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'Justice' Thai-style
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/12/2016
» Re: "Police ponder legal action in abbot ordeal", (BP, Dec 2). The inability of the DSI to arrest Phra Dhammajayo has descended into farce. In all probability he is no longer ensconced in Wat Phra Dhammakaya, despite what authorities say. With so many of his followers surrounding the temple it would be easy for him to slip away disguised as one of them. Maybe he is not even in Thailand.
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Here's the Pattaya 'rub'
News, Postbag, Published on 07/03/2017
» Re: "Sandcastles, seafood, but sorry, no sex", (Opinion, March 5).
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How to be a hypocrite
News, Postbag, Published on 28/05/2016
» Re: "A sorry situation", (PostBag, May 26).
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Ban toxic glyphosate
News, Postbag, Published on 26/05/2018
» According to a May 24 report, the Hazardous Substance Committee, in reference to a ban on three toxic pesticides, said "there were insufficient studies confirming they were health hazards", and thus have allowed their continued use. One of the three is glyphosate, known as "Roundup".
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Lost in translation
News, Postbag, Published on 02/03/2017
» I enjoyed Somsak Pola's comments in his March 2 letter, "Writing without rules" about the Thai vs English languages. However I take exception to: "The problem with Grade 6 students, however, is not regarding writing. It is about misspelling, using slang and colloquialisms which should be easy to fix. Mai pen rai."
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Some hard questions
News, Postbag, Published on 07/01/2017
» Re: "Horror highway crash, blast kills 25", (BP, Jan 3).
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Sense on lese majeste
News, Postbag, Published on 15/12/2016
» Re: "Chuvit set for release under royal pardon", (BP, Dec 13).
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Recover the money
News, Postbag, Published on 04/06/2016
» Can someone explain why Klongchan Credit Union members, who lost 12 billion baht, are not officially represented by the justice system? The Justice Minister (BP, May 31) is correct in saying that they appear to have been forgotten.
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Scandal won’t go away
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/01/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha needs to understand that this luxury watch scandal is a serious issue. This so-called “private matter” of his deputy will weigh heavily on his credibility as long as he stays on as Thailand’s prime minister -- and will never stops unless and until this apparently inappropriate behavioural problem is corrected.
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Leave academics alone
News, Postbag, Published on 27/08/2017
» The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is extremely alarmed to learn that Dr Chayan Vaddhanaphuti, a very senior and respected Thai academic, and four other Thai researchers recently received summonses accusing them of violating the military regime's ban on political gatherings of five or more persons.
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