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Serious on cybercrime
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/10/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has made the correct, but long overdue, move in forming the National Committee for the Prevention and Suppression of Technology-Related Crimes.
Victims must get payouts
News, Editorial, Published on 14/06/2025
» Since Wednesday, netizens have been posting their condolences online, sending their best wishes to the family of Narasiri "Nong Cartoon" Saksitthipan, who passed away peacefully on Wednesday after having been bedridden in a vegetative state for 11 years since she was hit by a truck in a street-racing accident as a young child.
Justice must ditch the glitz
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/05/2025
» The recent phenomenon of talk show hosts and social media influencers seeking justice for the downtrodden represents a worrying trend for Thailand. While these celebrity crusaders offer an expedient shortcut for those seemingly failed by traditional mechanisms, their existence suggests that something could be seriously wrong with the nation's justice system.
Right of way for the rich
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/04/2025
» A serious accident involving a member of a powerful political clan in Pathum Thani and an elderly couple riding in a pickup truck on Bangkok's eastern outer ring road has triggered public anxiety about whether justice will prevail.
High-risk buses must go
Oped, Editorial, Published on 08/03/2025
» A recent crash involving a double-decker bus in Nadi district of Prachin Buri that killed more than a dozen passengers is another attestation of loopholes in traffic law enforcement that make sections of roads in this country a death trap.
Time to cast a wider net
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/11/2024
» Police officers with the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division deserve a pat on the back for arresting three human trafficking suspects believed to be involved in the suffocation deaths of three Rohingya in an overcrowded truck on Oct 17.
BMA battles truck smog
Oped, Editorial, Published on 31/10/2024
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt deserves praise for launching the Bangkok Low Emission Scheme (BLMS) -- a pilot programme to prevent large trucks from entering certain parts of the inner city during the air pollution season.
No justice for Nong Cartoon
News, Editorial, Published on 19/09/2024
» Ten years ago today, Phanuthat Saksitthipan and his five-year-old daughter Narasiri, affectionately known as "Nong Cartoon," were preparing to close their family's steakhouse in Bangkok's Bang Bon district. Her mother, Saranya Chamni, was busy in the kitchen when a horrific event unfolded.
Lorry graft setback
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/07/2024
» The ugly conflict between national police chief Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol and his deputy Surachate Hakparn has diverted public attention from serious corruption and other problems at the Royal Thai Police.
Boat saga hard to take
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/06/2024
» The public has already heard numerous examples of criminal evidence vanishing from police custody but the recent case of three oil-smuggling boats that disappeared from a police pier in Chon Buri is too preposterous to process.