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Bill hits foreigners
News, Postbag, Published on 17/12/2016
» Re: "Computer bill deeply flawed", (Editorial, Dec 15).
Sense on lese majeste
News, Postbag, Published on 15/12/2016
» Re: "Chuvit set for release under royal pardon", (BP, Dec 13).
Put meat on bike laws
News, Postbag, Published on 03/12/2016
» Re: "Children told not to drive motorbikes", (BP, Nov 30).
Don't bet on casinos
News, Postbag, Published on 21/11/2016
» Re: "Five officers transferred after Lat Krabang gambling bust", (BP, Nov 19).
PM must act on lawsuits
News, Editorial, Published on 02/08/2016
» Authorities moved ahead on lawsuits last week that never should have been accepted. Three of the country's leading human and civil rights defenders have been charged with criminally defaming the armed forces, specifically the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc). Coincidentally, a similar case saw the formal arrest of a determined young woman protesting against the brutal killing of her uncle during army training.
#ThePokemonSeasonIsComing
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 15/07/2016
» Unless you've been living under a rock (or you've just came back from a government attitude adjustment session), you won't have escaped Pokemon Go on your Facebook feed. For those not in the know, this game for iOS and Android devices lets you to assume the role of a trainer who goes outside in real life to virtually capture cute monsters in different places with special Poke balls.
Let's mean business
News, Postbag, Published on 09/05/2016
» In a May 7 online news report, the police were said to have arrested the 18-year old girlfriend of one of the policemen's sons implicated in the brutal attack and murder of a disabled bread delivery man.
Seize the drugs nettle
News, Editorial, Published on 05/04/2016
» A recent series of arrests and seizures by anti-drug forces is a rare ray of optimism in the fight for a rational drug-control policy. But they also revived serious questions and brought more confusion to the problem. It is clear that some countries in the region are keen to take more responsibility while suffering more losses than others. And it seems while authorities have a somewhat tenuous handle on who is controlling drug trafficking, efforts to deal with the kingpins are ineffective at best.
There have probably been better years
Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/12/2015
» Well, we've just about scraped through 2015, although there have been a few dicey moments. Most of us will be happy to see the back of the Year of the Sheep, or was it the Goat? I never did quite work that out. It is customary at this time to look back on the past 12 months, although there are some events you might prefer to forget. If nothing else it serves as a reminder that Thailand will always be Truly Amazing.
World media lauds Paween, but at home he's a leper
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/12/2015
» If I were in national police chief Chakthip Chaijinda's shoes I would be feeling very upset with Pol Maj-Gen Paween Pongsirin, the former deputy commissioner of provincial police Region 8 and chief investigator of the high-profile Rohingya trafficking case.