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Police probing 'durian tribute' for senior officers in Si Sa Ket
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/06/2024
» The superintendent of Kantharalak police in Si Sa Ket yesterday denied media reports that he was behind an order to procure durians for senior police who are due to inspect the station next week.
Police probing 'durian tribute' for senior officers in Si Sa Ket
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/06/2024
» The superintendent of Kantharalak Police in Si Sa Ket on Sunday denied reports which claimed he was behind the order to procure durians for senior police officers who are due to inspect the station next week, saying an official is currently underway.
Parents of ‘Buddha’s son’ told to stop profiteering
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/06/2024
» Authorities on Tuesday ordered the parents of an eight-year-old boy known as Nong Nice, who they claim to be Buddha’s reincarnated son, to stop using their child to make money.
China hands death sentence to ex-banker for taking bribes
South China Morning Post, Published on 29/05/2024
» BEIJING - A court in eastern China delivered a rare death sentence on Tuesday, after finding that a former senior banker accepted bribes worth more than 1.1 billion yuan (US$151 million) in his role with one of the country's top four state asset managers.
48,000 vie for Senate seats
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 25/05/2024
» More than 48,000 people nationwide have registered to compete in the Senate race to fill 200 seats, the Election Commission said on Saturday.
Prawit report 'redacted' by graft body
Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 25/05/2024
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) handed a report on the infamous watch case of former deputy premier Gen Prawit Wongsuwon to activist Veera Somkwamkid on Thursday, as ordered by the Administrative Court.
PM's drug reforms echo past errors
Oped, Published on 24/05/2024
» When Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin announced plans to reschedule cannabis as a narcotic and reduce the threshold for possession of methamphetamine for personal use (not for supply to others) from five pills to one, he signalled a return to drug policies championed over two decades ago. He called for crackdowns on people in the drug trade, for people who use drugs to be placed into rehabilitation facilities and demanded results in 90 days.
Thailand's cannabis U-turn is a cautionary tale
News, Published on 20/05/2024
» Turns out you can have too much of a good thing. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin ordered a U-turn on the country's landmark cannabis policy, saying the plant should be soon classified as a narcotic again and its use limited to medical and health purposes.
For journalists, neutrality is not the goal
Oped, Published on 17/05/2024
» My ability to be neutral as a political journalist depends on the intellectual honesty of the people -- and the society -- I cover.
20 years later, time for justice for Tak Bai
Oped, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 16/05/2024
» Time flies. But it doesn't fly fast enough for security officers responsible for the Tak Bai massacre almost two decades ago.