• OPINION

  Something fishy about stadium ban

  News, Editorial, Published on 13/01/2019

  » The last minute U-turn by the Phayao Provincial Administration Organisation (PAO) in not allowing the Pheu Thai Party to use a district sports stadium for a campaign rally raises suspicions of possible foul play by state authorities.

• OPINION

  DSI's shot to the foot

  News, Editorial, Published on 26/12/2017

  » The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) was conceived and promoted as the nation's most elite, incorruptible and trustworthy arm of law enforcement. In recent weeks, the force has met none of those standards. An investigation by the "regular" police has turned up astounding evidence against the DSI. It not only indicates gross incompetence. It occurred in one of the most important criminal investigations, a case that concerns the entire public.

• OPINION

  Drunk, angry and armed

  News, Editorial, Published on 14/08/2017

  » Twice in the past two weeks, out-of-control military men in the deep South have attacked innocent civilians. Three people were wounded by gunfire by army rangers. In both cases, the rangers offered the most feeble and unacceptable excuses to try to mitigate their actions. More tellingly, just one local commander in the Pattani province outrages showed any responsibility. From the army headquarters and from the military regime in charge of the men responsible, there was no reaction at all.

• OPINION

  Dangerous militancy

  News, Editorial, Published on 23/08/2017

  » A father's tragic tale shows how far behind the military regime has fallen in the never-ending struggle in the deep South. Maruding Arwae came forward last week to apologise and explain the sudden and secret conversion of his 27-year-old son from model citizen to slain terrorist. The change was so sudden it stunned the parents he lived with. It was so covert that it almost certainly was the first public case of change via internet.

• OPINION

  Stop attacks, or stop talks

  News, Editorial, Published on 26/05/2017

  » The bombing of a Big C Supercenter in Pattani on May 9 has perversely put the government on the back foot. The car bomb attack which wounded 59 innocent civilians has been condemned worldwide for its savagery. It also raised political questions without clear answers for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and the regime. How the military proceeds in the coming days will probably determine whether there is even a slim chance of ending the southern violence.

• OPINION

  Amnesty must be on offer

  News, Editorial, Published on 14/06/2017

  » More than three years after the coup that promised reconciliation, the country remains divided. But the army is about to unveil its opaque plans to create national unity. The effort is certain to run into major roadblocks. That is because Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his first Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon have rejected calls to take this important issue to the people and grassroots across the nation.

• OPINION

  Safer roads a long way off

  News, Editorial, Published on 04/01/2017

  » The high death toll from road accidents during the New Year holidays attests to one sad fact: The state's attempts to make our roads safer are a complete failure.

• OPINION

  Clean up the justice system

  News, Editorial, Published on 14/01/2017

  » Three news reports are in the public spotlight this week. The outrageous details should leave the government with no option but to get serious about the long-overdue reform of the justice system.

• OPINION

  Binding ties of kinship

  News, Editorial, Published on 29/09/2016

  » How far can Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha distance himself from scandals surrounding his younger brother, retiring defence permanent secretary Gen Preecha?

• OPINION

  Wrong way to help kids

  News, Editorial, Published on 25/04/2016

  » A new campaign to fight child abuse has taken a high profile -- on the sides of Bangkok city buses. A pair of non-governmental organisations have hooked up with a big advertising agency and the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority to put huge photos of missing children on the vehicles. This is a heartfelt and well-meaning project that unfortunately misdirects attention from a very real problem.

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