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Update the computer law
News, Editorial, Published on 18/04/2018
» If events over the past two weeks do not convince the government to write an actual law covering computer fraud, maybe nothing will. The first unfortunate event was to threaten a Chiang Mai magazine editor with a computer crime charge over something that had nothing to do with computers (or crime, come to that). The second was the reluctant admission by the country's second mobile phone company of security misbehaviour, putting tens of thousands of customers at risk. That is not a crime.
PM must end intimidation
News, Editorial, Published on 14/04/2018
» The authorities' bullying of pro-democracy activists and students for their peaceful and constitutional gatherings has become both increasingly outrageous and ominously intimidating.
Don't waste water plan
News, Editorial, Published on 13/04/2018
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's bid to implement a plan to introduce a wastewater treatment fee is welcome news.
Walls close in on free press
News, Editorial, Published on 06/04/2018
» With news reports and commentaries swapping between praising and criticising the ruling regime, most mainstream media staff survive direct state intimidation. But two senior journalists recently ran foul of the junta.
DLT must look at big picture
News, Editorial, Published on 05/04/2018
» In a desperate bid to regulate passenger van operations, the state last year launched a series of measures to make them safer. The goal of getting this extremely popular service in order as part of the regime's "return happiness to the people" policy was laudable. But the implementation, using a centralised, top-down bureaucratic style, has been riddled with errors. Some measures have simply missed the point.
NACC: From hero to zero
News, Editorial, Published on 31/03/2018
» To the dismay of the public, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is once again pleading for more time in investigating the luxury watch scandal involving Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, who failed to declare the expensive timepieces among his assets.
Pet tax no fix for rabies
Editorial, Published on 23/03/2018
» On March 13, in a bid to calm public fears about the ongoing spread of rabies in the country, the Livestock Department assured people the problem was very much under control. It is not. Less than a week later, a 14-year-old girl in Buri Ram tragically died after being infected by the deadly virus she contracted after being scratched by the family’s pet dog.
NACC puts own credibility at risk
News, Editorial, Published on 18/03/2018
» It has taken more than three months for Thailand's second most powerful man in the government to finally achieve the basic task of giving the anti-graft agency information about his watches.
Consumers need a leg up
News, Editorial, Published on 16/03/2018
» Local consumer movements joined forces in solidarity with their counterparts around the world to celebrate World Consumer Rights Day yesterday.
End scourge of corruption
News, Editorial, Published on 17/02/2018
» The Year of the Rooster under the Chinese lunar calendar ended this week and one of the happiest people in this country could be Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha who is still clinging on to the country's top job. With the start of the Year of the Dog, he has no reason to celebrate but a major problem to tackle with the rise of corruption in the public sector.