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Illegal roads in wildlife sanctuary investigated
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/02/2026
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has pledged a full investigation into alleged illegal road construction in protected forest areas in Mae Hong Son.
Illegal road in wildlife sanctuary investigated
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/02/2026
» Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suchart Chomklin has ordered a crackdown on alleged abuses of authority in forest areas, sending officials to Mae Hong Son and setting a three-day deadline to clarify allegations against the head of Mae Yuam Wildlife Sanctuary.
Reports filed over water dump
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/02/2026
» The government is taking legal action against a private contractor accused of discharging untreated wastewater and sewage into the sea off Jomtien Beach in Pattaya, Chon Buri.
Scam bases drawn to economic zones
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/11/2025
» Chiang Mai: Economic zones in the East have the potential to be a hub for money laundering, says a study from a Chiang Mai University academic who found ease-of-doing-business rules, introduced to attract foreign investment, could turn into a legal loophole.
Thailand to sue over damage to hospital
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/08/2025
» The Ministry of Public Health is preparing to mount civil and criminal lawsuits against Cambodia for damage to hospitals, estimated at roughly 146 million baht, sustained during the recent Thai-Cambodian border clashes, Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said yesterday.
Clinic suspected of defrauding healthcare system
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/01/2025
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has asked police in Chiang Rai province to take action against a clinic believed to have defrauded the universal healthcare system, including servicing at least one “ghost patient”.
Thai parks dept submits controversial forest bills to cabinet
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/11/2024
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) will submit two draft laws to the cabinet next week, despite opposition from the People's Movement for a Just Society (P-Move), which fears local communities could lose rights to their ancestral lands.
Cannabis controls to be tightened
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/10/2024
» The Public Health Ministry will issue a new ministerial regulation to tighten control of the production, import, export, sale and possession of cannabis and hemp extracts.
Win Process ordered to pay up
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/09/2024
» A court in Rayong has ordered the waste recycling company Win Process Co to pay 1.74 billion baht in compensation after finding the hazardous waste recycling company guilty of severely polluting the environment.
Cannabis advocates vow long rally against relisting
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/06/2024
» Cannabis advocates have vowed to organise a protracted rally next month against the plan by the Ministry of Public Health to relist the plant as a narcotic.