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Foreigner charged over bomb-making materials

February 23, 2012

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A suspect in a bomb-related case, Lebanese-Swede Artris Hussein, was yesterday indicted officially for illegally possessing substances that could be used to make explosives. The 3,412-page investigation report and indictment, filed in 18 sections, has been handed to a senior public prosecutor, Phongniwat Yutthaphan-borikarn, who said he would complete an indictment and forward it...

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Chalerm seeks speedy killing of drug convicts

February 15, 2012

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Chalerm seeks speedy killing of drug convicts

A legal study is underway at the order of Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung to find out whether drug-related convicts on death row could be executed within 60 days after final verdicts have been reached, in an attempt to combat rampant drug dealing. Chalerm said a new regulation stipulated that verdicts in drug-related convictions...

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Search of Khao Bin Prison turns up more illegal objects

February 11, 2012

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Search of Khao Bin Prison turns up more illegal objects

In an impromptu raid on cells in Ratchaburi’s Khao Bin Prison yesterday, officials found many prohibited items including a mobile phone hidden inside a wall, which is a blind spot for the prison’s signal-jamming device. Despite conducting previous searches to clear cells of banned materials before the arrival of another 200 inmates, the 300-strong...

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Dirty work helps inmates clean their conscience

February 11, 2012

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Dirty work helps inmates clean their conscience

Auan still wakes up behind bars, but he no longer feels the terrible confinement of being an inmate. For more than a month, Auan, who has been in Klongprem Central Prison for nearly five years, has got out of bed with a fresh feeling, eagerly seizing a rare opportunity to get outside the walls...

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Inmate’s wife surrenders as prison drug cleanup continues

February 10, 2012

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Inmate’s wife surrenders as prison drug cleanup continues

The wife of Bang Kwang Prison inmate Peerayuth Phaetsakon yesterday turned herself in to police, declaring she had become rich because of her processed wood business, not through the massive drug trafficking operation Peerayuth was accused of running from behind bars. Her surrender coincides with a sweeping Corrections Department operation to clean up drug...

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Four agencies to tackle prison drug trade

February 9, 2012

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Four agencies to tackle prison drug trade

Four major government agencies have agreed to jointly tackle the drug trade in prison with the Corrections Department being the coordinator, Justice Ministy spokesman Thirachai Wuthitham said Wednesday. The four agencies are the Corrections Department, Department of Special Investigation (DSI), the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC), and Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo). Mr Thirachai said...

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Lie-detection tests may deter prison guards

February 9, 2012

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Lie-detection tests may deter prison guards

As part of an ongoing crackdown on drug trafficking within prisons, all prison guards will have to undergo periodic polygraph tests and urine tests, while DNA tests will be conducted on seized mobile phones in order to identify corrupt officials, the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) said yesterday. The polygraph or lie-detection test should...

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Thai Court Sentences American Citizen for Violating Thai Law on US Soil

February 8, 2012

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Thai Court Sentences American Citizen for Violating Thai Law on US Soil

A U.S. citizen was sentenced to 2.5 years in a Thailand jail for insulting the country’s monarchy. Joe Gordon, 55, who was born in Thailand and now lives in Colorado, pleaded guilty to posting links on the Internet to a banned biography of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyade. The naturalized U.S. citizen also goes by...

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Super security prison to be established in Thailand

February 8, 2012

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The country’s first super maximum security facility will be located in the Khlong Phai area of Nakhon Ratchasima’s Sikhiu district. The Corrections Department touts the project as a silver bullet to combat drug dealings inside prisons. Suchart Wonganantachai, director-general of the department, said 60 per cent of the 1,000 high-profile drug-related convicts rounded up...

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Security tight as Khao Bin prison braces for influx of drug-trading inmates

February 8, 2012

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Security tight as Khao Bin prison braces for influx of drug-trading inmates

Khao Bin prison in Ratchaburi has beefed up security in preparation to receive 200 notorious drug inmates being transferred from other jails. Khao Bin has the best security protection system of all prisons in the country, said Corrections Department director-general Suchart Wongananchai yesterday. The main feature of this security is a mobile phone signal...

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