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Top five political stories of the year
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 27/12/2017
» This year has seen its fair share of political developments and events which have affected, for better or worse, the government and the National Council for Peace and Order.
Boonsong aide 'unusually rich'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/12/2017
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has accused ex-commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom's former secretary of being unusually rich and is seeking the seizure of more than 890 million baht worth of his family's assets.
Amlo freezes assets worth B2.3bn in fake G2G rice deals
King-oua Laohong, Published on 08/11/2017
» The Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) on Wednesday resolved to freeze more assets - worth 2.3 billion baht - in connection with fake government-to-government rice deals sealed during the Yingluck Shinawatra government.
Fresh legal battle looms in rice case
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/10/2017
» Prosecutors are preparing for another legal bout with former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and his former deputy Poom Sarapol following their appeals against the Supreme Court's verdict on their roles in fake government-to-government (G2G) agreements under the corruption-plagued rice pledging scheme.
Yingluck's rice case closed, after no appeals
Online Reporters, Published on 29/10/2017
» The rice-pledging case against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been closed after neither Yingluck nor the Office of the Attorney General had filed an appeal by the Oct 27 deadline, Isra News Agency reported on its website <www.isranews.org>, quoting an OAG source.
NOB head, trader eyed in Amlo freeze
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 11/10/2017
» The Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) will freeze some assets of a former chief of the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) in a temple budget corruption case and impound more valuables from a convicted trader in a rice sales case.
Hypocrisy of double standards
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 01/10/2017
» Thailand's political landscape saw a dramatic change on Wednesday when the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions handed down its verdict to imprison former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra for five years for negligence of her duty as premier.
The other woman
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 01/10/2017
» On the day the Supreme Court threw That Woman out of politics for good, judges from the same Dika Court dealt with a second fugitive.
Poll: Yingluck ruling 'no surprise'
Published on 30/09/2017
» A majority of people have found the Supreme Court’s ruling against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra came as no surprise and will moderately affect the political scene, according to an opinion survey.
Hunt for Yingluck begins (Updated Thursday)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 28/09/2017
» A fresh manhunt has begun for former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra after she was found guilty in absentia of negligence in overseeing a failed rice subsidy scheme and sentenced to five years in prison