Ad hoc panel sought to probe NACC’s failure over Saksayam’s asset concealment case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PARLIAMENT President Sopon Zaram was today (June 5) asked by the People’s-led opposition to relay a formal request for the Supreme Court to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s failure to press asset concealment charges against former transport minister/former Bhumjaithai secretary-general Saksayam Chidchob. The […]
Read MoreThanathorn relieved after being acquitted in lese majeste case
THE Criminal Court today (May 28) acquitted Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit in a case under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the lese majeste law, over livestreaming the management of Covid-19 vaccines which was ruled to be directed at former prime minister/coup leader Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha and no malice intended at the […]
Read MorePeople’s MPs vow to slug it out over coup-derived legal battle
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S today (April 24) pledged to slug it out over a legal battle currently besieging reformist legislators, past and present, who remain practically undaunted by a disreputable, sustained legacy of undemocratic rule passed down from a coup to keep them in trouble. In a press conference at a Bangkok […]
Read MorePolice officer linked to whistleblower’s alleged extortion bid faces dismissal
A POLICE colonel who has been charged with joining the head of Crime Victims Assistance Association and four other accomplices in extorting 2.5 million baht from an Immigration police officer to not broadcast allegations of smuggling out Chinese suspects from a detention centre faces dismissal within five days, Amarin TV said today (April 22). […]
Read MoreAMLO seizes additional 8 billion baht assets from scam suspects
THE Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) today (April 9) temporarily seized a second batch of assets worth 8 billion baht from scam suspects Ms. Taengthai, Mr. Yim Liak, Ms. Wirinya Yim ,Mr. Ben Smith, aka Benjamin Mauerberger, and his wife Ms. Katriya Beaver, taking the total to over 20 billion baht, Amarin TV said. Announcing […]
Read MoreAm Cyanide acquitted in one murder case
AFTER being found guilty in two murder cases, serial killer suspect Ms. Sararat Rangsiwutthaporn, dubbed Am Cyanide by the media, was today (Mar. 11) acquitted in the third murder case with the Criminal Court ruling that the prosecution failed to prove the defendant possessed cyanide and that there was no motive for theft, PPTVHD36 […]
Read MoreBen Smith not willing to fight the case: Lawyer
FOLLOWING the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) issuing arrest warrants for Mr. Ben Smith, aka Benjamin Mauerberger, and his wife Ms. Katriya Beaver on charges of transnational investment fraud, his lawyer said today (March 3) that his client is not prepared to fight the case because of lack of trust in the judicial system with […]
Read MoreCourt adds to Arnon’s jail time in Section 112 case
By Amarin TV and Reuters – published by The Straits Times THE Ratchada Criminal Court today (Feb. 20) sentenced jailed activist lawyer Arnon Nampha and three other defendants to two years and eight months in prison without parole for violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the lese majeste law. The other three […]
Read MoreActivist’s Section 112 sentence overturned, gets 3 years in jail
THE Appeals Court today (Jan. 19) overturned the lower court’s verdict acquitting a Samut Prakan activist of charges of violating the lese majeste law, or Section 112 of the Criminal Code, and Section 116, a sedition law, and sentenced him to three years in jail without suspension, Naewna newspaper said. The Lawyers for Human […]
Read MoreImmigration Police release Myanmar murder suspect citing overcrowded detention centres
A MAJOR SCANDAL has erupted at Mae Sot town abutting Myawaddy township in Myanmar, as a neighbouring country’s citizen implicated in the murder of a Thai woman who had employed him to work in her ricefield was released and allowed to return to home because detention centres were overcrowded, Amarin TV said today (Jan. […]
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