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Welfare fraud must end
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/04/2025
» A whistleblower's report about the massive pharmaceutical fraud involving government officials and medical staff at the Veterans General Hospital shows the need to investigate claims filed with state medical facilities, especially in light of the ballooning medical welfare budget.
Sell phones, not loans
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/01/2025
» Apologies alone ring hollow. The violations of personal privacy by mobile phone makers Oppo and Realme demand more than words. Only an honest admission about what happened and concrete corrective measures to ensure such errors do not recur will restore public trust.
Time to blitz fraudsters
Oped, Editorial, Published on 30/11/2024
» There have been two high-profile economic or financial crime cases in the press of late -- one implicating at least three entertainment celebrities and the other involving a well-known medical doctor.
Energised escape
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/07/2024
» Re: "Red Bull clan leads rich list", (BP, July 4).
Will Cupid's aim improve this year?
Oped, Todd G Buchholz, Published on 14/02/2024
» Cupid may be hitting the mark in the shopping aisle, but he's not having much luck coaxing couples down the wedding aisle. Although Valentine's Day spending on significant others will reach a record high in the United States this year, fewer Americans are marrying and having sex, leading to fewer babies being born. But there is evidence to suggest that Cupid's aim will improve in coming years. If we want to survive as a species, we should be rooting for the pudgy cherub's success.
Conflicting values
Oped, Postbag, Published on 23/06/2023
» Re: "Slippery stuff" and "Prophetic talk", (PostBag, June 22) and "Yok as a political prisoner", (Editorial, June 19).
MORE case a wake-up call
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/11/2022
» A recent scandal concerning unusual trading in the stock market is a wake-up call for authorities and brokers to come up with measures to plug loopholes in the capital market.
Bank fraud shock
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/10/2021
» Reports of rampant online bank fraud has caused fear among holders of bank accounts and credit cards. News reports say about 130 million baht has been withdrawn from over 10,000 of debit and credit card accounts in unauthorised transactions during the first half of this month.
Tax case probe needed
Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/06/2021
» Finally, the Supreme Court has ordered a probe into a bribery scandal in which at least two former senior judges were implicated for their role in a tax dispute that involved a Thai subsidiary of Japanese automaker Toyota.
Corruption in Jokowi's Indonesia
Oped, Abdurrahman Syebubakar, Published on 04/09/2020
» Corruption is ingrained in the history of Indonesia, dating back to before the colonial period. In the era of the Sukarno and Suharto regimes, corruption became rampant among a small clique of capitalist cronies and their networks.