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...Thai Premier Thaksin Shinawatra has never been shy about taking on his critics. But that's hard to do when they are an invisible band of roving black propaganda-meisters. On March 23 the PM used his weekly national radio address to warn the kingdom about a plot to undermine his government. Thaksin said "devilish" forces have been paying an army of henchmen to ride in cabs and say terrible things about him-in the nefarious hope that the cabbies would pass the criticism on to other fares. "They're damaging the country, but I won't waver," a resolute...
...reversed a decision to deport two Bangkok-based correspondents for the Far Eastern Economic Review, who had been accused of endangering national security, only after the publication offered a measured apology. Their sin: to write a tiny article mentioning tensions between the King of Thailand and Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra...
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has threatened to sue Deren and has complained to President Bush. In September, Thai rice farmers marched on the U.S. embassy in Bangkok. Deren even received an e-mail that he says "felt threatening" from an organization urging protest against his research. (It included his home address and phone number.) American companies are already expressing interest in commercializing Deren's strain. And RiceTec sells its own brand, called Jasmati...
...Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has threatened to sue Deren and has complained to President Bush. In September, Thai rice farmers marched on the U.S. embassy in Bangkok. Deren even received an e-mail that he says "felt threatening" from an organization urging protest against his research. (It included his home address and phone number.) American companies are already expressing interest in commercializing Deren's strain. And RiceTec sells its own brand, called Jasmati...
...mandate can sometimes be a dangerous thing. Since scoring the largest electoral win in Thai history last February, Thaksin Shinawatra has proved to be a Prime Minister with no tolerance for criticism. He promised voters a return to prosperity, but as the country's economy continues to crumble, Thaksin has lashed out at economists, academics, bankers, bureaucrats and news organizations that have questioned his policies. Citing the 11 million votes (out of 29.9 million cast) he won, the PM has told his detractors to support him or shut up. But last Tuesday, Thaksin got a very public dressing-down from...