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'Oak' to learn his fate in November
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/05/2019
» Panthongtae "Oak" Shinawatra, son of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is to learn his fate over his money-laundering case in November.
French prosecutors want ex-athletics boss Diack to stand trial: sources
AFP, Published on 20/05/2019
» PARIS - French prosecutors have recommended that the former head of athletics' governing body IAAF, Lamine Diack, and his son stand trial for allegedly delaying doping sanctions against Russia in return for payment, sources told AFP Monday.
Democracy farce
News, Postbag, Published on 20/05/2019
» The state of democracy reached in the US and Thailand is miserable, in similar but different ways. The interests of the poor and ordinary wage-workers are diluted in both countries. In the US, this happpens within only two big parties where money and the elite set their agenda over the interests of the majority of the voters who always and everywhere in the world are the wage-workers.
'Thieving' monks sent to jail
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/05/2019
» The former abbot of Wat Sam Phraya, Phra Phrom Dilok, has been sentenced to six months in jail for his involvement in the temple fund embezzlement scandal.
Former Wat Sam Phraya monks jailed
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/05/2019
» The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases has sentenced a former abbot of Wat Sam Phraya and his secretary to six years and three years in jail, respectively, for laundering money budgeted to promote Buddhism into their own pockets.
Former Wat Sam Phraya monks jailed
Online Reporters, Published on 16/05/2019
» The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases has sentenced a former abbot of Wat Sam Phraya and his secretary to six years and three years in jail, respectively, for laundering money budgeted to promote Buddhism into their own pockets.
Ex-Goldman banker pleads not guilty on 1MDB charges in US court
AFP, Published on 07/05/2019
» NEW YORK: A former Goldman Sachs banker pleaded not guilty Monday in New York to bribery and other charges in the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal after being extradited from Malaysia.
Panama's Cortizo wins close presidential vote
AFP, Published on 06/05/2019
» PANAMA CITY - Social Democrat Laurentino Cortizo won Panama's presidential election Sunday in a close race that saw a large number of voters turn out amid concerns over corruption scandals and the country's image as a money-launderer's paradise.
Cambodia charges 3 Chinese with money laundering
Associated Press, Published on 28/04/2019
» PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court has charged three Chinese nationals with money laundering after the men were allegedly caught carrying more than $3.5 million without proper provenance for the money.
Brazil is governed by 'gang of madmen': Lula
AFP, Published on 27/04/2019
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday said the country is governed by a "gang of madmen" in his first interview from prison, where he is serving an almost nine year sentence.