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Drug inmates seek sentence review after law amendment
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 18/01/2022
» Over 92,000 drug inmates have petitioned the Justice Ministry to review their sentences following the implementation of the new Narcotics Act.
Hope lies in new fix for addicts
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 01/01/2022
» Maam, 35, was hooked on methamphetamine for 20 years and every time she was caught, she was sent straight to drug rehabilitation, without once being charged.
New chief brings fresh air into DSI
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 11/10/2021
» The Department of Special Investigation is an agency whose main task is to administer justice to victims of crime, so its chief is expected to be a well-rounded, relatively senior, and at times, a combative individual.
HM King pardons inmates
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 28/07/2021
» More than 200,000 prisoners have been granted a royal pardon on the auspicious occasion of His Majesty the King's 69th birthday on Wednesday, including 35,000 inmates who will be released on parole.
523 more Covid infections found in prisons
King-oua Laohong, Published on 22/05/2021
» Another 523 inmates at seven prisons have been found to be infected with Covid-19, with the Bang Kwang Central Prison reporting the most new infections at 299. The national total has risen to 14,566.
Minister: Political prisoners to be spread out
King-oua Laohong, Published on 10/03/2021
» The Corrections Department has been instructed to transfer political prisoners now mostly held at Klong Prem Central Prison and Bangkok Remand Prison to other facilities to reduce overcrowding and other problems, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Wednesday.
Industrial estates eyed for inmates
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 08/02/2021
» The Department of Corrections has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) to set up a special industrial zone that will provide vocational job training and employment to prison inmates prior to their release.
Newsman Sorayuth to be paroled
King-oua Laohong, Published on 02/02/2021
» Former television news anchor Sorayuth Suthassanachinda, jailed for eight years for embezzling 138 million baht in advertising fees from the Mass Communications Organisation of Thailand, will be released on parole on March 14, Corrections Department director-general Ayut Sinthoppan said on Tuesday.
Focusing on the bright side
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 04/01/2021
» Vichai Chaimongkol had only been promoted as the Office of the Narcotics Control Board's secretary-general for three months when he held a news conference to announce what was thought to be Thailand's largest ketamine bust, only to find out later that the haul was mostly trisodium phosphate.
Justice Ministry unveils plan to release 16,000 prisoners
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 20/12/2020
» The Justice Ministry is considering whether it can release about 16,000 prisoners who have completed one-third of their jail terms and received royal clemency.