Prawit Wongsuwan

Prawit’s gold and Prayut’s blues

Last week, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) in Thailand announced that its eight-person committee voted 5-3 to dismiss a probe into the luxury watch collection of the country’s number two junta leader, Prawit Wongsuwan.Thailand’s anti-corruption agency claimed that there were "no grounds" for an investigation into the alleged scandal surrounding Prawit's penchant for pricey timepieces.

2 January 2019
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Thai junta chief says ex-PM Yingluck in Dubai

Thailand's junta leader on Thursday said fugitive ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra is in Dubai, a day after she was handed a five-year jail term in absentia for negligence.Prayut Chan-O-Cha's first clear comments on Yingluck's whereabouts came a month after she ghosted out off Thailand, ducking a court ruling over charges she failed to stop graft and losses in a costly rice subsidy policy by her government.On Wednesday Thailand's top court sentenced her in absentia to five y

28 September 2017
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