Thai Couple gets maximum term over cash fraud

The Ratchadapisek Criminal Court yesterday sentenced a couple to 1,562 years in prison for embezzling Bt2.1 million through the use of electronic cash cards issued to Retailink (Thailand) employees to pay for petrol. However, Retailink employee Sudawadi Rodmanee and her boyfriend, Shell petrol station employee Pathorn Chingduang, ended up getting just 20 years in jail […]

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Ban Ki-moon offers Thailand help to further reconciliation

UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has offered to help Thailand’s reconciliation efforts through broad-based dialogue following the April-May political riots. Mr Ban told a news conference yesterday he discussed Thailand’s political situation with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva in talks lasting 45 minutes. He said he hoped the dialogue on national reconciliation would be conducted in good […]

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