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Rakesh Saxena freed from jail, will be deported
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/09/2024
» Police have detained Bangkok Bank of Commerce (BBC) collapse kingpin Rakesh Saxena following his release from prison and he will be deported.
Regal exemplar
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/09/2022
» Re: “Crowds brave the night to pay respects,” (BP, Sept 14).
Saxena's last appeal thrown out
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/09/2022
» The Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings against financier Rakesh Saxena, sentencing him to 335 years in prison in three lawsuits in connection with the Bangkok Bank of Commerce (BBC) embezzlement scandal.
Supreme Court upholds rulings against Rakesh Saxena
Published on 12/09/2022
» The Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings against financier Rakesh Saxena, sentencing him to 335 years in prison in three lawsuits in connection with the Bangkok Bank of Commerce (BBC) embezzlement scandal.
Foolish drug war
News, Postbag, Published on 10/08/2019
» Re: "Weed use a 'medical minefield'", (BP, Aug 8). If countries like Canada and the US are not intimidated by threats from the wrong-headed International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) that is stuck in the hysteria-driven mistakes of the ignorant past and vicious drug war heyday, why should Thailand be terrified of its threats to punish good citizens who need other medicines? The whole idea of punishing another group for the perceived crimes of others is morally indefensible, however popular it might be in the sanctions imposed by US presidents intent on forcing others to bow to their populist will.
Stuck in the middle over Araibi affair
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 18/02/2019
» Among those involved in the case of Bahraini refugee footballer, Hakeem al-Araibi, which culminated in his return to Australia, was Chatchom Akapin, director-general of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG)'s International Affairs Department,who admits staff were worried about how it would turn out.
Court to hear AlAraibi extradition case
Published on 11/12/2018
» The Criminal Court has scheduled an extradition hearing on Tuesday for a former member of the Bahrain national football team, now wanted political crimes.
'No govt meddling' in parole
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 05/10/2018
» The Corrections Department insists it was not ordered to discharge former agriculture minister Chucheep Hansawat and his former secretary, Witthaya Thienthong, from prison, saying the two merely met the criteria for parole.
Eleven get 3-20 years' jail for BBC embezzlement
News, Post Reporters, Published on 31/03/2018
» Eleven people have been sentenced in the Appeal Court to between three years and 20 years in prison for violating laws on securities and the stock exchange, in connection with the Bangkok Bank of Commerce (BBC) embezzlement scandal.
Regime's best-laid plans still subject to folly
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 15/01/2018
» Was Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon really serious when he issued a stern warning to officials of the Foreign Ministry, the Office of the Attorney-General and police that they could face malfeasance in office charges under the Criminal Code if they do not try hard enough to have fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra sent back home to face the music?