Law and judiciary

New traffic fines announced

A complete roster of fines issued by the Royal Thai Police for violations of the Land Traffic Act of 1979 was published in the Royal Gazette on Wednesday.The fines are in the amounts of 200, 400, 500 and 1,000 baht and cover all kinds of ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

Thailand Threatens Legal Action Over Online Monarchy Criticism

Thailand has threatened to take legal action over posts made to social media platforms critical of the monarchy as student-led protests calling for greater democracy and curbs to the power of King Maha Vajiralongkorn gather steam across the country.Digital Economy Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta ordered authorities ...

Thailand's Youth Take On The Establishment

Leaderless, social media-savvy and inspired by Hong Kong’s young activists, Thailand’s budding pro-democracy movement is intent on overhauling the government, rewriting the constitution and even taking on a law that shields the monarchy.The kingdom has seen a decades-long spin-cycle of coups and violent street protests ...

Fresh bid to protect online consumers

A group of organisations has called for a centre to take charge of protecting online consumers as they faced no less risk of being scammed than customers in physical markets.At the Consumers Unite to Fight Online Scam seminar, the website of Electronic Transactions Development Agency ...

Penchan Charoensuthipan

Civil groups want abortion rights

Pro-choice groups are moving to have an entire section in the Criminal Code revoked in the hope of giving women with unwanted pregnancies the right to legal abortion and protect medical personnel performing the procedures from facing legal action.The Choices Network Thailand (CNT), however, insisted ...

Penchan Charoensuthipan

Most parts of PDPA to be deferred by a year

The cabinet has agreed to postpone the enforcement of most chapters of the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) by a year to give the public and private sectors time to prepare their internal processes and ease the financial burden they are shouldering during the coronavirus ...

Komsan Tortermvasana

Data protection law delay to go before cabinet

A royal decree drafted to postpone the enforcement of most sections in the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) by a year will be tabled before the cabinet for approval next week, says the Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry.The PDPA was published in the Royal ...

Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk

Thailand’s new Personal Data Protection Act may impacts businesses

Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) will come into full force on May 27th of this year. According to FRANK Legal & Tax, a Thailand-based International lawfirm, it will have a significant impact on all businesses whose operations involve the collection, use, and disclosure of ...

Prayut fine-tunes curfew ban on some groups

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has allowed some groups or sectors to be excluded from a nationwide curfew that keeps people at home to facilitate their work.In a televised update on Friday, Gen Prayut said he had signed an order to allow people in selected sectors ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

Emergency decree bans entry to foreigners

All foreigners will be banned from entering the country under the emergency decree being invoked to combat at the coronavirus pandemic.The emergency decree comes into effect at midnight on Wednesday, and remains in force through April 30.The decree bans all foreigners from entry at all ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

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