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South African drug convict seeks extradition
News, Published on 28/02/2022
» A South African woman who is behind bars in Thailand for drug-related charges has been thrust into the spotlight after authorities rejected her family's plea to have her extradited to her home country. The authorities cited the lack of an extradition treaty between the two countries.
Majority oppose reduction of jail terms for serious offenders: poll
Online Reporters, Published on 19/12/2021
» A majority of people are against the reduction of jail terms for prisoners convicted in cases related to corruption, drugs and serious crimes, according to the results of a survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.
Rehab begins in the kitchen for Nakhon Sawan cons
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 19/12/2021
» Many former inmates, including some convicted of drug trafficking, begin their re-entry into civilian life months before being released from prison by working at a chili sauce factory in Nakhon Sawan.
Pardon move hard to forgive
News, Published on 18/12/2021
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin may have shot himself in the foot by securing a royal pardon for "big fish" serving time for engineering one of the country's costliest corruption cases.
Ex-cop convicted of George Floyd's murder files appeal
AFP, Published on 24/09/2021
» WASHINGTON - Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has appealed his conviction for the murder of George Floyd, citing 14 complaints about his high-profile trial earlier this year in a case that roiled the United States and laid bare deep racial divisions.
A TV show born of pandemic
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 22/09/2021
» Seven years ago, only a few people living outside the Philippines would have heard of director Erik Matti or his crime thriller masterpiece On The Job, despite it being a film to likely revive the long dormant action genre in the Philippines. Thanks to the age of streaming services, the film has recently landed on HBO GO, where Thai viewers can watch it for the first time in the form of a six-part miniseries.
Expelling the family pest, killer 'mouse', brave canal hug
News, Mae Moo, Published on 19/09/2021
» Don't bag that head
Thailand's holding pattern till next poll
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 10/09/2021
» Thailand's recent no-confidence debate in parliament started with a bang and ended with a whimper. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and five other cabinet members who were grilled by opposition MPs for pandemic mishandling, budget irregularities and overall mismanagement and incompetence sailed through the parliamentary vote based on the coalition government's strength in MP numbers rather than the merits of its governance.
Bravo for history record
News, Postbag, Published on 15/08/2021
» Re: "Nothing ever changes," (PostBag, Aug 9).
US former police officer to be sentenced for George Floyd murder
AFP, Published on 24/06/2021
» MINNEAPOLIS - Former policeman Derek Chauvin faces up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced Friday for the murder of African American George Floyd, a killing that sparked America's biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades.