Two 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 […]
Read MoreNACC to see if digital wallet project might overlap a farmers subsidy scheme
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission was today (May 4) petitioned to investigate whether the Pheu Thai-initiated digital wallet project might be illegally implemented in overlapping fashion with an ongoing subsidy programme for some farmers. Political activist Ruangkrai Leekitwatana filed the petition for the NACC to find out whether the digital wallet […]
Read MoreEx-police chief’s spouse ‘seeks British nationality to escape money-laundering charges’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NIPAPAN SUKWIMON, spouse of former police chief Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukwimon, has quietly applied for British nationality in an alleged effort to escape money-laundering charges, said a famed lawyer today (Apr. 30). Also known as “Madame Kookkai”, the spouse of the former police chief who has been suspended from duty […]
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