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Metrics of harm
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/05/2024
» Re: "Pro-weed groups put heat on govt", (BP, May 13).
Reform Thai prisons
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/02/2024
» Re: "Illicit drug limit set for dodging jail", (BP, Feb 11).
Current charter a no
Published on 02/10/2023
» Re: "Senate committee to monitor constitution rewrite", (BP, Sept 27).
Slave mentality
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/04/2022
» Re: "Singapore defends drug crime execution amid outcry over man's IQ", (BP, April 28).
Reality of prisons
News, Postbag, Published on 22/07/2019
» As a former guest of the Department of Corrections I would like to respond to the editorial, "Hellish jails do not cut crime", (Editorial, July 13).
Not you too
News, Postbag, Published on 24/03/2018
» Re: "Don't dress sexy, dept tells women", (BP, March 22).
Seize the drugs nettle
News, Editorial, Published on 05/04/2016
» A recent series of arrests and seizures by anti-drug forces is a rare ray of optimism in the fight for a rational drug-control policy. But they also revived serious questions and brought more confusion to the problem. It is clear that some countries in the region are keen to take more responsibility while suffering more losses than others. And it seems while authorities have a somewhat tenuous handle on who is controlling drug trafficking, efforts to deal with the kingpins are ineffective at best.
Freed drug dealer tells of anguish
News, Manop Thip-Osod, Published on 26/10/2015
» 'Drugs took everything from me," said Sathaporn Srisa-ard, 48, a convicted dealer, fresh out of jail. On Oct 17, he breathed the air of freedom for the first time since his release from a jail term of 12 years and nine months. The sentence was commuted from 25 years on account of his good behaviour.
River rice pirates caught
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/06/2011
» Slipping through lax security at Klong Toey Port, the gang waylayed barges on their way to Chonburi, splitting the take on 300 to 500 bags with barge hands.