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Scams hurt govt's image
Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/10/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's cabinet, which was initially warmly welcomed by the public, is now facing serious confidence issues after two ministers -- Deputy Finance Minister Vorapak Tanyawong and Agriculture Minister Thamanat Prompow -- were named in news reports about Cambodia's scam syndicates and money laundering in Southeast Asia.
Fraud sweep causes fallout
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/09/2025
» In principle, any government deserves praise for efforts to tackle online fraud and mule accounts. However, the latest attempt by the Bank of Thailand (BoT), the cyber police under the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, the police, and commercial banks has drawn condemnation, rather than praise.
Trawlers to get new lease on life
Editorial, Published on 31/08/2025
» Despite the devastation trawlers have caused for decades and the global shame Thailand has suffered from their use of slave labour, trawlers are set to return to ravage the Thai seas with a vengeance.
Policy for final days
Oped, Editorial, Published on 25/06/2025
» The Thai population's accelerating pace of ageing is a trend with profound impacts, particularly at the personal level on those individuals tasked with caring for loved ones during the final phase of their lives.
14th floor back again
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/06/2025
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) deserves a praise for launching a probe into another case of a wealthy recipient of privileged treatment who spent a month in a special patient room on the 14th floor of Police General Hospital (PGH).
Give equal jail care to all
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/11/2024
» As the probe into Thaksin Shinawatra's questionable illnesses and treatment on the 14th floor of the Police General Hospital deepens, with several state officials already in hot water, so too do reports of a sick prisoner in jail on charges relating to a Section 112 violation being rejected hospital admission. What irony!
Don't trust the uniform
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/08/2024
» Mongkol Preesukkasem, a fake prosecutor, was arrested for fraud on July 25 by city police while giving a lecture at a school in Nonthaburi province. His blatant impersonation of public officials with power has stunned the public. The arrest followed a series of complaints filed against him over several months.
Cops on the brink
Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/03/2024
» A report about a female police officer suffering from depression induced by boot camp-style work training is a red flag suggesting officers may be in need of professional help despite how tough they might seem.
Put wallet to better use
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/09/2023
» The Srettha Thavisin government wrapped up its policy statement, without clarifying how it would put its 10,000-baht digital wallet, a flagship election campaign promise, into practice and how it would prevent financial woes if things go wrong.
Dengue death preventable
Oped, Editorial, Published on 31/05/2023
» Dengue fever is a life-threatening disease, but most sufferers will recover if they receive a timely diagnosis and proper treatment. Unfortunately, this wasn't the case for the late Karen activist living in Phetchaburi's Bang Kloi, Gib Tonnamphet.