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S44 panel vote on knife-edge
News, Wassana Nanuam & Mongkol Bangprapa, 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.
Key coalition figures to meet over S44 loss
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 03/12/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will attend a meeting aimed at strengthening ties among key figures of the coalition parties on Tuesday, Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta said on Monday.
S44 panel vote sparks walkout
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/11/2019
» The House of Representatives was thrown into turmoil on Wednesday after both sides were locked in conflict over voting for a panel to study the effects of orders issued under Section 44.
PM asks Thais to be patient
News, Mongkol Bangprapa & Wassana Nanuam, Published on 16/07/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has asked the Thai people to be patient with his new government as it has no sweeping special powers, unlike its predecessor over the previous five years.
PM issues final S44 order
News, Wassana Nanuam & Mongkol Bangprapa, 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, Aekarach SattaburuthWassana Nanuam, 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.
Govt hurries to quash 'fake' S44 order, coup rumours
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 11/02/2019
» Government leaders said on Monday that copies of a fake Section 44 order for the removal of the armed forces chiefs had been distributed on social media, along with a rumour of a new coup d'etat, by people intent on triggering disunity and disorder.
Politicians ask PM to stop using S44
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/01/2019
» Politicians have called on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to stop exercising the all-powerful Section 44 and maintain political neutrality ahead of the March 24 general election.
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.