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Injustice on display
News, Editorial, Published on 28/08/2018
» On Aug 15, a joint task force of soldiers, two police units and civil servants made the biggest raid of the week in Pattani province in the deep South. The only casualty in the swoop was common sense. The raid resulted in the arrests, summary trial, fines and pending deportation of two women from Myanmar. Their offence was teaching the children of migrant workers without pay.
Volunteers and success
News, Editorial, Published on 04/07/2018
» The successful search and the coming rescue of the Wild Boar football team is one of our finest moments. The 12 boys and coach were found and then broadcast on video to the nation by skilled and tenacious divers who refused to take a step or stroke backwards for 10 agonising days. They are heroes. So are the hundreds, Thai and foreigner, who supported them directly, as are the thousands who backed them actively.