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THAILAND

Chinese-controlled coconut firms keeping Thai farmers poor

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/03/2026

» Police say that Chinese companies hiding behind Thai nominees illegally control aromatic coconut production in Ratchaburi province, hurt Thai farmers by keeping farm prices very low, and make huge profits from exports.

THAILAND

'Lawyer Tum' gets confiscated funds back

News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/02/2026

» The Civil Court yesterday ordered the return of more than 74 million baht in seized assets to prominent lawyer Sittra Biabangkerd, widely known as "Lawyer Tum", and his wife, ruling that authorities failed to provide sufficiently strong evidence to support forfeiture under anti-money-laundering laws.

THAILAND

Call-centre gangs shift to using corporate accounts

News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/01/2026

» The Anti-Online Scam Centre (ACSC) has uncovered a new operational model used by call-centre gangs, which have shifted from using individual mule accounts to corporate "mule accounts" to defraud victims, evade scrutiny, and launder larger sums of money, police said.

THAILAND

'Mule' accounts proliferate

News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/01/2026

» The term "mule account" -- once obscure, now widely recognised -- has become synonymous with financial crime in Thailand.

THAILAND

Briton, five Thai women arrested for investment scam

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/01/2026

» A British man and five Thai women have been arrested for allegedly luring more than 400 Thai and foreign victims — many of them retirees in Pattaya — into an investment scam with promises of exorbitant stock trading returns.

THAILAND

Bail recipients get counselling

News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/01/2026

» Psychosocial counsellors appointed by the courts are playing an important role in preventing defendants released on bail from reoffending, easing mental strain during judicial proceedings and reducing reliance on financial sureties, court officials say.

THAILAND

 Police amass evidence in bribery case

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 31/12/2025

» The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) says it has gathered substantial evidence in a high-profile bribery case involving former deputy national police chief Surachate Hakparn, with senior police officials set to brief the media on Jan 5.

THAILAND

'Grey capital' rears its head

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/12/2025

» In recent weeks, photographs showing controversial foreign businessman Benjamin Mauerberger, also known as Ben Smith, and Yim Leak with several Thai politicians have gone viral, sparking questions about possible links to so-called grey capital networks.

THAILAND

Ex-People's Party MP gets prison term for forged conscription exemption

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/12/2025

» Former People’s Party MP Jirat Thongsuwan was sentenced to two years in prison by the Criminal Court on Tuesday, with no suspension, for using a forged official document exempting him from military service.

THAILAND

Reporter's death ruled suicide

News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 14/12/2025

» Police have concluded Channel 8 journalist Nattawut Ponglangka took his own life by ingesting potassium cyanide, following a detailed investigation that has led to one charge.