Watch carefully
Re: "Bhumjaithai bigwig in hot water over Khao Yai plot," (BP, June 10).
Khun Kanokwan Vilawan, Bhumjaithai deputy secretary-general, and her father illegally own land in Khao Yai National Park, says the National Anti-Corruption Commission.
MPs must be role models and comply with the law. Khun Kanokwan being in the cabinet makes it even more imperative that she and her fellow defendants be shown to be squeaky-clean. The investigation must be undertaken by those free of conflicts of interest -- unlike the probe of DPM Prawit's watches. In that case, the investigation was personally directed by General Watchman's former direct report, who had been appointed to his present post by General Watchman.
Burin Kantabutra
Limit the booze
Re: "Cannabis worries outlined", (BP, June 14).
If Dr Somsak wants a drug limited to "medical purposes only", may I suggest he starts with alcohol, which claims nearly 12,000 Thai lives a year? Or perhaps he's more concerned, as many are in the pharmaceutical industry, that patients with one of many chronic conditions, who currently need to visit a Thai doctor for the inevitable bag (or bags) of poorly prescribed pharmaceuticals, may find cannabis to be a safe, healthy and cheap alternative?
Tarquin Chufflebottom
Staying vigilant
Re: "Iran spy puts cops on alert", (BP, June 6).
It doesn't seem very clever to issue a "secret" order to police nationwide and then discuss it openly in the media. One also has to wonder why it has taken the Royal Thai Police more than a year from the May 2021 reported spying incident in Indonesia before putting Thai police on specific alert. Assuming that Thailand and Indonesia regularly share sensitive security information, it is almost certain that Thai authorities were aware of potential concerning Iranian-supported activities long ago. Even without such specific warnings, Thailand should be ever-vigilant to avoid repeats of past terrorist bombings and other extremist activities emanating from any source.
Samanea Saman
Big toe worries
Re: "Devil to pay", (PostBag, June 13).
I read with interest and concern the long list of side effects that Michael Setter attributes to Covid vaccines, and was even more alarmed when he admitted that his list was far from complete.
Recently I have noticed that the nail on the big toe of my left foot is ingrowing. Could you advise me please, Mr Setter, if this could be a side effect of the two Sinovac, one AstraZeneca and one Moderna Covid jabs that I have had?
David Brown
Amazing claims
Re: "PM urges demonstrators to obey the law", (BP, June 14).
For Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, the man who committed an armed coup to overthrew the supreme law of the Thai nation to urge others to obey the law he has had made to replace the law that he had smashed is rich. Richer still is that the PM General appears oblivious to the fact that the bespoke law made up for that purpose perverts justice, rendering his law that which good people who value justice over mere legality cannot in good faith respect.
But richest of all is the extraordinary claim that "Everybody wants democracy and the government isn't opposed to that". This claim does not stand up to scrutiny. Those who want democracy do in fact respect the most fundamental principles of democracy; they do not lock up, in perfect accord with unjust law enacted for exactly that abuse, internationally honoured human rights advocates, true patriots for a democratic Thailand, who peacefully protest for such values as openness, transparency and accountability.
Felix Qui
