re: "Justice is approaching" (PostBag, June 16)
Dear editor,
Was it purely accidental that David B. Hamilton offered not a shred of evidence or reason to support any of his incredible fake claims in "Justice Is Approaching" (PostBag, June 16)? Calling a solidly supported argument "audacity" is merely a personal attack, not a rebuttal. Mr Hamilton's failure to present anything in the way of rebuttal can only confirm that the Washington Post, and the other reliable international media listed, were correct in their reports and assessments. But then, like Thailand's foreign minister, we already knew that.
In making their solid case that the election and shenanigans since March 24 are a sham of democratic principle and process, the international media reports cited relevant facts that are well-known : the overthrew of the supreme legal institution of the Thai nation in May 2014, the self-appointment of Prayuth Chan-O-Cha as prime minister, complete with a full amnesty, the bespoke constitution written to enable his return following elections after numerous broken promises, the creation of the Palang Pracharat Party to facilitate the return of those responsible for orchestrating the overthrow of Thailand's former democratic form of government under a constitutional monarchy, the petty-minded harassment under rule of law made up for that purpose of the truly reform minded Future Forward Party, and last but not least, the scandalous farce of the appointment of 250 senators who, as expected, loyally voted as dictated.
No, Mr. Hamilton's lame personal attack but confirms that the internationally respected media organizations he cited, The New York Times, and others, angered not because they report fake news or make unsubstantiated assessments; on the contrary, they upset zealous dogmatists precisely because their reporting is irrefutably accurate, informed, and substantive.
Felix Qui
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The above letter to the editor is the text as submitted by Felix Qui to the Bangkok Post.
The text as edited was published in PostBag on June 17, 2019, under the title "Not fake — it's true" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/1696428/not-fake-its-true
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