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Cannabis U-turn could bring protests, lawsuits
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/05/2024
» The government’s move to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic threatens to trigger street protests and lawsuits by owners of thousands of dispensaries that have sprung up across the country since decriminalisation two years ago.
Coalition parties sign agreement
Gary Boyle, Published on 23/05/2023
» Leaders of eight parties have signed a memorandum of understanding as they step closer to forming a new coalition government on Monday.
Points system for drivers begins
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/01/2023
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) on Monday started a point system in a bid to improve driving discipline and road safety in the kingdom.
Cannabis rules changed
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/11/2022
» The government has slightly revised rules on the sale and use of cannabis as a “controlled herb” amid concern about recreational drug use.
5 Chinese triad leaders blacklisted, 2 caught
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/11/2022
» The heads of five major Chinese triads operating in Thailand have been blacklisted, police said on Tuesday.
Cop chief linked to drug trade
Gary Boyle, Published on 21/10/2022
» The Narathiwat provincial police chief has been transferred to an inactive post with the Royal Thai Police for alleged connections to drug networks in the deep South and Malaysia.
Man arrested for murdering woman from dating app
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/10/2022
» Police arrested a man for torturing and murdering a woman he met on a dating app - and rescued another brutally-beaten woman from his room.
Mass murder at child care centre
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/10/2022
» Thirty-seven people were killed, including 24 children, by a former policeman with a gun and a knife who barged into a child development centre in Nong Bua Lam Phu on Thursday afternoon.
Cannabis policy 'won't be axed'
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/07/2022
» Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has refused to back down from the move to decriminalise cannabis despite mounting calls for the policy to be immediately suspended.
Life imprisonment for police who tortured suspect to death
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/06/2022
» Six policemen, including the former chief of Muang Nakhon Sawan police station, were sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday for torturing a drug suspect to death with plastic bags placed over his head.