Tag: Scandal
Celebrity son of Thailand’s ‘Mr Clean’ engulfed in crypto scandal
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
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
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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
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 resigned from the party today (Friday), with a parting warning to the executive committee that the sex assault [Read More…]
Facebook’s scandals and outage test users’ frenemy relationship
When Facebook was down for most of the day on Oct. 4, 2021, did you miss it, were you relieved or some of both? Social [Read More…]
Thailand’s anti-graft body ordered to reveal its findings on DPM Prawit’s wristwatch scandal
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…]
Scandal-hit Pol Gen Wirachai Songmetta replaced
Assistant police chief Pol Lt Gen Piya Uthayo has been appointed a deputy police chief, replacing Pol Gen Wirachai Songmetta who was removed over a [Read More…]