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Activists' fate awaits action
News, Editorial, Published on 02/09/2024
» Last Friday marked International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Unlike in the past, the return of a Shinawatra family member to Government House has rekindled hope the new prime minister will help locate political activists -- many of whom were affiliated with the red-shirt movement -- who disappeared in neighbouring countries like Cambodia and Laos.
Rights body wants results on missing activists
Post Reporters, Published on 12/06/2024
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has submitted to the Ministry of Justice an investigation report into nine self-exiled Thai political activists who have disappeared in neighbouring countries, urging the government to pursue the cases seriously.
Veteran politician Anan Chaisang dies, aged 96
Online Reporters, Published on 24/11/2023
» Anan Chaisang, a veteran politician of Chachoengsao province, died on Thursday of old age. He was 96.
Fishery official caught smuggling migrants
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 13/03/2022
» KANCHANABURI: A fishery official assigned to a border checkpoint was arrested for smuggling three migrants from Myanmar into Muang district of this western border province on Saturday, police said.
FPO upbeat on 2021 forecast
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/12/2020
» Despite a new round of outbreaks in Thailand, the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) is still optimistic about next year's economic outlook thanks to improved exports and a tourism recovery supported by vaccinations.
Woman begs cops to find activist husband's body
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/12/2020
» The wife of Surachai Danwattananusorn, a 77-year-old activist who disappeared in 2018 and is presumed dead, has asked that police intensify their efforts to find his body and return it to the family for a funeral.
Four cases yield huge drugs haul
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/11/2020
» Large hauls of illicit drugs, including millions of methamphetamine pills and more than 800kg of crystal meth, were seized in four separate cases, the Narcotics Suppression Bureau has revealed. Details on the seizures were announced at the bureau's headquarters in Bangkok on Thursday.
B10,000 fines for six defendants in 'Thai Federation' case
Online Reporters, Published on 19/10/2020
» The Criminal Court on Monday fined six alleged members of the so-called "Thai Federation" movement 10,000 baht each for illegally staging a rally on the skywalk over Pathumwan intersection on Dec 5, 2018.
House set to quiz MFA over Wanchalearm
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 12/06/2020
» The House committee on law, justice, and human rights will next Wednesday ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to clarify its actions regarding the disappearance of Thai activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit, who was abducted near his apartment in Phnom Penh last week.
Petition filed in missing activist case
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/06/2020
» Pressure is mounting on the Thai and Cambodian governments to investigate the disappearance of pro-democracy activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit who reportedly went missing in Phnom Penh last week.