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History repeats as graftbusters fall flat
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 04/01/2019
» If it was the subject of a piece of detective fiction, the long-running probe by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) into allegations that Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon deliberately concealed assets in the form of over 20 luxury watches would probably be a colossal flop: forgotten overnight or ridiculed for years to come.
The faux democracy that Prayut may build
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 19/09/2018
» When building a house, hiring a contractor whose credentials are more about demolishing structures than building new ones could turn into a nightmare. You could hardly blame such an inexperienced contractor if your house collapsed.
No signs of regret for jobs poorly done
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 12/07/2018
» As one deputy leader, who runs the government, has given an unconvincing and feeble defence about him taking a nap at work, another deputy, who runs the Royal Thai Police, has pursued a retaliatory lawsuit against a lawyer who dared to bring up a case of his office's incompetency which wrongly sent her client to jail.
World Cup is fun, mystery killings are not
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 18/06/2018
» Similar to the World Cup in Russia, the justice system in Thailand has never run short of spectators holding their breath hoping for a just and fair play. Like a football match, they pick their team.
An academic shift right will hurt society
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 31/01/2018
» Part of me wishes the military government had been behind the recent ban on the publication of the results of a poll by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida). Such state intimidation is not a good thing. But at least it's better than the reality -- self-censorship imposed by Nida's president or, put it another way, his preferred choice to not let public opinion influence an ongoing probe against one of the regime's top men.
Rights claims fall flat amid cadet scandal
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 27/11/2017
» Actions did speak much louder than words last week. The government on Tuesday announced its new national human rights agenda for government agencies. It didn't generate any news buzz. Over the following days, the government's top brass publicly endorsed the military's culture of corporal punishment, which allegedly involves rights violations, in the wake of the death of a military cadet. Their endorsement generated national news.
Shall we bend the law to keep politicians honest?
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 25/10/2017
» In the Land of Smiles where the judiciary has increasingly been a channel widely sought to settle political conflicts and end political cases, one minority judge's ruling on the case against ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra reminds us how far we can go when it comes to criminal prosecution, or to put it in laymen's terms, putting someone in prison.
Regime must open up, this Valentine's
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 14/02/2017
» Today, the government is making the best out of Valentine's Day. It will kick off a mission to forge, and force, love and unity upon those who are part of the decade-long political divide. To heal the pain, bridge the differences and move on, the regime has unsurprisingly resorted to a top-down military style of work.
'Heroes' must stick to their principles
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 22/02/2017
» At a time when "people from the same camp" broke a principle he said he once believed in, Wanchai Sornsiri, a member of the National Reform Steering Assembly, seems to believe that silence is golden.