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Ganja convicts set for release
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 04/06/2022
» More than 4,000 inmates charged or convicted in connection with cannabis-related offences will be released from jail when the regulation removing cannabis and hemp from the list of narcotics takes effect on June 9, according to the Corrections Department.
Japan ties in line for boost
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 02/05/2022
» The official visit by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the first of its kind in nine years, will not only help cement long-term Thai-Japanese relations but also spawn new trade and investment opportunities for both sides, believe some observers.
Drink-driving up on last year's hols
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 19/04/2022
» A total of 7,925 drivers were arrested for driving under the influence or reckless driving during the "seven dangerous days of Songkran", says Department of Probation director-general Witthawal Sunthornkachit.
Thousands of drivers put on probation
King-oua Laohong, Published on 18/04/2022
» A total of 7,925 drivers were arrested for driving under the influence or reckless driving during the "seven dangerous days" of the Songkran Festival and placed on probation by the courts, Department of Probation director-general Witthawal Sunthornkachit said on Monday.
Is lifetime ban not seeing wood for trees?
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 11/04/2022
» The move to permanently ban Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MP Pareena Kraikupt from politics last week for encroaching on protected forest tracts in Ratchaburi has sparked a debate on whether the punishment was appropriate for the crime, as she has yet to be convicted by a criminal court of the allegation.
Draft law targets repeat offenders
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 29/01/2022
» Kanyarat, a 50-year-old woman in Buri Ram, asked the Pavena Hongsakul Foundation for Children and Women early this month to help her parents and their three-year-old grandchild stay safe from her own brother, who has a history of violence.
Rehab begins in the kitchen for Nakhon Sawan cons
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 19/12/2021
» Many former inmates, including some convicted of drug trafficking, begin their re-entry into civilian life months before being released from prison by working at a chili sauce factory in Nakhon Sawan.
DSI rolls two Akara cases into one probe
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 26/11/2021
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has combined two cases against Akara Resources Plc into one to speed up the investigation process, said a senior DSI official.
Department recruits 74,000 prison inmates
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 01/10/2021
» The Department of Corrections has recruited about 74,000 prisoners convicted of committing minor crimes to work at its industrial park with electronic bracelets in a bid to reduce overcrowding in prisons across the kingdom.
Inmates to be offered jobs
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 23/09/2021
» The private sector has agreed to employ 1,000 inmates to work at industrial estates as part of a Department of Corrections (DoC) industrial work programme to help them return to society after being freed.