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    Police stifle free speech

    News, Editorial, Published on 13/09/2018

    » It has happened again. the Thai police have forced the cancellation of a public forum by citing concerns over security, which is a broad and dubious term.

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    Junta puts police reform on 'too hard' list

    Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/05/2015

    » Police reform was ranked among the top priorities of the military junta, the government and reform advocacy groups and a majority of the public favour restructuring the force to improve an image long tainted by abuse of power and corruption.

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    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.

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    Perils of police reform

    News, Postbag, Published on 08/07/2017

    » I'm glad that PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is reforming the police at long last, but he shouldn't reinvent the wheel. In 2006, then-prime minister Gen Surayud Chulanont, former army chief and member of our beloved King Rama IX's Privy Council, appointed retired Pol Gen Vasit Dejkunjorn, former chief of police, to head a distinguished commission for this very purpose.

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    Police blitz on alcohol pics goes too far

    News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/07/2017

    » At first, I thought a reporter at a mass-circulation newspaper who covered a police warning on members of the public not to post pictures of themselves with booze on social media got it wrong.

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    There are bigger issues than Thaksin's police rank

    News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/08/2015

    » National police chief Pol Gen Somyot Pummpunmuang has until the end of September to do what he is legally required to do, and has promised to do, more than once -- strip fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra of his police lieutenant-colonel title.

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    Rich pickings for police

    News, Postbag, Published on 21/08/2016

    » It was reported (BP, Aug 19) the Agricultural Land Reform Office is mulling what to do with two luxury mansions seized from two former police officers accused of unlawfully owning the land. One mansion was said to be worth over 35 million baht, while one plot of land is 535 rai.

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    Facts are clear cut

    News, Postbag, Published on 27/07/2020

    » Re: "Police defend decision to revoke 'Boss' warrants", (BP, July 25); "OAG under pressure to break silence", (BP, July 26).

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    Keeping cops in check

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 08/06/2020

    » Type police brutality in Google and most likely you will find trending news headlines such as: "Why George Floyd Won't Be Last American Killed By Police''.

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    Threats have run course

    News, Editorial, Published on 10/01/2020

    » Running events have gained popularity in Thailand recently and the authorities have always supported them. However, once they started carrying a political message against the prime minister, the authorities have done what they should not do. Over the past week, reports have emerged about alleged intimidation by the police and other officials against organisers of the Run Against Dictatorship events, also known as Wing Lai Lung, to be held this Sunday in Bangkok and various provinces.

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