Debt among civil servants is at an alarming level, explaining why many are tempted by the opportunity to take easy ‘tea money’ The financial status of Thai civil servants is becoming alarming. The National Statistical Office (NSO) recently reported that the level of debt among civil servants has risen sharply since 2006. The average debt […]
Cynics have long claimed that justice in Thailand is a marketable commodity like almost anything else. A current issue involving a wealthy elderly Swede, accused of multiple cases of sexual abuse of children, financially manipulative lawyers perverting the course of justice and a greedy adulterous judge, have cast a ‘cloud of corruptive gloom’ over the […]
Montenegro has informed Thailand that it will take legal action against convicted ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra if Interpol put Thaksin on its wanted list, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Monday. “Montenegro Foreign Minister (Milan Rocen) had informed me twice in his letters that the action against Khun Thaksin will depend on the Interpol” Kasit said. […]
The Bangkok Post quotes PAD leader Sondhi L as stating: When Thaksin was running the government he was the centre of corruption, but in the Abhisit administration corruption had spread to to all ministries, he said. “I believe there is more corruption now than during the Thaksin administration,” Mr Sondhi said. Asian Correspondent
Thailand says it will resume diplomatic ties with Cambodia after Phnom Penh announced the resignation of ousted Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra as its economic advisor. The two countries recalled their ambassadors in November 2009 amid a row over the controversial appointment. The Thai military removed Mr Thaksin in a coup in 2006, and he has […]
A Hollywood couple was sentenced to six months in prison and six months of home detention following convictions for paying a Thai official $1.8 million in bribes to win a contract to run the Bangkok International Film Festival. Gerald Green and his wife, Patricia Green were sentenced today in federal court in Los Angeles. Prosecutors […]
Two foreign subsidiaries of Virginia-based Alliance One International Inc. pleaded guilty on Friday to bribing officials in Thailand and Kyrgyzstan to secure contracts and purchase tobacco leaf, the Justice Department said. Alliance One International AG, a Swiss corporation, was charged with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act and violations of the anti-bribery and […]
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — A Thai court issued a warrant Tuesday against the country’s ousted prime minister on terrorism charges connected with the violent clashes that crippled Bangkok for weeks, the former prime minister’s lawyer said. Thai investigators claimed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a bloodless military coup in 2006, helped […]
