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Push to drop time limit for Japanese tourist murder case
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/11/2025
» The parents of a Japanese tourist murdered in Sukhothai 18 years ago have urged Thai lawmakers to make her murder case exempt from the 20-year statute of limitations, to uphold justice, transparency, and victim rights.
New push to solve slaying of Japanese actress in Thailand
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/06/2025
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is ramping up efforts to solve the 2007 murder of Japanese stage actress Tomoko Kawashita at Wat Saphan Hin in Sukhothai province, before the statute of limitations expires in 2027.
DSI seeks Japanese man's DNA
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 24/07/2020
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) will seek DNA samples from a man in Japan for comparison with genetic material found on the clothing of a Japanese woman slain in Sukhothai Historical Park in 2007.
Fight for justice never ends
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 30/12/2019
» The Justice Ministry and agencies under it make some tough calls as they deal with twists in high-profile criminal and drug cases, not to mention faulty monitoring devices.
Sukhothai probe closes in on target
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 21/11/2019
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin expects to take one more month to more closely link a suspect to the murder of a Japanese woman in Sukhothai after lab tests found DNA of the suspect's relatives match genetic traces on the victim's clothes.
Suspect in 2007 murder 'already dead'
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 17/10/2019
» The man suspected of murdering Japanese tourist Tomoko Kawashita in Sukhothai 12 years ago has died, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Wednesday.
DNA probe could unlock 2007 murder
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 16/10/2019
» The results of new DNA tests in the cold-case murder of a Japanese tourist in Sukhothai province 12 years ago will be delivered within 20 days, according to Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin.
Tourist murder case reopened
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 05/10/2019
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has been ordered to reopen the investigation into the murder of a Japanese tourist in Sukhothai Historical Park in Sukhothai province more than a decade ago.
Trafficking fight yet to take off
News, Tomoko Nishimoto, Published on 30/07/2018
» Less than twenty years ago, human trafficking was defined by an international treaty, known as the Palermo Protocol, whereby the international community committed to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons. Since then, global attention has been focused on fighting -- and eradicating -- the crime of human trafficking.