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Passenger safety derailed
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 05/12/2022
» Pol Capt Chanoknard Wangsathi has been a railway police officer for six years. Next year will be her last year at work because the Royal Thai Police has announced that it will close the Railway Police Division in October 2023.
Cracking down on meth
News, Published on 06/10/2019
» The large hauls of drugs seized in Thailand, Australia and New Zealand earlier this year have renewed calls for crackdowns, which go beyond just those three countries.
Southern drug suspect takes on police brutality
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 09/09/2018
» Sayuti Salae suffered them all -- severe kicks along the body and a hard hit on his head -- when he was allegedly forced by police to admit he had 20 methamphetamine pills in his possession.
Fighting the vicious circle in the Golden Triangle
Spectrum, Published on 20/08/2017
» It took almost four hours to travel along the 160-kilometre mountainous route from Myanmar's town of Tachileik, bordering Chiang Rai, to Kengtung in the eastern state of Shan, but the officials from six neighbouring countries were determined to reach the town in a bid to establish an anti-drug centre in the state known to be a hotbed of drug production.
Trading up from terror
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 06/08/2017
» With the ongoing deep South insurgency in Thailand, it's hard to imagine how the provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat can start tackling issues like development when the threat of violence still lingers. The sounds of bombs and gunshots are a regular part of people's lives.
Opium re-emerges to create new drug problems
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 23/07/2016
» Speed pills and crystal meth have dominated media and public attention for years with almost daily reports of the drugs being smuggled over the border or traded in bulk on the streets.
All bark and no bite? — IP lawenforcement: Part IV
Spectrum, Published on 10/08/2014
» In recent articles we examined Thailand's laws relating to intellectual property. We'll now look at the implementation of those laws, because even the best laws are useless if they are weakly enforced.
Myanmar's rising drug trade
Spectrum, Phil Thornton, Published on 12/02/2012
» Professor Des Ball pushes plates of what is left of a roast duck and barbeque prawn dinner to the side as he spreads a large map across the dinner table and stabs his finger at a point where northern Thailand meets Myanmar.