Thu, August 11, 2022
Published: May 04, 2022
The Department of Corrections will randomly inspect food at 12 prisons across the country for quality or ambiguity in the procurement process.
Published: Apr 15, 2022
The Justice Fund has spent THB190 million to help 2,457 low-income people and victims of violent crimes during the past six months, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said on Friday.
Published: Feb 10, 2022
All prisoners will receive a third anti-Covid booster dose by the end of this month, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said on Thursday.
Published: Dec 15, 2021
Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin met with ministry deputy permanent secretary Sahakarn Petchnarin, Department of Correction’s director-general Ayuth Sintoppant and other department executives on Wednesday, taking note that more prisoners were escaping than before chiefly because they were in a quarantine area.
Published: Sep 19, 2021
Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin aims to push kratom as an economic plant to be exported throughout Europe and America, because of the herbs medical properties.
Published: Sep 10, 2021
Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said on Thursday that people are allowed to consume, grow and sell kratom (Mitragyna speciosa), but cannot process the leaves into food, beverage or herbal concoctions for sale.
Published: Aug 15, 2021
The Justice Ministry on Sunday instructed the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) to repair an amphetamine-making machine to produce Fah Talai Jone (Andrographis paniculata) tablets in a bid to tackle shortage.
Published: Jun 10, 2021
Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin announced the vaccine rollout in Thailand’s overcrowded prisons on Thursday, where more than 22,000 inmates have tested positive for Covid-19 during the latest wave.
Published: Jun 01, 2021
The Office of Narcotics Control (ONCB) has been instructed to urgently launch an investigation into possible international drug-trafficking links after a Thai national was caught in Seoul with a cache of methamphetamine in May.
Published: Mar 17, 2021
More than Bt135 million has been seized from a drug network after an anti-narcotics team tracked suspicious financial transactions worth up to Bt6 billion.
Published: Dec 31, 2019
Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said on Monday (December 30) that his ministry had joined with other government agencies including the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) in conducting random checks on 1,545 drivers of the coaches and vans transporting holidaymakers over the New Year festival, and found 5 of them had used narcotics.
Published: Aug 19, 2019