Unjustified speculation and bias

While he might well have been a “businessman” in the literal sense of the word, many of those who transacted business with him emerged from the experience sadder, wiser and very much poorer, while Akeyuth fled the country with ill-gotten gains.

Similarly, the comment that Akeyuth “sparked a furore about Prime Minister Yingluck meeting a businessman at a Bangkok hotel” fails to spell out the unsavoury and salacious (not to mention completely unsubstantiated) nature of his accusations.

There can be no doubt that many people had good reason to take a dim view of the deceased, and it is therefore no surprise that his untimely end has sparked such a controversy. However, while castigating others for making snap judgements, The Nation itself seems to take a less-than-neutral stance by highlighting only his opposition to the government and his dispute with the Bangkok police chief (who we are of course reminded is close to Thaksin Shinawatra) as possible motives for the murder.

I suppose all we can do is wait, more in hope than expectation, for justice to be done, and to be seen to be done.

Robin Grant

Bangkok