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If the troops go, who protects the innocent?
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/03/2012
» As Islamic insurgents stepped up attacks against security forces in neighbouring Narathiwat province _ killing five soldiers in a roadside bomb attack and wounding 12 others in other raids on army outposts on Wednesday and Friday respectively _ about 100 members of 16 civic and student groups staged a protest in front of Rajabhat University's Yala campus on Thursday against the alleged rape of a teenage Muslim girl by a young soldier.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/03/2012
» Southern insurgents stepped up their attacks on the security forces this week, killing six soldiers and wounding 13; in Japan, Prime Minister Yingluck assured Japanese investors that last year's devastating flood will not be repeated and their factories are now safe; and the government has started the process to compensate victims of political violence.
Thaksin leaves no doubt: Change is inevitable
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/03/2012
» Political confrontation is inevitable and whether it will descend into violence or not depends on how far the Pheu Thai Party wants to go in rewriting the charter.
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Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/03/2012
» Nitirat group leader Worajet Pakeerat was punched on the face by two brothers who, on their surrender to the police, said they were opposed to the group’s stated aims, to have the lese majeste law changed. Supporters and opponents of charter change began gearing up for a new showdown as the parliament started charter rewriting proceedings.
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Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/02/2012
» Students and lecturers at Thammasat University take sides as the clash of opinions over the lese majeste law fuelled by the Nitirat group's campaign splits the campus. In the far South, the government finally admitted that paramilitary rangers killed four innocent civilians and wounded five others. As for the flood prevention plan, there is no good news.
Tense standoff at Thammasat over lese majeste law
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/02/2012
» My sympathy to Thammasat University rector Somkit Lertpaithoon who is in the unfortunate position of being caught in the middle of a potentially hostile confrontation between the Nitirat group and their supporters on the one hand and their opponents on the other over the lese majeste law, or Section 112 of the Criminal Code.
Another fatal shooting of the innocent?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/01/2012
» It seems likely that at least some of the dead and injured on the pickup truck fired on by paramilitary rangers in Pattani on Sunday night are innocent people.
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Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/01/2012
» After about six months in the office, the cabinet was given a major shakeup. In the far South civilians continue to be murdered, but for elephants in the wild there appears to be some good news, after two were found slaughtered in Khaeng Krachan national park.
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Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/01/2012
» Two street protests greeted the government this week with more to come soon and the government's plan for a two billion baht compensation package for victims of political violence seems to have backfired. But the "talk of the town" is the ear-bashing incident at Suvarnabhumi airport.