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...government campaign to rid the country of narcotics. Jay's parents were small-time dealers in their village of Ban Rai, in western Ratchaburi province. His mother, Yupin, was reportedly on a police blacklist. Her husband, Boonchuay, spent 18 months in jail for possession of amphetamine pills, known in Thai as ya ba, or crazy medicine. On Jan. 31, the family spent the evening playing fairground games at a local temple. As they clambered onto their motorcycle to head home?Jay perched in front of his father, his mother on the back?they had no reason to fear this...
...been soft on Burma, where most of the narcotics are produced, Thaksin has pledged no lenience for those supplying drugs to Thailand's 3 million users. Police insist that the bodies piling up are bad guys killed by other bad guys?specifically, drug lords silencing potential informers. The Thai term for such a murder is ka tat torn, or killing to cut the link...
...bells. Asma Jahangir, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary and Arbitrary Executions, has expressed "deep concern" over the slaughter. Thaksin defends his campaign, and no wonder: a recent national poll taken by the respected Rajabaht Institute registered a 90% approval rating for the drug war. The average Thai family, apparently, wants the scum off the streets, even if they depart in body bags. (The Prime Minister did say last week that he would appoint a panel to monitor the drug-suppression drive...
Minutes it took two Thai men to swallow $6000 worth of precious gems in ten condoms in an attempt to smuggle them out of the country last week...
...Minutes Thai customs officials had to wait after arresting the thieves before the gems “resurfaced?...