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Thai police digitise war against cybercrime
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 30/10/2025
» The Royal Thai Police is stepping up efforts against call centre gangs and online scammers after the government declared cybercrime suppression a national priority.
Ex-National Office of Buddhism boss, actors to join temple saga
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/09/2025
» Actors, comedians, musicians and the former chief of the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) are on the list of witnesses to be grilled in connection with the financial dealings of Phra Alongkot, the disgraced ex-abbot of Phrabat Namphu Temple in Lop Buri.
Probe into ex-abbot widens in hospice temple funds scandal
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 30/08/2025
» Police have widened their probe into the sprawling financial network of the former abbot of Wat Phrabat Namphu, a hospice temple in Lop Buri province, with estimated damages now climbing to 10 billion baht, according to Pol Maj Gen Charoonkiat Pankaew, deputy commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB).
Probe of disgraced ex-abbot Alongkot 'ongoing'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/08/2025
» Police are currently reviewing evidence seized during the raid on Wat Phrabat Namphu and several other locations as part of the investigation into the alleged embezzlement of more than one billion baht in donations by the temple's disgraced former abbot, Alongkot Phoolmook, and his aide, Seksan Sapsubbsakul.
Thailand’s Miss World Opal returns home
News, Sooksodsai Sooksomchitra, Published on 14/06/2025
» Thailand’s history-making Suchata “Opal” Chuangsri, Miss World 2025, arrived home on Saturday to take part in a joyous victory parade along Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok.
‘Flexible’ options help reduce school dropout rate
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 15/04/2025
» Students will be offered flexible, tailor-made education options to encourage them to stay in school, says the Equitable Education Fund (EEF).
DSI presses for iCon indictments
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/04/2025
» Indictments against two celebrities implicated in the high-profile iCon Group fraud case should have gone ahead because they were likely to have participated in managing the business rather than merely acting as product presenters, according to a source in the Department of Special Investigation (DSI).
DSI wants iCon 'actors' charged
News, Published on 08/04/2025
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is pushing for criminal charges against two celebrities embroiled in the iCon Group case, despite prosecutors initially recommending dismissal.
PM tells LA consulate to assist Thais
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 11/01/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has instructed the Consulate-General in Los Angeles to provide full assistance to Thais living in California's Los Angeles County after wildfires destroyed 10,000 residences across 13,750 hectares, killing ten people.
DSI to review decision on 2 celebrities
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/01/2025
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) says it will review the state prosecutors' decision to drop fraud charges against two celebrities allegedly involved in The iCon Group pyramid scheme.