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Thaksin must face inconvenient truth
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/12/2023
» A big question mark remains over the fate of convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra: Will he continue to stay on the 14th floor of Police General Hospital for medical treatment of unknown ailments? Or will he be sent back to Bangkok Remand Prison?
MFP's 'straightforward' image in doubt
Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/10/2023
» 'You can't have your cake and eat it." So goes the popular English proverb that warns that one cannot have two incompatible things at the same time.
Whistleblower risks losing his way
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/03/2023
» Thanks to whistleblower Chuvit Kamolvisit for his latest exposure of a major online gambling network, allegedly operated by a police officer attached to the logistics department, popularly known as "Inspector Sua", the Central Investigation Bureau police on Friday launched coordinated raids at 63 targets in six provinces.
FFP's new battleground: campus
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/09/2019
» Finally, the Future Forward Party (FFP) managed to hold a panel discussion at Khon Kaen University yesterday.
Rivals at odds over 'oath' debate
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/09/2019
» It looks likely the government and the opposition will have to slug it out in the Lower House over whether the debate on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's incomplete oath will be held behind closed doors or broadcast so the public can see it as with other parliamentary sessions.
Where there's smoke, there's fire
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/11/2015
» There's no smoke without a fire, so it's said. And smoke has been seen drifting from Rajabhakti Park, a new tourist destination near the popular resort town of Hua Hin.
The ‘big stick’ of martial law must be used sparingly
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/07/2014
» Many of us may have forgotten that Bangkok is still under martial law.
Easing of curbs on media right decision
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 22/07/2014
» The curbs on press freedom imposed in the form of announcement No 97 of the National Council for Peace and Order, since eased after they encountered stiff resistance from media organisations, reminds me of the crude means used by former dictators, both civilian and military, in dealing with the media.
No matter the hurt, PM must accept court ruling
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/03/2014
» Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s tearful appeal for sympathy and understanding for her government’s good intentions in the aftermath of the Constitution Court’s ruling rendering the government’s two trillion baht loan bill unconstitutional has invited a flood of criticism in the social media.