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Tougher gun controls on the way
Online Reporters, Published on 05/10/2023
» The government is suspending the issuance of permits for importing and trading firearms, real and imitation, as one of seven short-term measures to improve gun control, Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced on Thursday.
Govt draws up list of 'dark' figures
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/10/2023
» A list of "influential figures" -- people described as wielding dark influence across the country -- has been completed for review by a committee today, Deputy Interior Minister Chada Thaiset said yesterday.
Mafia blitz spurs gun amnesty
Published on 14/09/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has imposed a 30-day deadline on a special amnesty offered to gun owners who lack a proper permit, meaning they have a month to hand in such firearms at any police station before facing a renewed crackdown.
A lot of ifs and buts
News, Published on 11/03/2023
» The atmosphere in the main opposition Pheu Thai Party is expected to be enlivened by the arrival on the scene of property tycoon Srettha Thavisin.
Court upholds jail terms for leaders of 2008 TV station raid
Online Reporters, Published on 10/05/2022
» The Court of Appeal on Tuesday upheld the one-year prison sentence given to four leaders of the former People's Alliance for Democracy for breaking into and damaging the premises of state-run NBT TV station in 2008.
Govt drafts in 120,000 police for PAO polls
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 19/12/2020
» About 120,000 police will ensure security and prevent election fraud during Sunday's provincial administrative organisation (PAO) elections, the country's first local elections in more than six years.
Five red shirts acquitted in M79 case
Online Reporters, Published on 05/09/2019
» The Criminal Court has acquitted five red-shirt members in the M79 case five years ago due to inadequate evidence after they claimed they were forced to confess.
Illegal gun trader arrested in Bangkok
Online Reporters, Published on 16/07/2014
» A man was arrested on a charge of illegal dealing in weapons and a cache of non-registered guns and ammunition seized at a condominium in central Bangkok, police said on Wednesday
34,500 seized guns to be melted down
Online Reporters, Published on 02/07/2014
» The Police Ordnance Division will melt down 34,500 seized unusable, largely home-made guns linked to court cases which were concluded in the years 2000 to 2013.
Police hunt war weapons fund
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 26/06/2014
» Police investigations into the haul of war weapons seized in Nakhon Ratchasima on Monday will be expanded to locate the source of money used to procure them.