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Santi Not Party-Hopping In Bid To Help Prayut Prolong Rule
klauskunkel replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
OK, he is leaving. -
Putin will not attend the APEC leader’s meeting
klauskunkel replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Maybe he can get a doggy bag? -
PayPal no longer available to foreigners in Thailand
klauskunkel replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
However, the age-old tradition of corruption in government is undiminished and those "regulators" can rest easy, no combat coming their way. -
Smart system helps prevent children trapped inside school buses
klauskunkel replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Finally a system that will shift the blame from the driver to where it belongs: the AI. -
Viral Tattoo: Foreigner causes internet stir after weird request
klauskunkel replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
No Rugrats -
How do compare Bangkok with Pattaya and with Chiang Mai?
klauskunkel replied to Goodboybkk's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Bangkok is bigger -
Well, he made it into Wikipdia's Corruption in Thailand article: Sanit Mahathavorn, Bangkok police chief When the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) revealed the asset declarations of new NLA members, it was disclosed that Bangkok police chief Police Lieutenant General Sanit Mahathavorn had received monthly payments of 50,000 baht since 2015 from alcohol conglomerate Thai Beverage PLC as an adviser to the firm.[43] Sanit also serves as a member of the city's alcohol control committee, raising conflict of interest issues. Calls for him to step down from his police post were immediate.[44] In January 2017 a Royal Thai Police investigation confirmed that Sanit is not violating police rules by holding an advisory role with a major alcohol conglomerate.[45] On 1 March 2017, more than two months after the original allegations were made, both Sanit and ThaiBev denied that he was ever employed by ThaiBev and that the report was due to clerical error.[46] Just two weeks after Sanit's denial that he was on ThaiBev's payroll, Thailand's Office of the Ombudsman said that it had obtained his original financial disclosure document and found it certified with his signature. It now appears that there were two versions of Sanit's financial disclosure form, one listing ThaiBev payments and one with no mention of ThaiBev. Unexplained is how the ThaiBev salary did not appear on the version of Sanit's financial disclosure statement posted online by the NACC.[47] In mid-March the Office of the Ombudsman, which had accepted a petition to investigate the case, announced that there is not enough evidence for it to consider and the matter is closed.[48]
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Yes, but Thai Rath failed to mention the two companies' financial involvement with the government party..., maybe a bit dangerous? Here is an excerpt from ISEAS 2021/29 “Thailand’s Elected Junta: The Pluralistic Poverty of Phalang Pracharat” by Paul Chambers (the entire paper is a good read, btw.): PARTY FINANCE Phalang Pracharat has primarily relied on financial infusions from its various factions, on public subsidies, and on private donations. The NCPO initially encouraged wealthy individuals and corporations to support Phalang Pracharat, and enticed them with promised benefits if they did so and threatened less preferential treatment if they did not. The choice proved easy since Phalang Pracharat’s 2019 victory and durability in office were a foregone conclusion. The party has thus since 2019 had the most access to finance of any political party. At least 39 of Phalang Pracharat’s MPs are company directors or in limited partnerships with a total level of capital amounting to 3.25 billion baht (US$108.3 million).[23] Most of these affluent MPs have been party faction leaders. Then there are deeper-pocketed financiers standing in the shadows of the MPs including such leading Thai concerns as Charoen Phokpand, ThaiBev, the Central Group, and Boonrawd Brewery. These concerns have reportedly been willing to contribute much more money than the MPs (though exact amounts are unknown).[24]
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Woman Taken For A Ride By Well-Known Sattahip Garage
klauskunkel replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
"After that she went to Phlu Ta Luang police station to file a complaint but after doing so the policeman who wrote it down forbade her from discussing this case with the media." Anti-Defamation Laws and Police protect Chop Shops. -
Assets Worth Nearly B2bn Impounded from Myanmar Drug Cartel
klauskunkel replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
From the Full Story: officials from the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) and Bangkok police arrested drug suspects of the racket in five cases from 2019 to 2022 and seized from them 3.53 million speed pills, 86.98 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, six kilograms of ketamine and 380 grams of heroin. The officials who were responsible for the arrests and asset seizure will receive rewards worth 464 million baht, equivalent to 25% of the value of the impounded assets, and informants will obtain five percent of the value. amazing -
Thai Democrats threaten to scrap Cannabis and Hemp Bill
klauskunkel replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
the Democrats also stated that they would reimburse from their coffers all the cannabis shops and related businesses that would have to close down.