The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF), an international money-laundering watchdog, on Thursday added Thailand, Pakistan, Indonesia, Ghana and Tanzaniato its blacklist of nations that fail to meet international standards. Thailand’s Anti Money Laundering Office Secretary-General Seehanart Prayoonrat said the agency had tried to cooperate with draft laws on this. He attributed the […]
Outgoing Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva warned Election Commission members to speak more carefully in order to avoid putting the military in an awkward position. Although Mr Abhisit did not specify any people or incidents, he was almost certainly referring to Sodsri Satayathum, an EC member who on Saturday warned red shirts pressuring the EC to […]
Complaint over foreign holdings filed with NTC TrueMove yesterday filed a further complaint against Total Access Communication (DTAC) over what it claims is its rival’s foreign ownership. The complaint this time was lodged with the national telecom watchdog, following similar approaches last week to the Crime Suppression Division and the Business Development Department. Read more: […]
BANGKOK, June 12 — Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) is considering a request by the European Union (EU) to send its officials to monitor a general election to be held in the country on July 3 with permission likely to be granted, an EC official said Sunday. Election Commissioner Prapan Naikowit told journalists that the EU […]
