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It's the corruption, stupid
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 27/05/2018
» After promising the nation a Mercedes Benz C-500 of an anti-regime protest, activists produced a three-owner 2007 Toyota Corolla gathering. It impressed and struck fear into the hearts of, well, no one.
Data security a foreign concept
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 22/04/2018
» You'd think that just about the worst thing that could happen in today's charged smartphone-internet intersection is the theft of many thousands of the most important identification documents and personal details of mobile phone owners. But you'd be wrong.
Subtle moves on poll theft front
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 15/04/2018
» Fabulous week for election thievery, last week was. It was so slick you have to think it was either an accident or proof that the general prime minister should seriously stick around and break the service record for the post (Plaek Pibulsonggram, 9 years, 161 days).
The other woman
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 01/10/2017
» On the day the Supreme Court threw That Woman out of politics for good, judges from the same Dika Court dealt with a second fugitive.
Corruption and cover-ups
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 29/01/2017
» As they say in Narathiwat, it never rains but it pours. Wow! Sure, we asked about corruption, but we weren't expecting to be flooded out.
Prayut fires warning shot
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 11/12/2016
» What a huge surprise it wasn't that authorities went for the jugular of the BBC when perusing foreign news coverage of succession to the throne.
The big issue: Holey security in action
Alan Dawson, Published on 28/08/2016
» Cyber-thieves joined the tourist crowds to Thailand early this month and quickly jackpotted 12 million baht from 21 of the distinctive red Government Savings Bank ATMs in Bangkok and five provinces. And walked away with the money.
The big issue: An interesting life
Alan Dawson, Published on 15/05/2016
» People say you should never speak ill of the dead, so let’s say of the recently late Masae Useng of Narathiwat that he was an interesting man. “Interesting” in the sense that security forces were interested in him, police and the army were interested in him, and the prosecutors and court system found him interesting.
The big issue: Until we meet again
Alan Dawson, Published on 06/03/2016
» It took years for Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda to become the face and voice of reliable news. And it took a few minutes for a Criminal Court judge to tell the country that maybe all that public trust was a bit misplaced.
Conspiracy of errors has saved Bangkok thus far
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 16/02/2012
» Thailand continues to play a bit role in the Mideast conflict and, as the Valentine's Day bomb debacle in Bangkok has shown, the country also seems to attract mostly second-string operatives in the violence.