Building collapse papers handed over to prosecutors to indict 23 suspects
POLICE submitted over 90,000 pages of their investigation into the collapse of the State Audit Building during the huge earthquake on March 28, centred at Mandalay, Myanmar, to the Attorney-General’s Office with recommendation that all 23 suspects, among them juristic persons and individuals, be indicted, Naewna newspaper said today (July 22). Pol. Maj. Gen. […]
Read MoreBig names in Bhumjaithai suspected of involvement in money-laundering scam
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CERTAIN, HIGH-PROFILED figures among the Bhumjaithai rank and file have been suspected of involvement in money-laundering activities pertaining to alleged irregularities over last year’s senatorial elections, Department of Special Investigation Director-General Yutthana Praedam said today (July 18). Given an in-depth investigation by the DSI into the scandalous, electoral fraud featuring […]
Read MoreElection Commission pressed again to suspend Sawaeng over senatorial rigging scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A GROUP OF PERSONS in reserve position for senators today (April 2) repeated their formal petition for the Election Commission to immediately suspend the polling agency’s secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee from work, pending an in-depth probe into his duty-negligence charges pertaining to last year’s senatorial rigging scandals. The petitioners revisited the […]
Read MoreSenatorial rigging scandals now special case for DSI
By Thai Newsroom Reporters LAST YEAR’S senatorial rigging allegations were today (March 6) collectively handled as a special case for the Department of Special Investigation to find and bring to justice any guilty perpetrators. The Special Lawsuit Committee, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and consisting of 22 high-ranking government officials, today […]
Read More1,200 people to be questioned as witnesses to senatorial rigging scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AS MANY AS 1,200 people including defeated senatorial candidates will likely be questioned by the Department of Special Investigation as personal witnesses to alleged senatorial rigging, bloc-voting shenanigans. The estimated 1,200 witnesses will likely be individually summoned for interrogation by the DSI pertaining to allegations that as many as 138 […]
Read MoreDSI panel’s decision on senatorial rigging scandals put off till March 6
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE COMMITTEE ON SPECIAL Lawsuits under the Department of Special Investigation today (Feb.25) postponed the making of a decision as to whether the agency may address scandals surrounding last year’s senatorial elections as a special lawsuit until early next month. The DSI committee chaired by Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Defence Minister Phumtham […]
Read MoreDSI likely to handle senatorial rigging scandals as special lawsuit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION will likely address scandals surrounding last year’s senatorial elections as a special lawsuit allegedly involving unlawful conspiracy and money-laundering plots, according to partisan sources. The Committee on Special Lawsuits of the DSI, a government agency under direct control of Justice Minister Thavi Sodsong, is scheduled […]
Read MoreOver half of senators allegedly involved in electoral rigging
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AS MANY AS 138 senators would probably be suspected of alleged involvement in rigging, bloc-voting shenanigans during last year’s senatorial elections, a partisan source said today (Feb.18). Of a total of 200 senators, no less than 138 would probably be accused of getting involved in electoral fraud which landed them […]
Read MoreDSI likely to probe scandals over senatorial race riggings
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION will likely launch investigation into allegations that last year’s senatorial elections were blatantly riddled with vote-buying, rigging shenanigans, a partisan source said over the weekend. DSI Director-General Yutthana Praedam who himself has recently received a refreshed petition from a defeated senatorial contestant at the agency’s […]
Read MoreDSI to probe actress Tangmo Nida’s drowning death
THE Department of Special Investigation today (Jan. 22) accepted the case of late actress Pataratida Patcharawirapong, or Tangmo Nida, drowning in Chao Phraya river during a speedboat trip in February 2022 for investigation but it is as yet not in the category of a special case, Amarin TV said. DSI’s Director-General Pol. Maj Yuthana […]
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