Thailand on verge of using voluntary chemical castration for sex offenders
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND is close to introducing chemical castration as a means of tackling sex crime after lawmakers approved a bill that will give some offenders the right to choose the procedure in return for a reduced prison sentence. The bill, which the lower house passed in March, was approved […]
Read MoreThai Economic MPs resign as govt whips following by-election defeat
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TWO THAI ECONOMIC MPs today (July 12) resigned as government whips, following Sunday’s defeat of their party in a by-election for MP of Lampang. MP Pai Lick and MP Boonsing Warintharak, who concurrently perform as secretary-general and registrar of Thai Economic Party respectively, tendered their letter of resignation as government […]
Read MoreGroup says it has video clip of a Bangkok councillor sexually abusing teen girl
THE social welfare group Zendai (Thread) said this afternoon (July 12) they have a video clip of a Bangkok councillor sexually harassing a teenage girl at his condominium and will now submit a report to Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt to take action, Naewna newspaper said. Speaking at the group’s centre in Phahonyothin Soi 11, […]
Read MoreBangkok cables catch fire again in Lat Phrao area
JUST days after a transformer exploded at Sampeng market sparking a fire that gutted four shophouses and killed two persons, a bunch of tangled electrical cables in front of Lat Phrao Soi 111 caught fire this morning (July 12), Thai Rath newspaper said. At 7.21 a.m. after Phan Fah Radio and fire hotline 199 were […]
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