Pudgy police face dietary action; two frowns and an up yours; Chuwit parks his name; credit cards aplenty; who left the gate to the asylum open?

No let-up in the quest for a lapdog media

Until five years ago, Thailand’s media ranked among the region’s most liberal and lively. It seemed assured of maintaining that status with the help of the Constitution introduced in 1997 that provided for the creation of an independent National Broadcasting Commission to act as a media regulator.