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,
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Senior official in Saraburi sacked over graft charges
SARABURI GOVERNOR Mr. Bancha Chaowarin signed an order dismissing Phra Phutthabat Deputy District Chief from duty pending investigation over charges of demanding a bribe for issuing firearms purchase permits, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (July 3). Mr. Parin Wongkamutrsai, the senior official at Phra Phutthabat district, was earlier arrested by a team of National
Read moreOfficial gets 50 years in jail for wrongful use of official sedan
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a rare court case, a senior government official in Yasothon was today (Oct. 12) sentenced to a maximum of 50 years in jail for having often turned a state-owned vehicle bearing the phrase “for official use only” into private use. The Criminal Court On Corruption
Read moreTop election official in Myanmar assassinated by guerrillas
By AP and published by CNA A TOP election official in Myanmar was fatally shot in his car in Yangon, the country’s commercial capital, in the latest attack attributed to a group opposed to military rule. Sai Kyaw Thu, deputy director-general of the military-appointed Union Election Commission, was shot multiple times on Saturday (Apr.
Read moreDutchman petitions ministry over alleged swindle by female civil servant
A DUTCHMAN who claimed a female civil servant based in Sakon Nakon swindled him out of almost 4 million baht went to the Interior Ministry to file a petition asking for an ethical investigation of this official today (Jan. 30), TV Channel 7 said. Accompanied by Thai businessman Mr. Kanthas Phongphaiboonvej, or Gun Chom
Read moreHigh-ranking official caught stealing public money
A HIGH-RANKING official in Ayutthaya was caught red-handed pocketing almost 80,000 baht in cash made out to pay for religious ceremonies today (Sept. 7), TV Channel 7 and Naewna newspaper said, Acting on a complaint filed against Mrs. Somsri (pseudonym), Mr. Poomwisan Kasemsuk, acting secretary-general of the Office of the Public Sector Anti-corruption Commission,
Read moreUndercover policeman kills official at Dusit police station
A YOUNG official who works for the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation was shot dead by an undercover policeman at the police flats next to Dusit police station while celebrating New Year last night with the motive still unknown, Sanook.com reported this morning (Jan. 1, 2021). The deceased official, Mr. Piyaphong Rungwittayakul, was found dead at the
Read moreSenior US official to visit Taiwan in December
By Reuters staff and Al Jazeera ANDREW Wheeler, the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, is to visit Taiwan, the island’s premier said today (Nov. 20), in what will be the third visit by a senior US official since August. Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang told reporters interactions between the US and Taiwan had been
Read moreFormer Miss Thailand joins PM’s Secretariat
THE Cabinet today (Nov. 10) approved the appointment of Miss Thailand 2016 Thanaporn Sriviraj as a political official at the Secretariat of the Prime Minister with immediate effect, Amarin TV reported. Ms. Thanaporn, or Jub Jib, is the wife of Deputy Agriculture Minister Thamanat Prompow, who is a Palang Pracharath party-list MP. She graduated from
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