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Justice needs salvaging after fatal crash
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/08/2020
» There is an old Thai saying which goes along the lines of: "A dead elephant cannot be covered by lotus leaves."
Justice imperilled by oversight void
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/06/2020
» Still remember the talk-of-the-town hit-and-run case almost eight years ago involving Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya who rammed his expensive car into a traffic police officer, killing him at the scene on Sukhumvit Road on the night of Sept 3, 2012?
Letting 'Oak' off needs explaining
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/06/2020
» Panthongtae "Oak" Shinawatra, the only son of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin, should count himself as one of the lucky few in this country to be granted special treatment from the Office of the Attorney-General.
KTB loan scandal a tangled web indeed
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/07/2019
» The state-run Krung Thai Bank (KTB) loan scandal -- which was almost resolved four years ago after 26 people except fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra were given heavy jail terms from 12 to 18 years -- is now being resurrected by the opposition Thaksin-linked Pheu Thai Party.
Officials may be wishing monk has fled
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/02/2017
» Is Phra Dhammajayo, the elusive former abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, still within the vast reaches of 2,300-rai compound of the temple, playing hide and seek with the authorities trying to bring him to the court to face charges ranging from embezzlement and money laundering to receiving stolen property and forest encroachment?
Phra Dhammajayo: Float like a butterfly
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/11/2016
» All of a sudden, in my subconscious, I overheard that famous catch-phrase from "Black Superman", the cheeky song written by Johnny Wakelin: "I'm Ali, catch me if you can". It appeared to blow in from the direction of Wat Dhammakaya, aka the "Flying Saucer" temple in Pathum Thani province.
Will the elusive abbot ever be arrested?
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/11/2016
» November the 30th. Mark this date on your smartphone's calendar if you are a fan or a foe of Phra Dhammajayo or Phra Thepyarnmahamunee, the elusive abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya.
Weevils in the rice scheme get fumigated
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/09/2016
» A sense of vindication overcame me last Friday when the Anti-Money Laundering Office announced the seizure of about seven billion baht worth of bank deposits and land plots in Bangkok, Phuket, Phangnga, Lamphun, Ayutthaya and Ang Thong from two companies: Siam Indica Co and Srilalai Co (later changed to Kitha Properties Co) and various individuals closely connected to Apichart Chansakulporn, or Sia Piang, an influential rice exporter who was close to the Pheu Thai Party.
Charter chairman Meechai sizes up the graft threat
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/10/2015
» The former chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee who drafted the 2007 constitution, Seri Suwanpanont, recently recalled the framers of the so-called "people's constitution", or the 1997 charter, who thought decentralisation of administration could help tackle the problem of vote-buying and corruption.
DSI has much to answer for in shoddy Krungthai case
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 07/09/2015
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) appears to be in the hot seat after the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office-Holders handed down its verdict on Aug 26 in the Krungthai Bank (KTB) case.