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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.
Don't be distracted by Thaksin's shadow
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/11/2014
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha seemed to be annoyed when he was asked by a reporter at Government House on Monday to comment on the recent movements of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Tipping point nears as protesters wet whistles
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/10/2013
» Come November, the political temperature is likely to reach boiling point _ if not breaking point. The war drums which were earlier sounded by various political groups opposed to the revised amnesty bill will soon be replaced by real action - mass protests, as threatened.
Notorious audio clip furore seems to be fading
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 15/07/2013
» The "talk of the town" issue last week which was about the audio clip posted on YouTube featuring a private talk between two men, purported to be former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Deputy Defence Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapa, seems to have been put to rest _ much to the chagrin of quite a few of us who had expected the military to do something in quick reaction to the clip.
Fake or real, the audio is juicy stuff
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/07/2013
» Deputy Defence Minister Gen Yuthasak Sasiprapa is caught in an awkward controversy, in which he may find it embarrassing to confront the military top brass, among them army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha.
Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/09/2012
» The final report on the political turbulance in April and May 2010 was released by Kanit na Nakorn's truth commission and, as anticipated, was heavily criticised, especially by red-shirts and the Pheu Thai Party; and Parliament President Somsak Kiatsuranont was spotlighted for using seven million baht of taxpayers' money to take a large group of his staff and pro-government media people on a junket to Europe.
Nitirat has gone too far
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/01/2012
» The Nitirat scholars have made no secret of their opposition to the lese majeste law, but their latest proposal regarding the highest institution has overstepped the line and provoked uproar among the military and within pro-monarchy academia.