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Ganja convicts set for release
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 04/06/2022
» More than 4,000 inmates charged or convicted in connection with cannabis-related offences will be released from jail when the regulation removing cannabis and hemp from the list of narcotics takes effect on June 9, according to the Corrections Department.
Wife pleads for jailed Premchai's transfer to hospital
King-oua Laohong, Published on 29/12/2021
» The wife of jailed tycoon Premchai Karnasuta on Wednesday submitted a letter to Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin seeking her husband's transfer for medical treatment to a hospital outside Thong Pha Phum Prison in Kanchanaburi province, where he is being held.
New chief brings fresh air into DSI
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 11/10/2021
» The Department of Special Investigation is an agency whose main task is to administer justice to victims of crime, so its chief is expected to be a well-rounded, relatively senior, and at times, a combative individual.
Torture bill tied in knots
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 10/10/2021
» Getting a draft law fighting torture and enforced disappearances to parliament was an uphill battle but fleshing it out may be a lot harder to do, according to experts.
Drug assets worth almost B60m seized in Isan
King-oua Laohong, Published on 22/09/2021
» Drug suppression units on Wednesday seized assets worth about 59 million baht believed to have been acquired through the drugs trade, an official said.
Kratom inmates to walk free
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 17/08/2021
» The Ministry of Justice is pledging to free and dismiss drug charges against 12,000 inmates convicted for kratom possession before the plant is formally removed from the list of banned narcotics on Aug 24.
People wrongly prosecuted, detained 'entitled to compensation'
King-oua Laohong, Published on 11/07/2021
» The Justice Ministry is looking for 411 people who were wrongly prosecuted, tried and imprisoned in criminal cases -- but later found not guilty and released -- to inform them they are entitled to compensation under the law, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said on Sunday.
Drug money models go under hammer
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 07/02/2021
» A life-size figure model of popular Japanese fictional character Monkey D Luffy, seized from a young couple of drug suspects in the South, was yesterday auctioned for 110,000 baht.
Justice minister signs order for release of Nattawut, other prisoners
King-oua Laohong, Published on 18/12/2020
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin has signed an order for the early release of 76 prisoners who received royal clemency, but they will have to wear electronic tags.
Party's over but it doesn't end in jail
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 25/05/2020
» A rapid increase of arrests in the month after the government declared a state of emergency in late March to fight the Covid-19 outbreak threatened to overwhelm the already overcrowded prison population.