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    Pla Boo's doomsday prophesy, and public gullibility

    Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/01/2012

    » A young boy made predictions of bad things that would happen to us more than 30 years ago. And believe it or not, many of us took his doomsday prophesy seriously.

  • OPINION

    Immunity not for foul crime

    News, Published on 04/01/2012

    » It is past time for fellow representatives to make the only possible decision concerning Member of Parliament Khanchit Thapsuwan. He is the MP suspected of killing a rival politician in Samut Sakhon province on Dec 25. Police have stood by since shortly after the murder to arrest Mr Khanchit and bring him to court. But top officials of Parliament, partly because of the holidays, have failed to give the go-ahead for an arrest. Parliamentary immunity is being abused and the Speaker must act with more urgency and responsibility.

  • OPINION

    Old enough for crime, but not punishment?

    News, Somporn Thapanachai, Published on 11/01/2012

    » The second Saturday of January is the annual day when children and the youth in Thailand are celebrated. But not all of them have a chance to enjoy Children's Day. Some of them are locked up in de facto prisons, officially known as the Juvenile Observation and Protection Centres. These youths should have the opportunity to live a normal life after they serve their terms. Surprisingly, some of them choose to commit the same crime or offence again and again. Should society still give such untamed youths the opportunity for freedom again _ only for them to become recidivists?

  • OPINION

    An issue that won't go away

    News, Published on 11/01/2012

    » Another week, another disturbing case that has stirred public concern over the nation's lese majeste laws. Details are finally going viral of the incredible witch-hunt for a young Ratchaburi woman. The crowd-stalking and scurrilous campaign against the woman are troubling, to say the least. But the state justice system has reinforced the prejudice and abuse of "Joss Stick", as she is called, because of the unique workings of Article 112 and other lese majeste laws.

  • OPINION

    Joss stick would be fine in UK

    News, Published on 15/01/2012

    » Thankfully Thailand does have a few really good journalists, among them Voranai Vanijaka. He always offers a reasoned and fair appraisal of his subject, as in his column last Sunday, ''Witch hunt for red Joss Stick''. The behaviour outlined in the article illustrates to an unnerving degree the medieval bigotry that still exists in this country, not from ordinary people but from those with influence.

  • OPINION

    Good start to 2012 holds hope for further right steps

    News, Published on 18/01/2012

    » 'I will be very happy to meet my family," Nilar Thein said over the phone last Friday, just minutes after stepping through the gate of Tharrawaddy Prison. At the time, her family was in fact on the way to greet her, and her husband was in the process of being released from Taunggyi Prison in Shan State.

  • OPINION

    Thawee pushes for peace by recompense

    News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 25/01/2012

    » Thawee Sodsong believes a new, friendly strategy of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre will succeed in quelling the violence and silence the critics who fear it will only inflame the situation in the restive deep South.

  • OPINION

    Universal access 'saved 80,000 families'

    News, Apiradee Treerutkuarkul, Published on 28/01/2012

    » After four decades of developing health infrastructure and three decades of designing and implementing a number of different health insurance schemes, Thailand achieved universal healthcare coverage in 2002. Ever since, all Thais have been covered by health insurance guaranteeing them access to health services.

  • OPINION

    Help for Thailand's most marginalised

    News, Published on 29/01/2012

    » The magnitude of the problem doesn't excuse the inadequate policies of successive Thai governments, nor does it absolve the business sector of its responsibility to treat the workforce it depends on with fairness and respect

  • OPINION

    A victory for the stateless

    News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 02/02/2012

    » As Rasita Suiyang broke down in tears of joy, others were jumping elatedly in front of parliament on Monday. For Rasita and tens of thousands in Thailand, the jubilation came after 10 years of an uphill legal struggle against ethnic and legal discrimination. All their lives they have had to live with the bitterness of being treated as stateless people without any legal rights in their own motherland.

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