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  • OPINION

    Bribery on the roads?

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/11/2023

    » At a glance, the collapse of a section of road near Soi Sukhumvit 64/1 on Wednesday that nearly swallowed up a loaded lorry could be just another accident beyond anyone's control. But at a closer look, the mishap, which is the second of its type in less than a week, could have something to do with long-standing bribery issues in the transport sector.

  • THAILAND

    Prosecutors implicated in bribery scam

    News, Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 22/08/2019

    » Phuket: Two prosecutors based in the province have been transferred after they were accused of pocketing payouts in return for dropping an indictment, according to a source in the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG).

  • BUSINESS

    Money trail points to bribery in mine dispute

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/08/2020

    » An inquiry panel looking into kickback allegations involving an Australia-based gold mining firm and Thai state officials has found documents that might prove the company had paid bribes to the officials, according to graftbuster Supa Piyajitti.

  • THAILAND

    School chiefs told to clean up admissions

    News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 13/02/2019

    » Education expert Sompong Jitradub has urged the Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) to do more in its bid to purge bribery from state school admissions by scrapping all seven special entry conditions instead of only three.

  • OPINION

    Diabolical toy pods merit firm ban

    Oped, Published on 11/04/2024

    » The latest news on the rising popularity of "toy pods" -- as well as the Bangkok Post's editorial titled "Save children from toy pods" -- reminded me of commercial determinants of health (CDoH), a topic which was addressed at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in January.

  • OPINION

    Judge with no name

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/07/2023

    » Re: "Judge gets 5 years for bribery", (BP, July 1).

  • THAILAND

    Ex-judge denies bribe tie

    News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 30/05/2021

    » Salaikate Wattanaphan, former president of the Supreme Court, has denied any involvement in the bribery case linked to a tax dispute involving a Thai subsidiary of automaker Toyota, Toyota Motor Thailand (TMT).

  • OPINION

    Behind the curve

    Postbag, Published on 23/02/2024

    » Re: "BoT is absolutely right in holding rates", (Opinion, Feb 22).

  • LIFE

    A long crusade against healthcare woes

    Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 16/04/2021

    » Colectiv, a Romanian documentary film nominated for two Oscars, watches in terror as the Romanian healthcare system practically collapses before the camera. The film elicits a series of gasps, as one shocking revelation leads to another, and another: procurement frauds, bureaucratic incompetence, corruption, nepotism, murder, mass bribery, healthcare mafia, maggots crawling on the head of a patient -- a living patient -- and finally, an election whose preposterous results ring too many familiar bells.

  • OPINION

    Not how I recall it

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/01/2024

    » Re: "Call to end alcohol ban", (BP, Jan 15). Is history being rewritten? 1972? In happier and somewhat simpler times, I was drinking or purchasing beer cheerfully during the afternoon back in the early 1980s and subsequently anywhere in Thailand.

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