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New hydropower dam in Laos could lead to 'economic losses'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/07/2024
» Conservationists and people of the Mekong Basin are petitioning the government not to sign a contract to buy electricity from the Pak Beng Hydropower Dam in Laos, fearing economic and territorial losses.
1.4 tonnes of heroin seized in Nong Khai
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/05/2024
» Four drug smugglers have been arrested and 1.4 tonnes of heroin smuggled across the Mekong River seized from a house and a rubber plantation in Sangkhom district of Nong Khai province.
Scam gang ‘on the move’
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/04/2024
» Police and customs officers in Chiang Rai have seized a large quantity of high-tech equipment believed to belong to a transnational call centre scam gang.
'It's in the mail' -- Cartels change tack
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/08/2022
» The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) is stepping up its vigilance for drug smuggling by post as crime syndicates diversify their distribution methods to outsmart officials and move illicit narcotics across the country.
'Kru Thi' hailed as river guard
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/05/2022
» Niwat Roykaew, a teacher, activist as well as founder of the Chiang Khong Conservation Group in Chiang Rai province, has been awarded a 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize, one of the world's pre-eminent awards for grassroots environmental activism.
Gang members caught, crystal meth, speed pills seized
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/03/2022
» NONG BUA LAM PHU: Police have arrested five alleged members of a drug trafficking gang that continued to operate after the leader was arrested in June last year.
Giving local rivers a voice
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/02/2021
» Activist Pianporn "Pai" Deetes' fight against the planned construction of dams along the lower stretches of the Mekong River by the Chinese government is a David-versus-Goliath story.
Tide turning for Mekong protesters
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/12/2020
» CHIANG RAI: After almost two decades of campaigning against hydro-dams and water projects built on the Mekong River, local civic groups and conservationists finally launched the "Mekong People's Forum," with the hope of moving their campaign to a policy level.
Four cases yield huge drugs haul
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/11/2020
» Large hauls of illicit drugs, including millions of methamphetamine pills and more than 800kg of crystal meth, were seized in four separate cases, the Narcotics Suppression Bureau has revealed. Details on the seizures were announced at the bureau's headquarters in Bangkok on Thursday.
Police on look out for illegal border crossings
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/06/2020
» NONG KHAO: The Immigration Bureau (IB) is gearing up its efforts to prevent thousands of migrant workers from Laos and Cambodia from sneaking into Thailand illegally through natural channels to seek jobs.