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Educators jailed over ‘tea money’
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 25/04/2024
» The former director and deputy director of Samsenwittayalai School have each been sentenced to 20 years in prison for taking “tea money” bribes from six parents in exchange for enrolling their children in 2017.
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Yingluck a step closer to home?
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 05/03/2024
» The latest acquittal of fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in another lawsuit has brought her one step closer to returning home, according to a political analyst.
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Dept: Don't call Thaksin an 'inmate'
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 17/01/2024
» The Department of Corrections has asked people not to refer to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as a prison inmate to help smooth his future return to society, even though he is serving a jail sentence while in hospital.
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Supreme Court urged to take up Thaksin case
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 13/01/2024
» A protest group has begun collecting signatures in a drive to persuade the Supreme Court to look into the delay by the national anti-graft agency in investigating the extended hospital stay of convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Saksayam must come clean on Covid
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 10/04/2021
» It appears the third wave of Covid-19 in Thailand, with top entertainment venues in the Thong Lor area as its epicentre, is more severe than the previous two rounds. Virologists have detected the UK strain of the virus, which spreads 1.7 times faster than the variants this country has previously coped with. This is alarming.
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PDRC jailings reveal Ratsadorn's fate
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 27/02/2021
» On the one hand, the Criminal Court's verdict on Wednesday, which threw core figures of the now-defunct People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) in jail for their role in the 2013-2014 protests, means a cabinet reshuffle is on the way. Particularly for the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), the ruling is a political windfall for the faction led by Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon who can now tighten his grip on the ruling party.
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PM's words ring hollow over scandals
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 16/01/2021
» Scandals involving gambling dens and migrant labour smuggling, which have been blamed for the latest coronavirus outbreak, are a test of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's leadership.
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Karma will haunt corrupt until the end
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 14/09/2019
» The sight of former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom head down, listening to the Supreme Court ruling on his role in the fake government-to-government (G2G) rice deals contrasted sharply with that of the merriment of his former boss, Yingluck Shinawatra, sharing a sumptuous meal with her brother and fugitive former prime minister, Thaksin, and his youngest daughter.
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Coalition braces for vital budget bill test
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 28/09/2019
» With the 2020 budget bill being tabled in parliament next month, the final countdown has started for the coalition government led by army chief-turned-politician Prayut Chan-o-cha.
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