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Elusive Vatana set to weigh in on PAO vote
News, Published on 01/06/2024
» Former Samut Prakan MP and deputy interior minister Vatana Asavahame, 87, claims he will return to Samut Prakan in two months to visit locals after evading corruption charges for 15 years.
Fugitive Vatana shares clip on son
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 02/04/2023
» Fugitive politician Vatana Asavahame, the father of Chonsawat Asavahame, on Saturday sent an audio clip to supporters of his late son, pledging to keep the political group previously led by his son going at both the local and national levels.
Veteran politician dies suddenly after car racing
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/04/2023
» Chonsawat Asavahame, a key political figure in Samut Prakan province, was pronounced dead at the age of 54 yesterday morning after driving in a practice session for a car race in the northeastern province of Buri Ram.
Casino inferno blamed on electrical fault
News, AFP and Bangkok Post, Published on 01/01/2023
» POIPET: An electrical fault caused the devastating Poipet casino fire that killed 27 people, many of them Thais, Cambodian authorities said yesterday.
Vatana case hits roadblock
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 31/10/2020
» There are no legal channels to reopen the investigation into the case in which fugitive former deputy interior minister Vatana Asavahame was sentenced by the Supreme Court in 2008 for abuse of power in a case linked to the Klong Dan wastewater treatment scandal, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said.
New evidence submitted in push to clear Vatana
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 01/10/2020
» Firebrand activist Srisuwan Janya has submitted new evidence related to a case in which former deputy interior minister Vatana Asavahame was sentenced by the Supreme Court in 2008 for abuse of power in a case linked with the Klong Dan wastewater treatment scandal.
Vatana 'innocence' claim faces scrutiny
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 21/04/2020
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will look into a claim by an activist that the agency had no evidence proving former deputy interior minister Vatana Asavahame abused his power in a case linked with the Klong Dan wastewater treatment scandal, NACC secretary-general Warawit Sukboon said on Monday.
Vatana to clear name in Klong Dan case: activist
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/04/2020
» Former deputy interior minister Vatana Asavahame, who fled the country in 2008 before the Supreme Court sentenced him for an abuse-of-power case linked with the Klong Dan wastewater treatment scandal, is ready to return to prove his innocence in court, said activist Srisuwan Janya.
Srisuwan asked to help Vatana
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 14/04/2020
» A group supporters of veteran politician Vatana Asavahame from the Klong Dan community in Samut Prakan province yesterday sought help from corruption watchdog Srisuwan Janya to reopen an investigation into malfeasance involving the now-cancelled Klong Dan wastewater treatment project.
Lessons from the Klong Dan court ruling
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 20/07/2018
» Last Friday the 13th must have been horrible for the 11 defendants involved in a court case involving fraud in the 23-billion-baht Klong Dan wastewater treatment project -- a state infrastructure which has been built but left largely unused in Samut Prakan.