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Confusion reigns after deadly blasts
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 16/08/2016
» This is supposed to be illuminating: Following a spate of bomb and arson attacks in seven provinces last week, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of security affairs Gen Prawit Wongsuwon said yesterday the strikes were definitely about domestic issues and not linked to other countries.
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The blurry roadmap to democracy
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 23/08/2016
» If the overwhelming support for the draft charter is translating to a mindset that might is right, the roadmap to democracy might not end well.
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Thailand's justice system is crumbling
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 21/06/2016
» Whether it is the proposal to de-list methamphetamine as a dangerous narcotic, the failed attempt to arrest influential money laundering suspect Phra Dhammajayo, the apparently illegal possession of a brown hornbill by billionaire Vikrom Kromadit or the use of Section 44 to roll out a 15-year free education policy instead of 12 years as proposed in the draft constitution, these diverse occurrences point to the same malaise: The country's justice system is crumbling.
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The sorry state of law enforcement
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 05/07/2016
» An air of ambivalence is shrouding the one area where lucidity is expected to shine through: the state of law and law enforcement in the country.
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One-sided debate on referendum
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 12/07/2016
» What is the point of a referendum on the draft charter when only people who support it are allowed to speak?
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Failed putsch in Turkey vexes NCPO
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/07/2016
» The record speaks for itself: more than a dozen successful coups in 84 years of Thailand's democracy. That is one for about every six years. Apparently, it does not look like the Thai army will go cold Turkey on the business of coup-making any time soon.
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It's 'no' joking matter ahead of charter vote
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 26/07/2016
» If I were the military regime, I would be worried.
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Prayut should take heed of EU turbulence
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 28/06/2016
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha won't do a Cameron. The Thai charter referendum and the British one on European Union (EU) membership are different. The British patient suffers from illnesses that are different from those afflicting this sick man of Asia.
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NCPO taking dangerous short-cuts
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/05/2016
» Death to rapists, killers and other high-profile criminals. Go home American ambassador. Lock up people who disagree with the military regime.
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Justice fails test in temple stand-off
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 31/05/2016
» No matter how it turns out, the stand-off between the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and Wat Phra Dhammakaya has underscored a combination of extreme conviction and weak enforcement of the justice system that has underpinned Thailand's many crises.
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