"Corruption"

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday (April 27) found deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of corruption and sentenced her to five years in jail, according to a source with knowledge of the proceedings.

Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s ordeal has started anew after the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders issued a warrant on Tuesday for her arrest after she failed to show up at the court’s reading of charges in a case filed by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).

The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra after she failed to show up at 9.30am on Tuesday for the court’s reading of charges in a case filed by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).

HÀ NỘI — Deputy foreign minister Tô Anh Dũng has been arrested over allegations he received bribes when organising repatriation flights for Vietnamese citizens abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since 2016, a total of 3,690 Party members (including 440 women) have been disciplined over incidences of corruption and other forms of misconduct, according to an official report unveiled last week.

Shrugging off his low ratings in the opinion polls, Philippine politician and former boxing star Manny Pacquiao on Thursday (April 7) said his impoverished roots make him the best person to be president, as he warned voters to avoid corruption-tainted candidates.

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower court’s decision to jail former social development and human security minister Watana Muangsook for 50 years for demanding bribe in a low-cost housing project.

Thailand has fallen six places to 110th in the annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) published by Transparency International on Tuesday.

Dr. Juree Vichit-Vadakan, Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption and Misconduct Sub-Committee of the National Anti-Corruption Administration Centre (NACAC), announced an important new mechanism called The Good Governance Promotion Clinic to help prevent the misuse, abuse and corruption of the special budget expenditures authorized by the Ministry of Finance in accordance with the Emergency Decree in 2021 to remedy and restore the economy and society affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions on Tuesday announced that it has accepted the charges filed against Phalang Pracharath party listed MP Wirat Rattanaset and 86 others for corruption in the construction of futsal fields in Nakhon Ratchasima schools.

Four suspects were tracked down and detained in Chanthaburi province on Tuesday morning as part of the “Chanthaboon” operation.

The Public Warehouse Organisation’s (PWO) disciplinary committee resolved to axe three officials for allegedly flouting laws in the purchase of 500 million packs of rubber gloves worth THB112.50 billion.