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Padipat critised over barbecue 'meeting'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/08/2023
» Deputy House Speaker Padipat Suntiphada has come under fire after spending his parliamentarian allowance on treating 370 caretakers for an all-you-can-eat buffet on Friday evening.
EC defends end to party loan probe
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/09/2020
» The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday defended its decision to end a probe into illegal loans allegedly obtained by 31 political parties, a move that cleared the parties of wrongdoing, saying its examination into their finances was in line with the Political Parties Act.
NACC busts school kickbacks
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/09/2019
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on Wednesday ruled that the former director of Samsenwittayalai School and other two colleagues committed severe violations and broke several laws by taking parents' money in exchange for enrolling their children in the well-known school.
Prayut vows to punish fund embezzlers
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/07/2017
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has vowed to punish all state officials involved in the 60-million-baht embezzlement from the government's temple maintenance funds, which has marred the image of many well-known temples both in Bangkok and upcountry.
PM urged to axe 'corrupting' school quotas
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/06/2017
» Anti-corruption advocates have petitioned Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to scrap special quotas which allow schools to earmark discretionary places for certain students, to ward off possible graft.
Public sector fundraising amendments pledged
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/06/2017
» The government is amending a set of regulations governing fundraising by the public sector to ensure transparency and prevent misuse of funds, says PM's Office Minister Ormsin Chivapruck.
Regulator takes temple TV off air
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/12/2016
» The national telecom regulator has ordered Wat Phra Dhammakaya's satellite TV station off the air for 15 days following a request by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), which plans to raid the temple to arrest embattled former abbot Phra Dhammajayo.
Surgeons, director accused of stealing organs cleared
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/09/2016
» A former hospital director and two surgeons accused of stealing a kidney and liver from a patient have been cleared by the Supreme Court of any wrongdoing.
Dhammakaya to petition Amlo to unfreeze accounts
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/08/2016
» Wat Phra Dhammakaya will petition the Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) to cancel an order freezing the temple's assets and those of its abbot Phra Dhammajayo worth over 50 million baht.
Bangkok Governor quizzed over private funding
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/07/2016
» The Democrat Party called on Bangkok governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra Sunday to respond to an allegation that City Hall sought cash donations from businesses for the Aug 7 referendum campaign.