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Where have all the good cops gone?
News, Published on 20/02/2023
» In wake of the various scandals over the past several months, implicating policemen from non-commissioned officers up to generals for involvement in Chinese grey businesses, some people may wonder where the good cops have gone. Or are there good cops in the Thai police force that people can trust?
Criminal charges laid against 10 suspects in triad case
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/12/2022
» Public prosecutors have laid several charges against 10 suspects in cases linke to Chinese businessman and alleged triad leader Chaiyanat "Tuhao" Kornchayanant, according to the Office of the Attorney-General.
Cops will seek to extend Tuhao's wife's detention
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/12/2022
» Police will ask the court to extend the detention of the wife of Chinese businessman and suspected crime boss Chaiyanat "Tuhao" Kornchayanant for further questioning.
Tuhao's wife faces money-laundering charges
Online Reporters, Published on 24/12/2022
» Police have arrested the police colonel wife of alleged Chinese triad leader Chaiyanat “Tuhao” Kornchayanant, who is accused of involvement in the drug trade, and six other people in Bangkok.
The shadow of Tuhao
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/12/2022
» Right on cue, activist Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Association for the Protection of the Constitution, went to the Election Commission on Dec 6 to file a petition calling on the poll regulator to seek the dissolution of two major parties in connection with the high-profile Chinese criminal syndicate allegedly run by businessman and suspected crime boss Chaiyanat "Tuhao" Kornchayanant.
Party denies 'Tuhao' ties
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 05/12/2022
» The Pheu Thai Party and SC Asset Corporation have denied having any links to a Chinese criminal syndicate run by businessman and suspected crime boss Chaiyanat "Tuhao" Kornchayanant, saying foes are trying to ruin the reputation of the party and the company.
Mafia pull alive and well
News, Editorial, Published on 05/12/2022
» Over the past two weeks, police have launched a series of crackdowns on "grey businesses" in several provinces allegedly linked to the Chinese businessman and alleged triad boss known as "Tuhao".
Pheu Thai Party in crosshairs
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/12/2022
» The Pheu Thai Party has come under fire after a police probe found that many houses owned by a suspected nominee of a Chinese criminal syndicate tied to businessman Chaiyanat "Tuhao" Kornchayanant were developed by a company with members of the Shinawatra family as shareholders.
2011 flood lessons go unheeded
Oped, Danny Marks, Published on 25/03/2020
» Almost 10 years ago, the Thai government faced another huge crisis and unnatural disaster: the 2011 floods which killed over 800 and caused over US$45 billion (1.5 trillion baht) in damage. The damage and losses would have been significantly lower if the Yingluck Shinawatra government had responded more effectively. While the responses needed to the coronavirus certainly differ from a mega-flood, there are numerous lessons that the current Prayut Chan-o-cha government can learn from the mistakes made during the floods and thus how to best handle a crisis. But have they?
Graftbusters reveal B38m surge in Yingluck's assets
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 27/06/2015
» Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra's assets are worth 579.3 million baht, 38 million baht more than when she first took office in 2011, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) said yesterday.