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Letting 'Oak' off needs explaining
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/06/2020
» Panthongtae "Oak" Shinawatra, the only son of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin, should count himself as one of the lucky few in this country to be granted special treatment from the Office of the Attorney-General.
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Saksayam begins job with wrong turns
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/08/2019
» Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob of the Bhumjaithai Party appears to stand out among his colleagues in the cabinet, as far as speed in performing duties is concerned.
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Even hand needed in share cases
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/06/2019
» The ongoing tit-for-tat game which is being played out in the Constitutional Court between the opposition Future Forward Party (FFP) and the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), the core government party, is typical of Thailand's gutter politics whereby opposing parties are always at each other's throat until one of them is choked to death. Because of the high political stakes involved, it appears that there will be no compromises and no prisoners taken.
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Weevils in the rice scheme get fumigated
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/09/2016
» A sense of vindication overcame me last Friday when the Anti-Money Laundering Office announced the seizure of about seven billion baht worth of bank deposits and land plots in Bangkok, Phuket, Phangnga, Lamphun, Ayutthaya and Ang Thong from two companies: Siam Indica Co and Srilalai Co (later changed to Kitha Properties Co) and various individuals closely connected to Apichart Chansakulporn, or Sia Piang, an influential rice exporter who was close to the Pheu Thai Party.
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Sorayuth and Korsak, well-matched 'odd couple'
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/03/2016
» News anchor Sorayuth Suthasanajinda and Channel 3 on the one hand and CP All chairman Korsak Chairasmisak and the CP Group on the other would appear at odd match up at first.
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Does the Klong Dan consortium deserve its payday?
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/12/2015
» Justice always comes late. But when it came last Thursday -- in one of the Klong Dan corruption cases -- it was indeed welcome because, at least, it has proven that corruption does not pay.
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Reality comes calling in the Krung Thai Bank case
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/08/2015
» First of all, I would like to thank Banyong Pongpanich, CEO of Phatra Securities PCL, for sharing with us a piece of interesting information from a telephone conversation 14 years ago with a then deputy prime minister whom he did not name (maybe he knew there was no need to mention the name as we would be able to guess it).
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Jakarta must show conviction over haze problem
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/09/2015
» Recently, large parts of Songkhla, Trang and Phuket were blanketed by haze from forest and plantation fires in Indonesia's Sumatra and Kalimantan. At one point, the particulate matter in the air in Hat Yai township hit 123 microgrammes/cubic metre -- a level considered unsafe to residents' health. Officials in the affected area distributed face masks to people who were also advised to avoid outdoor activities.
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Rice saga fates await Boonsong, Phoom and Manas
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/05/2015
» The curtain has fallen on the impeachment case against former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, his former deputy Phoom Sarapol and former Foreign Trade Department director-general Manas Soyploy over the fake government-to-government (G-to-G) rice deals with two Chinese trading companies: Guangdong Stationery and Sporting Goods Import and Export, and Hainan Grains and Industrial Trading.
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Chavalit's talk of being PM can't be taken seriously
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/05/2015
» At the age of 83, most people are enjoying the quiet years and living peaceful lives with their families at home or helping to raise their grandchildren. Not so with Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh. He believes he is physically and mentally fit enough for a last shot at Government House.
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