Public input sought for new drug rules

Public input sought for new drug rules

Cholnan Srikaew, the public health minister, intends to hold a public hearing to discuss the proposed new governmental restriction of drug possession, which will specifically concentrate on “ya ba” pills, methamphetamine pills combined with caffeine.

The action is a part of the government’s effort to better enable drug therapy for lovers by separating medicine customers from dealers or manufacturers.

Before submitting the legislation to the case for approval, Dr. Cholnan told the media yesterday that he first wants to hear people’s views on it.

Those who have fewer than five meth pills may be considered drug users in need of care under the proposed regulation. Now, people who own 10 pills or less are regarded as drug people rather than traders.

However, he added that drug users found with more than five of the pills in accordance with the proposed regulations can still be considered to be in need of treatment and wo n’t be charged with drug-related offenses if they choose to go through a rehabilitation program.

If the criminal is identified as a drug dealer under the review, they will be sentenced to prison and good.

According to Dr. Cholnan, the hear could be posted on a Public Health Ministry website.

Before submitting the subject to the government for approval, regulators may take about two weeks to collect and examine all comments on the website.

The common reading will start after the review of the regulation has been approved by a committee, he said.

The document regulation’s guiding principle, according to Dr. Cholnan, is that anyone found to be in possession of the pills with the intent to use or spread them may be subject to legal action.

For instance, using cocaine pills carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison and does result in fines of one million baht.Possessing one mether pill also entails two years of imprisonment and an additional fine of 40, 000 ba.

Yet, he added, there is also a conviction that people can transform through treatment.

Drug users will be released from guilt and receive a certificate if they deliberately complete the rehab process after being caught with just one meth pill. But they will face legal repercussions if they disobey and flee, he said.

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Stuck truck finally freed from Sukhumvit hole

After collapsing steel covering, a 10-wheeler heavily loaded with mud took six days to free.

Stuck truck finally freed from Sukhumvit hole
On Wednesday, a 10-wheel vehicle that is heavily loaded with mud is parked in Bangkok’s collapsed Sukhumvit Road, close to Soi 64/1. Nutthawat Wichieanbut is shown in the image.

On Wednesday, traffic on occupied Sukhumvit Road was even worse than usual because a large truck that was trying to remove the steel slab covering the hole near Soi Sukhovit 64/1 caused it to collapse. It took the truck six hours to get rid of the slab.

Under the skywalk of the Punnawithi BTS place, where the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is installing electric wiring and cabling beneath, the road surface collapsed as the 10-wheel vehicle drove over it around 11.45 a.m.

According to police, two people were hurt and taken to a local hospital.

Sukhumvit Road’s three northbound lanes came to a complete stop, resulting in traffic jams that went all the way up to the Bang Na intersection and above.

Many online sleuths noticed a suspicious sticker on the truck’s entrance windshield as they started to move it, which was loaded with dirt that had been dug up from the construction site. The same ones that were used in a long-running ,&nbsp, corruption racket that allowed overloaded trucks to avoid police checks were displayed earlier this year.

Two more trucks showed up to remove the soil after a shovel was brought to the picture to scoop it out of the vehicle. The truck was finally lifted out of the opening using two cranes, and the job was finished around 6.30 p.m.

When the page may be repaired to allow for a resumption of traffic was still unknown.

There are about 700 areas on Bangkok highways where metal plates cover the entrances to tunnels for electric cables, according to the Thai Rath paper.

Chadchart Sittipunt, the government of Bangkok, told investigators that no staff were in the hole when the accident happened when he went to the scene that evening. According to him, the wire work typically takes place from 10 p.m. to 5 a in the morning.

He claimed that it was still unknown if the vehicle weighed more than the allotted pounds or whether the covering’s construction was poor.

A titanium plate covering a hole where cabling was being moved under close to Sukhumvit 64/1 collapsed under the weight of the large truck. Nutthawat Wichieanbut is shown in the image.

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Special events planned for King’s 72nd birthday

The PM leads a council to handle event planning for 2024.

Special events planned for King's 72nd birthday
A commission to plan royal and joyous events at Government House on Wednesday is presided over by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. ( Image: Government House )

To commemorate His Majesty the King’s 6th pattern or his 72nd holiday on July 28 of next year, the government is organizing royal and joyous activities.

A commission formed to plan the activities at Government House on Wednesday was presided over by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, according to government official Chai Wacharonke.

The visit of panels to oversee various facets of the historic event was the meeting’s icing on the cake. The meeting covered a wide range of topics.

Six panels, according to Mr. Chai, would be in charge of organizing theological and state rituals, projects and activities, public relations, visitors and public safety, creating archives and memorial books, budgeting, and creating a distinctive 6th period emblem.

The House, Senate, and Supreme Court leader serve as council experts, with the primary minister serving as chairman and his representatives as assistant chairs.

Ministers, experts, and deputy prime officials are chosen to lead the panel.

Deputy Prime Minister Somsak Thepsutin will be in charge of the state rites section as well as the projects and activities section.

The transportation and public health section will be led by Deputy Prime Minister Pol Gen Phatcharavat Wongsuwan, and the public relations board by PM’s Office Minister Puangpet Chunlaiad.

Sermsak Pongpanit, the minister of society, will be in charge of the archives and memorial books board, PM’s Office investigator general Rungrattana Bunlong will lead the budget committee, and a professional assigned to the PM s office will oversee the emblem panel.

Dedication of water to be offered to the King, blessing of holy water for connected religious ceremonies, and global alms-giving ceremonies will all be part of the celebrations.

State representatives may even take an oath to uphold morality and represent the nation at an event.

The Thailand Cultural Centre will host rites for five different sects, Mr. Chai continued.

To honor the royal kathin ( robe-giving ) rite to mark the end of Buddhist Lent the following year, a royal barge procession will also be held on the Chao Phraya River. The King’s day will also be commemorated by a large monk priesthood and the creation of unique commemorative coins.

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Berlin ‘keen on land bridge’

According to travel minister Suriya, the minister welcomes buyer show in Germany.

Berlin ‘keen on land bridge’
The German adviser to Thailand, Ernst Wolfgang Reichel, and Suriya Jungrungreangkit, the secretary of transportation, will meet on Tuesday. ( Image: Ministry of Transportation )

Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit stated on Wednesday that Germany has expressed a strong interest in Thailand’s Land Bridge proposal and has invited the state to host an investor show there.

He said this following a meeting with Ernst Wolfgang Reichel, the European ambassador to Thailand, during which the two spoke about several facets of their bilateral cooperation as well as the country’s major transportation initiatives.

” Plainly, the German side was interested in the land bridge task. Additionally, the ambassador will inform the German government of the project, which, in his opinion, may be of interest to some European investors, according to Mr. Suriya.

According to the secretary, Mr. Reichel requested that the Thai authorities hold a roadshow to encourage the proposal in Germany after stating that it had been well received by numerous foreign investors.

According to him, the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning has been organizing a number of roadshows to spread awareness of the job throughout Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

A number of special events aimed at foreign investment will start later this month and last through January, Mr. Suriya said, even though the task will be subject to public sessions around the planned sites in the Chumphon and Ranong provinces.

When he attends the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ) meetings in San Francisco the following week, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin also plans to discuss the project.

The Ranong-Chumphon job is the most recent in a lengthy line of initiatives to cut off shipping through the Strait of Malacca and connect the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. A road-rail-pipe system would connect the interface and industrial property developments at either end.

With community and environmentalist opposition being a major barrier, earlier land bridge proposals have not been successful.

The new government has since improved the Ranong-Chumphon area bridge, which was originally proposed by the previous administration and cost an estimated 1 trillion baht to build.

According to Mr. Suriya, the results of the ongoing hearings, which are anticipated to take about two months, will be submitted along with other documents for an environmental health impact assessment ( EHIA ), which should be finished by late in the following year.

Then, between April and June of 2025, invitations to pay may be distributed to potential investors, and the cabinet will receive the bid results for approval in August of that same year.

The land bridge’s five-year structure is anticipated to start in September 2025 and ending in October 2030.

According to the secretary, 300 billion of the 1 trillion ringgit budget will be used to build a new seaport in Chumphon on the Gulf side, and another 330 billion will go toward building another port there.

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Prisoner ‘Sia Paeng Nanod’ in shootout with police

Removal on lam since October 22 trapped in southern mountain hideout; status is still unknown.

Prisoner ‘Sia Paeng Nanod’ in shootout with police
On October 22, Chaowalit Thongduang, also known as” Sia Paeng Nanod,” escaped from Maharat Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital with the aid of several other people who have since been detained. ( Castroller: Thammarat Hospital )

In his rocky shelter in Trang, where he had fled after his exit on October 22, slave Chaowalit Thongduang, alias Sia Paeng Nanod, was involved in a fight with authorities on Wednesday.

Whether Chaowalit was killed in the exchange of gunfire or certainly has not yet been determined.

On Wednesday night, officers from Provincial Police areas 8 and 9 as well as national park rangers surrounded Nai Tra town in the Banthad hill spectrum of the Palian area.

Authorities thought Chaowalit was hiding out among the 300 households in the isolated community. The three regions of Phatthalung, Trang, and Satun are included in the rock collection.

Mobile indicators are sporadic, and the area is mostly made up of plastic plantations and forest.

According to Indian media, there was a gunshot change as officers approached the region where they thought the inmate was hiding.

Chaowalit, 37, was facing numerous another legal costs, including murder, and was currently incarcerated for attempted murder.

On October 22, he left Maharat Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital. After being taken that for medical care, he was later admitted after collapsing and claiming to have excruciating leg pains. He was chained to the base and restrained, but he managed to escape immediately.

Before the altercation, authorities detained a man by the name of” Bang Khiew,” who admitted to having descended from the hills to procure food for the fugitive. On Wednesday, he was supposed to bring Chaowalit foods. Officers were forced to focus in on the community as a result.

According to earlier press accounts, Chaowalit was killed in the altercation by gunfire. Older officers insisted that this was untrue, though.

Tawee Sodsong, the justice secretary, added that there was no proof that the slave had been shot to death.

The battle, according to acting associate federal police chief Pol Lt Gen Ittiphol Atchariyapradit, lasted more than 2 days.

Officers took more than 600 rounds of ammunition, a 9mm handgun, an M16 rifle, and an HK weapons after the gunshots.

According to Pol Lt Gen Ittiphol, the soldiers are still encircling the shelter even though they are unsure of how many men were with the slave.

Chaowalit had not yet been shot to death, according to Pol Maj Gen Piyawat Chalermsri, acting Provincial Police Region 9 director, and Acting Deputy National Police Chief Lt Gen Thana Chuwong.

The two rode in a plane to the image of the collision.

The Phatthalung Provincial Court last month gave Chaowalit a 20-year, six-month prison term for attempted murder in connection with an armed assault on police during an attempted kidnapping on September 2, 2019, in the southwestern state.

He started serving time at Phatthalung Prison in January 2022, and on August 7 of this year, he was transferred to Nakhon Si Thammarat Prison.

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Another petition seeks to axe Move Forward

The Bhumjaithai registration queries whether the criticism party’s “expulsion” of the deputy speaker was in accordance with the law.

Another petition seeks to axe Move Forward
Following his expulsion from the Move Forward Party, Padipat Suntiphada (centre ) joins the Fair Party. At parliament on October 10, Fair Party leader Pitipong Temcharoen ( left ) and secretary-general Kannavee Suebsang flank him. ( Photo: Chatpattarasil Pattarpong )

The Bhumjaithai Party, which leads the opposition in the House of Representatives while a former party member continues to serve as deputy speaker, has petitioned the Election Commission (EC ) to dissolve the Move Forward Party ( MFP).

Supachai Jaisamut, the Bhumjaithai registration, announced on Wednesday that he had forwarded his petition to the EC’s political party secretary. It requested that the election watchdog investigate Move Forward’s actions and those of its original member, Phitsanulok MP Padipat Suntiphada.

Mr. Supachai questioned whether Move Forward had complied with the law by bringing administrative action against Dr. Padipat and expelling himbefore&nbsp. If no, he continued to be a group member.

Two additional MPs have recently been expelled by the main opposition party for sexual abuse, but those actions were the result of administrative hearings in accordance with party rules.

After winning the May 14 general election, Move Forward won the most seats, and Mr. Padipat was appointed deputy House listener. However, the group was later kicked out of the partnership state and rose to prominence as the main opposition party. Bhumjaithai, a coalition part, finished second in the vote.

The law mandates that the head of the largest opposition party be the criticism leader, but it also forbids any party member from holding positions such as cabinet minister, House speaker, or deputy speaker.

Pita Limjaroenrat, who was barred from political responsibility pending a court decision regarding his eligibility and was unable to lead the opposition, was succeeded by Chaithawat Tulathon&nbsp on September 23.

The MFP kicked Mr. Padipat out on September 28. The opposition president and deputy speaker functions of the party were thought to be preserved as a result of this action.

According to Mr. Supachai,” I have asked the social party registrar at the Office of the Election Commission to see if the Move Forward Party took punitive action against Mr.” Padipat in accordance with its rules and the law.

Mr. Padipat would remain a group member and be unable to meet another social group if Move Forward did not go through this process, according to the Bhumjaithai registration.

Mr. Padipat’s reputation as an MP immediately expired if he resigned and was not expelled for a severe disciplinary violation, according to Mr Supachai.

Mr. Padipat is currently a part of the Fair Party, an opposition group with two members.

Mr. Supachai questioned whether Move Forward may be viewed as working with Dr. Padipat to maintain control of the deputy speaker and opposition leader positions. If so, it might be considered a plot to overthrow the democratic king.

He asserted that the EC registration may request the dissolution of the MFP from the Constitutional Court if it discovers irregularities.

Walk Forward’s proposal to amend Part 112 of the Criminal Code, the lesser-majest laws, is still being considered by the Constitutional Court, and it could result in the breakdown of that case. It is expected to hear testimony on November 15.

Theerayut Suwannakaysorn, an environmentalist attorney, filed the complaint. He is best known for standing in for the friar Phra Buddha Isara, a key organizer of the Bangkok Shutdown demonstrations that resulted in the military takeover in 2014. Eventually, he was defrocked and is now referred to as Suwit Thongprasert. &nbsp,

Move Forward MP Padipat Suntiphada was expelled, but Supachai Jaisamut, the secretary of the alliance part Bhumjaithai Party, has questioned whether this was done tactically to keep him in his position as House deputy speaker.

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Foreign Ministry denies Thai workers recruited by Israeli army

Two nationals are employed by the Israeli military.

Foreign Ministry denies Thai workers recruited by Israeli army
On October 22, more Thai personnel who had been evacuated from Israel arrived in Thailand. Varuth Hirunyatheb is shown in the pictures.

According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, although there are dual-citizen Thai-Israelis operating in the Israeli military reserve, no Thai employees have been hired by the military.

Unsourced rumors that Thai personnel were being hired to battle for the Israeli army were spread on social media, which led to the ministry’s speech.

The government announced on Wednesday that 400–500 Thai women had wed Jewish men and had children with dual citizen in Thailand and Israel.

These dual citizens were reportedly members of the Israeli army supply, according to the Thai consulate in Tel Aviv. The Israeli army had not, however, hired any Thai workers, according to a government statement.

According to Israeli laws, both men and women must be drafted into the defense at the age of 18. The girls may serve for 24 weeks and the men for 32 months. They can then be called up for lively duty because they are still military reserve people, according to the government.

According to the statement, the Israeli Defense Force has enlisted more than 350,000 reserve soldiers, or roughly 4 % of its people, since the Hamas assault on Israel on October7.

Among those military reserve members were Thais with two membership. As claimed, there were no Thai soldiers in the Jewish troops.

People should n’t spread false information, according to the statement. Both in Thailand and abroad, it might lead to misunderstandings.

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Scammers tricked Japanese victims out of billions

Scammers tricked Japanese victims out of billions
Three of the suspects are detained by police at a cover house in the state of Samut Sakhon. ( Police illustration )

Four men—two Taiwanese and two Japanese—have been detained by police on suspicion of operating a telephone fraud that cost 9.5 billion ringgit in less than two years, defrauding about 17,500 victims in Japan.

Callers posing as bank employees and police informed the victims that a data leak had compromised their accounts and that they may move their money to” safe accounts” set up by the con artists.

Police claimed that the two Japanese were the gang’s rulers, but they only identified them as Zhen, 50, and He, 40. The calls were made by their Asian partners, Daisuke, 49, and Taro, 41.

The two Chinese and one of the Chinese suspects were detained at two nearby homes in a casing house in the Samut Sakhon state, according to Pol Col. Rathachote Chotikhun, deputy chief inspector for the Immigration Bureau, who spoke with reporters on Wednesday. The other Asian male was detained in the province of Krabi.

He did not say when.

The two Asian used one of the two houses as a call center, according to Pol Col. Rathachote, while the Chinese suspects resided in the other.

11 mobile telephones, two laptop computers, Chinese contact details, and five cash and credit cards that were discovered at the two homes were all taken as evidence by the police.

The two Japanese callers allegedly received 10 % of the victims ‘ stolen money in addition to receiving 200, 000 yen ( roughly 47,000 baht ) per month.

According to Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, deputy national police chief, the gang defrauded its patients in Japan of about 9.5 billion baht ( about 40 million yen ) in less than two years.

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Road covering collapses under truck, blocking Sukhumvit Road

Road covering collapses under truck, blocking Sukhumvit Road
On Wednesday, a large vehicle was still parked in the collapsed area of Sukhumvit Road, close to Soi 64/1 in Bangkok. ( Photo: FM91 Trafficpro Facebook page for HS1AM )

On Wednesday, a packed truck near Soi Sukhumvit 64 / 1 in Bangkok tipped over and caused worse traffic congestion than common. The steel slab covering the large hole in the active road was collapsed under the weight of the truck.

Under the skywalk of Punnawithi BTS place, where the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is installing underwater electrical cable and wire, the road surface collapsed as a large vehicle drove over it around 11.45 am.

According to police, two people were hurt and were taken to a local hospital.

Traffic was stopped on the three email roads, resulting in a visitors jelly that went all the way to the Bang Na crossing.

Drivers were warned to stay off of this path by the police.

The tractor is still stuck in the road’s collapsed area. ( Photo: FM91 Trafficpro Facebook page for HS1AM )

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Jail sentences for police who extorted Taiwanese actress

For extorting 27, 000 ringgit from a Japanese artist and her companions for owning vaporizers and failing to turn in their documents earlier this year, the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases sentenced four Bangkok officers to five years in prison each.

The four police officers, who came from Huai Khwang place, included two police officers. On January 5, at a makeshift station on Ratchadaphisek Road, close to the Chinese ambassador, the incident happened around one in the morning.

Charlene An, a visiting actress, and her unusual friends were taken out of the Grab car to be searched at the checkpoint. Three smoking products were discovered by the police, and not all of them had passports with them.

In exchange for dropping claims, the four officers demanded 27, 000 baht&nbsp from the team. &nbsp,

In addition to the jail terms, the court mandated that they turn over the bribe money to law enforcement.

Two additional police officers who were also charged at the convoy were released. They assisted in stopping the car, but they were not involved in the search or pay negotiations, according to the jury.

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