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Temple raid is once again a shambles
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/02/2017
» A friend of mine who was once a senior official in the Religious Affairs Department told me at a reunion of Chulalongkorn University political science old boys on Saturday that he sent a letter to the prime minister with suggestions on how to deal with Phra Dhammajayo, the former abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya. He said he disagreed with the widely-publicised way the government has gone about its latest search of the temple to find the elusive monk, adding it will not work.
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Was the temple mission a success?
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/03/2017
» Mission accomplished? Or mission unaccomplished?
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Thaksin tax will need divine intervention
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/03/2017
» As a former law student, I had never heard this particular phrase before. It came straight from the mouth of Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, the government's top legal counsel who has served many previous governments in the capacity of cabinet secretary-general because of his extensive legal expertise.
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Rolls-Royce probe debacle is embarrassing
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/01/2017
» Too many cooks spoil the broth. It is the reason Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam stepped in to instruct various parties, with the exception of the National Anti-Corruption Commission, to stop seeking information about the Rolls-Royce bribery scandal from the United Kingdom's Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
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Will the elusive abbot ever be arrested?
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/11/2016
» November the 30th. Mark this date on your smartphone's calendar if you are a fan or a foe of Phra Dhammajayo or Phra Thepyarnmahamunee, the elusive abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya.
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Rajabhakti, Hawaii sagas not over yet
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/10/2016
» The plots are similar. In March, Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya, Auditor-General Pisit Leelavachiropas and Prayong Priyajit, secretary-general of the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission appeared at a press conference to jointly declare the Rajabhakti Park project in Hua Hin was above-board and cleared of any corruption.
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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.
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Sacking Sukhumbhand is no help to the Democrats
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/01/2016
» The "family feud" between Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra and his supporters on one side and the Democrat Party led by Abhisit Vejjajiva on the other is nothing new for the oldest political congress in Thailand. Two big questions are being raised over this latest episode, though. The first is whether it will lead to the embattled governor and his followers breaking away from the party, and the second is whether there will be leadership change.
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Prosecution fails to clear up 2006 election scandal
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/02/2016
» After almost 10 years of living with the stigma of being electoral cheats, which resulted in the dissolution of the Thai Rak Thai Party by the Constitutional Court, several former members of the defunct party are celebrating the Supreme Court's verdict last Wednesday which, they claim, has found the party not guilty.
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Struggle for power in the temple
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 15/02/2016
» The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) -- the red-shirt movement -- has until recently been keeping a safe distance from the controversies surrounding Phra Dhammachayo, the abbot of Wat Dhammakaya, who is under intense pressure by groups known to oppose former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to be defrocked.
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