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Ban toxic glyphosate
News, Postbag, Published on 26/05/2018
» According to a May 24 report, the Hazardous Substance Committee, in reference to a ban on three toxic pesticides, said "there were insufficient studies confirming they were health hazards", and thus have allowed their continued use. One of the three is glyphosate, known as "Roundup".
Kingpins remain untouched
News, Postbag, Published on 20/05/2018
» A <i>Bangkok Post</i> report this week showed 36 foreign nationals and one Thai were detained during tourist police-led raids on 104 locations across the country in the early hours of Thursday.
Tycoon in crosshairs
News, Postbag, Published on 20/03/2018
» The public shouldn't be too highly strung about Premchai Karnasuta's alleged poaching case. Relax and let justice run its course.
Time on their side
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 18/03/2018
» They took down the Interpol Red Notice to locate, arrest and hold for extradition Thailand's most infamous wilding child last week. Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya is further off the hook than ever.
Interpol pulls red notice for 'Boss' from its website
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/03/2018
» The Interpol "Red Notice" for Red Bull scion Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya, wanted on hit-and-run charges, has disappeared from its website.
Prawit denies senior police helped 'Boss'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/09/2017
» Senior police officers did not assist Red Bull scion Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya in evading justice over the hit-and-run case in which a policeman was killed in 2012, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has insisted.
'Boss', 'Pai' and the casino of (in)justice
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 29/07/2017
» Place your bets on what's going to happen first: Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya being brought to court, or Jatupat "Pai Dao Din" Boonpattararaksa being granted bail.
Even if 'Boss' were arrested, what happens next?
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/04/2017
» When I was reading law at Chulalongkorn University about four decades ago, there was an old saying among jurists that went along the lines of, "When gunshots ring out, all the jurists just sit down and keep their mouths shut."
Breaking bad news
Guru, Jarupat Buranastidporn, Published on 27/01/2017
» Now that 2016 is finally over, we can rest assured that all the bull**** and f**kery it brought with it will never be repeated. Right? RIGHT?! Bleh, who knows what the future has in store for us. Let's face it, this time last year the thought of Trump becoming the 45th President of the United States probably made you spit out your coffee or, if you're a hipster, choke on your kale juice. But then again, never say never, right?
'Justice' Thai-style
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/12/2016
» Re: "Police ponder legal action in abbot ordeal", (BP, Dec 2). The inability of the DSI to arrest Phra Dhammajayo has descended into farce. In all probability he is no longer ensconced in Wat Phra Dhammakaya, despite what authorities say. With so many of his followers surrounding the temple it would be easy for him to slip away disguised as one of them. Maybe he is not even in Thailand.