Soldiers in suits: Thai military's business plans raise eyebrows

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Efforts by Thailand's military to significantly expand its business ventures have met stiff resistance, especially from Deputy Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who may be sacrificing his own military links. Defense Minister Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh personally backs the War Veterans Org's quest for a commercial-bank license and the military's effort to get a satellite with excess, leasable space. Money from these and other ventures could boost the military's clout and fund Chavalit's own political ambitions.

Management, Thailand, Military aspects, Defense spending, Chaovalit Yongchaiyuth

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Tit for tat: Mahathir steps up pressure on reluctant rulers

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The Malaysian government is easily earning the hatred of the country's nine sultans. The government has passed ammendments which takes away customary privileges not stated in the constitution such as excessive budget allocations to royal households. Furthermore, the Malaysian press has published stories of the sultans' extravagant lifestyles. The sultans, on the other hand, are individually doing their own retaliatory moves.

Kings and rulers, Kings, Political science, Privileges and immunities

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Bending the rulers: Sultan's behaviour raises doubts over role of royalty

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The Malaysian Sultan of Johor's assault on a hockey coach provided PM Datuk Seri Mahathir Mohamad an opportunity to press for limiting the monarchy's powers. The Prime Minister is supported by other Malaysian politicians who favor ending the rulers' legal immunity by amending the constitution. The popular United Malays National Organization (Umno), which is critical of the monarchy, has helped open the public to change.

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