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SAO collapse probe shreds reputations
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/04/2025
» Out of the blue and rather belatedly, former auditor-general Phisit Leelavachiropas offered a ridiculous apology over the collapse of the State Audit Office (SAO) building in Chatuchak district, saying he was sorry for using feng shui in his selection of the building's location.
'Chuvit Garden' plans face scrutiny
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/04/2023
» Many Bangkokians not living in the Sukhumvit area may not realise that there used to be a small park, named Chuvit Garden, at the entrance of Soi Sukhumvit 10.
Protests follow a predictable path
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/09/2021
» Din Daeng intersection has been transformed into a small battleground between crowd control police and hardcore protesters of the Talugas group for about a month.
Bribe case demands police response
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/12/2020
» It takes two to tango. Likewise, it takes two consenting parties to commit an offence of bribery -- that is one who offers or gives the money or other reward and the other who receives the offering as a means of influencing his actions.
TV debate puts protesters on the spot
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/11/2020
» The talk of the town this weekend was the debate on Thai Rath TV's Direct Question with Jomquan talk show on Friday night on the Crown Property Regulations Act, between Dr Arnond Sakworawich of the National Institute Development Administration (Nida) and Ms Panusaya "Rung" Sitthijirawattanakul, one of the firebrand protest leaders of the Khana Ratsadon movement and a student at Thammasat University's Faculty of Social Science and Humanities.
Angry protests won’t solve issues
Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/11/2020
» Frankly speaking, this is one of the few times that I agree with political scientist Kasian Tejapira of Thammasat University, despite our political differences, albeit for a different reason.
Was the temple mission a success?
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/03/2017
» Mission accomplished? Or mission unaccomplished?
Officials may be wishing monk has fled
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/02/2017
» Is Phra Dhammajayo, the elusive former abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, still within the vast reaches of 2,300-rai compound of the temple, playing hide and seek with the authorities trying to bring him to the court to face charges ranging from embezzlement and money laundering to receiving stolen property and forest encroachment?
DSI has much to answer for in shoddy Krungthai case
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 07/09/2015
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) appears to be in the hot seat after the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office-Holders handed down its verdict on Aug 26 in the Krungthai Bank (KTB) case.
Let charges flow thick and fast in Dhammakaya saga
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/03/2015
» Making merit at a temple with money borrowed from a co-operative set up in that same temple's compound so that you can go to heaven or find after-life happiness appears to be Mongkhol Setthi Credit Union Co-operative's marketing gimmick.