10 Police spokesman Pol Maj Gen Yingyos Thepchamnong, centre, holds a press conference at Royal Thai Police Office in Bangkok on Wednesday after an officer committed suicide. (Screenshot from fm91bkk.com)
A railway police deputy inspector hanged himself at Police General Hospital on Tuesday due to stress after contracting Covid-19, according to the Royal Thai Police Office.
Pol Maj Gen Yingyos Thepchamnong, spokesman for the office, said on Wednesday that Pol Capt Boonchu Panklin, 59, was found dead in a toilet on the 11th floor of Chalerm Phrakiat building after suffering mental health issues from his chronic illness and Covid-19 infection.
Korn pushes legalisation of gambling
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State urged to tax casinos in kingdom
published : 15 Jan 2021 at 04:44 Korn Chatikavanij
Kla Party leader Korn Chatikavanij has floated an idea to legalise gambling in the kingdom, saying doing so will not only help contain the spread of Covid-19 in illegal gambling dens more effectively but also to gain more tax revenue.
Mr Korn, a former finance minister, was responding to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha s plea on Wednesday for public cooperation in tackling illegal gambling, now seen as a major factor in the spread of Covid-19.
It was wrong from the beginning for the government to aim to make people stop gambling as a way of containing the spread of Covid-19, said Mr Korn in a Facebook post. The government had better legalise gambling so the business can be regulated properly in terms of not only containing the virus spread but also getting gamblers to spend their money in legal