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Tribalism lets the blind lead the blind
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 26/09/2017
» It comes in a package. A coup that is not a coup. Airport seizures that are retroactively described as self-imposed closures by the authorities themselves. An act of forcing freshmen to strip naked and simulate sex acts is explained away as a rite of passage and bonding activity.
Yingluck rice ruling to open old wounds
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 25/07/2017
» Will former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra go to jail for alleged malfeasance in administering the rice-pledging scheme?
Chuvit's next move
Life, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 20/01/2017
» Chuvit Kamolvisit walked into the top floor suite in his hotel on Sukhumvit and suddenly with no words of greeting or introduction launched into a rapid-fire monologue as if he were hosting a talk show.
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.
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.
Cronyism runs deep in our society
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/09/2015
» Three incidents during the past week point to one crucial problem that will keep Thailand from advancing, despite it being elected head of the G77 bloc of developing countries at the United Nations.
Caught in web of sex, fungus and audiotape
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 09/07/2013
» If Deputy Defence Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapa can get hold of some chong cao or caterpillar fungus now, he might want to take a double dose and stand up to the storm of doubt surrounding a YouTube audio clip with openness and valour.
Five roads for Thaksin's jail-free return
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/06/2013
» Thai politics has never been known as a showcase of minimalism. Not when we have such an interesting group involved: a short-tempered army chief who was once part of a group of coup-makers; a vengeful former prime minister who was ousted from power in a putsch seven years ago but who is never out of mind for long thanks to a Skype account that allows him to connect with his politicians anytime and anywhere; a photogenic female prime minister who likes to smile and says she has yet to receive information on any issue; and not one but two deputy prime ministers providing distractions by taking on the role of loud-mouthed clowns.