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  • THAILAND

    Cops crack down on criminal monks

    News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/02/2019

    » The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) has added a Suphan Buri temple abbot to a list of arrested criminal suspects on Valentine's Day in its latest operation to "purify" Buddhism.

  • OPINION

    Execute the worst

    News, Postbag, Published on 18/02/2019

    » How admirable for the government to hold anti-corruption workshops to educate students and others about the evils of corruption.

  • OPINION

    No need for S44 payments

    News, Editorial, Published on 18/02/2019

    » The government is already out of line for even considering new subsidies for the Big Three mobile phone companies. But its admission that it can only put billions of baht from taxpayers into such a scheme by using Section 44 is outrageous. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his chief legal adviser Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam seem not to realise they are in charge of a lame duck administration. Their obligation is to put this questionable issue on the shelf for the next government and parliament to consider.

  • THAILAND

    12 Cambodians, van driver injured in crash

    News, Published on 18/02/2019

    » A passenger van rammed into the rear of a lorry in Si Maha Phot district of Prachin Buri early yesterday, wounding 12 Cambodian migrant workers and the driver.

  • OPINION

    Ban Plai Nern's safety is of paramount importance

    News, Published on 18/02/2019

    » I have been following the case of Ban Plai Nern, the residence of Prince Naris (1863-1947), which is under threat from obtrusive development. As reported by local media, a nearby towering condominium project has passed its environmental impact assessment (EIA), despite some very obvious gaps in the application and documentation process.

  • OPINION

    Public loses out in chemical row

    News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/02/2019

    » The majority of Thais have recently been victimised by short-sighted state agencies which appear to favour big business over you and me.

  • OPINION

    Autocratic bureaucracy is killing us

    News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 18/02/2019

    » Big business won. Again. We should not be surprised nor disappointed at the government's decision to support the weed killer paraquat which poisons the environment and makes us sick. We should be angry.

  • THAILAND

    Stuck in the middle over Araibi affair

    News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 18/02/2019

    » Among those involved in the case of Bahraini refugee footballer, Hakeem al-Araibi, which culminated in his return to Australia, was Chatchom Akapin, director-general of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG)'s International Affairs Department,who admits staff were worried about how it would turn out.

  • OPINION

    Khon Kaen leads way in haze battle

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 18/02/2019

    » As provinces battle with hazardous haze, Khon Kaen shows it knows how to tackle the problem at its root. If successful, the northeastern province can be a role model when it comes to solving PM2.5 -- particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrometres or less.

  • THAILAND

    The Moken fight for more space

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/02/2019

    » The Moken, "sea-gypsies" who live along the coast and islands in the Andaman Sea have always drawn people's interest and compassion. This may explain the scale of assistance and donations given to a village of Moken sea-gypsies that was razed by a fire on Feb 3.

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