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Allegations of Extrajudicial Killings Resurface
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will create a commission to reexamine the extra-judicial assassinations of drug suspects during the Thaksin Shinawatra government’s war on drugs.
Mr Abhisit declared the formation of the panel yesterday after being queried in parliament by Chalerm Yubamrung, leader of the Puea Thai Party MPs.
Mr Chalerm said that [...]

Criminal Activity in Thailand Faces the Law
Thailand’s Immigration Bureau has initiated an operation to drive out hundreds of alien criminals that are currently living in Thailand.
Bureau administrator Wuthi Liptapallop said Thailand was known internationally as a safe place for criminals because of its relatively easy-going visa policies.
”I don’t want Thailand to be known as a [...]

Bye Bye GT200, Hello Alpha 6
Drug smugglers can rejoice that the Thai police have blown $180,000 of their budget on a fraudulent drug detection device.
Thailand’s board of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, has endorsed a 400 million baht plan for drugs control, Pol Lt-Gen Krisna Polananta, [...]

GT200 Dowsing Device Fails
Following the results of the recent test outcome showing the poor accurateness of the notorious British-made GT200 “bomb detectors”, Thai security staff stationed in Narathiwat’s regional seat on Wednesday began using chopsticks seeking for explosives perhaps hidden in motorcycles.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has halted any future acquisitions of the GT200 bomb [...]

Blatantly Fraudulent Dowsing Rod Device Avoids Exposure
Scientific laboratory tests will not take place on the controversial GT200 “bomb detector” supposedly because of “confidentiality agreements” between the purchasers (suckers) and the makers (con artists) when they were bought, say members of a government panel assessing the device.
Pansak Siriruchatapong, director of the National Electronics and Computer Technology [...]

Drug Scare in Bangkok School
Misuse of over-the-counter cough suppressants at a Bangkok school is raising apprehension about public education on drug use and the value of controls on drug sales by pharmacies.
About 80 students, most of them in Prathom 4 and 5 (Grade 4 and 5), at Wat Tha Phra school in Bangkok Yai district [...]

Deadly GT200 Hoax Device to be Tested
The inquiry into the efficacy of the highly contentious GT200 bomb detector took its first steps on Wednesday.
The Prime Ministers cabinet on Tuesday told the Science and Technology Ministry to set up a team of experts and begin immediate tests on the device.
The GT200 is merely a dowsing rod [...]

Seizure of Suspected Speed Sellers
Thai Police have seized another 1.6 million methamphetamine tablets at a residence on Theparak Road in the latest of a succession of concentrated efforts against drug sellers which started on Thursday.
Samrong Nua police searched a house on the Ban Rom Pho 2 estate and found the speed tablets along with 2kg [...]

Cops Kill Drug Dude
A Thai drug trafficker known as Manop Chaengkhlai, 39, an inhabitant of Suphan Buri, was shot to death on Rama II Road after exchanging gunfire with police.
Police had been chasing after the man and say that at first it seemed as if he was prepared to surrender.
Unexpectedly, he pointed a gun at [...]