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New cabinet a small improvement
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/01/2012
» Many ministers got their jobs in Prime Minister Yingluck's first cabinet because of their political connections rather than their competency. Her new lineup looks a bit better with more professionals in the ranks and, probably, a better chance that they will not get a fail mark when their six month performance rating falls due.
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Heavyweights battle over lese majeste law
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/01/2012
» The battle of wits over whether the lese majeste law or Section 112 of the Criminal Code should be amended or left untouched has intensified in academic circles now that all political parties, including the Democrats and Pheu Thai, have reached a consensus that they will leave the law as it is.
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Flood victims were not faceless people
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/01/2012
» The people who died in the flood last year are being treated as if they were faceless beings whose deaths were meaningless and should be forgotten anyway.
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Bar raised on lese majeste issue
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/01/2012
» So, the lese majeste law, or Section 112 of the Criminal Code, will remain intact, at least for now and in the foreseeable future or as long as the nine political parties keep their word after reaching a gentlemen's agreement to leave it alone during a special Parliament meeting on Friday.
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Dirty business at Chatuchak market
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/01/2012
» As the management of the Chatuchak weekend market moves from Bangkok City Hall to the State Railway of Thailand, organised criminal gangs are busy extorting money from vendors - who must pay if they want to continue doing business there.
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Pla Boo's doomsday prophesy, and public gullibility
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/01/2012
» A young boy made predictions of bad things that would happen to us more than 30 years ago. And believe it or not, many of us took his doomsday prophesy seriously.
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