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No bail for protest leader 'Penguin' with Covid-19
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 19/08/2021
» Thanyaburi Court on Wednesday rejected a bail request for Parit "Penguin" Chiwarak and seven others charged in connection with a protest in front of the Region 1 Border Patrol Police headquarters in Pathum Thani's Khlong Luang district on Aug 2.
Minister: Political prisoners to be spread out
King-oua Laohong, Published on 10/03/2021
» The Corrections Department has been instructed to transfer political prisoners now mostly held at Klong Prem Central Prison and Bangkok Remand Prison to other facilities to reduce overcrowding and other problems, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Wednesday.
Vatana 'innocence' claim faces scrutiny
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 21/04/2020
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will look into a claim by an activist that the agency had no evidence proving former deputy interior minister Vatana Asavahame abused his power in a case linked with the Klong Dan wastewater treatment scandal, NACC secretary-general Warawit Sukboon said on Monday.
Prisons chief calling for overhaul
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 01/09/2014
» The Corrections Department under the leadership of Witthaya Suriyawong is undergoing an internal revamp, hoping raises and new leaders will fix the country's broken prison system.
Asean joins forces in battle against drug trafficking
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 27/08/2014
» The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) will host a meeting with Asean counterparts in the middle of next month amid new efforts to quash drug trafficking in Bangkok.
Country 'not ready' to end death penalty
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 09/08/2014
» Thailand is not ready to scrap the death penalty because people believe it is still the best deterrent against serious crime when compared with ineffective law enforcement by state agencies, a leading academic says.
Board to oversee Amlo’s autonomy
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 25/07/2014
» A nine-member board is likely to be set up to oversee the Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) under the proposed plan to turn the agency into an independent body.
Lak Si political prison may be shut
King-oua Laohong, Published on 16/07/2014
» The Corrections Department is considering shutting down Thailand's only prison for political prisoners, in Bangkok's Lak Si area, two years after its highly publicised opening.
New DSI chief makes headway restructuring
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 07/07/2014
» The Department of Special Investigation under the controversial leadership of Tarit Pengdith has often been accused of straying beyond its job description of solving the country's most important crimes.
Graftbuster Prayong empties the ‘rubbish’
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 04/07/2014
» After being appointed by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to lead the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC), Prayong Preeyajit is energetic about bolstering measures against the dishonest acts that were rampant in the past. In an interview with Bangkok Post reporter KING-OUA LAOHONG, Mr Prayong unveils his optimism for the NCPO’s anti-corruption mission and his role to help realise it.