Supreme Court

  • Crime NewsSupreme Court upholds death for schoolgirl’s murderer

    Supreme Court upholds death for schoolgirl’s murderer

    On Tuesday, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Krittidech Rawengwan, a former village headman who murdered a teenage schoolgirl in the northeastern province of Kalasin. He had already been sentenced to death by two lower courts. On Dec 23, 2015, 18 year old Ruadeewan Polprasit, nicknamed “Nong Snow”, was returning home from school on a motorbike when she…

  • World NewsRed shirts get four years for 2009 Pattaya protests

    Red shirts get four years for 2009 Pattaya protests

    PHOTO: A decade ago when Red Shirts stormed the ASEAN Summit in Pattaya – Reuters Passionate remnants of the former red-shirt (pro-Thaksin Shinawatra) movement are considering their situation after this weeks’ handing down of a long sentence for some members’ involvement in protests at an ASEAN Summit a decade ago. Three former members of the United Front for Democracy Against…

  • Northern Thailand NewsMother of boy killed in Thailand’s war on drugs petitions Supreme Court to investigate acquittal of police officers

    Mother of boy killed in Thailand’s war on drugs petitions Supreme Court to investigate acquittal of police officers

    PHOTO: Freestocks.org/Unsplash The mother of 17 year old Kittisap Thitboonkrong, who died during the war on drugs introduced 14 years ago by then PM Thaksin Shinawatra, is asking the Supreme Court to investigate how 6 police officers charged with his murder came to be acquitted last year. In July 2004, Mr Kittisap was in police custody as a suspect in…

  • World NewsBritish PM accepts ruling from Supreme Court but what does it mean?

    British PM accepts ruling from Supreme Court but what does it mean?

    PHOTO: Mr. Johnson just before speaking about today’s Supreme Court ruling, from New York – Getty “In constitutional terms, it means that the court’s powers to allow parliament to have its say are stronger than an order issued by Queen Elizabeth II.” by Dario Thurburn The British PM Boris Johnson says he disagrees with, but will respect the Supreme Court…

  • Koh Samui NewsThailand’s Supreme Court upholds ‘guilty’ death sentence of migrant workers Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo

    Thailand’s Supreme Court upholds ‘guilty’ death sentence of migrant workers Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo

    The Thai Supreme Court has handed down its verdict following an appeal lodged last year by Burmese migrants Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo against their death penalty sentence in the Koh Tao murder case. The judge has upheld the ‘guilty’ death sentence and conviction of Koh Tao murder case accused Rakhine migrant workers Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo. The pair…