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Malaysia, Singapore push ahead with train projects
Reuters, Published on 16/01/2018
» SINGAPORE: Singapore and Malaysia vowed on Tuesday to push ahead with two ambitious rail projects linking the two countries as Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak played down political uncertainty ahead of a general election to be held this year.
Prawit to resign if NACC watch probe finds him guilty
Online Reporters, Published on 16/01/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said on Tuesday he is ready to step down from the cabinet if the anti-graft agency found the case against him has grounds.
Corruption is embedded in the sex trade
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 16/01/2018
» The "Victoria's Secret" police list has laid bare the failure of the military regime's anti-corruption and reform attempts.
Beware fool's dream
News, Postbag, Published on 16/01/2018
» Re: "Graft a 'human trait'", (PostBag, Jan 15).
20 officers linked to parlour files
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/01/2018
» Twenty state officials including senior police are implicated in documents found at a city massage parlour raided last Friday, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) says.
Flashy Prawit risks tainting PM's image, says Abhisit
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/01/2018
» The luxury wristwatch scandal embroiling Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon is undermining the credibility of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, says the Democrat leader.
Court asked to rule on NACC waiver
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/01/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been urged to petition the Constitutional Court over a section in the anti-corruption bill that allows all nine National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) members to stay in office, due to claims it runs afoul of the charter.
Trump speaks for racists, not all of US
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 16/01/2018
» Poor US President Donald Trump. He was simply asking for information, and they're all over him as if he were a racist thug. His choice of words was unfortunate, but the angels rejoice when an ignorant person seeks enlightenment. We should take his question seriously and answer it for him.
Dubai the model of a modern Middle East economy
News, Matthew Winkler, Published on 16/01/2018
» For more than 100 years, the Middle East has been defined by oil exploration, production and its boundaries. Now the region is getting re-purposed by its aspiration to grow beyond fossil fuel. The shake-up in Saudi Arabia's royal family was as much about becoming a 21st-century economy as it was about rooting out corruption.