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HRC term off to shaky start
News, Editorial, Published on 04/12/2024
» Winning a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in October is one thing. But walking the line of good human rights protection seems to be a different issue for the Thai government, which starts its three-year term with the body on Jan 1.
Police target unruly teens
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/01/2024
» Police are stepping up a crackdown on juvenile delinquency nationwide in the wake of the brutal slaying of a middle-aged woman, allegedly at the hands of five teenagers in Sa Kaeo's Aranyaprathet district early this month.
PM to weigh up stiffer juvenile penalties
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth and Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/01/2024
» The government will weigh the pros and cons of toughening legal punishments against young offenders who commit serious crimes, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said.
Calls grow for juvenile law review
News, Wassayos Ngamkham and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 19/01/2024
» Calls for tougher punishments for serious crimes committed "intentionally" by juvenile delinquents are gaining momentum as more parliamentarians expressed their support for such a move on Thursday.
Chinese caught in kidnap plot
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 02/11/2022
» Police have arrested a Chinese national believed to be involved in abducting a compatriot businessman, torturing him and cutting off his little finger for a 30-million-baht ransom.
Jo Ferrari likely to lose assets
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 31/10/2022
» The anti-graft agency has charged ex-policeman Thitisan "Jo Ferrari" Utthanaphon, serving jail time for torturing and killing a drug suspect in custody, with being unusually rich and will have his assets worth 1 billion baht seized, said a source.
More than maid abuse
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Penchan Charoensuthipan and Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/09/2022
» The maid-abuse scandal has revealed many layers of bureaucratic malaise which are perpetuated by a patronage system that eats away at meritocracy.
Probes check how Kornsasi got jobs
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 02/09/2022
» Probes have been launched to determine whether any authorities abused their power to help a police corporal, accused of abusing her maid, join the police force and land other state jobs.
'Transparent' probe into abuse claims
News, Wassayos Ngamkham and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 24/08/2022
» A police corporal accused of torturing a former female soldier who worked as her maid has told investigators that she landed her job as a police officer through a connection.
Suspect in maid torture case bailed
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 22/08/2022
» A police corporal who was accused of torturing her maid in Ratchaburi yesterday came back to Muang police station for a second interrogation, after she was released from police custody on Saturday evening.