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Is lifetime ban not seeing wood for trees?
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 11/04/2022
» The move to permanently ban Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MP Pareena Kraikupt from politics last week for encroaching on protected forest tracts in Ratchaburi has sparked a debate on whether the punishment was appropriate for the crime, as she has yet to be convicted by a criminal court of the allegation.
Drug code sows cannabis confusion
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 19/01/2022
» The decriminalisation of cannabis has reached another milestone as neither it nor hemp appear on the newly implemented Narcotics Code. However this has led some people to mistakenly assume they can now grow cannabis at home legally.
Convict Thepthai stripped of MP status
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 28/01/2021
» The Constitutional Court yesterday stripped Thepthai Senpong of his status as a Democrat Party MP following his conviction last year for fraud in the 2014 election of the Nakhon Si Thammarat provincial administration organisation (PAO) chief.
1 MP banned, 57 cleared
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 29/10/2020
» The Constitutional Court yesterday disqualified a Move Forward Party (MFP) MP for breaking the law related to shareholdings in media firms.
World agency warns govt about weed use
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 15/08/2019
» The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has urged the government to proceed with extreme caution in its cannabis policy, warning that Thailand must abide by international drug control treaties and guard against a damaging policy misstep.
Amlo goes on hunt for vote-buying
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 21/03/2019
» The Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) has set up an operations centre to monitor vote-buying and investigate poll-related money-laundering activities, its acting secretary-general Pol Gen Preecha Charoensahayanon says.
Thailand's complainer-in-chief
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 18/03/2019
» Srisuwan Janya is not exaggerating when he claims he might hold the champion title of the country's biggest complaints-maker.
Prajin wants EC to probe Bhumjaithai's marijuana policy
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 12/03/2019
» Deputy Prime Minister Prajin Juntong has asked the Election Commission (EC) to look into Bhumjaithai Party's election campaign promise to "liberalise" marijuana cultivation, saying it could mislead the public.
Probation dept defends house calls to Kamnan Poh
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 20/04/2018
» The Probation Department yesterday defended its decision to visit the home of Somchai Khunpleum instead of requiring him to report regularly to probation authorities following his early release from prison only a few years after being sentenced for ordering a contract killing on a politician.
Victim's mum seeks DSI help
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 21/12/2017
» The mother of an anti-Thaksin Shinawatra protester shot dead while on a truck three years ago yesterday petitioned the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to look into the death of her son.