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PWO official has B5.1m in assets held
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 19/09/2024
» The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases Region 3 has ordered the confiscation of assets worth 5.1 million baht from a Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) official in an unusual-wealth case, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) said on Wednesday.
Thaksin ready to advise daughter, new Thai PM, amid 'tough tasks'
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/08/2024
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Sunday that he was ready to advise his daughter Paetongtarn who, as Thailand's new prime minister, would face tough tasks – but whose humility he believed would secure support from everyone.
Senate panel wants to examine old-rice stockpile
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/05/2024
» The senate committee on consumer protection wants to examine the quality of the old, stockpiled rice the government plans to auction off, and also suspects there are legal problems around its sale.
NACC to eye digital wallet for graft risks
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 04/05/2024
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will continue monitoring the government's digital wallet policy, particularly the planned use of funds from the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) to finance the scheme.
Second committee to vet digital wallet
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 17/02/2024
» The government has defended its decision to have a new sub-committee vet the digital wallet scheme, saying that it is treading carefully with the plan following Move Forward Party (MFP) list-MP comments that the delay might disrupt the economy.
Thaksin lawyer fit for government?
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 30/08/2023
» Eyebrows are being raised as an ex-lawyer is tipped to become a cabinet minister despite having served jail time for contempt of court over the so-called "cash-stuffed paper bag" scandal representing former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a controversial land case in 2008.
PM, opposition clash on budget
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 01/06/2022
» The opposition took aim at the 2023 budget bill, saying the government is being held to ransom by coalition parties over budget allocations while Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha defended it, saying Thailand still enjoys financial and foreign reserve strengths.
Thaksin raps 'bent laws and ungentlemanly military'
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 26/07/2019
» Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has told supporters he went into exile because he did not understand "the democracy of the Bangkok elite".
PM believes Yaowapa is hiding in Thai bolthole
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 19/12/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha believes Thaksin Shinawatra's younger sister, Yaowapa Wongsawat, is "hiding" in Thailand as speculation grows she may face charges in connection with alleged irregularities in the rice-pledging scheme.
Yaowapa still a rice deal target
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 15/12/2018
» An expanded investigation into irregularities in the rice-pledging scheme will not be disrupted even though one of the accused may have fled the country, according to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).