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Sorayuth can host TV news programmes while on parole
King-oua Laohong, Published on 14/03/2021
» Famous former television news anchorman Sorayuth Suthassanachinda, paroled after serving jail time for embezzlement, is permitted to host television news programmes but cannot take part in political activities, authorities said on Sunday.
Transfers will fix overcrowding
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 11/03/2021
» Political prisoners at Klong Prem Central Prison and Bangkok Remand Prison will be moved to other facilities to reduce overcrowding and other problems, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said yesterday.
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.
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.
Nattawut told to keep mum after early release
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 19/12/2020
» Nattawut Saikuar, the co-founder of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), says he is banned from expressing his political opinions, following his release from prison on royal clemency on Friday.
Activists give minister jail 'wish list'
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 28/10/2020
» The three incarcerated anti-government protest leaders called on the government to ensure their well-being by granting a number of special requests during a weekend visit by the justice minister, according to a source at the Department of Corrections.
No partying allowed in jail: dept
King-oua Laohong, Published on 07/07/2019
» The Corrections Department has dismissed talk that prisoners were allowed to hold birthday parties in prison compounds and brushed aside calls for new prisons to be set up to take political prisoners.
Asean to implement plan to transfer convicts faster
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 30/04/2019
» With the majority of 15,000 foreign inmates in Thailand hailing from Asean countries, the government is discussing a plan to facilitate regional efforts to fast track their transfer back home.
Death penalty abolition 'not easy' in Thailand
King-oua Laohong, Published on 17/10/2017
» It is not easy to abolish the death penalty in Thailand, the director-general of the Rights and Liberties Protection Department says.
Ministry eyes state bail for poor inmates
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 25/09/2014
» The Justice Ministry plans to use money from the Justice Fund to seek bail for inmates remanded on petty charges to reduce prison overcrowding.