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Government urged to blitz corruption
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 26/03/2018
» The government is under pressure to provide results in its fight against corruption amid the many scandals that have erupted involving state officials.
Official sacked over B88m theft from education fund
Online Reporters, Published on 26/03/2018
» A senior Education Ministry official accused of embezzling at least 88 million baht from a fund to assist students from poor families was fired on Monday.
Fund scandal nets top official
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/03/2018
» A senior official at the centre of a large-scale embezzlement scandal involving an Education Ministry foundation aimed at supporting the education of girls from poor families has been sacked after reportedly admitting to her role in the crime.
Ministry 'errors' led to B120m theft
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 28/03/2018
» The Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) has identified three possible flaws in the Education Ministry's handling of its fund to help vulnerable girls, which possibly led to the embezzlement scandal involving more than 120 million baht in estimated losses.
Malfeasance net catches more fish
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/03/2018
» Five high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) could be punished this week for alleged malfeasance in connection with the embezzlement of state funds originally destined for the underprivileged, Minister Anantaporn Kanjanarat says.
Fund probe finds no colluders
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/03/2018
» The probe into an embezzlement scandal involving the Sema Phatthana Chiwit Fund will be concluded by Songkran or the end of April at the latest, Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin said Wednesday.
More monks in crosshairs over theft
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/03/2018
» Police are poised to act against state officials and monks in their third crackdown on another 10 temples allegedly involved in siphoning more than 100 million baht from a Buddhism development fund.
33 jailed, to pay B1bn damages for lottery tickets scam
Online Reporters, Published on 29/03/2018
» Thirty-three defendants, including executive officers of cooperatives and companies, have been sentenced to jail terms of 2-11 years and ordered to pay more than one billion baht in compensation to 13 savings cooperatives over a 2009 lottery scam.
Fraud probe pins top guns at ministry
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 30/03/2018
» A preliminary probe has confirmed the permanent secretary of the Social Development and Human Security Ministry (SDHSM) and his deputy are implicated in the nationwide embezzlement scandal involving funds intended for the destitute, Social Development and Human Security Minister Anantaporn Kanjanarat said Thursday.
Eleven get 3-20 years' jail for BBC embezzlement
News, Post Reporters, Published on 31/03/2018
» Eleven people have been sentenced in the Appeal Court to between three years and 20 years in prison for violating laws on securities and the stock exchange, in connection with the Bangkok Bank of Commerce (BBC) embezzlement scandal.