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US scandal seen as no big deal

				Bangkok Post

                                     Thais consider the sex
                                     scandal involving the US
                                     president trivial compared to
                                     the rumoured conduct of
                                     many Thai politicians,
                                     according to an opinion poll.

                                     The Rajabhat Institute's Suan
                                     Dusit campus conducted the
                                     survey with about 2,000
                                     people in Bangkok, Chiang
                                     Mai, Nakhon Sawan,
                                     Ayutthaya, Nakhon
                                     Ratchasima, Khon Kaen,
                                     Songkhla and Chon Buri
                                     during January 24 and
                                     yesterday.

                                     Most of the respondents,
                                     80%, said they did not view
                                     the scandal as a big deal
                                     because Thai politicians were
                                     involved in juicier scandals.

                                     47% were uncertain whether
                                     there was any truth to the
                                     allegations, while 42% did not
                                     believe them.

                                     56% did not think the
                                     allegations would affect Bill
                                     Clinton's popularity, 34% said
                                     there would be some impact.

                                     49% said there would be no
                                     dogged investigation of this
                                     kind if the same thing
                                     happened to a Thai politician.

                                     36% said the Thai media
                                     might watch such scandals
                                     closely but only for a short
                                     period, and they would then
                                     be forgotten.

                                     55% agreed that the scandal
                                     should remind Thai politicians
                                     of their duties.