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Farm chemicals ban still in force, insist health officials
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/11/2019
» Public health authorities insisted on Thursday that the National Committee on Hazardous Substances neither lifted nor eased a ban on three toxic farm chemicals, as Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit had said.
'Billy' accused given job in Pattani
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/11/2019
» Chaiwat Limlikit-aksorn, the former chief of Kaeng Krachan National Park accused of the high-profile murder of a Karen activist, has been transferred to the southern border province of Pattani.
Group warns lawsuit over ban
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/10/2019
» The Thai Agricultural Innovation Trade Association (Taita), a coalition of supporters of the three toxic farming chemicals, threatened to go to the Administrative Court if the National Hazardous Substance Committee (NHSC) followed through with the ban.
Dept vows to appeal Premchai acquittal
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/10/2019
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has vowed to appeal Tuesday's court verdict acquitting construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta and his wife of illegal ivory possession.
Xayaburi Dam in clear, says operator
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/07/2019
» The unseasonal drought currently affecting the lower Mekong Region has alerted both the public and the authorities to the activities of a series of dams further upstream on the international river.
Military killings case taken to Civil Court
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/05/2019
» The families of two hilltribe people shot to death two years ago by soldiers in Chiang Mai on Wednesday lodged a joint lawsuit with the Civil Court in Bangkok, demanding the court orders the Royal Thai Army to pay a total of 11 million baht to compensate their losses.
Siriraj Hospital to expose secrets of 'man eater'
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/05/2019
» The management of Siriraj Hospital promised to soon reveal more information about executed "man eater" Si Quey, whose body has long been preserved and displayed at its museum, despite an online campaign intended to protect his dignity.
Amnesty urges law on missing persons
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/04/2019
» Marking the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of the Karen forest activist Porlajee "Billy" Rakchongcharoen, who went missing in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi province, Amnesty International Thailand is seeking the new government's support to pass a draft law to criminalise enforced disappearances and torture by state officials.
Poaching appeal to focus on cat
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/04/2019
» Prosecutors are confident they can convince the Appeal Court that construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta was present when a rare black leopard was killed.
OAG eyes leopard appeal
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/03/2019
» The Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) is mulling whether to appeal Tuesday's court verdict against construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta, who was implicated in the infamous black leopard poaching scandal.