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A group of senators submitted a motion to the Senate Speaker today, demanding a probe into the ethical conduct of Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong and the director-general of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), Pol Col Yutthana Praedam, over their allegations of criminal association regarding the alleged voting collusion in Senate election last June.
The Opposition’s no confidence debate against the government of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is scheduled to begin on March 24th, House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha said today.
People’s party MP Rangsiman Rome has expressed concern today that the attempt by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to probe alleged voting collusion in the Senate election last June may end up being a match fixing exercise for political expediency.
The Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of people protesting against MoU 44, between Thailand and Cambodia, which a petition submitted to the court claimed was an attempt to overthrow democracy.
The special case panel of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has agreed to delay its decision, on whether to accept the case of alleged voting collusion in the senatorial election last June as a special case to be probed by the DSI, pending a clarification from the Election Commission (EC).
Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong expressed concern today for the safety of witnesses, in the case of alleged voting collusion in the Senate election last June, if their identities are to be disclosed to the Special Case Committee of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI).
Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said today that the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has collected sufficient evidence to substantiate the allegation, made by some failed senatorial candidates, that the Senate election last June was riddled with collusion.
The Senate has threatened to seek the impeachment of Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong over the decision, by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), to consider an allegation by a group of failed senatorial candidates and senatorial reservists, claiming that the Senate election last June involved voting collusion and manipulation.
The cybercrime police's morning raid on the house of an online journalist, following a complaint filed by former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, has drawn harsh criticism from critics and the public alike.
A convict in the infamous rice pledging scheme of the Yingluck Shinawatra administration has been arrested in Khon Kaen province by officials from the National Anti-Corruption Commission, after being on the run for about ten years.
An updated version of Thailand’s archaic Gambling Act, which covers all forms of gambling activity and increases penalties for all people involved in illegal gambling, is expected to be submitted to the cabinet for approval on February 25.
Troops from the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) raided suspected call centres in Shwe Kokko, Myanmar, last night and rounded up more than 1,000 people of various nationalities for questioning. Most are Chinese citizens.
