{
  "id": 16556159,
  "title": "Thai traffic police told to show faces, give warnings before fining",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/thai-traffic-police-told-to-show-faces-give-warnings-before-fining",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T02:57:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Thaiger",
    "slug": "the-thaiger",
    "url": "https://thethaiger.com/news/national/thai-traffic-police-face-coverings-banned-during-duty"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Thai traffic police are ordered to stop wearing balaclavas and other face coverings that conceal their identities while on duty. Officers are also instructed to warn motorists before issuing most traffic fines. The instructions were issued in a written order yesterday, October 25, by Nithithorn Jintakanon, an Assistant Commissioner-General of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, following a … The…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}