DSI slaps four charges against 18 iCon Group bosses
THE Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is moving to file four charges against all 18 executives of The iCon Group after going through 300,000 pages documents and questioning 50 witnesses, Amarin TV said today (Dec. 20). Investigation was launched after investors complained to police that they had lost hundreds of thousands and up to […]
Read More9 policemen suspended on charges of extorting cash from foreigner
NINE police officers were suspended from duty after a Vanuatu citizen complained that they had extorted over 5 million baht from him to drop charges of being linked to passport forgery which he denied, Naewna newspaper and TV Channel 3 Plus News said this evening (Nov. 5). Pol. Lt. Gen. Thanayut Wutticharasathamrong, assistant national […]
Read MorePopular Malaysian singer faces drug charges in Thailand
OVER a hundred fans and relatives of a popular Malaysian singer flocked to encourage her after she was arrested together with five others at a hotel in Su-ngai Kolok, Narathiwat, last Friday with 6,060 methamphetamine pills in their possession,TV Channel 7 and TV Channel 3 Plus News said today (Nov. 4). As Pol. Lt. […]
Read MoreThaksin might escape again due to alleged fake-out at Police Hospital
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra might probably manage to escape from jail again if he is freshly charged with alleged premeditated fake-out during a six-month period at Police Hospital, according to a partisan source. Upon last year’s homecoming from self-exile abroad, the father of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra […]
Read MoreLese majeste charges filed against Warner Music Thailand
ROYALISTS filed lese majeste charges against Warner Music Thailand for doctoring a photo of nine Constitutional Court judges with portraits of Their Majesties King Rama IX and King Rama X in the background edited and hidden to promote Charli XCX’s song “The Apple’s Rotten Right to the Core”, Amarin TV said tonight (Aug. 13). […]
Read MoreProvincial prosecutor held on bribery charges
A PROSECUTOR in Nakhon Si Thammarat was arrested today (July 31) on the charges of taking a bribe from a man facing a land grab case just as the victim went to his office to give the second instalment of the payoff, TV Channel 7 said today (July 31). Mr. Niwatchai Gasemmongkol, secretary-general of […]
Read MoreCourt dismisses macau888 online gambling charges against businessman
THE Criminal Court this morning (June 11) dismissed a case against a well-known Thai businessman who was among nine suspects arrested on charges of running macau888 and one other online gambling website and money laundering after an expose by his former girlfriend actress Arisara “Due” Thongborisut, TV Channel 7 said. Mr. Chaiwat “Benz Daemon” […]
Read MoreFrench woman arrested on attempted kidnap, robbery charges
A FRENCH woman was arrested at a hotel in Silom area on the charges of heading a gang that had hatched a plan to kidnap the daughter of a high-society family for 200 million baht ransom, Amarin TV said today (Apr. 19). At 10 p.m. last night Metropolitan Police arrested Ms.Sandra Christina Marie Diersten, […]
Read MoreSenior Phuket policeman ‘just a friend of a friend’ of Swiss man facing charges
IN INVESTIGATING whether any policemen in Phuket were involved in the case about a Swiss businessman who allegedly kicked a female doctor Provincial Police Commander Pol. Maj. Gen. Sinlert Sukhum said a senior policeman seen in a couple of photos socialising with him is just a friend of a friend, TV Channel 7 said […]
Read MoreOAG not deciding on lese majeste case against Thaksin till April 10
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL will remain undecided as to whether to proceed with a lese majeste lawsuit against de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra until April 10. OAG spokesperson Prayut Petcharakhun confirmed today (Feb.19) the agency is not going to decide whether to put forward the […]
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