Posts Tagged ‘police’

“When Abhisit Looks in the Mirror, He Will See Thaksin.”

10, Apr 2010

The Nation on Sunday’s front page (source: Facebook) Below is my translation of parts of a short Thai-language article by former Senator Jon Ungpakorn (source: Prachatai). ===================== Two days after the Tak Bai incident — where more than 70 protesters died after army men arrested them, tied them up, stacked them in several layers on [...]

Authorities Insist GT200 Does Work, The Nation Says No

26, Jan 2010

PM Abhisit Vejjajiva on his internet Q&A programme, talking about the GT200 If anyone wants an indicator of how low our government has sunk in recent months, there is probably no better one than the fact that The Nation is now talking more sense than the Oxford-educated PM Abhisit Vejjajiva. The BBC recently conducted an [...]

Abhisit Too Nice To Lead?

25, Aug 2009

Atiya Achakulwisut in Bangkok Post: Political pundits are in agreement that PM Abhisit’s failure to get his nominee for the police chief position, Pol Gen Prateep Tunprasert, endorsed by the Royal Thai Police board was a slap in the face. Actually, make it a total of five smacks if you count the five votes against [...]