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
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Suspected rogue MP brags about being named minister in future govt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters KLATHAM MP CHONNAPAT Naksua, currently suspected of involvement in online gambling activity, was recently seen bragging about himself being named minister in a post-election government only if he managed to exonerate himself from such rogue scandals. People’s MP Pukkamon Nunarnan today (Nov.15) posted on her Facebook page a video clip
Read moreBhumjaithai’s candidate wins in Sisaket by-election
By Amarin TV and Thai Newsroom Reporters A BY-ELECTION for MP in Constituency 5 of Sisaket province which borders Cambodia today (Sep. 28) was won by Bhumjaithai’s candidate as had been anticipated with her only rival, a Pheu Thai candidate, trailing behind, Unofficial results at 7.50 p.m, almost three hours after polls closed at 5
Read moreRenegade People’s MP virtually viewed as ‘cobra pickled in a bottle of brine’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S today (May 13) decided to virtually “pickle a cobra in a bottle of brine” after a renegade People’s MP had demanded a formal ouster from the largest opposition party so he could practically skip over to a coalition camp. In a press conference at parliament, People’s leader Nattapong
Read moreBhumjaithai MP gets jail in Khon Kaen cooperative graft case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BHUMJAITHAI MP Ekarat Changlao has been today (April 17) sentenced by court to multiple terms in prison on charges of embezzlement and forged documentation pertaining to finances of the Khon Kaen Teachers Savings Cooperative. The Khon Kaen Provincial Court today ruled the Bhumjaithai MP of the northeastern province guilty of
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 moreGovt MP denies being loan shark in disguise
By Thai Newsroom Reporters KLATHAM MP Pi Lick today (Jan.22) categorically dismissed allegations that he had been clandestinely involved in loan shark business with the help of one of his former girlfriends. Known as a protégé of former Palang Pracharath secretary-general/former agriculture & cooperatives minister Thammanat Prompao, the MP of Kampaengpet denied he had
Read moreArrest warrant out for Cambodian in murder of ex-MP in Bangkok
AN ARREST warrant has been issued for a Cambodian man on charges of hiring a former Thai Marine gunman to kill ex-Cambodian MP Mr. Lim Kimya in Bangkok’s Banglamphu area on Jan. 7, Naewna newspaper and PPTVHD36 channel said this morning (Jan. 15). Three charges have been filed against Mr. Rattanaraksmey Ly, whose Thai
Read moreSuspect in killing of ex-Khmer MP refuses to name mastermind
AFTER several hours of interrogation today (Jan. 12) the suspect in the killing of a former Cambodian MP in Banglamphu area of Bangkok last Tuesday revealed almost all the information holding back on naming the mastermind who he said was his benefactor, TV Channel 7 said. Chana Songkhram police station investigators said Mr. Ekalak
Read moreSuspected killer of ex-Khmer MP brought from Battambang to Bangkok
By Thai Newsroom Reporters EKALAK PAENOI, the ex-Marine gunman suspected to have killed a former Cambodian MP in Bangkok has been brought back from Battambang to the Thai capital today (Jan.11), police said. The lone gunman who wore a bulletproof jacket and handcuffs was brought from Battambang aboard a Thai police helicopter under custody
Read moreThai-Cambodian police team chase, arrest suspect in murder of ex-Khmer MP
A THAI POLICE team chased a suspect wanted in the murder of former Cambodian MP Lim Kimya in Banglamphu area of Bangkok to Cambodia’s Battambang province and joined forces with their Khmer counterparts in capturing him at 4.30 p.m. today (Jan. 8), Naewna newspaper and Amarin TV said late this evening. National Police Chief
Read moreEx-Khmer MP killed in Bangkok allegedly at order of powers-that-be in Phnom Penh
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF a powerful regime in Phnom Penh could possibly have masterminded clandestine, cross-border missions to fatally muffle Cambodian dissidents abroad with yesterday’s murder of a former Khmer MP in Bangkok for instance, Fair MP Kannavee Suebsang said today (Jan.8). The Thai lawmaker was responding to the killing of
Read moreBig hunt for hitman in murder of former Cambodian MP, target pointer likely involved
POLICE are urgently hunting for a suspect in the murder of a former Cambodian MP in the heart of Bangkok last evening (Jan. 7) while certain he was helped by a second person who pointed out the target with this person possibly being a member of the same tour group, TV Channel 7 said
Read moreArrest warrant out for hired gun who shot dead former Cambodian MP in Bangkok
THE Criminal Court this morning (Jan. 8) approved a warrant for the arrest of a hired gun who goes by the name “Sergeant Em Kongruea” on the charges of killing former Cambodian opposition MP Lim Kimya, 74, in the heart of Bangkok last evening, Amarin TV and TV Channel 7 said. Chana Songkhram police
Read moreBhumjaithai MP held guilty of ethical abuse
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BHUMJAITHAI MP NATCHANON Srikorkua is currently charged with perpetrating a severe violation of the code of political ethics for which the Supreme Court will hand out a ruling against him sooner or later. National Anti-Corruption Commission Secretary-General Sarot Puengrampan confirmed today (Jan. 2) that the anti-graft agency has formally held
Read moreDemocrat MP’s daughter conned by call scam into transferring cash
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A DAUGHTER OF DEMOCRAT MP Chaichana Dejdecho has been defrauded by a call scam into giving away cash or otherwise seeing his reputation damaged online. The Democrat lawmaker, concurrently performing as chair of the House Committee on Police Affairs, told reporters today (Oct. 30) his unnamed student daughter had been
Read morePisal resigns as Pheu Thai MP, ruling party off the hook over Tak Bai incident
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER SOUTHERN ARMY commander Pisal Watanawongkhiri has recently resigned as Pheu Thai MP, thus rendering the ruling party unaccountable for his previous acts involving the Tak Bai incident. Chief government whip Wisut Chaiyanarun confirmed today (Oct 15) that Pisal who was believed to have fled the country to evade arrest
Read morePheu Thai MP still on the loose over Tak Bai manslaughter case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI MP PISAL Watanawongkhiri was believed to have gone abroad to escape arrest for his alleged involvement in 2004’s Tak Bai manslaughter, police said today (Oct. 5). The police today raided Pisal’s house in Pakkret area on the northwestern outskirts of the capital but the Pheu Thai MP who
Read moreThai Sang Thai renegade MP ousted for voting Paetongtarn for PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI SANG THAI MP Supaporn Salabsri was today (Aug 21) ousted from the opposition party on grounds of severe disciplinary violation following last Friday’s vote for prime minister. The woman MP of Yasothorn was among six Thai Sang Thai MPs who recently endorsed the naming of de facto Pheu Thai
Read moreSix-year jail sentence upheld for bribe-seeking ex-Pheu Thai MP
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME COURT today (July 9) upheld an earlier court verdict to sentence former Pheu Thai MP Anurak Tangpanithanon to six years in prison due to a five-million-baht payoff which he had unsuccessfully solicited from a senior government official. Supreme Court judges finally ruled the former Pheu Thai MP of
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