Newly-named NACC chief facing ouster bid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A REFRESHED PETITION in pursuit of an ouster of the newly-named National Anti-Corruption Commission Chair Suchart Trakulkasemsuk has been planned by former deputy police chief Surachate Hakparn to be filed shortly at parliament. Surachate, who was dismissed last year as deputy police chief over kickback scandals, has planned to submit […]
Read MoreNACC probe panel lobbied to lift Thaksin’s fake-out case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE UNDER the National Anti-Corruption Commission has been intensely lobbied and pressed to waive an historic case of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s alleged fake-out at Police Hospital, according to a partisan source. For fear of not only involving the billionaire power player, previously officially viewed […]
Read MoreGraft agency drags its feet on Thaksin’s hospital stay
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a dilly-dally, bureaucratic red-tape tradition, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is definitely not going to decide any time soon as to whether to launch a truthful inquiry into de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s alleged fake-out at Police Hospital until next February, a senior […]
Read MoreBangkokians warned big building sites still unsafe
AFTER some hair-raising accidents at construction projects in Bangkok last year, Democrat Party’s deputy leader who is also a professor in civil engineering warned that residents are still risk of being killed or injured at big building sites thus should support his campaign to set up an independent organisation to monitor them, TV Channel […]
Read MorePita cleared in first round of polling agency enquiry over ITV shares
THE ELECTION Commission’s investigation committee has ruled that a petition to investigate and disquality Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat for holding a tiny fragment of 0.0035% shares of non-operating ITV channel should be dismissed, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Aug. 14). However the polling agency’s subcommittee has still to decide whether further investigation […]
Read MoreMPs-designate verification tipped to be announced next Wednesday
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION WILL LIKELY declare the verification of most MPs-designate around next Wednesday following the May 14 election. A total of 329 MPs-designate successfully running in constituency-based mode plus 100 others vying in party-listed mode have been so far verified, leaving 71 others currently under probe on grounds of […]
Read MoreMPs-designate verification pending probe of 71 constituency winners
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE LONG-AWAITED VERIFICATION of MPs-designate is still pending investigation by the Election Commission into petitions earlier filed against a number of those who scored victories in constituency-based mode for the May 14 election, said a source in the polling agency today (June 14). Of a total of 400 MPs-designate who […]
Read MorePolling agency urged to speed up verification of MPs-designate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters POLITICAL ACTIVISTS TODAY (June 14) pressed the Election Commission to speed up the verification of the MPs-designate who have scored victories in the May 14 election now that the nationwide race has already elapsed a full month. Those activists led by iLaw group peacefully gathered at the Election Commission headquarters […]
Read MoreMP-designates to be verified sooner than scheduled: Itthiporn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A MINIMUM OF 95% OF A total of 500 MP-designates will likely be verified by the Election Commission sooner than a 60-day time as maximumly provided by law, confirmed the polling agency’s chairman Itthiporn Boonprakhong today (Jun 3). Though the Election Commission is legally given a maximum of 60 days […]
Read MorePetition to probe Prayut’s ‘use of govt property to gain popularity’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION was today (Mar.17) petitioned to investigate the allegedly illicit use of government property and personnel in a popularity-wooing campaign specifically arranged for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Somchai Srisutthiyakorn, head of the Thai Liberal strategic policy steering team, petitioned the Election Commission to conduct a thorough probe and […]
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