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Tarit gets small fine, suspended jail for undeclared wealth
Gary Boyle, Published on 19/01/2018
» Tarit Pengdith, former director-general of the Department of Special Investigation, was on Friday given a suspended three-month jail sentence and fined 5,000 baht for concealment of assets worth tens of millions of baht while in office.
Friends with benefits
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 17/01/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon claimed on Tuesday that "all" of the 24 luxury watches that he has been documented wearing belong to his friends. He added that he would resign from the cabinet only if the national graft-busting agency decides there are sufficient grounds to pursue a case against him.
Parlour tricks
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 15/01/2018
» The Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an investigation into freebies given to police by a local massage parlour.
Catch her if you can
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 12/01/2018
» Officials risk facing malfeasance charges if they make no attempt to hunt down former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon says.
Anupong criticises banks for ID theft saga
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 11/01/2018
» Commercial banks' failure to properly check people who open bank accounts are to blame for the arrest of a young woman unfairly linked to a call centre gang which allegedly opened bank accounts in her name, Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda says.
Infant formula safe and healthy for one-year-olds
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/12/2016
» Health practitioners have insisted that infant formula milk and breast milk substitutes can be given to children under three years of age without harming their development.
Big Chinese banana farms: Water grab & pesticide issues
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/04/2016
» Taking water from local farmers in Chiang Rai now issue, as big Chinese banana farmers banned from Laos for heavy pesticide use move to Thailand.
What's new in business news: July 24, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/07/2015
» Trade talks with Vietnam, gold sinks in longest fall since 1996 & ladyboy crime wave in Pattaya.