The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to relocate street vendors in a project modelled on Singapore's success in managing issues arising from an abundance of street hawkers.
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published : 17 Jan 2021 at 07:00
69 No stone unturned: A police officer inspects a table during a raid on a suspected gambling den in Nonthaburi province on Thursday.
The new committee set up to tackle illegal gambling and legalising gambling dens will not yield any substantial results as long as the police force is not reformed, academics and a former senior police officer say.
On Thursday Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha approved a 10-member committee to inspect state officials law enforcement in cases of illegal gambling, which has been blamed for the recent outbreak of Covid-19.
The panel has former permanent secretary for justice Chanchao Chaiyanukit as the chairman.