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THAILAND

Ex-Move Forward MP sentenced to jail for election fraud

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/03/2026

» RAYONG — The Rayong Provincial Court on Monday sentenced Nakhonchai Khunnarong, former MP of the now-defunct Move Forward Party (MFP), to one year in prison without suspension for contesting the 2023 general election despite being disqualified and for giving false information to an election official.

THAILAND

Woman jailed for ‘Face Off’ cosmetic surgery scam

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 31/07/2025

» The Criminal Court sentenced Xeping Chaiyasan to four years in prison for defrauding the public through a cosmetic surgery scheme known as “Face Off.”

THAILAND

Charges mount against woman at centre of temple sex scandal

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/07/2025

» Police charges are mounting against the 35-year-old woman known as “Sika Golf” who allegedly had sex with many senior monks at well-known temples in many provinces and also blackmailed them.

THAILAND

Sangha Act to be revised after senior monks' sex scandals

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/07/2025

» The Sangha Supreme Council (SSC) will form a special committee to revise monastic regulations following a high-profile sex scandal involving 11 monks and a woman known as “Miss Golf”.

THAILAND

Fugitive monk surrenders in temple fund case after 7 years on run

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/06/2025

» A fugitive former assistant abbot of Wat Samphanthawong in Bangkok has returned from Germany and surrendered in connection with a temple fund embezzlement case, seven years after fleeing Thailand.

THAILAND

Arrest warrants issued for Premchai, 16 others over SAO building collapse

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/05/2025

» The Criminal Court on Thursday approved arrest warrants for 17 people, including construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta, in connection with the collapse of the 2.1-billion-baht State Audit Office building in Bangkok, triggered by the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in central Myanmar on March 28. 

THAILAND

Colonel, doctor accused of B60m medical fraud at veterans’ hospital

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/03/2025

» Police have arrested a retired colonel and a doctor at the Veterans General Hospital for alleged embezzlement through the resale of overprescribed medication worth about 60 million baht.

THAILAND

Police panel sacks Surachate

News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/03/2025

» Pol Gen Surachate "Big Joke" Hakparn, a former deputy police chief, was fired on Friday by a police disciplinary committee over his alleged involvement in an online gambling network.

THAILAND

‘Big Joke’ to be fired without a pension

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/03/2025

» A police disciplinary committee on Friday resolved unanimously to fire Pol Gen Surachate “Big Joke” Hakparn, a former deputy police chief, over his alleged involvement in an online gambling network. He will not receive any pension.

THAILAND

Others sought in ex-MP's murder

News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/01/2025

» Police are hunting for accomplices involved in the shooting death of a former Cambodian opposition MP, with a warrant being issued for the arrest of the spotter suspected in the slaying.