By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE AUTHORITIES have been advised to look into allegations a sum of one million baht in cash earlier granted to the Bhumjaithai, core of the coalition government, may have been laundered from a Thai-owned casino business in Cambodia. Former Democrat MP Sirichok Sopa called on the Election Commission and Anti-Money
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People’s seeking public donations in cash to cover costs of censure debate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S is now soliciting public donations in cash to literally cover costs of their preparations for censure debate against Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Bhumjaithai members of cabinet next month. The largest opposition party is calling on members of the public nationwide to hand out cash via donation.peoplesparty.or.th for
Read moreRukchanok’s libel lawsuit over fake news on Anutin’s tea money no cause for concern: Nattapong
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PEOPLE’s leader Nattapong Ruengpanyawut said today (Oct.30) a libel lawsuit recently filed by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul against People’s MP Rukchanok Srinork who had shared a fabricated message online untruthfully accusing him of having received seven million baht in tea money was definitely no cause for concern to him. Nevertheless,
Read morePeople’s working to Bhumjaithai’s advantage over censure move: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE OPPOSITION People’s are apparently working to the ruling Bhumjaithai’s advantage, either inadvertently or purposely, now that the long-awaited censure debate and no-confidence votes have been put off until the second week of December, according to a noted political scientist. Given the latest phenomenon in which the People’s whips just
Read moreCensure debate, no-confidence votes rescheduled for December
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CENSURE debate and subsequent no-confidence votes against Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and 17 other Bhumjaithai members of cabinet were today (Oct.28) rescheduled for December, thus being put off from this week as earlier proposed. Whips of the Anutin II cabinet, the Bhumjaithai-led government and the People’s-led opposition bloc today (Oct.28)
Read moreZhang Family’s asset foreclosure recommended pending probe
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE AUTHORITIES have been suggested to promptly foreclose assets owned by Bhumjaithai MP Suchada Zhang Tansap and her Chinese spouse/money-laundering suspect Taiyang Zhang for fear that they may have been allegedly ill-gotten and could possibly be stashed away whilst pending official investigation. House Committee on Law, Justice & Human Rights
Read moreDSI urged to crack down on Shuffle casino suspects in Thailand
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DEPARTMENT of Special Investigation was today (Oct.27) encouraged to take legal action against those allegedly involved in the Shuffle.com casino online including Bhumjaithai MP Suchada Zhang Tansap’s spouse Taiyang Zhang, among others, in Thailand. House Committee on Law, Justice & Human Rights Chair/People’s MP Rangsiman Rome strongly suggested that
Read moreEx-Move Forward member nabbed for mudslinging Anutin with 7-million-baht tea money
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FORMER member of the court-dissolved Move Forward was today (Oct.26) arrested on charge of forging a bank transaction supposedly worth seven million baht in tea money to defame Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, the police said. The former male member of the Move Forward, dissolved by court and literally turned
Read moreCryptocurrency is not the villain in ‘Shuffle’ case: Korn
THE scandals surrounding the Zhang family and their links to online casino, namely Shuffle.com, highlights how blockchain leaves a trail that can be used to root out illicit activity while cryptocurrency itself should not be cast as the villain, Korn Chatikavanij, deputy leader of the Democrat Party and former finance minister, said today (Oct.
Read moreZhang family suspected of holding cache of casino-issued digital tokens
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NOTORIOUS Zhang family has been suspected of still holding an undisclosed cache of digital tokens issued by an online casino, namely Shuffle.com, though they may already have sold off their paltry share in it, former Democrat MP Sirichok Sopa said today (Oct.22). The Shuffle tokens each of which is
Read moreKlatham MPs tipped to get ‘dismissed’, then skip over to Bhumjaithai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST, if not all, of the 58 Klatham MPs including de facto party boss/leader Thammanat Prompao might probably cast votes of confidence for Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and other Bhumjaithai members of cabinet following an approaching censure debate so that they all would likely get “dismissed” from their “independent” party
Read moreAbhisit ridicules Anutin over response to Zhang scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva today (Oct.21) ridiculed what appeared to be his current successor Anutin Charnvirakul’s mentality in response to scandals surrounding Bhumjaithai MP Suchada Zhang Tansap’s and her spouse Taiyang Zhang’s previous interest in an online casino and alleged involvement in a transnational money-laundering scam. The former prime
Read moreZhang family’s online casino interest could hold Digital Minister responsible
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN ONLINE casino interest, deemed absolutely illegal in Thailand and previously owned by Bhumjaithai MP Suchada Tansap’s spouse, namely Taiyang Zhang, was apparently intensifying to the extent that it could probably hold Digital Economy & Society Minister Chaichanok Chidchob, son of de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob, responsible. Chaichanok, who
Read moreZhang’s income from purported sale of online casino share to be examined
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE AUTHORITIES were today (Oct.20) prompted to examine a specific income purportedly from the sale of an online casino share held by Bhumjaithai MP Suchada Zhang Tansap’s spouse, namely Taiyang Zhang, and find out whether it may have been literally declared as part of their co-owned assets. Deputy People’s leader/former
Read moreNACC bound to look into Zhang’s online casino stake under asset concealment charges
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL Anti-Corruption Commission was today (Oct.19) asked to find out whether the embattled Bhumjaithai MP Suchada Zhang Tansap and her spouse, namely Taiyang Zhang, may have falsified their declared assets by deliberately concealing potential incomes from an online gambling business registered overseas. Political activist Srisuwan Janya filed the petition
Read moreRukchanok says no to Bhumjaithai dissolution due to Suchada’s ill-gotten donations
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PEOPLE’S MP Rukchanok Srinork today (Oct.16) expressed an ultimate objection to any moves to have the Bhumjaithai, core of the coalition government, dissolved by court only because a certain lawmaker may have made donations in cash to the ruling party whilst her spouse has allegedly owned an online gambling business.
Read moreElection Commission urged to see if Suchada’s cash donated to Bhumjaithai was ill-gotten gains
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION Commission was today (Oct.15) suggested to see whether a specified amount of cash which a notorious lawmaker had earlier donated to the Bhumjaithai, core of the current coalition government, was literally ill-gotten gains which could possibly lead to dissolution of the largest ruling party. Former Democrat MP Sirichok
Read moreKlatham tipped to cast votes of confidence for Bhumjaithai censure targets
By Thai Newsroom Reporters Updated at 7 p.m., Oct. 13, 2026 THE “INDEPENDENT” Klatham under de facto party boss/leader Thammanat Prompao is expected to cast votes of confidence for Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and all other Bhumjaithai-attached members of cabinet targeted under a censure motion, given possibility that the Pheu Thai, the second largest
Read moreSuchada might face charges of getting ‘unusually rich’, concealing assets
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BHUMJAITHAI MP Suchada Zhang Tansap might probably be charged with getting “unusually rich” and concealing a total, factual amount of assets which she may share with her spouse Taiyang Zhang, a serial entrepreneur in crypto industry and online casino business who is currently suspected of involvement in a transnational money-laundering
Read moreBhumjaithai MP’s spouse-turned-scam suspect found out as owner of online casinos
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TAIYANG ZHANG, spouse of Bhumjaithai MP Suchada Zhang Tansap, was reportedly found to own online casinos overseas, thus fueling suspicions of his having been involved in a transnational money-laundering scam. Taiyang, an Australian national of Chinese descent, was reported to have ownership of the highly lucrative casinos, namely Natural Nine
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