PUBLISHED : 5 Aug 2023 at 04:00
NEWSPAPER SECTION: News
Lawmaker defends stateless children
Ang Thong: A Pheu Thai list-MP yesterday called on agencies to protect every child’s right to an education regardless of their legal status after 126 ethnic children in the province were deported to Myanmar.
Khattiya Sawasdipol wrote on Facebook that the actions taken against the children and the director of their school indicate a lack of measures guaranteeing the government’s “education for all” policy.
She said the Interior Ministry, Education Ministry, Social Development and Human Security Ministry, and the Immigration Bureau must work together to map out measures to protect stateless children.
The MP also urged law enforcement agencies to ensure the school director and those involved in bringing the children into the education system receive a fair investigation.
Their repatriation followed a police raid at Pa Mok-based Thairath Wittaya 6 School in June triggered by complaints that a large group of ethnic children had enrolled there.
Truck search nets 52 migrants
Tak: Fifty-two illegal migrants were detained along with a 37-year-old Thai man at a security checkpoint in Mae Sot district late on Thursday night, local authorities said yesterday.
The migrants were found on a vegetable transport truck which was stopped for a search in tambon Mae Pa. During the search, officials heard a cough and found the people hidden under piles of vegetables.
Of the 52 detainees, 32 carried fake border passes, while the 20 others had no documents.
The truck driver, who was only identified as Rin, was arrested for aiding illegal migrants and handed over to Mae Sot police station.
PPRP figure gets lifetime poll ban
courts: The Supreme Court has banned a former Palang Pracharath Party MP for Bangkok, Thanikan Phonphongsaroj, from contesting elections for life for violating the political postholder’s code of ethics.
The ban, announced on Thursday, follows a court ruling on July 20 to sentence her to 1.5 years in prison, suspended for two years, for giving her MP card to a fellow MP to vote on her behalf.
In its latest ruling, the court said the politician was not present at the meeting when her card was used in the voting, and she did not report the irregularity.
Based on the evidence, it was believed she had asked another MP to vote on her behalf, which was a dishonest act and a serious violation of the code of ethics.