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Indonesia seize luxury yacht linked to 1MBD investigation
Reuters, Published on 28/02/2018
» JAKARTA: Indonesia on Wednesday seized a luxury yacht on the island of Bali sought by the US Department of Justice as part of a multi-billion dollar corruption investigation linked to Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MBD), police said.
Economists see stability in Xi supremacy, Chinese eye exit
AFP, Published on 28/02/2018
» BEIJING: As Xi Jinping marches toward presidency for life, economists are lauding the stability of his continued rule but the move has caused some Chinese people to consider moving assets, or themselves, abroad.
Packed prisons spur ankle bracelet trial
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/02/2018
» Electronic ankle bracelets will be used on offenders in lieu of jail terms at 23 courts nationwide Thursday under a pilot project to ease overcrowding in prisons.
Welfare centre graft 'extends to ministry's chief'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/02/2018
» The permanent secretary for the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security Ministry (SDHSM) was involved in irregularities in the spending of state funds for the destitute, according to Pol Gen Adul Sangsingkeo, labour minister and former minister of social development and human security.
Accused poacher Premchai's tusks 'from Africa'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/02/2018
» DNA collected from ivory tusks confiscated at construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta's residence came from African elephants, forensic tests have revealed.
Lack of unity in drug sweep
News, Editorial, Published on 28/02/2018
» The government has launched yet another series of anti-drugs sweep aimed at taming the North. They are part of the decades-old campaign to wipe out trafficking in illicit drugs. Authorities came up with reports to the public that had a very tired look and feel. A one-month "massive" suppression campaign resulted in the arrests of 63 suspects, the seizure of many kilogrammes of drugs and the unsurprising discovery of some 241 million baht of "assets" -- cash, gold, cars and motorcycles, up-scale homes, land and condominiums.
A brave young woman
News, Postbag, Published on 28/02/2018
» Re: "Nagging conscience spurred whistleblower", (BP, Feb 26).
Hidden assets earn Pongpat 2 months
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/02/2018
» Lese majeste convict Pongpat Chayapan has been handed an additional two-month jail term after the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office-Holders found him guilty of falsely declaring his assets when he served as chief of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB).
China's Xi shaping up as Chairman Mao of 21st century
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 28/02/2018
» The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) approved a proposal on Monday that the country's president no longer be limited to two five-year terms of office. The National People's Congress will rubber-stamp the change. And that will be the end of three decades of consensus-seeking collective leadership in the CCP. The god-king model is back.