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Trump blasts Facebook, Twitter for censoring article critical of Biden
AFP, Published on 15/10/2020
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump rebuked Facebook and Twitter Wednesday for blocking links to a New York Post article purporting to expose corrupt dealings by election rival Joe Biden and his son in Ukraine.
Thais deserve a clean House
Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/09/2020
» In less than a month, parliament has been rocked by two bribery scandals which have shaken public confidence in an institution that is supposed to be a fundamental part of the nation's checks and balances mechanism.
Voices of student dissent must be heard
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 29/02/2020
» Since the dissolution of the Future Forward Party (FFP) on Feb 21, Thai society has witnessed an escalating challenge to the Prayut Chan-o-cha government by university students across the country. Now a number of school students have joined the bandwagon with a series of flash mobs.
Speaker Chuan to be investigated for partiality in ordering recount
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 04/12/2019
» The Future Forward Party has asked the House committee on corruption suppression to investigate House Speaker Chuan Leekpai for alleged partiality in ordering a vote recount in parliament.
Envoy flak over the top
News, Editorial, Published on 12/04/2019
» It's rare that the police should act in a more diplomatic manner than the Foreign Affairs Ministry when it comes to the handling of the same issue. But that's what exactly has happened in the past week in connection with legal proceedings in a high-profile political case against Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit.
Poor start in drive for police reform
News, Editorial, Published on 17/09/2017
» The decision by the police reform committee to seek advice from a person who broke the law and has been alleged to be involved in irregularities in a police station building project seems to be a start that is only going to lead to a dead end. The committee, as one of the 11 military-appointed reform panels, plans to invite Suthep Thaugsuban, the former protest leader of the now-defunct People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), to give his opinions on reforming the Royal Thai Police and decentralising the police force.
Credibility of NACC at risk
News, Editorial, Published on 05/08/2017
» Having been criticised for the lack of significant progress it has made in recent years, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) in the past month might have found cause to celebrate.
Macho men
Asia focus, Published on 05/09/2016
» A handful of unabashedly macho politicians have begun to redefine global politics through their partiality for blunt pragmatism over political correctness. From Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines and Prayut Chan-o-cha in Thailand to Donald Trump in the United States and Vladimir Putin in Russia, the modus operandi of these tell-it-like-it-is tough guys more closely resembles the threats of a high school bully than the smooth textbook patter of a diplomat.
The top 10 don’t-do list
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 03/04/2016
» A 57-year-old Chiang Mai woman was charged with inciting rebellion last week for posting a photo of herself with a red plastic bowl on Facebook. The bowl, to sprinkle people with water during Songkran, also happened to carry a message from fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. She faces the prospect of up to seven years’ jail if convicted of sedition.
Court mulls Brazil president's alleged illegal accounting
AFP, Published on 07/10/2015
» BRASíLIA - A Brazilian court on Wednesday mulled whether to declare President Dilma Rousseff's handling of government accounts in 2014 illegal, potentially opening the way for her opponents to launch impeachment proceedings.