A DEPUTY BATTALION commander has been immediately transferred after complaints surfaced that he has been using conscripts to work as riders and pocketing all the money they earned, Amarin TV said this evening (May 14). ACM Prapass Sonjai, the spokesman of the air force, said the unidentified deputy battalion commander of Wing 23 in
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70-80% conscripts found to be addicted to drugs
JUSTICE Minister Tawee Sodsong revealed that each year as many as 70 to 80% of new conscripts doing mandatory army service are addicted to drugs and urgent discussions are needed to solve this problem and introduce rehabilitation measures, TV Channel 7 said. Under the 1954 Military Service Act, every April men aged 21 or older
Read more‘High’ command under fire over ganja issue
Army chief Gen Narongphan Jitkaewtae said the 1st Army Region has been asked to explain alleged assaults on conscripts caught smoking marijuana in their barracks in Chon Buri. The conscripts complained they were beaten by their instructors last Friday. Two came forward to lodge a police complaint. They said five conscripts were accused of smoking
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