JUSTICE MINISTER Lt. Gen. Ruttapol Naowarat said today (Sept. 2) at Government House that the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has summoned Mr. Somchart Techathaworncharoen, a People’s Party Phuket MP, for questioning in a Phuket real estate nominee case next Monday (Sept. 7), Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said. DSI’s investigation indicates that Somchart
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Ex-MP literally kills provincial administration head
By Thai Newsroom Reporters Updated at 7.55 a.m. on Aug. 11, 2026 IN WHAT was seen as an unlikely phenomenon, former maverick MP Chalong Riewraeng yesterday (Aug.10) literally gunned down and killed Nonthaburi provincial administration head Thongchai Yenprasert in the premises of the latter’s office adjacent to the northern outskirts of Bangkok. The three-time,
Read moreArmy continues blasting People’s MP for questioning strength of bunkers
AN ARMY spokesman today (Aug. 5) lambasted a People’s MP who raised questions about the quality and cost-effectiveness of bunkers built along the Thai-Cambodian border at Chanthaburi and Trat provinces after Gen. Sarawut Chanphum, commander of Thai Army Development Command, had already on Monday (Aug. 3) confirmed that they were strong, Naewna newspaper said.
Read moreArrest warrant for People’s MP suspected in forex scam denied by court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CRIMINAL COURT today (July 13) denied the Department of Special Investigation’s request for an arrest warrant for online trader-turned-MP Pawoot Pongvitayapanu who is currently among a total of 24 suspects of alleged involvement in a foreign exchange racket and advised that a subpoena be issued instead in the case
Read moreJustice Minister sceptical over Pawoot’s cash profit without decimal points from trading gold online
By Thai Newsroom Reporters JUSTICE MINISTER Rutthapol Naowarat today (June 23) expressed his personal scepticism that a sum of 28 million baht in cash earlier supposedly earned by People’s MP Pawoot Pongvitayapanu from trading gold online may have carried no decimal points at all. The Bhumjaithai-attached justice minister was responding to Pawoot’s statement earlier
Read morePawoot urged to publicly clear himself of suspected forex scam
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PEOPLE’S MP Pawoot Pongvitayapanu was today (June 23) encouraged to clear himself to the public of alleged involvement in a foreign exchange trading scam after he has recently remained tightlipped in the face of allegations launched by the Department of Special Investigation. Deputy People’s leader Sirikanya Tansakun suggested Pawoot who
Read moreClip featuring People’s MP in forex firm’s ad gone viral
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A VIDEO CLIP has now gone viral online featuring People’s MP Pawoot Pongvitayapanu as promoter of a foreign exchange brokerage firm after the lawmaker has categorically dismissed allegations that he had been by any means involved in illegal trading businesses. The clip features Pawoot in a video advertisement of QRS
Read morePawut will be undefended if found involved in forex scams: Pukkamon
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PEOPLE’S MP Pawut Pongwithayapanu will definitely be undefended by the opposition party and be no exception to the law if he is ever found evidently involved in foreign exchange scams on which the authorities have been cracking down, the People’s spokesperson Pukkamon Nunarnan confirmed today (June 18). Pukkamon made her
Read moreDSI urged to pick up suspected scammer MP at parliament in July
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OFFICIALS OF the Department of Special Investigation were today (May 29) encouraged to show up at parliament upon the end of its current legislative period in July to literally pick up the notorious Klatham MP Chonnapat Naksua for questioning over his alleged involvement in online gambling and money-laundering scams for
Read moreKhon Kaen MP gets death threats after probing factory polluting farmland
A KHON KAEN MP who had joined several agencies and community leaders in inspecting a large chemical factory on May 1 after years-long complaints of wastewater being discharged into farmland has filed a police report after receiving death threats, Amarin TV said today (May 12). As the villagers had also filed a complaint with
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 moreSuspected 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
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