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A welcome, if late offer from General Rolex
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 01/02/2018
» The words uttered by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon Wednesday -- that he would be willing to step down from his position if that is the people's will -- are welcome, and come as something the country and the international community has been waiting for ever since his luxury watch scandal broke in early December of last year.
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PM must step in to crisis
News, Editorial, Published on 09/01/2018
» Just days after he claimed he had become a politician, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is letting down the country. He's not alone in refusing to approach the important scandal involving the watches and jewellery of Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon. Others also are battling to avoid any accountability. Most notably, the junta-appointed National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has acted so poorly, it should stand aside and turn the issue over to a trustworthy person or group.
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Watch-scandal shenanigans sully decent debate
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 15/02/2018
» Which of these two poll results is more convincing to you: The majority of people want Gen Prawit Wongsuwon to resign from the posts of deputy prime minister and defence minister, or the majority want him to stay?
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Everybody's watching the 'Rolex general'
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 23/01/2018
» How much is Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon worth? Is the military regime willing to bet the farm to save the scandalous "Rolex general" at all costs?
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'Watch scandal' now and amnesty bill then
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 02/02/2018
» The gnawing scandal over Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon's dubious and expensive watches has become tantamount to the amnesty bill that upended the previous elected government of Yingluck Shinawatra, who is now on the run after being overthrown and subsequently convicted over the rice-pledging scheme. These two cases are ostensibly different but in fact they both spell the beginning of an inexorable end.
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Clocking a bad example
News, Editorial, Published on 29/12/2017
» Both Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his deputy, Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, are setting a bad example for leadership with their responses to the public over the luxury watch saga involving the latter.
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About politics
News, Published on 08/04/2017
» Will China deals secure Bangkok governor's future? v Myanmar rolls out red carpet to woo Thai investors v Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon floats proposal for local polls ahead of general election
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A country where the truth goes to die
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 22/04/2019
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said last week that the case of former Immigration Bureau commissioner Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn was closed and there was no need for an investigation. He added that anyone who wants to know the actual cause of Pol Lt Gen Surachate's abrupt firing as the commissioner and, subsequently, his "demotion" to civil servant should better find out themselves.
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#watchgate
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 26/01/2018
» There is this ongoing "watchgate", which started in December when Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, aka Uncle Pom, held up his hand to shield his face from sunlight during a photo shoot with his fellow ministers at Government House. What caught people's eyes was a Richard Mille watch on his wrist and a giant diamond on his ring finger.
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Who decides on fake news?
News, Editorial, Published on 28/06/2019
» National security and the need to prevent hate crimes or violence have been claimed by Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon as the reasons for his recent order for "all units" of the ministry and armed forces to tackle "fake news". But, in reality, this order just hands over the state's all-out war against freedom of speech and voices of dissent to a new team.
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