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Judge sackings send shockwaves across the benches
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/08/2014
» It is being described as the biggest scandal in the history of the Thai judiciary. Four senior judges, including a former vice-president of the Supreme Court and a former president of the Appeals Court, have been sacked for gross disciplinary violations by the judicial committee.
Ex-officials in remarkable defiance of the government
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/01/2014
» It was quite an extraordinary reunion of old colleagues. They were mostly retired senior commerce officials and included former minister Krirkkrai Jirapaet, former deputy minister Oranuj Osathanont and former permanent secretaries Karun Kittistaporn and Charae Jutharattanakul.
Why pay them pensions?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/09/2013
» A life-long pension of 15,000 baht a month for former lawmakers may not seem a huge amount of money these days, but the handout begs a big question: is it justifiable to continue paying these politicians, who are already better off than most people in this country.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/01/2012
» Two street protests greeted the government this week with more to come soon and the government's plan for a two billion baht compensation package for victims of political violence seems to have backfired. But the "talk of the town" is the ear-bashing incident at Suvarnabhumi airport.