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Work starts on long-delayed $9bn casino in Japan
Published on 24/04/2025
» A quarter-century after gambling resorts were first proposed in Japan, officials have finally broken ground on construction of what could become Asia’s highest-grossing casino.
PM orders serious anti-vaping action
Post Reporters, Published on 25/02/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has ordered officials to intensify the suppression of e-cigarettes and amend the law to toughen punishments amid a teen vaping crisis and suspected officials’ corruption in favour of the illicit business.
Eighteen traffic police officers suspended for taking bribes
Gary Boyle, Published on 24/12/2024
» Eighteen traffic police in Udon Thani have been suspended from duty pending an investigation over traffic ticket bribes.
Eighteen traffic police officers suspended for taking bribes
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/12/2024
» Eighteen traffic police in Udon Thani have been suspended from duty pending an investigation over traffic ticket bribes.
'Bibi' and the International Criminal Court
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 27/11/2024
» The indictment of Israel's prime minister, Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, and former defence minister Yoav Gallant by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza has triggered a great deal of public moralising, both pro and con. Almost all of it is missing the point.
Vietnam convicts death-row tycoon of fraud in new trial
Published on 17/10/2024
» A Vietnamese real estate tycoon facing the death penalty for fraud has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty on additional charges, showing the extent of the ruling Communist Party’s determination to crack down on corruption.
Highway weighbridge officials arrested in huge bribes scandal
Published on 03/09/2024
» Two highways officials in charge of weighing stations and an accomplice have been arested and charged with demanding and receiving bribes from the operators of overloaded trucks.
China hands death sentence to ex-banker for taking bribes
South China Morning Post, Published on 29/05/2024
» BEIJING - A court in eastern China delivered a rare death sentence on Tuesday, after finding that a former senior banker accepted bribes worth more than 1.1 billion yuan (US$151 million) in his role with one of the country's top four state asset managers.
School directors jailed over bribes
Gary Boyle, Published on 26/04/2024
» The former director and deputy director of Samsenwittayalai School have each been sentenced to 20 years in prison for taking bribes from six parents in exchange for enrolling their children in 2017.
Educators jailed over ‘tea money’
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 25/04/2024
» The former director and deputy director of Samsenwittayalai School have each been sentenced to 20 years in prison for taking “tea money” bribes from six parents in exchange for enrolling their children in 2017.