ABOUT 1,000 public-transport vans will be removed from Bangkok’s streets on October 1, as authorities stand firm by their 10-year age limit on the vehicles. They also insist passengers will not be affected.

The Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS) has said it is normal procedure to collect the organs from a body without telling the deceased’s family. The revelation follows concerns from the family of a dead military student about the removal of his internal body parts.