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Malfeasance net catches more fish
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/03/2018
» Five high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) could be punished this week for alleged malfeasance in connection with the embezzlement of state funds originally destined for the underprivileged, Minister Anantaporn Kanjanarat says.
Fund probe finds no colluders
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/03/2018
» The probe into an embezzlement scandal involving the Sema Phatthana Chiwit Fund will be concluded by Songkran or the end of April at the latest, Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin said Wednesday.
More monks in crosshairs over theft
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/03/2018
» Police are poised to act against state officials and monks in their third crackdown on another 10 temples allegedly involved in siphoning more than 100 million baht from a Buddhism development fund.
33 jailed, to pay B1bn damages for lottery tickets scam
Online Reporters, Published on 29/03/2018
» Thirty-three defendants, including executive officers of cooperatives and companies, have been sentenced to jail terms of 2-11 years and ordered to pay more than one billion baht in compensation to 13 savings cooperatives over a 2009 lottery scam.
Fraud probe pins top guns at ministry
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 30/03/2018
» A preliminary probe has confirmed the permanent secretary of the Social Development and Human Security Ministry (SDHSM) and his deputy are implicated in the nationwide embezzlement scandal involving funds intended for the destitute, Social Development and Human Security Minister Anantaporn Kanjanarat said Thursday.
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.
26 in destitute fund probe crosshairs
News, Post Reporters, Published on 31/03/2018
» The Social Development and Human Security Ministry (SDHSM) has set up a panel to conduct a sweeping disciplinary probe against 26 officials implicated in the embezzlement scandal involving the destitute fund.
Activating one's moral compass
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 02/04/2018
» Not a day goes by that we don't read about corruption scandals in the newspapers. The most despicable are often the ones in which the victims are society's downtrodden.
Scholarship students left high and dry
News, Published on 02/04/2018
» A Lampang nursing college has complained 30 of their students entitled to scholarships under the embezzlement-hit Sema Phatthana Chiwit Fund have not yet received the money from the Education Ministry's scheme aimed at helping vulnerable young women.
Malaysia approves anti-fake news bill ahead of polls
Associated Press, Published on 02/04/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's parliament on Monday passed a new law prohibiting fake news that critics fear will be abused to silence dissent ahead of a general election.