Showing 1 - 10 of 10
Renegades bring House debate to life
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/02/2022
» Mustachioed MP of Uttaradit province Saranwut Saranket does not look like a typical Thai politician. He looks more like a Wild West cowboy, albeit without a gun slung on his waist or a horse.
Korn shows how Sansern flunked test
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/12/2017
» Government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd appears to have shot himself in the mouth -- once again.
NOB transfer harms govt anti-graft drive
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/09/2017
» Pol Lt Col Pongporn Pramsaneh has been widely recognised as an honest and straightforward officer in the Department of Special Investigation – a rare breed in the police force. It explains why he was ordered shifted from the DSI's head of the Tax Litigation Office to lead the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) on Feb 25 by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to do an unenviable mission. His task was to clean up the mess concerning the misappropriation of government funds for the renovation of temples and for schools on temple grounds.
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.
Common practice, maybe, but it's still nepotism
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/04/2016
» It's a classic case of shooting yourself in the foot and is currently the talk of the town on social media - how Gen Preecha Chan-o-cha gave his civilian son a job as an army officer, working for the 3rd Army Region.
An honest policeman unfairly treated
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 15/12/2015
» Pol Maj-Gen Paween Pongsirin, former deputy commissioner of Provincial Police Region 8 and chief investigator in the Rohingya trafficking case, reminds me of former interior minister Purachai Piumsombun of the government of Thaksin Shinawatra.
There are bigger issues than Thaksin's police rank
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/08/2015
» National police chief Pol Gen Somyot Pummpunmuang has until the end of September to do what he is legally required to do, and has promised to do, more than once -- strip fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra of his police lieutenant-colonel title.
Time for clear-cut decision on Thaksin's rank
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/08/2015
» The issue of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s police rank become topical yet again when Justice Minister Paiboon Khumchaya said he would call a meeting to discuss the matter at the Justice Ministry today, Tuesday.
The media is not the enemy, why treat them so?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/04/2015
» It is not surprising the private sector heartily welcomed the lifting of martial law without mentioning its replacement, Section 44 of the interim constitution, which is even more draconian.
Abhisit caught in dirty political trick?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/12/2012
» As a criminal suspect is regarded as innocent unless proven otherwise, he or she is entitled to the rights accorded by the law. That includes the right to privacy and not to be photographed while being fingerprinted by the police to acknowledge charges.