Sub-district administration chief held for extorting cash from contract workers
POLICE and National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) officials raided the office of Nong Mi Sub-district Administration Chief in lower northeastern Si Sa Ket province and arrested him for extorting cash from 28 contract workers to renew their agreements, threatening to eliminate their positions if they failed to pay up, PPTVHD36 said this afternoon (Sep. 17). […]
Read MoreSenior 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 MoreTwo former tourism department heads face graft charges
THE NATIONAL Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has gathered sufficient evidence to take legal action against two former directors-general at the Tourism and Sports Ministry for corruption in the procurement of exercise equipment for the development of recreational and health tourism destinations, PPTVHD 36 said late afternoon today (Oct. 8). Mr. Surapong Intarathaworn, the graft agency’s […]
Read MoreFormer Phuket Airport deputy chief held on graft charges
A FORMER deputy director of Phuket Airport was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport upon arrival from overseas on charges of corruption in mishandling garden decoration contracts for Thailand’s main airport worth 7.1 million baht, TV Channel 7 said today (Sep. 26). A National Anti-Corruption Commission and Immigration Bureau 2 team apprehended Mr. Manas (surname withheld), […]
Read MoreHousing estate juristic chairman, manager held for bribing officials
THE JURISTIC chairman and manager of a luxury housing estate in Bangkok’s Bang Khun Thian district were arrested yesterday (Sep. 5) on charges of bribing officials much to the relief of residents who have been living in fear for years with some of them even beaten up, Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Col. Phermwut Pratumrat, […]
Read MoreGraft, bribery suspected over Chinese submarine project
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NAVY’S DELAYED procurement project for a Chinese-built submarine was suspected to be riddled with corruption and kickbacks involving a civilian “keyman”, among others. People’s MP Rangsiman Rome, who concurrently performs as chair of the House Committee on State Security, Thai Border Affairs, National Strategies & National Reforms, said today […]
Read MoreBhumjaithai MP gets jail in Khon Kaen cooperative graft case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BHUMJAITHAI MP Ekarat Changlao has been today (April 17) sentenced by court to multiple terms in prison on charges of embezzlement and forged documentation pertaining to finances of the Khon Kaen Teachers Savings Cooperative. The Khon Kaen Provincial Court today ruled the Bhumjaithai MP of the northeastern province guilty of […]
Read MoreWanted temple project graft suspect arrested in Texas
THE former director of the National Office of Buddhism Mr. Nopparat Benjawattananan was provisionally arrested by US marshalls at a hospital in Texas after fleeing to the US in 2017 with alleged millions of baht of kickbacks from a temple renovation and development subsidy project, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Apr. 13). The National […]
Read MoreMonthly pay for senators’ ‘advisers’ funneled to political party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT was seen as an alleged pilferage of the taxpayer’s money, some 10 million baht in monthly pay for persons formally hired as “advisers” to senators has been allegedly siphoned off monthly via “mule accounts” to a certain political party. An army of 138 senators, currently suspected to have […]
Read MoreBhumjaithai MP held guilty of ethical abuse
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BHUMJAITHAI MP NATCHANON Srikorkua is currently charged with perpetrating a severe violation of the code of political ethics for which the Supreme Court will hand out a ruling against him sooner or later. National Anti-Corruption Commission Secretary-General Sarot Puengrampan confirmed today (Jan. 2) that the anti-graft agency has formally held […]
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