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Fresh complaint filed against veteran Thai general Prawit
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 16/09/2024
» A fresh anti-money laundering complaint has been filed against Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, a former deputy premier and leader of the Palang Pracharath Party, concerning one of four audio recordings recently released to the media.
Highway weighbridge officials arrested in huge bribes scandal
Published on 03/09/2024
» Two highways officials in charge of weighing stations and an accomplice have been arested and charged with demanding and receiving bribes from the operators of overloaded trucks.
Property tycoon ‘in coma’, trial postponed
Published on 03/08/2024
» Prosecutors have postponed taking billionaire property tycoon Anant Asavabhokhin to court on charges of money laundering linked to the decade-old Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative (KCUC) embezzlement scandal because he is now in a coma, a source said.
Court accepts class-action suit against Stark auditors
Published on 31/07/2024
» A Thai court will allow a class-action lawsuit against the local office of the accounting firm Deloitte over its audit of scandal-hit Stark Corporation, it said in a document on Wednesday.
Scandal stalks stocks
Published on 22/07/2024
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) was recently hit by an accounting and embezzlement scandal at Stark Corporation, which is estimated to have cost at least 14.7 billion baht in damages to shareholders and stock investors.
Beware of the 'blue' party
News, Published on 20/07/2024
» The June 26 Senate poll and the June 30 Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) chairman election in Pathum Thani have left the country's two largest parties wary of a lurking threat from the third-ranked Bhumjaithai Party.
Trump: Neither unique nor irreplaceable
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 16/07/2024
» Almost everybody who feels obliged to comment about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump is currently insisting that "violence has no place in American politics", but of course it has. Four US presidents have been assassinated while in office, and three others (now including Mr Trump) have been injured in assassination attempts.
Energy Absolute CEO accused of fraud
Published on 13/07/2024
» The Securities and Exchange Commission has accused the two top executives of the renewable energy firm Energy Absolute (EA) of procurement fraud that earned the perpetrators 3.5 billion baht.
Ex-justice minister to lead inquiry into Stark scandal
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/07/2024
» Former justice minister Pongthep Thepkanjana has been appointed as the new head of the government's working group tasked with studying the multi-billion-baht Stark share scandal, replacing Pichai Nilthongkham, who resigned, according to the Ministry of Justice.
Thai court sets July 24 as next hearing date for case to remove PM
Published on 10/07/2024
» BANGKOK - Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday set July 24 as the next hearing date for a case seeking the dismissal of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin as it seeks more evidence.