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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.
Jab rollout planned for prisoners
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 21/05/2021
» The Corrections Department says it is working closely with the Department of Disease Control to draw up a vaccine rollout plan for inmates and prison staff nationwide.
Prison infections keep rising
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 19/05/2021
» New Covid-19 infections in prisons across the country continued to rise, with up to 1,408 new cases recorded yesterday, while the cumulative number rose to 11,670, the Department of Corrections said.
1,480 more prison Covid infections raise total to 11,670
King-oua Laohong, Published on 18/05/2021
» The Corrections Department on Tuesday reported detecting 1,408 more Covid-19 infections at seven prisons, raising the number of infected detainees at 13 prisons nationwide to 11,670.
Prison Covid infections rise to 9,789, Chiang Mai highest
King-oua Laohong, Published on 17/05/2021
» A total of 9,789 Covid-19 infections have been found during testing at 12 prisons over the past five days, with the highest number at Chiang Mai Central Prison, the Corrections Department announced on Monday.
144 inmates infected at Chiang Mai prison
King-oua Laohong, Published on 26/04/2021
» A field hospital has been set up in Zone 6 of the Chiang Mai prison after 144 new prisoners and two officials were found to have been infected with Covid-19, Corrections Department director-general Aryut Sinthoppan said on Monday.
Thailand seen as 'ketamine transit hub'
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 13/01/2021
» Gangs in Taiwan, China and Thailand have colluded to smuggle ketamine into Thailand for re-export to lucrative markets in Malaysia and Hong Kong, a source in the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has revealed.
DSI seizes Railway Club co-op building
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 08/01/2021
» A 24.3-million-baht apartment building in Chiang Mai belonging to a former executive of the Railway Club Cooperative has been seized as authorities expand an investigation into money-laundering linked with last year's 2.8-billion-baht embezzlement in the cooperative.
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.
Factories to be built at Ban Bueng prison to train inmates
King-oua Laohong, Published on 16/11/2020
» Four factories will be built on land at the Ban Bueng temporary prison in Ban Bueng district, Chon Buri province, under a Corrections Department plan to establish industrial estates where inmates who are soon to be released can learn on-the-job work skills, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Monday.