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Picking easy targets
News, Postbag, Published on 16/08/2017
» "A gang that included an army general and a senior police officer had a sideline as loan sharks in addition to extorting 50 million baht from their victims, police say," a paragraph from the Aug 12 online news story, "Extortionists in uniform were also loan sharks" says.
'Shakespeare' must live
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/08/2017
» Re: "Court cites national security to extend 'Shakespeare' ban," (BP, Aug 12). As makers of the films in question, we're writing to thank you for printing the news of our struggle for cinematic freedom. However, there is a small error of fact regarding the documentary we made while fighting the censors to rescind the ban on our Macbeth movie Shakespeare Must Die. Censor Must Die (sic, not 'Censors Must Die') was indeed submitted to the Board of Film Censors, which made the historic ruling citing Article 27(1) of the Royal Edict on Film & Video 2008 that "films made from events that actually happened" do not need to go through the censorship process. Significantly, this set a legal precedent which means that purist documentaries are now exempt from censorship. While we will indeed test this ruling soon with our next documentary film, we have not yet done so.
Subway debacle
News, Postbag, Published on 14/08/2017
» Re: "1.2km missing link headache remedied with new service", (BP, Aug 12).
It's easy being green
News, Postbag, Published on 16/07/2017
» "Lane closures for Orange Line start in Ramkhamhaeng", (BP, July 9).
Army won't face reality
News, Postbag, Published on 15/07/2017
» Re: "Magic of the military loses its charm", (Opinion, July 14).
Kindness goes long way
News, Postbag, Published on 13/07/2017
» Re: "A helping hand for our wasted food," (Commentary, July 12).
Perils of police reform
News, Postbag, Published on 08/07/2017
» I'm glad that PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is reforming the police at long last, but he shouldn't reinvent the wheel. In 2006, then-prime minister Gen Surayud Chulanont, former army chief and member of our beloved King Rama IX's Privy Council, appointed retired Pol Gen Vasit Dejkunjorn, former chief of police, to head a distinguished commission for this very purpose.
Make-them-pay TV
News, Postbag, Published on 07/07/2017
» Re: "TrueVisions calls for help with piracy", (BP, July 6).
Blame the Burmese
News, Postbag, Published on 02/07/2017
» Re: "CSD probing death of Belgian tourist on Koh Tao", (BP, June 30).
Submarine legacy
News, Postbag, Published on 15/06/2017
» Re: "Risky legacy for govt's pet projects", (Opinion, June 12).