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NOB transfer harms govt anti-graft drive
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/09/2017
» Pol Lt Col Pongporn Pramsaneh has been widely recognised as an honest and straightforward officer in the Department of Special Investigation – a rare breed in the police force. It explains why he was ordered shifted from the DSI's head of the Tax Litigation Office to lead the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) on Feb 25 by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to do an unenviable mission. His task was to clean up the mess concerning the misappropriation of government funds for the renovation of temples and for schools on temple grounds.
Raging red bull runs rings round lame ducks
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/05/2017
» Two interesting developments in the notorious fatal hit-and run case of 2012 implicating Red Bull scion Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya occurred last week.
Even if 'Boss' were arrested, what happens next?
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/04/2017
» When I was reading law at Chulalongkorn University about four decades ago, there was an old saying among jurists that went along the lines of, "When gunshots ring out, all the jurists just sit down and keep their mouths shut."
Sloppy police must man up and say sorry
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/01/2017
» Social media in the past week has been awash with fierce criticism of the police for the sloppy handling of a hit-and-run case by an inquiry police officer of Renu Nakhon district in Nakhon Phanom. An innocent schoolteacher ended up being incarcerated for 18 months and had her life turned upside down.
Band-aid solutions hide real rice problems
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 07/11/2016
» It is quite heartening to see the government and private sectors come up with ways and means to help rice farmers, the so-called impoverished backbone of the country who are now in hot water as the price of rice has dropped to its lowest level in a decade. The price of Hom Mali paddy, Thailand's premium grade rice, averages 10,550 baht/tonne based on the government's credit extension scheme which helps rice farmers by setting the pledging price at 90% of the market price of Hom Mali varieties.
Despite transfers, there is little faith in police integrity
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/03/2016
» Police operations centres are graveyards for unwanted officers accused of malfeasance, corruption, negligence of duty and so on. These officers are transferred to the centres by their bosses pending investigations into the accusations.
Selfless heroism, hazing idiocy
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/02/2016
» Remember that beautiful story of the Krabi fisherman who instinctively went to the rescue of two elderly Norwegian bird watchers stuck in thick mud, throwing himself face down in the muck so they could free themselves.
Call it what you will, but you cannot escape fate
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/11/2015
» It was a one-in-a-million chance that a mother who lost her new-born infant girl four years ago -- in this case abducted from a hospital in Khon Kaen when she was only two days old -- would ever see her again and get her back in good shape.
Meechai's first dilemma: Tackling corrupt politicians
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/10/2015
» The Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) led by Meechai Ruchupan is currently going through the process of receiving opinions from various sectors of society about what should be incorporated into the new draft of the constitution -- or how the new draft should be written so it reflects the aspirations of the people.
Somyot passes the buck, complains later
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/09/2015
» National police chief Pol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang appears to be waging a one-man war against the Immigration Police Bureau.