The Bangkok Post reported that the Thai Senate passed the bill allowing the chemical castration for sex offenders.
With just two abstentions, the bill received the support of 145 senators and now needs to be approved by the house for receiving the royal endorsement.
According to corrections department figures, there were 4,848 who re-offended out of the 16,413 convicted sex offenders released from Thai prisons between 2013 and 2020.