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Border blunder
Oped, Postbag, Published on 17/03/2020
» Re: “Prayut calls for calm amid growing virus fears”, (Online, March 15).
Anutin's racist silence
News, Postbag, Published on 15/03/2020
» Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul showed his bias, racism and ignorance by posting remarks regarding the Covid-19 crisis. He called farang "dirty" ... yet the coronavirus came from nearby China. He never mentioned the Chinese.
FFP was singled out
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/03/2020
» Re: "It's not just about FFP", (PostBag, March 12). Khun Piya Samyan defends the Constitutional Court dissolving the Future Forward Party, because "it did violate the law regarding acquisition of income". This is about the "rule of law that is equally applied to all". I fully agree with Khun Piya that the law must be applied without fear or favour -- for if not, the government would be weaponising the law to slay its enemies, so to speak.
Perfect storm of discontent
News, Postbag, Published on 08/03/2020
» Re: "Returning 'little ghosts' face quarantine", (BP, March 3).
In the face of danger
News, Postbag, Published on 07/03/2020
» Re: "Masking selfishness", (PostBag, March 5). I have read Yankee Doodle's letter with interest. Almost everything he says about the effectiveness of face masks against Covid-19 is true: face masks are not effective against the spread of coronavirus.
Unmasking solutions
News, Postbag, Published on 06/03/2020
» Re: "Govt moves to stop face-mask hoarding", (BP, March 4). PM Prayut boosting face mask production to fight Covid-19 is misguided and should be focused on hand-cleaning instead. The World Health Organisation reports,
Masking selfishness
News, Postbag, Published on 05/03/2020
» Re: "Outrage over mask shortages," (BP, March 3). I can't believe this. People are panicking over the shortage of face masks. In March 3 PostBag, a writer from Pattaya says they're charging 200 baht apiece for them there, and the March 2 editorial laments the shortage.
Unnecessary panic
News, Postbag, Published on 04/03/2020
» Re: "Outrage over mask shortages", (BP, Mar 3). In a free market, the law of supply and demand will dictate the price of any product unless it is controlled by specific laws. The article states that people who sell masks at inflated prices are liable to seven months in prison and a maximum fine of 140,000 baht, though the threshold that determines what constitutes an inflated price is not stated. However, perhaps the demand will reduce dramatically if people understood the scenario more clearly.
Moral right to protest
News, Postbag, Published on 03/03/2020
» Veera Prateepchaikul in his March 2 column, "Student rallies need careful handling", could more plainly have stated that the students have moral right and reason on their side. The government of the man who overthrew Thailand's supreme rule of law in 2014 to make himself prime minister, whose coup also trampled into the dirt, yet again, Thailand's form of democracy, now preaches that the law is sacred and warns about touching the high institution. The hypocrisy is obvious to the least intelligent or informed, let alone to the students at Thailand's top schools and universities.
Misconceived notions
News, Postbag, Published on 15/02/2020
» Re: "Professionalise army", (PostBag, Feb 12).