re: "PM pleads for return of talented Thais" (BP, November 19, 2023)
Dear editor,
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin should perhaps consider that the smartest, most talented Thais would be more tempted to live and work in Thailand if they were not subject to arrest and imprisonment for honestly and peacefully expressing a healthy range of opinion. Contrary to orthodox myth, many Thais do in fact support justice, democracy, and national progress. Many even favour the reform of bad old traditions too long institutionalized, a fact the May 14 vote demonstrated, again.
Move Forward might have better success in persuading Thailand's best and brightest to return to contribute to a flourishing new era for their nation than those complicit in making Srettha their prime minister, including their eager pardon for Thaksin Shinawatra that former PM Prayut Chan-ocha himself signed off on along with others. And speaking of those who drank deeply of his intoxicating brew, how is that poisoned chalice these days? Is Thaksin still as gravely ill as ever in the comfort of the Police General Hospital?
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 November 20, 2023, under the title "Return to sender" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/2688364/sardines-squirm
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