• OPINION

  Why pay them pensions?

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/09/2013

  » A life-long pension of 15,000 baht a month for former lawmakers may not seem a huge amount of money these days, but the handout begs a big question: is it justifiable to continue paying these politicians, who are already better off than most people in this country.

• OPINION

  OAG's decision on Thaksin has implications yet to be seen

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/10/2013

  » Thaksin Shinawatra's opponents may be angry with the Office of the Attoney General (OAG) and its former chief, Chulasingh Vasantasingh, for letting him off the hook on charges of terrorism, but the decision was not surprising given the current political climate.

• OPINION

  Old cars aren't the problem on city streets

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/10/2013

  » There is an old southern Chinese saying which goes along these lines: "When one’s stomach is full, he or she has nothing to do and, therefore, starts looking for trouble."

• OPINION

  'Chuvit Garden' plans face scrutiny

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/04/2023

  » Many Bangkokians not living in the Sukhumvit area may not realise that there used to be a small park, named Chuvit Garden, at the entrance of Soi Sukhumvit 10.

• OPINION

  TV debate puts protesters on the spot

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/11/2020

  » The talk of the town this weekend was the debate on Thai Rath TV's Direct Question with Jomquan talk show on Friday night on the Crown Property Regulations Act, between Dr Arnond Sakworawich of the National Institute Development Administration (Nida) and Ms Panusaya "Rung" Sitthijirawattanakul, one of the firebrand protest leaders of the Khana Ratsadon movement and a student at Thammasat University's Faculty of Social Science and Humanities.

• OPINION

  Prawit's offer less generous than it seems

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/02/2018

  » When the embattled deputy prime minister, Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, told a group of military affairs reporters at the Ministry of Defence last Wednesday that he was ready to resign "if the people do not want me", I was hesitant to welcome his move or shower him with praise for acting as a role model for our politicians and public figures about what they should do when caught in the middle of a scandal.

• OPINION

  Sloppy police must man up and say sorry

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/01/2017

  » Social media in the past week has been awash with fierce criticism of the police for the sloppy handling of a hit-and-run case by an inquiry police officer of Renu Nakhon district in Nakhon Phanom. An innocent schoolteacher ended up being incarcerated for 18 months and had her life turned upside down.

• OPINION

  NGV buses pawns in deepening customs row

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/12/2016

  » I wonder whether Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and some of his cabinet ministers will have the privilege of being the first passengers to ride the new air-conditioned NGV buses on Dec 21.

• OPINION

  Weevils in the rice scheme get fumigated

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/09/2016

  » A sense of vindication overcame me last Friday when the Anti-Money Laundering Office announced the seizure of about seven billion baht worth of bank deposits and land plots in Bangkok, Phuket, Phangnga, Lamphun, Ayutthaya and Ang Thong from two companies: Siam Indica Co and Srilalai Co (later changed to Kitha Properties Co) and various individuals closely connected to Apichart Chansakulporn, or Sia Piang, an influential rice exporter who was close to the Pheu Thai Party.

• OPINION

  A paltry million baht, are you kidding?

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/12/2014

  » You must be kidding, surely, was one of the first things that popped into my mind when it was announced Pol Gen Somyot Pumpanmuang, the national police chief, has offered a one-million baht reward for information that leads to the arrest of Sahachai "Sia Jo" Chiansoemsi.

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