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A heinous crime indeed
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/07/2014
» My heart-felt condolences to the family of Nong Kaem, the 13-year old girl who was raped, murdered and her body thrown from a train by a worker paid to change the bedding on the sleeper carriages.
Going global, for the wrong reasons
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/05/2013
» Civic society groups in Thailand have been doing it for so many years – internationalising local conflicts involving the government so that, hopefully, external pressure will be brought upon the government to resolve the issue.
Yet another environmental crusader slain
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/02/2013
» Yet another self-made environmental protection activist has fallen – this time at the hand of a gunman believed to have been hired by local businessmen and politicians involved in the dumping of toxic industrial waste in Chachoengsao province.
Hunting party police officer might not walk free after all
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/01/2013
» The illegal hunting controversy involving a middle-ranking police officer reminds me of the Thung Yai hunting scandal four decades ago. It involved both police and army officers, who misused an army helicopter for their particular hunting spree.
Yongyuth's political future uncertain
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/09/2012
» Despite all the legal and political opinions in support of the legal status of Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was unwilling to take the risk of allowing him to chair this week's Tuesday cabinet meeting.
Is the government serious about ending corruption?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/09/2012
» Pol Col Dussadee Arayawuthi's declaration that he is happy to be out of the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission will not help dispel the suspicion that he was just a victim of political persecution for being zealous in digging up the dirt in government-funded projects and underground business activities.