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Mixed results for Thailand in "unfair" US trafficking report (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 28/06/2017
» Thailand stepped up investigations of human trafficking last year but got even fewer results and prosecutions, leaving the country locked on the Tier 2 Watch List of the US State Department's annual listing. The Thai Foreign Ministry has now called the report 'unfair.
Child boxers need protection, expert says
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/12/2016
» Thai boxers younger than 15 years old are being urged to avoid "head contact" to reduce the risk of brain injuries, while children aged under nine should be banned from Thai boxing.
"Main suspect" arrested on Cambodian border
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 01/09/2015
» A foreign man believed to be the primary suspect in last month’s bombing of the Erawan shrine in Bangkok has been arrested on the Cambodian border, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said.
Human trafficking: Thailand stays at Tier 3, but hope remains for upgrade
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 28/07/2015
» The US has kept Thailand at the lowest rank in its latest Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, but the local US embassy has voiced encouragement for Thai leaders to build on recent achievements which were not considered in the report.
Manas charged on 13 counts of trafficking-related offences (Updated Thursday)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 04/06/2015
» Army adviser Lt Gen Manas Kongpan has been charged on 13 counts on trafficking and related offences after eight hours of questioning lasting until midnight in which he stood firm in maintaining innocence.
Young Thai asks Obama an "interesting" question (video)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 04/06/2015
» President Obama needed some time to collect his thoughts before answering an "interesting" question by young Thai Pensiri Bangsiri at a White House meeting on Monday. Where would he prefer to live and why if he were a Rohingya?
Border camp horrors revealed, official arrested (UPDATED)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 04/05/2015
» The former president of the Rohingya Association of Thailand says the camp and graveyard found in Songkhla is just the tip of the iceberg. He estimates there are at least 60 such camps in the Malaysian border area. Meanwhile a local official has been arrested.
Airport police charged with wildlife smuggling
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 07/03/2013
» Police have filed criminal charges in connection with trafficking illegal rhinoceros horns into the country against three junior officers stationed at Suvarnabhumi Airport.
Illegal drugs may have hospital connection
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/03/2012
» Hospitals are not supposed to be involved in the illegal drug business, but it appears they are – at least indirectly.
“Fortress” Khao Bin
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/02/2012
» Khao Bin prison in Ratchaburi, said to have the best security protection system of all prisons in the country, is being readied to receive 200 notorious drug inmates being transferred from other jails.