Bribe

  • Crime NewsNonthaburi official arrested over alleged 100,000 baht bribe

    Nonthaburi official arrested over alleged 100,000 baht bribe

    Police arrested the 48 year old director of the New Bang Bua Thong Municipality Public Works Division, in Nonthaburi on allegations of accepting a 100,000 baht bribe in exchange for a building permit. He claims the money was for hiring external engineers and architects. Chayut, accompanied by his lawyer, submitted a letter of clarification and evidence to Police Major General…

  • Thailand NewsCourt upholds six-year prison sentence for former Pheu Thai MP

    Court upholds six-year prison sentence for former Pheu Thai MP

    The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Office yesterday upheld the guilty verdict against former Pheu Thai MP, Anurak Tungpanithanon. The panel of judges confirmed there was no justification to overturn the original bribery ruling. Anurak, formerly representing Mukdahan, faces six years in prison for soliciting a 5-million-baht bribe from then-Chief of the Groundwater Resources Department (GRD) Sakda…

  • Thailand NewsKhon Kaen school deputy caught for soliciting mid-term bribes

    Khon Kaen school deputy caught for soliciting mid-term bribes

    A school deputy director in Khon Kaen has been apprehended by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on the grounds of soliciting tea money from parents for mid-term admissions. The arrest was a result of a parent’s complaint against the deputy director. The school director, according to the complaint, is associated with a school under the Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service…

  • Thailand NewsBang Pla officials arrested in 2.3 million baht corruption scandal

    Bang Pla officials arrested in 2.3 million baht corruption scandal

    A corruption scandal has surfaced in the Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan province, where the 61 year old chairman of Bang Pla Tambon Administrative Organisation (TAO), and his 44 year old secretary, were apprehended today. The duo was accused of demanding a 2.3 million-baht bribe from a local business. The arrest followed a complaint lodged by a business firm…

  • Crime NewsMae Sot officials probed for 30m baht bribes in migrant ID scandal

    Mae Sot officials probed for 30m baht bribes in migrant ID scandal

    In Mae Sot district, Tak province, three Registration Department officials have come under scrutiny for allegedly accepting 30 million baht in bribes to issue identification cards to 700 Myanmar migrants over the last three months. Mae Sot’s mayor, Prasert Puanglakorn, has signed an order temporarily reassigning the implicated officials to non-active posts in other departments while the municipality conducts an…

  • Crime NewsJournalist arrested for allegedly demanding millions in bribe to drop charges in Thailand

    Journalist arrested for allegedly demanding millions in bribe to drop charges in Thailand

    There’s been another bribery scandal in Thailand. A journalist has been arrested in Thailand for allegedly using her connections with a senior police officer to demand 14 million baht from a Chinese suspect in return for having charges against her dropped. National deputy police chief Surachate “Big Joke” Hakparn revealed the arrest on Saturday, stating that Guo Rui, also known…

  • Thailand NewsBangkok official arrested for demanding bribes from real estate company

    Bangkok official arrested for demanding bribes from real estate company

    The revenue department director in the Ratchathewi district of Bangkok was apprehended for soliciting bribes amounting to 3 million baht from a real estate firm in exchange for a tax exemption worth more than 40 million baht. The director, identified as Pramuan, was arrested yesterday at a hotel located in the Ratchathewi area after he arranged a meeting with the…

  • Northern Thailand News3 police in northeast Thailand arrested for taking bribe to free drug suspect

    3 police in northeast Thailand arrested for taking bribe to free drug suspect

    Three police officers in Thailand‘s northeast Kalasin province were arrested on charges of soliciting a bribe to free a drug suspect. The crooked cops were officers at Mueang Kalasin Police Station. Police launched a sting operation to bust the crooked cops after ‘A,’ the sister of the drug suspect, reported that the crooked cops had contacted her and demanded 500,000…

  • Hot NewsFive senior Koh Samui police officers transferred over two criminal case investigations

    Five senior Koh Samui police officers transferred over two criminal case investigations

    Five senior Koh Samui police officers have reportedly been transferred over two criminal cases on the island. Surat Thani provincial police chief, Sathit Phonphinit, signed the order to transfer the officers pending factual evidence in the two cases. The order was carried out on Wednesday, one day after it was signed. One of the criminal cases being investigated allegedly involves…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Update | Only Fans Girl “Shoots herself in the foot”

    Thailand News Update | Only Fans Girl “Shoots herself in the foot”

    The cabinet eventually caved in this week by agreeing to cut the excise tax on diesel by three baht per litre, from the current 6 baht tax. This will for up to three months to help ease the impact of high energy prices on the cost of transport and consumer goods in Thailand.The cabinet approved halving the price until May…

  • Crime News7 police officers face charges relating to suspect’s death in custody

    7 police officers face charges relating to suspect’s death in custody

    Arrest warrants have been issued for seven police officers who were allegedly involved in the incident where a plastic bag was put over a drug suspect’s head before he was beaten, allegedly by officers demanding a 2 million baht bribe. Reports say the man died from suffocation, but officers wrote the death off as a drug overdose. As of this…

  • Crime NewsVideo of alleged police killing during extortion attempt shared on social media

    Video of alleged police killing during extortion attempt shared on social media

    A video of the alleged police killing during an extortion attempt was shared on social media today by a well-known Thai lawyer. The footage shows officers putting a plastic bag over a man’s head and beating him. Reports say the man died from suffocation, but the district chief allegedly ordered his subordinates to write the death off as drug overdose.…

  • Pattaya News2 Chon Buri officials arrested for allegedly taking bribes

    2 Chon Buri officials arrested for allegedly taking bribes

    2 Chon Buri officials were arrested this week by anti-corruption police for allegedly taking bribes for a construction project. 67 year old Mr Payon, the chief executive of the Nong Hong subdistrict office, and the 51 year old head of engineering Mr. Boonmee from the same subdistrict, were arrested for allegedly taking bribes. Their full names were not provided to…

  • Thailand NewsPM Prayut Chan-o-cha calls bluff on claims that he benefits from illegal gambling

    PM Prayut Chan-o-cha calls bluff on claims that he benefits from illegal gambling

    PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is calling bluff on claims that he is benefiting from illegal gambling and is ordering a crackdown on gambling after a cluster of Covid-19 infections were said to be linked to a den in Rayong. The outbreak linked to unlawful activities became a headache for health officials who have been trying to track down elusive gamblers to…

  • Thailand NewsThai Supreme Court upholds 50 year prison sentence for ex-tourism chief

    Thai Supreme Court upholds 50 year prison sentence for ex-tourism chief

    The Supreme Court upheld the decades long prison sentences for the former Tourism Authority of Thailand governor and her daughter who took bribes from Hollywood producers for a contract to manage Bangkok International Film Festival from 2002 to 2007. The ruling puts an end to the high profile case. The Supreme Court upheld the Appeal Court ruling from May 2019,…

  • Thailand NewsPolice allegedly caught taking a bribe, officers told to “behave appropriately”

    Police allegedly caught taking a bribe, officers told to “behave appropriately”

    An officer was caught on camera allegedly taking a bribe at a checkpoint in Pathum Thani’s Thanyaburi district. The clip shared on Facebook shows a driver of a 10-wheel truck handing 100 baht to a police officer. Provincial police chief Chayut Marayat has ordered the Thanyaburi police chief to investigate and determine if the officer was bribed. If the cop…

  • Koh Samui NewsGerman hotelier claims he paid 800,000 baht bribe to operate his unlicensed villa on Samui

    German hotelier claims he paid 800,000 baht bribe to operate his unlicensed villa on Samui

    PHOTOS: Channel 7 A German man has told investigators yesterday that he paid ‘some Thais’ 800,850 baht after they threatened to shut down his luxury villa during construction. 47 year old Ulrich Schmidt claims he was visited during the construction phase of his Best World Vision Villas project and he paid the ‘tea money’ in the belief it would allow…

  • Chiang Mai NewsChiang Mai policeman caught accepting bribe on Facebook post

    Chiang Mai policeman caught accepting bribe on Facebook post

    A Chiang Mai traffic policeman has been transferred “to inactive duties” (whatever that means) after allegedly being caught on a Facebook post accepting a 200 baht bribe from a Chinese tourist. The tourists’s motorcycle had been locked up for parking illegally. The post appears to show the policeman pocketing the 200 baht and then unlocking the tourist’s bike on Phra…