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New chief brings fresh air into DSI
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 11/10/2021
» The Department of Special Investigation is an agency whose main task is to administer justice to victims of crime, so its chief is expected to be a well-rounded, relatively senior, and at times, a combative individual.
Senate votes to legalise kratom use
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 24/02/2021
» The Senate has passed an amendment bill removing kratom from the narcotics list during its third reading in the Upper House, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Tuesday.
Sick inmates may receive free pardons
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 02/10/2020
» The Justice Ministry is looking to reduce prison overcrowding by implementing a new policy that would allow sick inmates to seek a royal pardon.
Porlajee 'was murdered'
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 04/09/2019
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is identifying suspects after concluding that missing Karen rights activist Porlajee "Billy" Rakchongcharoen was murdered, following the discovery of a burnt piece of his skull in the reservoir of Kaeng Krachan dam in Phetchaburi province.
The Thai wives who never said 'I do'
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 24/09/2018
» After tying the knot earlier this year, Somjit and her husband visited the Wang Muang district office in Saraburi to register their marriage only to be told she was already married to a man she had never met.
Former perm sec's assets frozen in welfare funds case
King-oua Laohong, Published on 13/06/2018
» The Anti-Money Laundering Office has impounded 88-million-baht of the assets of a former permanent secretary and two former high-ranking officials accused of demanding “change” from state welfare funds for the underprivileged.
B68m aid for Chiang Mai ethnic people disappears
King-oua Laohong, Published on 22/03/2018
» Another corruption case of public funds has been uncovered in Chiang Mai, where ethnic groups said they never received disbursed welfare aids worth almost 68 million baht in total.
Probe exposes widespread welfare fraud
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 12/03/2018
» Alleged irregularities in the 493-million-baht budget allocated last year for underprivileged people has not only led investigators to the masterminds but also exposed extensive fraud committed by state officials.
Ex-Buddhist chief among 9 charged with graft
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 09/01/2018
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has brought charges against former National Office of Buddhism (NOB) chief Phanom Sornsilp and eight other ex-officials for graft in connection with a temple fund embezzlement scandal.