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Is jailing efficient?
News, Postbag, Published on 15/10/2018
» Re: "Death penalty taints the record", (Editorial, Oct 14). The debate on whether the death penalty for certain crimes continues unabated with both sides putting forward their reasons for keeping it or not. The editorial, obviously on the side of abolishing it, states "...life imprisonment, without a commuting term, is a more acceptable and efficient punishment choice for people committing heinous crimes". What it failed to state is to whom is it more acceptable and how is it more efficient.
Ukraine is free
News, Postbag, Published on 07/05/2016
» In his April 30 commentary, "Clowning around is no joke anymore", Kong Rithdee claimed that: "From Ukraine to Egypt, from Myanmar to Malaysia, satirists have been threatened, charged and sometimes jailed."
Court to decide Koh Tao evidence retest
Published on 09/07/2015
» KOH SAMUI, SURAT THANI — The Koh Samui Provincial Court is expected to decide on Friday whether to allow a re-examination of the forensic evidence in the trial of the two Myanmar nationals accused of murdering two British tourists on Koh Tao.
What's new in business news: October 22, 2014
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/10/2014
» European travellers still "like" Thailand, high-speed railway routes changed & new TV ratings in the works.
Cigarette butt DNA points to Koh Tao killers
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 18/09/2014
» The search for the killers of two British tourists on Koh Tao has focussed on two men who shared a cigarette and whose semen was found on the murdered woman's body.
Safe driving: App to help UK tourists in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/03/2013
» Worried about auto accident deaths of UK citizens in Thailand, Spain & Australia, British govt developed a mobile phone app to keep British tourists safe.