Thaksin cannot have the cake and eat it too

Thaksin's hypothesis, above, is that the judicial system is politically-motivated when it comes to politicians, but renders justice for the others - as shown by Supreme Court's declaring Khunying Potjaman innocent in the land case.

Let's apply that hypothesis. Khunying Potjaman was declared guilty of evading taxes by the Criminal Court on July 31. No politician was charged in this case. If the hypothesis is true, Thaksin would agree that his wife is, indeed, guilty and she should serve her three years behind bars.

So, Thaksin, is your hypothesis right (and your wife guilty of tax evasion) - or is it wrong (and you are guilty of corruption)? As Sir Walter Scott noted, "Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive."

BURIN KANTABUTRA

BANGKOK

Is London becoming a safe haven for crooks?

It seems like UK are giving big crooks a safe shelter,all the crooks want to London. Small crooks are kicked out rapidly and crooks with more £1 million, are welcomed as investors.

A lot of them robbed their own people in different ways before they fled to London.

Some made a fortune by not paying tax (the Taxins?). They come from everywhere, Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, you name it.

UK-authorities let them live safe upper-class lives in the residence areas of London, and offer safe and secret storage of their unclean money in tax-havens like British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands. Tax havens are said to contribute to the enormuos economic crises we now witness.

 Some of the crooks are former politicians, some are said to be dictators. UK lets them freely interfere in their homeland politics from their London base, not giving immature democracies a chance to develop in peace.

At the same time the UK together with US uses guns to force democracy on other people. Does all this make sense?

 Soon the Thai man and woman will see what stuff UK authorities are made of and how much you can count on a democracy.

 So far only silence reported from UK about authorities views. BBC, very low key on all the subjects mentioned, give us Hard Talks that matters!

JOHNSEN