<p dir="ltr">A research done by the <a href="http://www.tcijthai.com/tcijthainews/view.php?ids=6245">Thailand Information Center for Civil Rights and Investigative Journalism (TCIJ)</a> has revealed that suicide among the Thai police is twice higher than other Thai citizens on average.</p> <p>From 2008 to May 2016, 276 Thai police officers have committed suicide, which is about 32.5 officers per year or about 13.6 officers per 100,000 officers, reported TCIJ.</p>

<p>The deputy head of the junta has urged police officers to increase their surveillance of social media as the public referendum on the controversial junta-sponsored draft constitution is drawing near.</p>

<p>A suspect in a thwarted terrorist plot around the Bike for Dad event has denied police claims that he was involved in planning the plot from prison.</p>

<p>A civil society human rights organisation has urged the Thai authorities to carry out an ‘independent’ investigation into the mysterious death in custody of a drug trafficking suspect.</p> <p>On Tuesday, 17 November 2015, the Cross Cultural Organisation (CrCF), a civil society human rights organisation, issued a public statement about the sudden death of Anan Koedkaew, 34, a drug trafficking suspect who died mysteriously three days after interrogation.</p> <p>Anan was arrested by investigators of Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Police on 9 November 2015.</p>