Celebrity son of Thailand’s ‘Mr Clean’ engulfed in crypto scandal

Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum and Ripple cryptocurrency coins
Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum and Ripple cryptocurrency coins. Image: WorldSpectrum / Pixabay.

Surabot Leekpai, the celebrity son of a man dubbed the “Mr Clean” of Thai politics, has been accused of swindling crypto investors out of millions. [Read More…]

Thai military probing soldier’s involvement in police, DSI extortion scandal

MI-17 V5 helicopter at Don Mueang, Bangkok
Royal Thai Army MI-17 V5 helicopter at Don Mueang, Bangkok. Image: Por Khan.

An armed forces fact-finding panel is looking into a soldier’s alleged involvement in the police extortion of millions of baht in exchange for the release [Read More…]

Probe sought into sex scandal allegedly involving former deputy prime minister

Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra with members of her government
Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra with members of her government. Photo: Yingluck Shinawatra / Facebook.

Pheu Thai MP has demanded that party leader, Chonlanan Srikaew, investigate an allegation by a lawyer that a former deputy prime minister in the government [Read More…]

Former Surat Thani school director gets 192 years in prison over school lunch scandal

Makham Tia in Surat Thani District
Aerial view of Makham Tia in Surat Thani District. Photo: Mozhar.

The former director of a kindergarten, in Thailand’s southern province of Surat Thani, has been sentenced to 192 years in prison, without suspension, for cheating [Read More…]

Veteran politician quits Democrat Party over sexual assault scandal

Former Democrat Party deputy leader Vittaya Kaewparadai
Former Democrat Party deputy leader Wittaya Kaewparadai. Photo: Government of Thailand. CC BY 2.0.

Former Democrat Party deputy leader Vittaya Kaewparadai resigned from the party today (Friday), with a parting warning to the executive committee that the sex assault [Read More…]

Thailand’s anti-graft body ordered to reveal its findings on DPM Prawit’s wristwatch scandal

Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan in 2018
Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan in 2018. DOD photo by Lisa Ferdinando. CC BY 2.0.

The Central Administrative Court has ordered Thailand’s anti-graft watchdog, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), to reveal its findings from an investigation into the expensive wristwatches [Read More…]