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Tip of the iceberg
Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/08/2020
» The army general prime minister is trying to reinstate the Bull Boss case. One can assume the motivation is to manage public perceptions, since saving face is the be-all and end-all of government policy.
Criticism is patriotic
Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/05/2020
» Re: "Credit where it's due", (PostBag, May 7).
Irrational sentence
News, Postbag, Published on 21/02/2020
» "A former abbot of Wat Sa Ket (Golden Mount) was sentenced to a suspended jail term of 36 months and fined 27,000 baht for embezzlement of 69.7 million baht in temple funds", read your online report concerning the politely termed "malfeasance" of a senior monk and a bunch of criminals from the National Office of Buddhism.
Apply the constitution
News, Postbag, Published on 13/09/2019
» Re: "Thamanat wins PM's backing", (BP, Sept 11).
Words can kill
News, Postbag, Published on 11/07/2019
» Let us hope that nobody beats up pop singer Amita Young, or worse, following Khun Atiya's commentary tagging her as a homicidal bag of hate (Opinion, July 9).
Smoked out
News, Postbag, Published on 29/04/2019
» Your recent report on the haze in northern Thailand says that 90% of the thousands of hot spots were started by people, but figure should be 100%. Places like Australia and California have wild fires. Tropical countries do not. Why doesn't Malaysia have them? Or tropical Northern Australia, even? And if 90% were caused by arson, which in Australia means up to 20 years in jail if they cause death and destruction, how many people are now in Thai jails convicted of arson?
Injustice no laughing matter
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/04/2019
» Re: “‘Big Joke’ in surprise job shunting”, ( BP, April 7). We often hear Lord Chief Justice Hewart’s wise words: “It is not merely of some importance but is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done.” If we see justice done, all can be assured that we have rule of law, applied equally to all alike, regardless of station — and behave accordingly.
Think of the tourists
News, Postbag, Published on 09/02/2019
» Surasak Glahan in his Feb 7 commentary, "Justice system still shackled by politics", hit the nail on the head. Thailand as we all know has a bad human rights record. I can only blame the people who are handling this case, which I am sorry to say will harm Thailand in the long run, with a loss in the number of tourists. I would like to know the number of Bahraini tourists versus Australian tourists coming to Thailand. I would dare say there are more Australians.
Need meds, not subs
News, Postbag, Published on 16/01/2019
» Re: "Prayut slams 'unrealistic' poll pledges", (BP, Jan 15).