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Abhisit's 'trial' by fiery rhetoric
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 02/06/2013
» The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court on Wednesday ruled that Italian journalist Fabio Polenghi was killed by a bullet fired by security forces during the May 19, 2010 dispersal of the red-shirt protesters.
Abhisit is here, where is Thaksin?
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 23/05/2013
» Abhisit Vejjajiva sat at the Democrat Party headquarters in Phaya Thai and said, "If I’m guilty, then execute me". Whether he’s a "murderer" who ordered the killing of "innocent" civilians or not, he’s here in Thailand willing to face charges. So let the court decide.
Will Thai luck ever run out?
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 13/01/2013
» Thailand's culture is a passive and superstitious one that relies on faith, fate and sheer luck, with the ingrained belief that things will always turn out just fine. After all, karma dictates our destiny, and we bribe her quite well. So mai pen rai.
Prime ministers, murderers and Judy Garland
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 13/12/2012
» During the London G-20 summit protests in 2009, Ian Tomlinson, an English newspaper vendor, an innocent bystander, was caught up in a melee and later died from internal injuries. Constable Simon Harwood was charged with manslaughter, but found not guilty.
Southern discomfort
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 05/08/2012
» The mantra is 'cover your behind, secure the budget and never mind the truth'According to Deep South Watch, since 2004 and as of June 2012, there have been 11,754 violent incidents in the three southernmost provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat, and counting. Casualties are at 14,343, with 5,206 people dead, and counting.
Road to victory is red
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 20/05/2012
» Two years after the bloody crackdown on May 19, 2010, Thaksin Shinawatra is on the road to victory, one that is paved by blood, death and political intrigue, engineered by both sides of the political divide and the finishing line has little to do with democracy.
Tools & Fools
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 13/05/2012
» Opponents of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship accuse the movement of using the death of Ampon ''Ah Kong'' Tangnoppakul as a political tool to further their political agenda. They might be correct.