Ex-top cop denies drug lobby claims
Ex-national police chief Suwat Jangyodsuk on Tuesday denied having lobbied police investigators or agreed to act as a witness in criminal cases connected to a senator allegedly involved in drug trafficking rings.
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Ex-national police chief Suwat Jangyodsuk on Tuesday denied having lobbied police investigators or agreed to act as a witness in criminal cases connected to a senator allegedly involved in drug trafficking rings.
Fugitive and exiled Chinese business tycoon Guo Wengui was arrested on Wednesday (Local Time) in New York on the charge of financial conspiracy to defraud thousands of his online followers out of USD 1 billion, US Department of Justice's Southern District of New York said in a statement.
The national police chief has ordered an investigation into the revocation of a warrant for the arrest of a senator suspected of involvement in a drug and money-laundering case allegedly connected to a Myanmar tycoon.
A local court has sentenced palm oil tycoon Surya Darmadi to 15 years in prison and fined him a record 41.9 trillion rupiah (RM12.3bil) – the first time a penalty for corruption was determined based on losses to the economy, on top of losses to the state.
BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Pheu Thai Party has appointed real-estate mogul Srettha Thavisin as an advisor to Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of party patriarch Thaksin Shinawatra and – according to opinion polls – its most popular candidate for prime minister.