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Murder in the countryside
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 29/06/2021
» The Royal Thai Police took a good solid year to build an airtight criminal case against Chaiphol "Lung Phol" Wipha, the prime suspect in the death of toddler Orawan "Nong Champoo" Wongsricha, who was found dead and violated on a mountain not far from her home in Mukdahan province last year.
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Recounting a daring art heist
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 19/04/2021
» Netflix's new crime docuseries This Is A Robbery: The World's Greatest Art Heist attempts to bring closure to one of the world's most brazen crimes that has yet to be resolved until today.
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Social issues in the spotlight
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 28/12/2020
» As the end of 2020 nears, one can confidently say that Covid-19 has probably had the biggest impact on exacerbating social issues in the country.
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When the innocent fall victim
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 19/10/2020
» Two years ago, anti-death penalty advocates were surprised by Thailand's first execution in nine years when 26-year-old Teerasak Longji was executed at Bangkok's Bang Kwang Central Prison by lethal injection for aggravated murder.
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A cure for policing ills
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 14/07/2020
» When footage of George Floyd's arrest first surfaced on the internet, many around the world, including Pol Lt Col Krisanaphong Poothakool and Pol Lt Col Peabprom Mekhiyanont, watched in horror as Derek Chauvin, a 19-year police veteran, attempted to arrest the man on suspicion of using counterfeit notes by pinning him to the ground and kneeling on the back of his neck despite Floyd's pleas that he could not breathe.
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The real reason Grab is winning: service
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 01/07/2019
» Taxi and motorcycle taxi drivers in the capital were once again up in arms last week when they heard that their arch-rival Grab Thailand, the local operating arm of the Singapore-based start-up hailing service app, might be getting the green light by the government to operate legally.
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Taking on the traffickers
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 17/07/2017
» Life's unkindnesses turned Wirawan Mosby, 2017 recipient of the US Secretary of State Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report Hero Award, into a woman of valour.
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Anger management needed to curb youth violence
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 23/05/2016
» Firearms and youth violence has once again consumed innocent lives. It has become a worrisome social ill that continues to sporadically surface from time to time, with no signs of abating. In most cases, it is found that the perpetrators were either on drugs or under the influence. Their vicious acts are either documented on closed-circuit television or put on social media after a witness takes a video clip.
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Telling the stories of the dead
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 22/03/2016
» In his line of work, it's essential to remain emotionally detached. The evidence can speak for itself. Dr Krittin Meewuttisom works on dead bodies to determine the cause of death and collects evidence found on cadavers to bring murderers to justice. His job is visceral but it's also about fact-finding, a responsibility he shoulders with duty, diligence and sense of urgency.
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Police need image makeover
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 23/10/2015
» The utter mayhem that unfolded a few weeks ago in the vicinity of Phuket's Thalang police station between officers and disgruntled residents who accused them of causing the death of two young drug suspects saw the type of carnage we have not seen in a while.
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