Investigators tracking lawyer Sittra’s money trail

In a forgery case, officers and anti-money trafficking officials discuss asset seizures.

Police search a vehicle belonging to high-profile lawyer Sittra Biabungkerd at his luxury house in Taling Chan district of Bangkok after he and his wife were arrested on fraud charges on Thursday. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)
After his and his wife were detained on suspicion of fraud on Thursday, police searched Sittra Biabungkerd’s leisure residence in Bangkok’s Taling Chan area. ( Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham )

The wife and the well-known lawyer Sittra Biabungkerd are facing charges of fraud and money laundering, and the Anti-Money Laundering Office ( Amlo ) is in talks with police about tracking their assets.

To investigate Mr. Sittra’s and his wife’s financial transactions, Amlo and the police Crime Suppression Division ( CSD ) are collaborating. Thus far, it has not seized any property of them, Amlo official Witthaya Neetitham said on Saturday.

According to Mr. Witthaya, police searched Mr. Sittra’s luxurious home last week and searched some assets, including luxury cars, to test evidence.

Nevertheless, it’s still not clear whether additional financial studies may be conducted because Amlo authorities must first work closely with the police, he continued.

Following the Criminal Court’s denial of Ms. Patthitta’s loan request, Mr. Sittra Biabungkerd and his partner Patthitta were remanded in custody on Friday on charges of fraud and money laundering. Mr. Sittra did not request loan.

In the meantime, officers questioned 10 additional testimony in the case, but they requested the pair be detained for 12 days. Before costs may be brought in, suspects may be held without bail for a maximum of 84 time.

Both Mr. Sittra and his family were taken to the Central Women’s Correctional Institution in Bangkok, Thailand.

Both were cooperating well with the authorities, according to Kanokwan Chewchuapun, the director of the Department of Corrections ‘ penology section and the women’s prison’s acting director, on Saturday. They will need to adjust to their new surroundings.

The division has provided medical and psychological support, she said, adding that they would be in isolation for five days owing to Covid-19 techniques.

Authorities will conduct an preference for a week before deciding whether to transfer the suspects to ordinary detention centers, according to Ms. Kanokwan.

Authorities must take into account Mr. Sittra’s placement carefully to avoid conflicts, especially given his continued cases, such as the symbol Group fraud case involving 11 male prisoners in various prison areas.

Lawyer Sittra Biabungkerd is taken from the Crime Suppression Division to the Criminal Court on Friday. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)

On Friday, Sittra Biabungkerd is transported from the officers Violence Suppression Division to the Criminal Court. While officers continue their investigation, he and his family were kept in custody for 12 weeks. ( Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham )

On Thursday, authorities in Chachoengsao, Chachoengsao, stopped their Porsche Cayenne as they drove away from Bangkok. Mr. Sittra and his family were also detained.

In connection with a celebrity’s claim that she lost 71 million baht to Mr. Sittra, they were charged with fraud and money laundering.

Pol Maj Gen Akaradet Pimolsri, an aide police chief, said the pair appeared to be preparing to leave to Cambodia, so authorities decided to assault them. However, their attorney, Saiyud Pengboonchu, claimed they were visiting a Chachoengsao church to demonstrate significance.

In order to answer to all the rumors that had been circulating, Mr. Sittra had requested that the officers question him about the case against him two days prior.

The girl, who had won billions of ringgit in a German lottery, gave the money to the lawyer as a present, the lawyer claimed.

The 58-year-old person, Jatuporn” Madame Oy” Ubonlert, had filed a complaint with officers and had been questioned many times before the arrest warrant for Mr Sittra was issued.

Mr. Saiyud claimed that Mr. Sittra was the only beneficiary of the large sum of money that Ms. Jatuporn gave him.

As for Mr Sittra’s prior state that he had received the money “out of affection”, Mr Saiyud said he had no idea why his client made for a speech.

Police search a luxury house of lawyer Sittra Biabungkerd and his wife on Thursday. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)

On Thursday, police searched Sittra Biabungkerd’s wife’s luxurious home in Bangkok’s Taling Chan area. ( Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham )

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Airport on alert for Loy Krathong risk

Carnival promoters advised not to travel balloons, lights, or light fireworks near Suvarnabhumi.

People in San Sai district of Chiang Mai release hundreds of lanterns into the sky during the Loy Krathong festival. Flight cancellations to and from Chiang Mai sometimes occur during the festival because of the risk to aviation. (File photo)
During the Loy Krathong event, residents of the San Sai city of Chiang Mai deposit lots of lanterns into the horizon. Due to the risk of aircraft, Chiang Mai airports occasionally cancel flights during the celebration. ( File photo )

During the Loy Krathong celebration on Friday, the government is urged to avoid flying kites, using lights, or using laser near and around Suvarnabhumi Airport.

According to airport management, these activities may destroy flight operations and put significant risk to aviation safety, leading to accidents, according to a statement released on Saturday.

If any of the above-mentioned activities are planned for the event, it advised communities abutting the airport to pursue district office approval.

At least a month in advance of processing agreement requests and providing the airport with information on their precise timing and location.

The airport has already begun sending out groups to the surrounding area to discuss the dangers that certain actions, especially during takeoff and landing, pose to aircraft operations.

The airport announced that security guards may be increased along runways and nearby areas throughout the event both during the day and at night.

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Two pandas to arrive from China by 2027

Negotiators from Thailand and China examine plans for a new wall at Chiang Mai Zoo.

Panda Lin Hui enjoys a special cake made for her birthday, at Chiang Mai Zoo on Sept 28, 2022. She died the following year at the age of 21. (Photo: Chiang Mai Zoo)
Panda Lin Hui enjoys a special pie made for her birthday, at Chiang Mai Zoo on Sept 28, 2022. She passed away the following month at the age of 21. ( Photo: Chiang Mai Zoo )

According to everlasting director Jatuporn Buruspat, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment anticipates signing a deal to exchange two panda from China next month.

The agency’s efforts, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have been making steady progress, he said on Saturday in an upgrade on the development of conversations with Chinese officials.

More discussions would ensure that the panda ‘ needs were met while providing appropriate habitats and exhibition places, he said.

The government plans to construct a new life place at the Chiang Mai Zoo for the penguins, larger than the previous 6, 250-square-metre air-conditioned wall. It will have high-quality amenities to meet Foreign requirements for animal welfare.

According to Mr. Jatuporn, building information will be reviewed before being submitted to the Chinese government. By 2027, the two panda were scheduled to be arriving at the park.

” We did an excellent job caring for Xuang Xuang and Lin Hui, who properly produced sons, Lin Bing”, he said.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Thai-Chinese relations, the two new penguins may act as kindness ambassadors.

Xuang Xuang and Lin Hui were given a product from China in 2003 to live in Chiang Mai Zoo.

The couple produced a female kid, Lin Bing, in 2009 and attracted over 7 million park visitors.

Xuang Xuang died in 2019 at the age of 19, and Lin Hui died in 2023 at 21, both at the Chiang Mai Zoo.

Lin Bing was returned to the Giant Panda Research and Conservation Centre in Chengdu, China, in 2013 as part of a joint arrangement. She is currently rumored to be the family of seven.

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Rifle used in Narathiwat murder linked to 24 cases

The popular governor of the area was killed by four intruders who are still at large.

A security camera video captures an unidentified gunman armed with a rifle entering the Hand-in-Hand garment factory in Rueso district of Narathiwat on Thursday.
An unnamed gunman allegedly breaking into the Hand-in-Hand garment factory in the Narathiwat city on Thursday is captured on surveillance video.

More than 20 different criminal offenses have been reported in the southwestern region of Thailand as a result of a military rifle’s use to remove the president of a tambon in Narathiwat.

Wichet Thaithongnum, the governor of tambon Rueso town in Rueso city of Narathiwat, was shot dead inside a conference room of his gown shop on Thursday. Four intruders traveling on two riders carried out the assault. They remain at large.

Wichet, known locally as” Mayor Arm”, was a two-time president of the tambon. He even served as chairman of the Narathiwat Sports Association and owned the Hand-in-Hand shop, which was well-known for supporting community organizations.

Police said criminal officials at the picture collected 19 M16 gun casings, which were later found to have been fired from an AK-102 assault weapons. Officials were led to believe that the murder-related weapon had been used in 23 different violent incidents in the southern province’s Rueso and Tak Bai districts.

Amorn Bootthongboon and Sonthaya Chaisit, two defense participants who were assisting regional faculty in February of this year, were fatally shot as a result of the rifle’s presence.

Officials believe Wichet’s movements was discovered by the gunmen, who were able to quickly find and kill him when they broke into the shop. During the event, three more people were present in the room, all of whom were unharmed.

Sugifree Mueraheng, a part of a nearby rebel group, was apprehended following the mayor’s arrest, according to a resource in the local security causes.

He officially told authorities that his organization had a central arms storage area where people could bring arms, but the location of the memory was continually changing.

Police are investigating four possible motivations in the shooting, according to a cause close to the research.

Local politics, company objectives, personal issues and safety issues are all being considered, said the resource. &nbsp,

Wichet Thaithongnum, the governor of tambon Rueso town in Rueso city of Narathiwat, was shot dead inside his gown shop on Thursday. ( Photo: Chaidantai Facebook page )

Wichet Thaithongnum, the governor of tambon Rueso town in Rueso city of Narathiwat, was shot dead inside his gown shop on Thursday. ( Photo: Chaidantai Facebook page )

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Two Thai trade representatives appointed

Umesh Pandey, an economic adviser to the Pheu Thai Party, is moving into a new role as a Thai Trade Representative. (Photo: Umesh Pandey Facebook account)
Umesh Singh, an economic adviser to the Pheu Thai Party, is moving into a new role as a Thai Trade Representative. ( Photo: Umesh Pandey Facebook account )

Umesh Pandey and Werapong Prapha have been appointed Thai Trade Representatives by the state.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra signed the decree issued by the prime minister’s office on November 5 and immediately took influence.

Before becoming a politician, Mr. Pandey was the Bangkok Post‘s original writer. He previously served on the monetary policy commission of the Pheu Thai Party and was appointed vice-minister to Srettha Thavisin’s advice in the last year.

In a Twitter post on November 5, Mr. Pandey described his new position as “humiliated and delighted to be appointed to the new place now. I want to congratulate Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and the whole case for appointing me as Thailand’s business representative.

I commit to doing everything in my power to make my nation a top investment location. I look forward to interacting with all of my emails, both as a banker and journalist, who I have worked with for nearly three decades and have since become a legislator. ”

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Myanmar beauticians held for working illegally on Samui

Additionally, suspected foreigners who sought to occupy Thailand had improperly entered the country.

A police officer on Koh Samui questions two Myanmar migrants caught working as beauticians, an occupation reserved for Thai nationals. (Screenshot)
Two Myanmar workers who have been caught working as beauticians, a specialty for Thai immigrants, are interrogated by a police officer in Koh Samui. ( Screenshot )

Five Myanmar immigrants were detained on Friday in Surat Thani province’s Koh Samui for allegedly working as beauticians without permission.

The workers at a shop on the holiday island, three women and two men, were apprehended by the tourist police because they were offering customers elegance and nail treatments, breaking Thai law that only allows Thai nationals to work in certain professions. &nbsp,

The Royal Thai Police’s crackdown on illegal immigration workers was a result of the detention.

Additionally, authorities discovered that the party had illegally entered the country from the country. According to the officers, they were being processed in accordance with Thai rules.

From June 5 to Oct 2, more than 2, 000 international nationals&nbsp, were arrested for unlawful work in Thailand, according to the Ministry of Labour.

Myanmar beauticians held for working illegally on Koh Samui

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British bikers nabbed for disturbance in Phuket

Nine criminals fined after late-night stroll

Police pose with a group of British nationals who were apprehended in Phuket on Thursday. (Photo: Royal Thai Police)
American citizens who were apprehended in Phuket on Thursday pose with police. ( Photo: Royal Thai Police )

Nine American nationals were detained earlier in Phuket for disturbing the public’s order after police received numerous complaints from locals and tourists.

According to Pol Col Ekarat Plaiduang, director of the Chalong police station, the group reported the disturbances on Thursday morning when they rode their motorcycles recklessly and loudly on Khok San Road, which is located in the resort island’s Muang district.

The pedestrians were located by officers the following morning. For their late-night trip, the riders had rented bikes from the Patong neighborhood.

All nine were called to the police stop on suspicion of disturbing the peace.

Their papers were reviewed, and they were immediately fined for their behavior, which have been publicly recorded.

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Pathum Thani official stabbed to death

Lady found with 11 neck wounds to her, with no indication of robbery or robbing.

Police and forensic experts inspect a house in Khlong Luang district of Pathum Thani, where a senior official at the Khlong Sam tambon administration organisation was found dead with 11 stab wounds to her neck. (Photo: FM91 Trafficpro)
A top official at the Khlong Sam tambon management organization was discovered dead with 11 stab wounds to her neck in the Khlong Luang city of Pathum Thani, according to police and criminal experts inspecting the home. ( Photo: FM91 Trafficpro )

On Friday night, a senior local administrator from Pathum Thani’s Khlong Luang district found dead with multiple stab wounds to her neck at her home.

According to Pol Lt Kriangkrai Srimai, deputy investigation chief at the Khlong Luang police station, the incident occurred at village Moo 8 in tambon Khlong Sam, which was called at around 10.50pm on Friday.

Police, local officials, forensic experts and rescue workers found the body of a woman, identified later as Vorakanok Thepphimol, 57, dead with 11 stab wounds to her neck in front of the bathroom of the one-storey house, located in the same compound as her younger sister’s house.

Her right hand suffered a few knife cuts, and the floor had blood stains. According to the police, the house had no indications of a fight or house looting. Her valuables, including her phone, a Buddha amulet, and her gold necklace, remained intact.

The Khlong Sam Tambou Organization ( TAO ) had Vorakanok as its head of office.

Bongkot Kaewkrom, 51, the victim’s younger sister who found the body, told police that she heard her sister screaming loudly twice at about 9.30pm on Friday. When she arrived home, she discovered her sister squirming in a pool of blood. She called the police and the neighborhood rescuers right away.

She claimed that no one ever had a conflict with her sister. Vorakanok, who has worked for the TAO since 1996, has never complained about issues at her place of employment.

On Friday, she observed her sister at her home at around 3 p.m. Her house is about 20 metres from her sister’s house.

At about 5pm, Vorakanok’s son came to the house to pick up his grandmother, who often stayed at Vorakanok’s house, said Ms Bongkot.

Phuchit Thepphimol claimed to have seen him at around 7pm when his mother came out to see him. He was in the dark about what happened.

The Khlong Luang police station’s chief, Pol Col Kiarttisak Mitprasart, claimed that investigators were looking through closed-circuit television cameras in nearby neighborhoods to look for any clues.

The cause of the death has not yet been determined by police.

The body was sent to Thammasat University Hospital for a post-mortem examination.

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National Human Rights Commission endorses citizenship for minorities, migrants

These students are among 342 children and young people of the Karen ethnic group in Kanchanaburi province who received Thai ID cards on Feb 5, 2018. (File photo: Piyarach Chongcharoen)
On February 5, 2018, 342 children and young people from the Karen tribal party in Kanchanaburi province received Thai ID cards. ( File photo: Piyarach Chongcharoen )

The government’s decision to grant citizenship to immigrants and members of ethnic minorities was welcomed by the National Human Rights Commission ( NHRC ), who urged the government to stop any abuse and corruption.

Wasant Paileeklee, an NHRC director, said on Friday that the Pheu Thai-led administration’s move affirmed Thailand’s devotion to carrying out vows made at the High-Level Category on Statelessness in October 2019.

At the 2019 meeting in Geneva, Thailand endorsed a campaign to end statelessness by 2024.

More than 483 000 immigrants and members of ethnic minority who have resided in Thailand for long-term or were born there were granted Thai membership on October 29.

The scheme, which was proposed by the National Security Council, makes it easier for people from racial minorities to obtain legal status there. Instead of having to go through extensive investigations by several agencies, the updated framework may simplify eligibility checks. This will enable applicants to self-certify their criminal histories and qualifications.

According to Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, 825, 635 for people reside in Thailand, with 483, 626 awaiting standing assurance. Mr Wasant said the cabinet resolution is also in line with international human rights principles, the country’s constitution, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ( ICCPR ), which Thailand has already ratified.

He praised the administration’s efforts to address the issue of statelessness while stressing that they do not allow abuse of the policy and that it accomplishes its intended goal of promoting fairness without causing corruption.

Mr. Wasant noted that the NHRC has been collaborating with important organizations to address statelessness problems. The organization presented guidelines at a workshop last year to encourage the rights and welfare of the asynchronous.

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NHRC endorses citizenship for minorities, migrants

These students are among 342 children and young people of the Karen ethnic group in Kanchanaburi province who received Thai ID cards on Feb 5, 2018. (File photo: Piyarach Chongcharoen)
On February 5, 2018, 342 children and young people from the Karen tribal party in Kanchanaburi province received Thai ID cards. ( File photo: Piyarach Chongcharoen )

The government’s decision to grant citizenship to immigrants and members of ethnic minorities was welcomed by the National Human Rights Commission ( NHRC ), who urged the government to stop any abuse and corruption.

Wasant Paileeklee, an NHRC director, said on Friday that the Pheu Thai-led administration’s move affirmed Thailand’s devotion to carrying out vows made at the High-Level Category on Statelessness in October 2019.

At the 2019 collecting in Geneva, Thailand endorsed a campaign to end statelessness by 2024.

More than 483 000 immigrants and members of ethnic minority who have resided in Thailand for long-term or were born there were granted Thai membership on October 29.

The plan, which was proposed by the National Security Council, makes it easier for people from racial minorities to obtain legal standing there. Instead of having to go through extensive investigations by several agencies, the updated framework may simplify eligibility checks. This will enable applicants to self-certify their criminal histories and qualifications.

According to Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, 825, 635 for people reside in Thailand, with 483, 626 awaiting standing assurance. Mr Wasant said the cabinet resolution is also in line with international human rights principles, the country’s constitution, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ( ICCPR ), which Thailand has already ratified.

He praised the administration’s efforts to address the issue of statelessness while stressing that they do not allow abuse of the coverage and that it accomplishes its intended goal of promoting equality without causing corruption.

Mr. Wasant noted that the NHRC has been collaborating with important organizations to address statelessness concerns. The organization presented guidelines at a workshop last year to encourage the rights and welfare of the asynchronous.

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