Muslim students are not violating the Education Ministry’s dress code by wearing a headscarf or the hijab, Education Minister Woravat Auapinyakul said yesterday. He said this in response to a rally held yesterday by a Muslim group, which was protesting against two students being suspended by Wat Nong Chok School for wearing a headscarf in […]
A lawyer representing a former Thai student in Australia submitted a petition with the National Human Rights Commission asking it to examine the Foreign Ministry’s inaction in protecting the basic rights of his client. Abhisit Siriposop, Lawyer of Sarut Srihaweerachat formerly a master degree student in Australia, said the petition was in response to the […]
Saensuk police and Bangsaen beach security officers were notified about a group of teenagers fighting on the beach resulting in a 16-year-old secondary school student found unconscious in the water. At the scene the police saw a group of tourists watching an injured and unconscious teenager Mr. “Ong” age 16, lying in the surf. He […]
Indonesia on Sunday released a 14-year-old Australian boy convicted of drug possession on the resort island of Bali after two months in detention. A high school student from a coastal area north of Sydney, the teen has been the focus of intense negotiations involving Canberra’s Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and other Australian officials lobbying for […]
A school teacher informed the parents of two primary school girls that man a man who they respect aka the “uncle”, a police sergeant major 3rd class and a mamasan age 14 had forced children in prostitution. Mahasarakam, November 30, [PDN] – Pol. Lt. Col. Prapas Ongmali to arrest Mr. Kampee or “Poong” and a […]
The Royal Thai Army (RTA) will pay Bt505,000 in compensation to two university students who were detained two days beyond what is permitted under martial law. Martial law allows the detention of suspects for up to seven days only. However, Ismalae The and Amizi Manak, students of the Yala Rajabhat University, were arrested on January […]
Computer giant Apple has expressed interest in making a deal to supply its tablet computers to the Education Ministry for use in Thai schools. A delegation from Apple Inc met Education Minister Woravat Au-apinyakul on Monday and proposed that its products could benefit the ministry’s student tablet project. Read more: Bangkok Post
Six people including a senior official were killed yesterday in two separate insurgent attacks in Pattani. Hami Uma, deputy head of a local administrative body in Mayo district, was killed instantly along with driver Doraseh Jehlong after a pickup truck cut in front of their vehicle and four gunmen in the truck bed sprayed them […]
