BANGKOK, July 6 – Thailand’s election-winning Pheu Thai Party announced Wednesday that it expects to raise the daily minimum wage for workers nationwide to Bt300 (US$10) as early as January next year, as promised in its election campaign. Pheu Thai Party Secretary-General Jarupong Ruangsuwan made the announcement amid growing public attention to the implementation of […]
NARATHIWAT, July 3 – Two election officials were wounded Sunday, ambushed as they were transporting ballot boxes by car in insurgency-impacted Narathiwat’s Si Sakhon district, while a bombing occurred in Ruso district in the afternoon. Two election workers, one identified as Boonting Wanthongsang and the other unidentified, were shot by gunmen hiding along the road […]
The authorities must do more to stop human trafficking and the mistreatment of labourers in fishing and other low-paid industries Thailand is the regional hub for human trafficking. It is a source and transit venue because of its central location in continental Southeast Asia and because it is surrounded by neighbouring countries with a lower […]
Two former cooks who worked at a 5 star hotel in Pattaya were arrested and caught selling drugs to undercover police officers on Friday. Banglamung Police were made aware of the couple who reportedly quit their jobs as cooks to live a life of crime. A meeting was organized close to the Maprachan Reservoir, whereby […]
AYUTTHAYA, June 16 – One hundred illegal migrant workers were arrested here Thursday as police raided a poultry farm converted to living quarters for foreign workers in this central province. The operation was conducted by Region 1 and local police in Bang Pahan district after intelligence reports confirmed illegal migrant workers were staying at the […]
Over 500,000 baht is seized in house raids Police have rescued 52 illegal Burmese workers from two houses in Suphan Buri and arrested two Burmese nationals and four other Thais for allegedly illegally detaining them for ransom. The rescue operation was carried out by the Anti-Human Trafficking Division police team following a complaint by a […]
