Don't expect remorse from these people
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I doubt Chermarn Ploy Boonyasak's alleged tax-dodging is uncommon in the entertainment industry, or indeed other industries. Corporations, politicians and many individuals find legal loopholes or illegal means of dodging or reducing the amount of tax they
What is remarkable is the overwhelming response and attention to Ploy’s tax-evasion allegation. And that is the price that celebrities and other public figures, especially politicians, must pay when their scandals hit the headlines. The only difference between the two is that the latter group has thicker skin to weather public criticism – and they don’t apologise to the public.
Edward Kitlertsirivatana
Bangkok
