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The lack of refugee policy
News, Editorial, Published on 19/02/2019
» Thailand has been at the centre of asylum and refugee disputes since the year began. But in the past six weeks, what has emerged is not a pretty picture. A young Saudi woman won world Twitter backing and a ticket to Canada. A Bahraini refugee from Australia won freedom for a second time with inventive diplomacy. Now three of the seven Uighur migrants who escaped detention at the Mukdahan Immigration office have "won" a police manhunt and a legal limbo where extradition back to China is their No.1 likely future.
Malaysia right over Uighurs
News, Editorial, Published on 15/10/2018
» Malaysia has made a bold move in the continuing conundrum over the fate of refugees and illegal migrants. Last week, the Kuala Lumpur government spurned both the soft requests of Thailand and the harsh demands of China and sent 11 Chinese Uighur refugees to Turkey. The decision to free the 11 was unexpected. The new Malaysian government under Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was caught between a diplomatic rock and humanitarian hard place and took the more popular way out.
Religious abuse perils
News, Editorial, Published on 15/08/2018
» Friday is the third anniversary of the worst single terrorist attack in modern Thailand. The poorly investigated, badly prosecuted bombing of the Erawan shrine killed 20 people and injured more than 100. The hurried police work concluded it was the act of foreigners angry at the government's success against human trafficking. The "foreigners" turned out to be Chinese Uighurs, two of whom were arrested and are still undergoing trial. The only known Thai suspect is on bail and her trial is officially pending, unofficially unlikely.
Safety last
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 15/07/2018
» The government can't prevent boys from being naughty any more than it can prevent squalls in an open sea. However, the government could have prevented two of the most deadly events to have captivated local and global attention recently.
Military Court frees Erawan bomb suspect on B1m bail
News, Published on 14/12/2017
» The Military Court yesterday granted bail to a woman accused of involvement in the Erawan shrine bombing.
Thai suspect in Erawan Shrine bombing allowed bail
Online Reporters, Published on 13/12/2017
» The Bangkok Military Court on Wednesday released Wanna Suasan, the Thai suspect in the 2015 Erawan Shrine bombing, on bail of 1 million baht on the condition she remains in the country.
Court blocks Erawan suspect's release
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/11/2017
» The military court granted a police request Thursday to further detain a suspect arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport for alleged involvement in the Erawan shrine bombing.
The Uighur dilemma
News, Editorial, Published on 23/11/2017
» The jailbreak of 20 illegal Uighur migrants from a detention centre in the southern province of Songkhla earlier this week poses a foreign policy dilemma for the military regime.
First Thai suspect in Erawan shrine bombing detained
Online Reporters, Published on 22/11/2017
» A Thai woman suspected of facilitating the 2015 Erawan Shrine bombing, the deadliest attack in Bangkok, returned to Thailand and was taken into police custody on Wednesday evening.
Five Uighurs re-arrested in Malaysia
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/11/2017
» Five of the 20 illegal Uighur migrants who escaped from an immigration detention centre in the border province of Songkhla on Monday have been re-arrested in Malaysia, Thai police said yesterday.