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There's always the Thaksin billions
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/01/2014
» The Jan 25 deadline promised by the government for the payment of rice farmers who have pledged their rice crops as far back as October is likely to be missed again.
Corruption award goes to rice scheme
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/01/2014
» It's the mother of all corruption cases, those phantom government-to-government rice deals.
Threat to shut down Aerothai a mile too far
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/01/2014
» The People’s Democratic Reform Committee and its militant wing, the Network of Students and People for the Reform of Thailand, appear to be emboldened by their latest move, Operation Bangkok Shutdown, which has succeeded in seizing seven major traffic choke points without any resistance from the police.
I will vote Pheu Thai... if
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/01/2014
» I couldn't agree more with the "Two Yes-Two No" movement's statement in support of the right to an election and reform under the democratic system, and opposing coups and violence of all forms.
Feb 2 election is not the solution
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/01/2014
» For the moment at least, the Feb 2 election is still on. Whether it will be held on schedule, or at all, remains the big question - there are many reasons why it should not.
Rare act of decency, honesty
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/01/2014
» Finally, there is a police officer who is decent and courageous enough to tell the people the truth about the "men in black" on the rooftop of the Ministry of Labour and the so-called "fake" policemen who violently smashed the windows of a pickup truck in front of the Thai-Japanese stadium in Din Daeng on Dec 26.
There are too many doubts over the Feb 2 election
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/12/2013
» The Democrat Party's decision on Saturday to boycott the Feb 2 election is understandable. It is pointless to contest a poll which will lead it nowhere, except back into the same political quagmire that beset the country before the election.
Surapong’s recipe for more trouble
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/12/2013
» Thursday night’s candlelight ceremony at Sanam Luang to celebrate His Majesty the King’s 86th birthday led by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was shown live by all free-to-air TV stations and attracted a big crowd, mostly government officials - but it was less than half the story.
Surapong's appointment to Capo confirms Thaksin's in charge
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/12/2013
» It seems self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is indirectly commanding the police operations to deal with the protesters, with the appointment of his trusted man to take charge of the Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (Capo).
Why respect the law if the govt doesn't?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/11/2013
» The government’s expansion of the enforcement of the Internal Security Act to cover all of Bangkok and Nonthaburi and Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan and Pathum Thani’s Lat Lum Kaew district is meaningless, as it has already been defied by thousands and thousands of protesters