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Published: 1 Oct 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

It is fitting that former deputy prime minister and interior minister Yongyuth Wichaidit resigned from the cabinet, albeit only when there appeared to be no way out, because according to the National Anti-Corruption Committee he acted unlawfully in his handling of the Alpine case, approving the illegal sale of monastic land, while deputy permanent secretary for the interior and acting permanent secretary in 2002.

However, the Alpine case must not stop there. If Mr ABC steals an object and sells it, when the crime is uncovered, the object must be returned to its lawful owner.

The law specifies that monastic land cannot be bought or sold. But in this case, Thaksin and company changed it into a golf resort.

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Discussion 8 : 03 Oct 2012 at 09.178
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bangmodken D7 : You are correct that Saddam was initially sponsored and armed by the west, but in your words, initially. He then went on to murder more than a million of his fellow Muslims. One of the reasons the world is a better place without him.
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Discussion 7 : 01 Oct 2012 at 23.407
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D4,Bluebottle : You seem to have forgotten that Saddam was initially sponsored and armed by the west/u.s.,both against the Kurds and Iran.
One can think about muslims what they want,but Eric Bahrt is right. The jewish settlers are murderers and in the same league as any other terrorist group,except they have the advantage of being financed by Israel and right wing jews around the world. It's pretty silly to deny it.
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Discussion 6 : 01 Oct 2012 at 21.206
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Eric,
Are Palestinians and Muslims vegans?
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Discussion 5 : 01 Oct 2012 at 20.255
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The question of the Alpine land,would it make more sense to confiscate the whole thing, to sell the golf coarse and give the money to the original owners rather than destroy it.
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Discussion 4 : 01 Oct 2012 at 20.214
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Eric you seem to have forgotten Iraq murdered a million of its own people
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Discussion 3 : 01 Oct 2012 at 09.473
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I agree that Alpine should be removed piece by recycled piece and the people compensated by Thaksin and friends for being cheated .
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Discussion 2 : 01 Oct 2012 at 08.472
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Who really cares if Jesus was married? Haven’t we got better things to worry about such as world overpopulation aided, of course, by the Pope's doctrine about contraception ?
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Discussion 1 : 01 Oct 2012 at 08.071
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I would venture that Muslim hot-heads kill more Muslims than westerners and their superior weapons do. Look at the numbers in each day's newspapers. I agree that some spokespeople and defenders of Israeli settlements are hot under the collar, yet they're not nearly as hot-headed nor destructive as Muslim extremists.
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