probation all news related to

Over 3,200 found guilty of traffic violations in first four Songkran ‘dangerous days’

April 15, 2025

Over 3,200 people were found guilty of traffic violations during the first 4 Songkran days, with most cases involving drunk driving and placed on probation.

Probation officials visit Thaksin at home to inform him of parole conditions

February 20, 2024

The Probation Department dispatched officials to meet convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra at his Baan Chan Song La residence on Tuesday morning to inform him of parole conditions.

Move Forward’s Bangkok MP, accused of sexual misconduct, presents evidence

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 03, 2023

A Move Forward MP, spared expulsion from the party over alleged sexual misconduct, has said he has no plans to resign, and would instead fight the accusations against him.

317 killed, over 2,400 injured on Thai roads during New Year break

THURSDAY, JANUARY 05, 2023

Another 25 people were killed and 253 injured in 241 traffic accidents on the last of the “7 dangerous days” for accidents on Thai roads, raising the total number of fatalities to 317, Interior Ministry deputy permanent secretary Chotnarin Kerdsom said on Thursday.

Third of ‘7 Dangerous Days’ sees lower drunk driving cases year-on-year

THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2022

Precisely 1,225 traffic violations were reported on Wednesday, the third of the Songkran festival’s “Seven Dangerous Days”, the Department of Probation said on Thursday.

Over 3,700 drunk-driving cases reported in first 5 days of Songkran

THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2021

More than 3,700 drivers have been caught driving under the influence (DUI) during the first five days of the long Songkran holiday.

Sharp rise in drunk-driving cases during New Year break

THURSDAY, JANUARY 09, 2020

Nearly 12,000 of the 12,360 accidents during the New Year holiday period involved drunk driving, Vittawan Sunthornkajit, director-general of the Department of Probation, said.

Better justice procedure required to tackle overcrowded prisons: TIJ, NHRC

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 06, 2019

With nearly 400,000 people behind bars, conditions in Thai prisons are getting so crowded that an inmate does not even have a metre of space to lie down. Hence, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ) considered other options for convicts facing jail terms of less than five years at a seminar on Friday (September 6).

Capital punishment not an effective deterrent, say experts

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2017

WITH increasing public concern regarding repeat criminal offenders, critics and experts have been divided as to what approach would deter former convicts from committing crimes again after being released from jail.

Young woman in fatal crash ‘may have breached parole’

SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2016

Department of Probation head Pol Colonel Narat Sawetanan said yesterday that the teenage girl who caused a Bangkok expressway crash that killed nine people in 2010 has not yet done public service as ordered by a court, and thus may have violating the term

Tougher penalties for people who flee after violating their probation

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2015

Stronger punishments will be handed down to people who violate their probation after the Department of Probation found an alarmingly high number of violations.

All News probation In Focus probation BreakingNews of probation Your Interested Follow Story probation