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    Journalism on trial in Guatemala

    Oped, Published on 01/08/2023

    » July 29 marks the first anniversary of the arrest of Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora. As the founder and editor of the newspaper elPeriódico, Zamora spent decades uncovering political corruption before being arrested on fabricated money-laundering charges. In June, he was handed a six-year prison sentence, but the prosecution, insisting on a 40-year term, is expected to appeal. The harsher punishment, prosecutors say, would compensate those whose "name and reputation" have been tarnished by Zamora and his publication. Their real goal is to deter other journalists from following in Zamora's footsteps.

  • OPINION

    What reputation?

    Postbag, Published on 24/03/2024

    » Re: "RTP rift probe 'will find truth'", (BP, March 22).

  • OPINION

    Graft doubts

    Published on 16/10/2023

    » Re: "Senate blocks Upakit probe", (BP, Oct 10).

  • OPINION

    Get your own gifts!

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/12/2022

    » Re: "Dept set to inspect NY gift baskets" (BP, Dec 19).

  • OPINION

    Call time on call scams

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/03/2022

    » The handling of the so-called "call-centre" scam by the authorities has been a disappointment.

  • OPINION

    Handout blowback

    Postbag, Published on 26/04/2024

    » Re: "Phumtham plays down BoT warning on handouts", (BP, April 25) & "The thorny issue of digital wallet funding", (Business, April 25).

  • OPINION

    Thai police graft highlights bigger issues

    News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 26/04/2024

    » There is no bigger news on the current Thai political scene than corruption among the top echelons of the police force. At issue is the tussle between Thailand's two senior-most cops, Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn and Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol, both accusing each other of being on the take. Their high-stakes feud would normally be a run-of-the-mill story for the infamously shady Thai police but this case has become a mirror and microcosm of structural graft that is corroding the highest corridors of politics, economy, and society.

  • OPINION

    Eye on police probes

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/04/2024

    » The Criminal Court's move to issue an arrest warrant for Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, who is accused of laundering money from online gambling, was a much-needed decision amid an ugly row between two high-ranking policemen.

  • OPINION

    Casino plans need rethink

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/11/2023

    » The plight of the 160-plus Thais who were duped to work in call centres and casinos in Myanmar's Shan state reminds us of the alarming reality that Thailand is becoming a major transit route for human trafficking and money laundering for casino businesses and online scams in the lower Mekong region.

  • OPINION

    Fallen hero

    Published on 08/04/2024

    » Re: " 'Big Joke' may be guilty in graft case, says panel", (BP, April 6).

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