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Public urged not to give beggars cash
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/08/2024
» The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security will launch a campaign urging the public to refrain from giving money to beggars after a nationwide survey indicated a rise in beggar numbers.
Social development ministry seeks to amend law on domestic violence
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/08/2024
» The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security is now working to amend the anti-domestic violence law, saying that Thai society has become more fragile and prone to household abuse.
Thais believed behind disfigured Chinese street beggars
Post Reporters, Published on 22/11/2023
» Police will carefully vet Chinese visitors with facial and body disfiguration, as some had come here with the intention of begging on the streets, possibly organised by Thais, according to the Metropolitan Police Bureau.
Chinese women beggars probed
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/11/2023
» Police are investigating a group of Chinese women in school uniforms with deformed faces and amputated hands who were found begging in Bangkok.
Deformed Chinese beggars prompt probe
Post Reporters, Published on 20/11/2023
» An investigation has been launched after three Chinese women in girl student uniforms, with deformed faces and amputated hands, were found by police begging on the roadside at different spots in Bangkok.
Beggars' earnings hit hard by pandemic, says govt
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/02/2022
» The Department of Social Development and Welfare (DSDW) on Friday said some street beggars in Bangkok's key commercial zone were earning up to 7,000 baht per day before the pandemic hit.
Pope plea for needy
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/11/2019
» During his historic visit to Thailand, His Holiness Pope Francis has used the opportunity to pass on a message to the world to help take care of abused children and women as well as refugees around the world while highlighting inter-religious cooperation to create peace.
Ministry to target beggars
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/01/2019
» The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security is stepping up measures to control beggars nationwide, setting a goal to make six more provinces beggar-free this year and increasing fines for repeat offenders.