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'Big Brother' up against rare political alliance
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/03/2016
» It's not often the two arch political rivals, the Democrat and Pheu Thai parties, see eye-to-eye on a controversial political issue.
Struggle for power in the temple
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 15/02/2016
» The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) -- the red-shirt movement -- has until recently been keeping a safe distance from the controversies surrounding Phra Dhammachayo, the abbot of Wat Dhammakaya, who is under intense pressure by groups known to oppose former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to be defrocked.
Rajabhakti does not bode well for the megaprojects
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/01/2016
» The Defence Ministry panel investigating corruption in the construction of Rajabhakti Park has found nothing wrong. This is not a surprise to me at all.
Does the Klong Dan consortium deserve its payday?
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/12/2015
» Justice always comes late. But when it came last Thursday -- in one of the Klong Dan corruption cases -- it was indeed welcome because, at least, it has proven that corruption does not pay.
Democrat dilemma over fractious Sukhumbhand
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/12/2015
» There is clearly no love lost between the Democrat Party and recalcitrant Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra.
The truth must be made known
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/11/2015
» Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon told the media last week he would no longer talk to them about the Rajabhakti Park scandal until a new team investigating alleged irregularities has come up with its findings.
Army must realise statue scandal is not going away
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/11/2015
» Rajabhakti Park, featuring the majestic statues of seven former Thai kings, has become the hottest tourist attraction in Hua Hin besides Wat Huay Mongkol which features a giant statue of Luang Phor Thuad.
Rice-scheme fan Kittiratt defends the indefensible
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/11/2015
» Former deputy prime minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong seems to take pride in being one of the staunchest defenders of the Pheu Thai Party's botched rice pledging scheme and former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who is facing dereliction of duty charges for mishandling the rice scheme that caused huge losses to the state.
Charter chairman Meechai sizes up the graft threat
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/10/2015
» The former chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee who drafted the 2007 constitution, Seri Suwanpanont, recently recalled the framers of the so-called "people's constitution", or the 1997 charter, who thought decentralisation of administration could help tackle the problem of vote-buying and corruption.
DSI has much to answer for in shoddy Krungthai case
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 07/09/2015
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) appears to be in the hot seat after the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office-Holders handed down its verdict on Aug 26 in the Krungthai Bank (KTB) case.