• OPINION

  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.

• OPINION

  Army take on Lahu killing chills to bone

  News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 25/03/2017

  » This is the quote of the week, a line that should be emblazoned on T-shirts with the boldest font and distributed to all conscripts. Defending the hotly contested extra-judicial killing of the Lahu activist, 3rd Region Army chief Vijak Sriribunsop said: "Firing one shot at him was reasonable. If it were me, I might have put the [machine gun] on automatic mode."

• OPINION

  Army chief forming new South unit

  News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 26/07/2012

  » The road ahead is rough for army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha as he presses ahead with a plan to set up the 4th Army Corps, a new military unit, to tackle the insurgency in the deep South.

• OPINION

  CCTV claim sows mistrust

  News, Editorial, Published on 11/08/2018

  » The army's explanation this week about the absence of CCTV camera footage at a crime scene where 17-year-old Lahu activist Chaiyaphum Pasae was shot dead by a soldier last year has not only come too late but has also deepened the public mistrust of the military's claim that the extrajudicial killing was made in "self-defence".

• OPINION

  The army and extrajudicial killings

  News, Published on 05/04/2017

  » On March 17, Chaiyapoom Pasae, a young ethnic Lahu activist, was slain by a soldier at a checkpoint in Chiang Mai's Chiang Dao district. This followed the earlier, almost identical killing of an ethnic Lisu, Abea Sea-moo, on Feb 15 in the same district. By definition an extrajudicial killing, and subject to ongoing police and military investigations to see if the soldier was acting in self-defence, the likelihood of Chaiyapoom's death was exacerbated by three factors: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's granting of police powers to the military, extremely high levels of racial intolerance, and the continuing use of the death penalty.

• OPINION

  The old stomping grounds

  News, Alan Dawson, Published on 25/09/2016

  » On the day of the coup, May 22, 2014, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha commanded the Royal Thai Army and his little three-star brother Preecha held command of the 3rd Army. That is a post with a good deal of prestige, and it fit Lt Gen Preecha to a T. He was a helicopter pilot by military occupation, and disposed to chase drug smugglers. Where else is better? He staked out the 3rd Army as his stomping grounds, and life was good.

• OPINION

  Common practice, maybe, but it's still nepotism

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/04/2016

  » It's a classic case of shooting yourself in the foot and is currently the talk of the town on social media - how Gen Preecha Chan-o-cha gave his civilian son a job as an army officer, working for the 3rd Army Region.

• OPINION

  Crisis beckons

  News, Postbag, Published on 02/04/2023

  » Re: "World faces prospect of financial tumult", (Opinion, March 23, by Chartchai Parasuk).

• OPINION

  Migrant workers need better welfare

  News, Published on 22/12/2020

  » The number 2,482,256 is not a combination that will win Thailand's lottery top prize, but it is nonetheless a lucky number as it represents the total registered migrant workers with the Ministry of Labour during the pandemic. As such, they should have received the protections prescribed under Thai labour laws. But not everyone has been treated the same way or received the incentives to which they are entitled. Lots of loopholes prevail and exploitation remains a problem.

• OPINION

  Misconceived notions

  News, Postbag, Published on 15/02/2020

  » Re: "Professionalise army", (PostBag, Feb 12).

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