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  • THAILAND

    Pushed to the brink of civil war?

    News, Published on 09/03/2021

    » Former protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, who was recently sentenced to jail for five years for his role in street rallies to oust the elected government led by Yingluck Shinawatra, voiced his concerns about the ongoing political crisis, saying there are masterminds behind the scenes who are pulling the strings to instigate a civil war.

  • THAILAND

    Banyin gets death sentence for murder of Chuwong

    Online Reporters, Published on 20/01/2021

    » Former commerce minister Banyin Tangpakorn has been sentenced to death for the premeditated murder of construction tycoon Chuwong Sae Tang that he tried to pass off as a car accident six years ago.

  • THAILAND

    Owner of cadet school gets death for boy's fatal beating

    Published on 14/05/2020

    » NAKHON SAWAN: The provincial court has sentenced the owner of a private military cadet school to death, and his wife and mother-in-law to life imprisonment, for the fatal disciplinary beating of a 15-year-old student.

  • OPINION

    Sway of video games

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/10/2023

    » The Siam Paragon shooting a few weeks ago has largely been put into the background now, what with all the Thais stranded in the Middle East and other problems in the world.

  • THAILAND

    Police wait 13 years to get their man

    News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/02/2020

    » A former municipal councillor sentenced to death in absentia for the murder of a wealthy Dutchman in Pattatya has been arrested in Phrae province after 13 years on the run.

  • OPINION

    Irrational sentence

    News, Postbag, Published on 21/02/2020

    » "A former abbot of Wat Sa Ket (Golden Mount) was sentenced to a suspended jail term of 36 months and fined 27,000 baht for embezzlement of 69.7 million baht in temple funds", read your online report concerning the politely termed "malfeasance" of a senior monk and a bunch of criminals from the National Office of Buddhism.

  • OPINION

    Apply law of the land to all

    News, Editorial, Published on 29/11/2019

    » The poor had it before. They were accused of encroaching on protected forests or national parks. Thirteen landless forest dwellers were convicted of forest encroachment by the Appeal Court this year and sentenced to imprisonment. Now, an MP from the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), Pareena Kraikupt is facing an accusation of committing a similar offence. Given the influence of the PPRP, all eyes are now on law enforcement officers over whether there will be "double standards" in their handling of the case.

  • THAILAND

    Thaksin, Yingluck party with Cambodia PM

    News, Published on 07/08/2023

    » Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his younger sister Yingluck attended Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's birthday party in Cambodia on Saturday, according to Cambodian media outlets.

  • OPINION

    Judge with no name

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/07/2023

    » Re: "Judge gets 5 years for bribery", (BP, July 1).

  • OPINION

    Go, the governor

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/07/2023

    » Re: "Tackling vague laws, for public safety", (Opinion, July 7).

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