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Criminalise torture now
News, Editorial, Published on 24/07/2019
» Torture allegedly committed by soldiers and police officers in Thailand against detainees in recent years has usually happened behind closed doors, involving techniques that leave no bruises or visible wounds. This fact provides a strong enough reason for one to suspect whether the army's detention of insurgent suspect Abdulloh Esormusor on Saturday night -- that resulted in him suffering a cerebral oedema and falling unconscious -- involved torture of some kind.
Srisuwan seeks PPRP disbandment
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/07/2019
» Activist Srisuwan Janya will seek the disbandment of the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), the leading party in the coalition government, for holding a seminar for its MPs at a resort accused of forest encroachment in Nakhon Ratchasima province.
Dept gives perilous truth about penis injections
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/07/2019
» The Department of Health Service Support has warned against the perils of unauthorised injections intended to enlarge penis sizes, saying the injections can cause severe infections and cancer.
Demented drug war
News, Postbag, Published on 24/07/2019
» Re: "Reality of prisons", (PostBag, July 22).
IMF urges expansionary policy for Thailand
Business, Published on 24/07/2019
» An IMF delegation has recommended Thai policymakers use an expansionary policy mix to boost domestic demand while the economy stutters, according to preliminary findings of the agency's team after an annual visit to Thailand.
Suthep in soup over cop shops
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/07/2019
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has found grounds to charge former protest leader and ex-deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban and others in a case involving alleged irregularities in a police station construction project, a source at the anti-graft agency said.
BBL propels QR service regionally
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 24/07/2019
» Bangkok Bank (BBL), Thailand's largest international banking network provider, has expanded its digital footprint in Asia by rolling out cardless QR codes in several countries.
Depa project gets backing from 14 firms
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 24/07/2019
» Fourteen companies will provide financial support for the Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Depa) to help support the country's technology and innovation development.
The last prime minister of the United Kingdom
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 24/07/2019
» It has been suggested that Boris Johnson (who becomes the prime minister of the United Kingdom this week) is what you would get if Donald Trump had been educated at Eton and Oxford. Maybe, although there is a great gulf between Mr Trump's bombastic self-promotion and Mr Johnson's self-deprecating, rather shambolic persona.
Work together to stop harassment
News, Boonwara Sumano and N Aneksomboonphon, Published on 24/07/2019
» The United Nations' survey in 2019 found that one third of UN staff and contractors have experienced sexual harassment over the past two years, and that two thirds of those offenders were men.