It is ironic, as laughable as it is sad. Facetiously, dramatically and almost jokingly, justice was literally seen to be done via the live streaming of an event last week when local residents and reporters stormed into a monk's quarters and found a woman hiding there at night.
The government may be alive, but it might as well be considered dead if we take into consideration all the buzz about its prospects in the next election.
It was a case of third time not lucky for the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), and its frontman Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha. The setback suffered by the PPRP in the by-election on Sunday for Bangkok's Constituency 9 covering Laksi and parts of Chatuchak district was its third defeat in a row.
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A female doctor's death on a zebra crossing on Friday is no doubt a heartbreaking tragedy. But will it make a difference to the country's notorious killer roads? That remains highly doubtful.