iCon Group Mr. Warathaphon Wratyaworrakul, or Boss Paul, confirmed that the voice in two leaked audio clips was his but that the angels mentioned were those in heaven not on earth and he never bribed anyone, a senior police officer said regardless of where the angels are, if they
Read moreCommittee to probe allegations over Thaksin’s illicit power play
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN AD HOC COMMITTEE will likely be set up by the Election Commission to look into allegations that de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra had illicitly dominated and steered the largest ruling party, albeit in behind-the-scenes fashion, as well as unlawfully exerted influence on other current coalition partners. Election
Read moreBomb-like object found in front of iCon Group’s office
A B0MB-LIKE object was found in front of the guard booth at The iCon Group’s office in Bang Khen district at 11.45 a.m. today (Oct. 17), Amarin TV said. This company’s executives are under investigation after investors complained to police that they had lost hundreds of thousands and up to millions of baht in
Read morePolice seize The iCon’s big land plot in Pathum Thai
AMID ongoing investigation of The iCon Group’s direct sales business the Department of Special Investigation today (Oct. 16) seized a large plot of land the company had purchased in Lam Luk Ka district of Pathum Thani which was intended for development of a learning centre and store all products sold online, Naewna newspaper said.
Read moreiCon Group CEO Boss Paul shows up to testify
AMID mounting pressure from investors who complained to police that they had lost hundreds of thousands and up to millions of baht after investing in The iCon Group, the company’s CEO Mr. Woratphon Waratvorakul, or Boss Paul, today (Oct. 12) showed up at Consumer Protection Police headquarters to testify, Naewna and Thai Rath newspapers
Read moreThai central bank to investigate Myanmar weapons payments
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND’S central bank and anti-money laundering office will investigate claims that Thai commercial banks facilitated transactions linked to weapons purchases by Myanmar’s junta, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday (July 24). Myanmar’s military deposed the government of Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021 and launched a bloody
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