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Darkest-day song nothing to be proud of
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/02/2019
» Army commander-in-chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong's decision to order the army-run radio stations to "resurrect" the old ultra-nationalist song Nak Phandin ("Burden on the Land") in an apparent response to the Pheu Thai Party's prime ministerial candidate Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan's threat to cut military spending and Future Forward Party's pledge to scrap mandatory conscription is totally uncalled for.
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Anupong caught napping over speed guns
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/10/2017
» For quite a few people in the three restive southernmost provinces, Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda is best remembered for the fraudulent handheld GT200 bomb detectors and the 350 million baht surveillance air ship which rarely flew, but most of the time sat wastefully at a hangar in a military camp in Pattani's Nong Chik district.
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No end of surprises in Red Bull case
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/08/2017
» The metropolitan police seem to always have something up their sleeve that never fails to surprise.
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Beware the civil service's warrior queens
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/09/2016
» The women have guts -- and lots of it. I am referring to Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn who last week signed an administrative order to pave the way for the Legal Execution Department to proceed with confiscating the assets of her predecessor, Boonsong Teriyapirom, and his five associates involved in the fake government-to-government rice deals with two fictitious Chinese firms, to recoup the loss from these deals estimated at about 20 billion baht.
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Netizens' anger real in a digital world
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/10/2015
» It's like the boss being about to sneeze and most of his staff rush to hand him a handkerchief. And this boss appears to love the way he is being pampered by his staff.
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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.
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Politics of hate must not be allowed to prevail
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/03/2014
» The old saying “a picture is worth a thousand words” is no less relevant today. And one picture which appeared on the front pages of most dailies on Tuesday, or the video clip that went viral in the social media, tells a story so blatant, so un-Buddhist that no words are really needed at all.
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Tough choices for the Constitution Court
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/04/2013
» The Pheu Thai-led government won the first round of the constitution amendment debate with ease despite strong opposition from the Democrats and anti-government senators over certain proposed amendments such as sections 68 and 190.
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Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/08/2012
» Former NSC chief Thawil Pliensri joined the war of words between the Department of Special Investigation and the army over the deaths of red-shirt protesters during the political strife two years ago, but Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong stole the limelight when he admitted he lied about export growth figures.
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Peace still far off in the far South
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/04/2012
» Imagine if it was somebody else and not Thaksin Shinawatra who sat down and talked peace with the separatists. Would that peace broker then also be blamed for the recent bomb blasts in Hat Yai and Yala?
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