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Hope fades for migrant children
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 13/12/2021
» Once a happy-go-lucky fifth-grader who studied at a migrant learning centre in Mae Sot, Min* opts to sniff glue in his free time. By doing so, he wishes to momentarily forget the enormous responsibility of bringing food to the table by working long shifts at a local slaughterhouse after his parents were laid off due to the impact of Covid-19.
A sad, vicious cycle
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 12/07/2021
» It has been a scourge on Thailand to be led by clueless and directionless leadership since the pandemic broke last year. Its ramifications have made the situation deteriorate in the course of months, with thousands of cases reported daily and a spike in fatalities. Their efforts to vaccinate the nation against the virus have also been a flop and the country's health system is in shambles and has been unable to cope with the rising number of infected patients. The impact this has had on the average Thai has been insurmountable.
When the innocent fall victim
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 19/10/2020
» Two years ago, anti-death penalty advocates were surprised by Thailand's first execution in nine years when 26-year-old Teerasak Longji was executed at Bangkok's Bang Kwang Central Prison by lethal injection for aggravated murder.
Keeping cops in check
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 08/06/2020
» Type police brutality in Google and most likely you will find trending news headlines such as: "Why George Floyd Won't Be Last American Killed By Police''.
Jury's out for Netflix series Trial By Media
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 22/05/2020
» Netflix's latest crime documentary Trial By Media poses a thought-provoking question to its audience -- how does the court of public opinion impact a judicial system and its verdicts?
Activating one's moral compass
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 02/04/2018
» Not a day goes by that we don't read about corruption scandals in the newspapers. The most despicable are often the ones in which the victims are society's downtrodden.
Providing a lifeline
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 10/08/2015
» MR Supinda Chakraband, founder of Childline Thailand Foundation and the Hub Saidek Youth Club, has become a lifeline for children in distress.
Paying cops peanuts is pure negligence
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 21/07/2015
» If you have been reading crime news recently, you will have noticed a disturbingly common theme running through most of the stories — namely, police negligence. The Thai police's competence in managing crime professionally has been questioned time and again. We often hear in the media about how cases dismissed by the police due to insufficient evidence are then reopened because a relative or friend of the victim finds there was foul play and requests for the case to be reviewed. Thanks to social media, we get to view police brutality at its worse.
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 09/12/2014
» Understaffed, overworked and generally loathed by the public for their infamous corruption scandals, the Royal Thai Police force is facing one of its worst periods in history.
Real-life forensics hold no glamour
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 05/09/2013
» Forensic science has enabled police investigators to nail perpetrators, who otherwise would have gone scot-free. The recent brutal murder of Kankanit Suntratta is a case in point. Her corpse was left on the side of Kanchanapisek Road in Ayutthaya's Bang Pa-in district.