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Gangster tip-offs
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/01/2025
» Re: "Death plunge spurs gang blitz", (BP, Jan 11). Has it ever occurred to the writers of such articles that announcing such details provides scanty but nonetheless useful information for the gangs concerned to supplement feedback from brown envelopes under the table?
Will gentrification respect city's people?
Oped, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/06/2023
» We've lived for over a century in the shadow of grandeur: near the Customs House, known to Thais as rongpasi. "We" means my maternal family and the community of Haroon Mosque. Each day before sunrise, the muezzin's sing-song call rings through the neighbourhood, carried on the river wind towards the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the French Embassy and Assumption Cathedral.
More graft than ever
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/06/2023
» A high-profile scandal involving kickback payments for overloaded lorries is just the tip of the corruption iceberg.
EC has to be accountable
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/05/2023
» Several errors in last week's advance vote have landed the Election Commission (EC) in trouble. Such mistakes raise doubts about the efficacy of the poll agency in organising Sunday's much-anticipated election and whether it can ensure it is free and fair.
Rail projects need reform
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/03/2021
» The legal dispute between the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) and the BTS Group over the bidding for the western extension of the Orange Line is getting nasty to the point that the government needs to step in to bolster trust in the state project.
Age-old corruption
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/10/2020
» Re "Vicha report hopes dim", (Editorial, Oct 5).
Drain army swamp
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/06/2020
» Re: "Get serious on environment", (Editorial, June 5).
Reform must be revived
Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/02/2018
» It now seems clear that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has abandoned his promise to reform the Royal Thai Police (RTP). Straightening out the police was just part of the overall National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) reform plans after the May 22, 2014, coup. But this was arguably the most important and definitely the most popular. For years, it seemed the RTP was like the weather; everyone complained, but no one was able to do anything about it.