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Journalists need protection too
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/08/2015
» Have sympathy for Anthony Kwan Hok-chun, a photo-journalist with Initium Media Technology in Hong Kong who had the innocent temerity to want to protect himself from harm with body armour while covering the recent bombing in Bangkok. Mr Kwan was stopped at Suvarnabhumi
UDD insincere in its denial of 'Men in Black'
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/09/2014
» It came as no surprise that core members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) and some former Pheu Thai MPs have broken their self-imposed silence to deny the existence of the "Men in Black" and question the arrest of the five suspects paraded before the media.
Problems are being sorted with bewildering speed
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 07/07/2014
» It is in no-way overstating the fact that there has been a distinct odour to the way the pledged rice has been stored in many privately-owned warehouses and silos from the start of the infamous scheme three years ago. But the real problem is that all those people in the Yingluck government, from top to bottom, who were responsible for the scheme didn’t smell it.
Big fish that was overlooked
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/07/2014
» I couldn’t agree more with former senator Somchai Sawaengkarn who said on his Facebook page last week that the mainstream media has downplayed the Saraburi military court’s issuing of an arrest warrant for Lt Gen Manas Paorik, former deputy commander of the 3rd Army Region and a senior member of the Pheu Thai party.
Fugitive Jakrapob aims high in fighting the junta
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/06/2014
» So, Jakrapob Penkair, a Prime Minister’s Office minister in the government of Samak Sundaravej, has become the public face of the anti-coup resistance movement.
We want to put our house in order
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/05/2014
» Which prime minister of Thailand has twice been ousted from the seat of power by a coup? Thaksin Shinawatra. He was overthrown on Sept 19, 2006 in a coup staged by Gen Sonthi Boonyagalin. At the time he was in New York City attending the United Nations General Assembly. The second time was on May 22, when Army commander-in-chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha staged a surprise coup only three days after he declared martial law across the country.
One scene has ended but the opera goes on
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/11/2012
» Unexpectedly, the anti-government rally organised by the Pitak Siam group at the Royal Plaza on Saturday was over after almost precisely eight hours from the official start at 9.01am.
Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/09/2012
» The unexpected flooding of Sukhothai municipality early this week rekindled nightmares of a repeat of last year's disastrous floods. On a brighter note, in the far South 93 militants gave themselves up, providing a glitter of hope for the government's staggering efforts to restore peace in the region, and a family at war over the death of a former movie star.
Another fatal shooting of the innocent?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/01/2012
» It seems likely that at least some of the dead and injured on the pickup truck fired on by paramilitary rangers in Pattani on Sunday night are innocent people.