• OPINION

  Lack of unity in drug sweep

  News, Editorial, Published on 28/02/2018

  » The government has launched yet another series of anti-drugs sweep aimed at taming the North. They are part of the decades-old campaign to wipe out trafficking in illicit drugs. Authorities came up with reports to the public that had a very tired look and feel. A one-month "massive" suppression campaign resulted in the arrests of 63 suspects, the seizure of many kilogrammes of drugs and the unsurprising discovery of some 241 million baht of "assets" -- cash, gold, cars and motorcycles, up-scale homes, land and condominiums.

• OPINION

  Promote police fairly

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/02/2021

  » Even though Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his government survived the Feb 16-19 no-confidence motion, there are a number of debate issues that pose questions about his leadership and his sincerity towards solving such matters. Among them is a recent case that's come to light -- the promotion of senior police officers through a ticketing system that has been riddled with irregularities and nepotism.

• OPINION

  Stealing a march or two

  News, Editorial, Published on 25/01/2018

  » The military regime should tread carefully in dealing with groups conducting a civic march which began on Saturday from Thammasat Rangsit campus to their destination in Khon Kaen.

• OPINION

  Ringing in the changes

  News, Editorial, Published on 05/10/2018

  » Accusations of excessively loud bell ringing by a Buddhist temple in the city's Bang Kho Laem area have drawn a mixed reaction and also confrontation.

• OPINION

  A Songkran downer

  News, Editorial, Published on 15/04/2024

  » Songkran festivities across Thailand continue to draw in both local and foreign tourists, all eager to partake in the joyful water-splashing celebration.

• OPINION

  Political landmine

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/01/2024

  » A group of Cambodian dissidents were rounded up by police in the Rangsit area on Dec 29, while others were attacked on New Year's Eve by Thai men while giving a lecture on the country's charter and human rights situation to their compatriots in Samut Prakan.

• OPINION

  Coming clean on Thaksin

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/10/2023

  » By the time the Corrections Department and the Justice Ministry decided to communicate with the public about former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's health, it was too little, too late. The agency's reputation has been badly tainted as a result.

• OPINION

  Temple graft must stop

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/10/2023

  » The recent violent confrontation at Bang Khlan Temple in Pichit province was caused by one thing and one thing only: money. Last month, clerics, divided into two factions, protested in front of the famous temple.

• OPINION

  More graft than ever

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/06/2023

  » A high-profile scandal involving kickback payments for overloaded lorries is just the tip of the corruption iceberg.

• OPINION

  Meet the new park chief

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/03/2023

  » Last week, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) announced that the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) is violating the basic human rights of Karen ethnic minorities living deep in the forest in Bang Kloy Bon in Kaeng Krachan National Park. The NHRC reportedly stated the DNP cannot invoke the National Park Act to kick out the Karen residents living there, despite the forest having been made a national park a few decades ago.

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