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New southern peace moves must be conditional
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/05/2013
» It takes two to tango, so the saying goes, but the government appears to going it alone with its plan to revoke arrest warrants for some suspected insurgents and selectively lift the emergency decree in the deep South.
An act of utter cowardice
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/05/2013
» The cold-blooded murder of six innocent civilians, one of them a two-year old boy, in Pattani on the eve of Labour Day by four insurgents is anything but an act of a "war of liberation", as the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist group would have the Thai public to believe.
Hunting party police officer might not walk free after all
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/01/2013
» The illegal hunting controversy involving a middle-ranking police officer reminds me of the Thung Yai hunting scandal four decades ago. It involved both police and army officers, who misused an army helicopter for their particular hunting spree.
Another teacher slain, what’s next?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/01/2013
» The terrorists in the far South waited all of 23 days before they murdered their first teacher this year. Chonlathee Charoenchol, 51, was the 158th teacher slain in the nine years since the extremists launched their insurgency with the violent robbery of a military armoury on Jan 4, 2004.
Lonely voices still seeking justice
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/04/2012
» Two people from opposite sides of the colour-coded political divide who each lost a loved one in the May 2010 political violence in Bangkok ironically share a common view in opposing the reconciliation plan now being pushed by Pheu Thai Party and fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Peace still far off in the far South
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/04/2012
» Imagine if it was somebody else and not Thaksin Shinawatra who sat down and talked peace with the separatists. Would that peace broker then also be blamed for the recent bomb blasts in Hat Yai and Yala?
Peace talks need unified approach
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/04/2012
» SBPAC secretary-general Thawee Sodsong's recent secret mission to Malaysia has drawn suspicion and resentment from the army. It may also have offended the hardcore militants to the point they decided to bomb Hat Yai and Yala last Saturday to announce their opposition to the peace initiative.