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Thai Cabinet backs tough bill barring domestic violence settlements
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Nikorn Soemklang, Minister of Social Development and Human Security, said the Cabinet had approved his ministry’s draft bill to protect victims of domestic violence.
Key facts
- The measure would overhaul the existing law, which has been in force since 2007, or for almost 20 years.
- Government faces parliamentary scrutiny over THB400bn loan decree
- That law was found to contain loopholes, to have failed to keep pace with changing social conditions and to be ambiguous enough to hamper officials’ work.
- Nikorn said the changes amounted to a comprehensive overhaul intended to close those gaps.
Summary
The measure would overhaul the existing law, which has been in force since 2007, or for almost 20 years.
That law was found to contain loopholes, to have failed to keep pace with changing social conditions and to be ambiguous enough to hamper officials’ work.