DSI 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 […]
Read MoreMedical Council begins to probe Thaksin’s alleged fake-out
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE under the Medical Council of Thailand has today (Jan.16) begun to look into allegations of a fake-out staged by de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra as a former, highly-privileged convict who had stayed at a hospital in lieu of a prison for a six-month period. […]
Read MoreThe iCon Group bosses keep mum while suspicious cash transfers traced
ELEVEN bosses of The iCon Group detained at Bangkok Remand Prison refused to give any statements to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) team nor did they sign to acknowledge the investigation report, TV Channel 7 quoted sources as saying this afternoon (Nov. 21). All 18 bosses of this direct sales company, including the […]
Read MoreOver 144m baht more assets of The iCon Group seized
THE Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) this evening (Oct. 25) ordered the temporary freezing or seizure of additional assets of the The iCon Group and its executives worth over 144 million baht, with its 18 bosses being held in detention after investors complained to police that they had lost hundreds of thousands and up to […]
Read MorePeople’s MP questions polling agency about ‘anonymous petition’ to dissolve Pheu Thai
PEOPLE’S Party MP Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn asked the Election Commission to clarify if an anonymous petition is among the batch that has led to an investigation of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra for allegedly illicitly dominating and steering the largest ruling party, albeit in behind-the-scenes fashion, because if so this is a dangerous […]
Read MorePolice ready to take action against ‘angels’ in iCon case
AFTER detained owner of The iCon Group Mr. Warathaphon Wratyaworrakul, or Boss Paul, confirmed that the voice in two leaked audio clips was his but that the angels mentioned were those in heaven not on earth and he never bribed anyone, a senior police officer said regardless of where the angels are, if they […]
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