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Jail beckons for Thaksin
News, Published on 27/07/2023
» Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be treated as an elderly prisoner if he returns to Thailand to face his jail term, according to the Department of Corrections.
Court issues arrest warrant for ex-DSI chief
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 02/02/2023
» The Supreme Court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for Tarit Pengdith, the former head of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), believing he intended to tactically delay court proceedings in a malfeasance case brought against him and three other parties.
Court upholds asset seizure rules
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 03/02/2022
» The Constitutional Court has ruled a section of the organic law on the National Counter Corruption Commission (NACC), which stipulates a deadline for assets to be confiscated by the state, complies with the constitution.
Ex-deputy premier Plodprasop jailed
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/03/2020
» Former deputy premier Plodprasop Suraswadi was sent to jail on Thursday after appearing at the Supreme Court for his sentencing for abuse of power.
King gives inmates clemency
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/05/2019
» To mark his coronation and give convicts a chance to turn over a new leaf, His Majesty the King has granted clemency to tens of thousands of inmates, who will either be released or see their sentences reduced.
Ex-DSI chief jailed over transfer
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/03/2019
» The Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced former Department of Special Investigation (DSI) director-general Tarit Pengdith to one year in jail in a case in which he unfairly transferred a senior DSI official in 2012.
As ever, money the root of many evils in 2018
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 30/12/2018
» Former DSI chief Tarit Pengdith may have stolen the headlines this month after he received a one-year prison term for his role in the police station construction scandal. However, the team which he once headed handled a number of high-profile cases in 2018.
Defamation a familiar cry
News, Editorial, Published on 26/12/2018
» In his effort to have former Department of Special Investigation (DSI) chief Tarit Pengdith locked up for "defaming" him when he was a deputy prime minister, political firebrand Suthep Thaugsuban has set another bad example of how politicians have exploited the criminal defamation law to silence and punish their critics.
NACC told to hasten cop station probes
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/12/2018
» The United Lawyers for Rights and Liberty is pressing the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to speed up probes into irregularities in police station construction projects, saying the anti-graft agency would be held to account if they failed to do so.
Court gives ex-DSI chief a year in jail
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/12/2018
» The Supreme Court has given a one-year jail term to Tarit Pengdith, former chief of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), for defaming former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban in a suspected graft case concerning the construction of police stations.