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Justice at last
News, Postbag, Published on 05/09/2015
» Three loud chaiyos for the Phuket Provincial Court in acquitting two Phuketwan news website journalists over a report implicating the Thai navy in human trafficking (BP, Sept 2).
Thais can be brutal
News, Postbag, Published on 29/08/2015
» I read with some incredulity the comment by the police general who is heading the investigation into the Aug 17 bombing, that a Thai group was unlikely to have carried out the attack because it was “too brutal for Thais to inflict on their compatriots”.
Making a smart move
News, Postbag, Published on 15/08/2015
» The Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) decided to introduce the Smart Classrooms project to replace the tablet PC project for students which was scrapped by the National Council for Peace and Order. The 1.17-billion-baht leftover budget, which was earlier earmarked to procure tablets for Mathayom 1 students in the North and Northeast, would be shifted and will be complemented by 3 billion baht from the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology.
Cambodian Justice Defended
News, Postbag, Published on 09/08/2015
» Re: “ ‘Show trial’ jails activists, CNRP figures” (BP, July 22).
Stop the hyperbole
News, Postbag, Published on 29/07/2015
» Re: “A Battle only half won”, (Editorial, July 27).
Show cop who's boss
News, Postbag, Published on 18/07/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha claims under him, we have rule of law. Here’s his chance to back up his welcome words with decisive action.
Only in the land of awe
News, Postbag, Published on 11/07/2015
» I refer to three letters in PostBag, July 9, regarding Gen Prayut backing the navy purchase of submarines.
Article out of tune
News, Published on 02/07/2015
» Re: “Dutch diva serves up jazz and love,” Life, June 30. The writer mistakenly identified one of the songs that Laura Fygi sang at her concert in Bangkok last Thursday, Corcovado, as a Spanish song. In fact, the song was written by the great Brazilian composer, Antonio Carlos Jobim. The Portuguese title refers to a mountain in Rio de Janeiro. Later it was known by the English title as Quiet Nights and Quiet Stars.
Don’t gag debate
News, Published on 30/06/2015
» If you, dear reader, peacefully and publicly stated, “The earth is flat!”, you would be well within your constitutional rights to do so - as long as you respected the equal rights of others. And, if you did so despite knowing that others would object with violence, then the government is duty-bound to restrain those who would attack you — not to muzzle you.
Sink the submarines
News, Published on 27/06/2015
» We should sink our plans to splurge 36 billion baht on two submarines.