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S44 panel vote on knife-edge
News, Published on 04/12/2019
» The House of Representatives will on Wednesday vote again on a motion to set up a committee to scrutinise Section 44, after the previous vote ended in a shock defeat for the government following conflicts within the coalition.
PM issues final S44 order
News, Published on 10/07/2019
» The last order under the sweeping powers of Section 44 has been issued by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, lifting media bans and transferring all cases involving offences against his orders to civilian courts.
Civil groups bid to scrap S44 orders
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/06/2019
» Twenty-three civic groups led by Internet Dialogue on Law Reform (iLaw) yesterday launched its campaign seeking the nullification of 35 regime orders that it says violate civil rights and democratic principles.
Scores of S44 orders to be enacted as laws
News, Published on 01/05/2019
» Some of the directives issued under Section 44 by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, as the chief of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), will be made into law, including orders invoked to tackle illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing and fix aviation safety problems.
S44 rolled out to solve glitches on Green Line
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/04/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has invoked Section 44 to streamline management of the Green Line electric train project.
Spectrum payment S44 order under fire
News, Published on 12/04/2019
» Experts have slammed the regime's move to invoke Section 44 to extend the payments for the 900-megahertz spectrum licences awarded to three telecom operators, saying it is currying favour with private firms at the expense of the public benefit.
Section 44 mulled to aid mobile giants
News, Published on 27/02/2019
» The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) is weighing whether to invoke Section 44 to assist the country's top three mobile operators by delaying the final payments on their bidding fees for the 900-megahertz spectrum auction.
Weeding out foreigners: strains over Thai legalisation of marijuana
Reuters, Published on 12/12/2018
» Thailand is set to become the first Asian country to legalise medical marijuana, but a battle is brewing between local and foreign firms over control of a potentially lucrative market.
S44 'not fit' for cannabis regulation
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/11/2018
» FTA Watch, a non-governmental body monitoring free trade agreements, has expressed its disapproval of the regime's plan to invoke Section 44 to deal with contentious issues surrounding requests to patent marijuana extracts.
Prajin denies S44 ganja order
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 22/09/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Prajin Juntong denied he planned to propose that the regime exercise Section 44 to allow doctors to treat patients with marijuana on a trial basis, but admitted its use in medical research was being deliberated.