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Perils of police reform
News, Postbag, Published on 08/07/2017
» I'm glad that PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is reforming the police at long last, but he shouldn't reinvent the wheel. In 2006, then-prime minister Gen Surayud Chulanont, former army chief and member of our beloved King Rama IX's Privy Council, appointed retired Pol Gen Vasit Dejkunjorn, former chief of police, to head a distinguished commission for this very purpose.
Be wary of Chinese
News, Postbag, Published on 27/06/2017
» Re: "PM asks public to back Sino-Thai deal", (BP, June 21).
Wealth for education
News, Postbag, Published on 22/06/2017
» Re: "School director accused in 'tea money' scandal", (BP, June 20).
Revamp drug policy
News, Postbag, Published on 13/05/2017
» Re: "Drug reform still pending", (Editorial, May 10).
Uber all right by me
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/03/2017
» Re: “Blitz on Uber taxi upsets” (BP, March 2).
Truth of no importance
News, Postbag, Published on 26/02/2017
» Re: "BBC journo Jonathan Head risks jail over Phuket report" (BP, Feb 24).
BMA's Mahakan mess
News, Postbag, Published on 21/01/2017
» It is with deep disappointment that we have read Peerawat Jariyasombat's strangely ill-informed article, "A lesson in development" (BP, Jan 16, 2017). In a move that seems calculated to pander to the greed of developers rather than nurture the human resources represented by local populations, Khun Peerawat hails the efforts of Korean authorities to replace an existing population with an artist colony, but says nothing about the fate of the original residents.
Some hard questions
News, Postbag, Published on 07/01/2017
» Re: "Horror highway crash, blast kills 25", (BP, Jan 3).
Weed out dirty cops
News, Postbag, Published on 10/12/2016
» Quite often Thai police officers found to have committed illegal acts have been shunted instead of stripped of their ranks and tried in the court of law.
Send in the clowns
News, Postbag, Published on 27/11/2016
» The State Enterprise Policy Office urges State Railway of Thailand (SRT) land development as a quick solution out of debt (BP, Nov 25). Who does it think it is kidding? The SRT is a bottomless pit as its debt piles up deeper and deeper due to inept management, lousy service, filthy, antiquated rolling stock, the inability to maintain any normal scheduling, and free rides.