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Ex-minister sentenced to 3 years in B30m kickback case
Online Reporters, Published on 01/11/2025
» Former cabinet minister Witoon Nambutr has been sentenced to three years in prison for demanding a 30-million-baht bribe in exchange for securing a state construction project more than a decade ago.
NACC sets sights on Witoon over B30m kickback demand allegation
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/07/2022
» Former deputy Democrat Party leader Witoon Nambutr could face prosecution for allegedly demanding 30 million baht in kickbacks related to a state utility construction project in 2013 and 2014, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) says.
Faux pas by govt critics
News, Published on 06/02/2021
» A censure debate may be the opposition's most potent weapon to shake the government or even bring it to it knees. This year's one, however, has got off to quite a rocky start.
Pheu Thai tipped to prevail in Isan
News, Published on 19/03/2019
» The Pheu Thai Party will continue to dominate in the Northeast, but is unlikely to pull off a landslide victory like it did in the 2011 general election, according to veteran politicians and academics in the region.
Abhisit denies rift over party-list rankings
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/02/2019
» Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva is downplaying reports of a rift in the party, after one of its leading members complained about the low party-list ranking he was given.
Regime 'strays from the path of reform'
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 22/01/2018
» Deputy Democrat Party leader Nipit Intarasombat has offered his take on why Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will prefer to be an unelected prime minister after the general election.
Flashy Prawit risks tainting PM's image, says Abhisit
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/01/2018
» The luxury wristwatch scandal embroiling Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon is undermining the credibility of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, says the Democrat leader.
The isan 'Problem'
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 10/08/2014
» Throughout history, Isan has seen "revolts", "mad people's movements", "segregation bids" and "communist domination". Anthropologist Charles Keyes writes in his book Finding Their Voice: Northeastern Villagers and the Thai State that the 1901 Phu Mi Bun uprising in Isan, which followed economic restrictions and tax burdens, foreshadowed the subsequent challenges by rural northeasterners to the Thai state's authority.
Dems attack Chatt's dredging contracts
News, Published on 26/11/2012
» Deputy Interior Minister Chatt Kuldiloke has been accused by the opposition of improperly approving 26 canal-dredging projects which cost a total of 120 billion baht.