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Ex-uni rector claims police intimidation
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/04/2022
» Former Thammasat University rector, Charnvit Kasetsiri, has called on the national police chief to investigate several off-duty policemen over harassment allegations.
Ex-police chief insists he will run for governor
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/02/2021
» Former national police chief Chakthip Chaijinda is insisting he will contest the Bangkok governor election in October, despite considering himself as an "underdog".
Democrat warns against petition to spare FFP
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/02/2020
» Democrat Party spokesman Ramet Rattanachaweng has warned against a signature-collecting campaign to oppose the dissolution of the Future Forward Party (FFP) in a loan case, saying this is tantamount to pressuring the Constitutional Court.
Govt preps B50bn for stimulus
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/11/2019
» The Finance Ministry will on Tuesday put forward for cabinet consideration a fresh economic stimulus package to inject at least 50 billion baht into the economy in the final quarter of the year to boost full-year economic growth after a poor third quarter.
Civilian dissent is not a crime
News, Editorial, Published on 04/02/2018
» In an ill-advised effort, the police and some military officers have teamed up to take legal action against small groups of people for peaceful gatherings or even simply using social media.
Facebook charge irks Charnvit
News, Taam Yingcharoen, Published on 01/02/2018
» Thammasat University ex-rector Charnvit Kasetsiri has been summoned by the Technology Crime Supression Division (TCSD) for allegedly violating the Computer Crime Act by sharing a Facebook post about a handbag carried by the prime minister's wife.
Asean media under attack
News, Editorial, Published on 22/01/2018
» A free press is the key test of whether a nation has true freedom of speech. Across the region, every country is failing the test. In communist Vietnam and all the way to the resurgent army controllers in Myanmar, governments are arresting, imprisoning and strongly intimidating the media.
Regime trawl for small fry no joke at all
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 20/01/2018
» The big fish hardly ever gets caught, not here. Only the small, the trivial, the nonsensical fish, the clownfish especially. As in school, or in prison, the bullies never bully the big kid. They only confirm their sense of power when they go after the small guys, the nerds, even the girls.