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City ramps up security for Quds Day

News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/03/2026

» Bangkok police have stepped up security ahead of International Quds Day on Friday, monitoring potential protests and sensitive sites amid concerns that tensions linked to conflict in the Middle East could spark unrest.

THAILAND

National Anti-Corruption Commission takes up PM's phone call case

News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/07/2025

» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has unanimously agreed to set up a panel to investigate suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for alleged ethical misconduct, in connection with the audio clip featuring a controversial phone conversation between her and Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen.

THAILAND

Hospital says temple holding back

News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/05/2025

» Mettapracharak Hospital says it has not received any donations or financial support from Wat Rai Khing for more than three years, despite the presence of donation boxes at the temple collecting funds for the hospital.

THAILAND

Rakesh Saxena freed from jail, will be deported

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/09/2024

» Police have detained Bangkok Bank of Commerce (BBC) collapse kingpin Rakesh Saxena following his release from prison and he will be deported.

THAILAND

Chaikasem ‘had no role’ in lawyer’s bribery case

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/08/2024

» Chaikasem Nitisiri, a former attorney-general and prime ministerial candidate of the governing Pheu Thai Party, had no part in a 2008 decision not to indict Pichit Chuenban on a court bribery charge, according to the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG).

THAILAND

Court reduces Suthep's jail term to 1 year

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 27/06/2024

» The Court of Appeal on Thursday reduced the prison sentence of Suthep Thaugsuban, convicted of leading the Bangkok Shutdown political protests in early 2014, from five years to one year, with no suspension, according to Mr Suthep’s lawyer Sawat Charoenpol.

THAILAND

Supreme Court upholds death penalty for ex-minister

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 27/06/2024

» The Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against former deputy commerce minister Banyin Tangpakorn for the murder of construction tycoon Chuwong Sae Tang in 2015.

THAILAND

2014 election disrupter avoids jail

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/05/2024

» The Supreme Court has handed an eight-month jail term, suspended for two years, to a protest leader involved in obstructing the general election in 2014.

THAILAND

MFP MP gets 2 years for lese majeste

News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/05/2024

» The Thanyaburi Provincial Court on Monday sentenced Move Forward Party MP Chonthicha Jangrew to two years in prison for royal defamation under Section 112 of the Criminal Code.

THAILAND

Former PTTEP execs face charges in Rolls-Royce bribes scandal

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/04/2024

» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has found grounds to believe that four former executives of PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP) colluded to manipulate the bidding for an equipment procurement contract worth almost a billion baht that was awarded to Rolls-Royce and implemented between 2004 and 2008.