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PAD urges watchdog to stand by lawsuit
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 05/05/2016
» Victims of the 2008 crackdown on yellow-shirt protesters petitioned the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) yesterday, to protest against the anti-graft agency's decision to reconsider accusations against the alleged initiators.
Merits of Section 44 as 'cure-all' take flak
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 11/03/2016
» The merits of the interim charter's Section 44 as a "cure-all" remedy for the country's ills have come under fire in the wake of the premier's order to fast-track mandatory environmental impact assessments for megaprojects on Tuesday.
NACC finds taxman with B598m stash
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 02/03/2016
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will seek a court order to confiscate nearly 598 million baht in assets from a former Revenue Department official accused of involvement in a fraudulent value-added tax refund scheme.
Lawyer says charges 'police harassment'
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 10/02/2016
» Human rights lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri has denounced the criminal charges against her as judicial harassment aimed at thwarting her work in defending the rights of her clients.
A land dispute with grave consequences
Spectrum, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 24/01/2016
» ‘The cemetery land used to reach that Bengal almond tree over there,” Diao Thaleluek said, pointing to the tree’s broad, glossy leaves 20 metres from where he was standing. Followed by a swarm of mosquitoes, he took a few steps back, reached down and began to search the ground for a boundary marker.
Web crackdown draws ire
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 24/12/2015
» Academics have slammed the military's iron grip on cyberspace following the 2014 coup.
Top court to rule over Somchai
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 22/12/2015
» The Supreme Court's verdict in the case of lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit's disappearance next Tuesday will set a new standard in cases of enforced disappearances, which may affect the cases of other victims, say rights advocates.
Wissanu pushes for anti-graft revamp
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 21/11/2015
» Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam on Friday advised anti-graft agencies to overhaul the way they work in three ways in order to achieve better results.
BMA 'has no choice' but raze market stalls
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 17/10/2015
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) says it has no choice but to proceed with the eviction of vendors at Saphan Lek Market, otherwise it would violate public order regulations.
Graft-buster jobs draw high-flyers
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 12/10/2015
» Fifty-nine candidates, including judges, state officials and political actors, are competing for spots on the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), as five graft-busters were set to retire last month.