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Khao Kradong row claims new victims
Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/08/2025
» The Land Department has been given seven days to explain the Khao Kradong land issue. The timeline seems rather short for a land controversy which has bubbled away for decades.
Mass jab hopes a crucial test for Prayut
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/05/2021
» Despite reassurances from Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul that the mass Covid-19 vaccinations for people over 60 and those suffering from seven non-communicable underlying diseases across the country will proceed as scheduled on June 7, scepticism remains strong among many about whether this administration can still be trusted after repeated blunders in the handling of the pandemic.
Justice needs salvaging after fatal crash
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/08/2020
» There is an old Thai saying which goes along the lines of: "A dead elephant cannot be covered by lotus leaves."
Govt gambles over long weekend
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/05/2020
» The cabinet took an unnecessary risk when it decided last Tuesday to maintain the public holidays this month against the recommendation of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
Fallout from Ja New attack hurts govt
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/07/2019
» Fingers are pointing at the government with accusations about its indifference to, or ignorance of, political violence; or even complicity in the violence itself over the brutal attack on anti-junta political activist Sirawith "Ja New" Seritiwat by four unidentified perpetrators in Klong Sam Wa district in Bangkok on Friday.
Srivara puts foot in it with rescue rhetoric
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/07/2018
» Pol Gen Srivara Rangsibrahmanakul did it again!
Top cop proves Premchai a protected species
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/03/2018
» It came as little surprise that deputy national police chief Srivara Rangsibrahmanakul has been viewed as a villain by the same group of people who despise and curse the Italian-Thai Development Plc boss Premchai Karnasuta for his illegal hunting trip in Thungyai Naresuan wildlife sanctuary, which resulted in the killing of several protected wildlife species, in particular a rare leopard.
Poaching probe shows signs of slippage
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/02/2018
» I pity the Indochinese black leopard killed at the Thungyai Naresuan World Heritage site. Also, my regrets to its partner — another black cat which in this case survived the cruel hunters.