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Thaksin chapter closes, another opens

Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 19/09/2025

» In yet another dramatic twist in Thai politics, erstwhile anti-establishment political juggernaut and former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra accepted a one-year jail sentence and began serving his time behind bars on Sept 9. After his return from a 15-year self-imposed exile in August 2023 and a concomitant royal pardon that reduced his eight-year imprisonment on corruption convictions to just one year, Thaksin cited his gravely ill health and spent the time comfortably at the Police General Hospital before being released on parole. The Supreme Court's ruling that his get-out-of-jail health card was invalid means Thaksin's renewed imprisonment and its aftermath are likely to reshape and realign Thailand's political landscape ahead of the next election, due by mid-2027.

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Time to address juvenile crimes

Oped, Tulapawn Achananuparp, Published on 06/02/2024

» Thailand has witnessed an alarming number of violent crimes committed by children under 15. The most recent murder of a 13-year-old who was stabbed in the neck by a 14-year-old classmate after a school assembly and the murder of Buaphan Tansu by a youth gang in Sa Kaeo leave most perpetrators unsentenced criminally due to their age (under 15) even if the court finds them guilty of the crime. These tragic incidents and lack of criminal sentencing for the offenders have sparked a public outcry echoing through the streets and halls of justice for change.

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Myanmar faces increasing uncertainty

Oped, Larry Jagan, Published on 01/02/2024

» Today marks the third anniversary of the military coup led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing that ousted the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Over the last three years the Tatmadaw -- as the armed forces are known, has plummeted the country into ever-increasing violence and despair.

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Not how I recall it

Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/01/2024

» Re: "Call to end alcohol ban", (BP, Jan 15). Is history being rewritten? 1972? In happier and somewhat simpler times, I was drinking or purchasing beer cheerfully during the afternoon back in the early 1980s and subsequently anywhere in Thailand.