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and we get the width of pilots. when cannabis trade, the new cash crop is creating jobs and helping the economy recover from the pandemic, st. ravages. ah, irish bennett, you're welcome to the dublin news asia. glad you could join us. families who lost loved ones in a deadly crowd crush in south korea over 3 months back. remain dismayed at the base of investigations. a 159 mostly young people died in cyril's if they want district last year. on october, the 29th, after hundreds, backed into a narrow alley during halloween celebrations, a police investigation has since sort of criminal charges against mainly law enforcement officials, for failing to plan and respond to anti it crowd numbers. a form of police chief

and former mayor out among 6 officials arrested. but families who lost loved ones on that day told dw accountability should stretch to the very top. early in the morning of last october 30th show me ern got to call. every mother dreads. her son jihan had been killed and she needed to come to identify his body, hittie humble. i wish i asked if it was a mistake and he told me to come, so i hurried. they're gonna sit at a lanka when i went into the emergency room, dahlia jihan was lying down liquor that he looked so clean and pretty that i didn't think this was a dead boy, my son to pitts, i left them. e g hern was a promising actor in one of a 159. mostly young people who died in the halloween crush over 3 months later ease . father is still infuriated at the negligence that led to so many deaths,

doesn't you? some tuttleton emergency calls were made one by one starting at 634 p. m. and even though there were 11 reports before $1015.00, the accident so happened and police were dispatched only 4 times. if the police had handled the situation properly, this disaster would never have happened to not a single person would have died. that's not the or you don't, i did i last me down. the tragedy has shaken confidence in public officials. this is the alley where the crowd crush took place last halloween, just 50 meters from exit one of each day, one station. as more information emerges from various investigations, the same questions remain. why weren't better safety measures in place and emergency services quicker to respond? initially, some top officials suggested the disaster could not have been prevented, leading to protest by the victims, families,

and their supporters seeking the truth. and while several police and local officials have been indicted for negligence, high level officials have so far been spared. anger at the authorities perceived foot dragging is strong. 220. we have the police and parliamentary investigation would uncover the costs and we could return to a daily lives and focus solely on remembering the victims. but that expectation turns into despair. go, we didn't get answers to the questions we expected, but ended up with a superficial shallow investigation model. but, you know, we'll madison, middle, public pressure has had at least some effect this week the government unveiled reforms of its national safety system. johnson, my number of people using the software and bus and traffic data will be closely monitored. if the number of people at any site looks dangerously excessive. that information will be shared with local officials,

as well as police and fire departments. this plan will ensure that such dangerous situation do not occur again. for going into such reassurances can do little to console g hands parents and sister. told them that was how we're just asking for a sincere apology for the bereaved families, understanding and sympathy for our hearts and for our children to have a proper memorial built in a warm place to the government in the mornings this week begin with a 159 bows as family members mark a 100 days since the e t one crowd crush tragedy. but those families are still waiting for answers to their questions. and for those ultimately responsible to finally be held accountable for their failures. correspondent frank smith, you'll find that report joins been out from sol with more frank police of rest at 6

officials and recommended criminal charges against others. why do family members think this is inadequate? well, the family members that i spoke to, they expressed to me the gravity of this tragedy. 159 people died here and they believe the accountability needs to reach the very talk that includes the minister of interior and safety. e sang men who initially within 48 hours of this disaster suggested that it could not have been prevented as well. busy as the national police chief and even the prime minister, those individuals again not being held accountable or, you know, calls from the, from the presidential office use of fuel to, to ask for their resignations. i think many of the family members feel that this

is kind of a, as an insult to injury when it's not taken to to the same gravity of, of again this tragedy. speaking of top officials from the government, you had suffered in president eunice okey all who apologized for the tragedy last year. but as we saw in your report, frank, those who lost family members in the tragedy don't think that sincere enough. why do they believe that? well, i think it has to do with the apology, not really being the same as they feel taking responsibility and also the nature of, of some of the other remarks that officials have made. for example, the, the prime minister also suggested that one of the victims who committed suicide took his own life after his friend had died. i should have been more had a stronger will in seeking treatment also and the 49th day following this tragedy

router to attend to a special buddhist memorial that was organized that was attended by hundreds president. you attended a christmas lighting ceremony in behave. jovan you jovially there, and i think that really rubbed the family members the wrong way as well. and family members are also demanding a memorial to the loved ones who perished in this tragedy. any progress on that? well, the city sewell city hall received this this request. they've denied the request to be placed at of this memorial be placed at long move square. it's still unclear where they might place it, it might be placed. at mark's opinion station, which is near you to one station where the temporary memorial is now, but the city also denied access to the square for their march. and i think we also

need to talk about politics a bit here. if you're a liberal a left, when you're, you're more likely to be supportive of, of the family members in a, in a right wing, or you're not. and there was a conservative that interrupted actually to bowing ceremony even in, in the package that, that i played in conservative sort of radical christians suggesting that that those that had died were devil worshippers. celebrating halloween. so this political divide also needs to be recognized as, as a, as an influence here. frank smith, we leave it. but thanks so much for reporting on this tragedy. and so much the thailand has become a new mecca for cannabis smokers after moving the drug from it's not cortex list in june last year since then thousands of license candidates dispenser is have popped up in bangkok and around the country. and what was meant as

a boost for the tourism sector ravaged by the pandemic, may now have become permanent. the w. gale motus reports. take a deep breath for what's to come. it potentially mind blowing. in this bar in bangkok you can buy as much cannabis as you can smoke. there is reached to party and we're to come you down the label promises. and it's not just this bar all across the kingdom. thousands of cannabis dispensary have sprouted up following in the criminalization last year. no one really believed it. it was even hard the 1st day that suddenly you could buy cannabis in thailand. instead of being afraid of the police coming. instead of being having your ears p tested by random hops, pulling you out of a car. now suddenly you can buy it, you could smoke it in all this was allowed in a southeast asian 1st talent. removed the marianna plant from its narcotics list,

possession, cultivation, distribution, consumption, and sales of the plant are now legal at 1st with almost 0 restrictions after the legalization. the government has come up with the regulation that okay, you cannot sell in the area where it's like school hospital. you cannot sell to pregnant people. about person who or breastfeeding anyone was under age. minimum age for cannabis consumption is now 20, but some tire still concerned that young people are not educated enough about the drugs potential harmful effects. i mean, i don't like it at all because it's a narcotic. so it's bad far kits. if our kids get addicted to it, they will have no future. i get demand is high, especially from tourists, but with limited supplies. cannabis is still comparatively expensive at around 20 euros program. in this shop, one of the co owners has been growing the plants at home long before its

legalization could cans father suffered from cancer and needed marianna during his illness. although his father has since died. com is now farming cannabis in 2 rooms of his parents. house and had him and we couldn't find legal to novice products and we couldn't find any of good quality blue a. so we decided to growed ourselves for my dad. puerto has been a family project since the beginning of time, whether for medicinal or recreational use, the ty, parliament is already debating further restrictions. some political parties have even called for the truck be criminalized again. but those in the business remained relax. it's past the point of no return. you have everyone from the political base farmers and rule agriculture areas you've given up tobacco, and then you have the wealthiest families where the power really lies. you've invested a lot of money in an expensive grow facility. so from top to bottom,

this is already transforming the economy and everyone is getting a piece of it. every one provided they stay in thailand, that is, travellers are prohibited from entering or leaving the country with any amount of this modern cash crop. oh, certainly a high growth sector for thailand. that's it for this week. there is mo, from the region on our website, the dover dot com, forward slash asia. i'm as ever, you could follow us on facebook and twitter rebecca game at the same time. next week we'll see you then bye on the road with our travel super heroes. my mission is clear. you crushed iga and nicole. felicia explored germany. they dive in and they check

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