My family has taken part in local politics for a long time. My grandfather was a head of a village in Payao province, and my dad became a member of the District Administration Organization (DAO).

Back then I felt nothing towards politics. It was just the way of life for my family. I never thought that I wanted to be a part of it.

I wanted to be a reporter since the eighth grade. I also had another passion to be a national athlete.

One of my dreams came true when I got on the national cycle team in 1993. I went to many competitions, including the Asian Games at Hiroshima, but I never won any medals.

I started working part-time as a writer for various publications while studying. Then I became a finance reporter at the Thai Financial newspaper.

After working for years, I realized the field that I wanted to work in most was political reporting. The opportunity came in 1997 when ITV was recruiting new reporters.

I built my brand as an investigation reporter. I investigated the corruption in politics and the police. My program called Sor Nor ITV (ITV Police Station), which investigated the police taking bribes. I managed to take down some superintendents and the deputy director of the police because they were caught taking bribes. Many politicians knew me from this coverage.

I never have a fear of death or anyone while being an investigative reporter. Mallika is all about freedom and liberty. I will go as far as I can. It’s my philosophy.

I always express what I feel. It’s my character. I even had fights with editors or producers when they tried to cut or soften my content. For everything I have done, I have worked 100% with my spirit and good conscious.

I swear I’ve never dreamed of being a politician. I even despised them.

I changed my mind in Thaksin’s era. I saw the weaknesses of journalists in reporting the truth. Those who run the media have power. It’s dangerous. It would be good to be part of the system to get rid of bad people, and being a politician is a good position.

Thaksin asked me to join his party, but I turned down the offer because I saw a lot of his misconduct. I finally agreed to join Sanan Kajornprasart’s party but I lost the election.

I felt OK when I lost two elections as a Democrat member. Even though I wasn’t an MP, I could still effect change. As an assistant for ministers, I actually think I accomplished more than some MPs. Anyway, I still want to win an election. It’s the top goal of a politician to be an MP. I would be more proud.

I didn’t intend to block Facebook or Twitter. It was just a sarcastic comment, in response to a lack of law enforcement of the lese-majeste law by the government. There is a lot of offensive content on the Internet, and officials just keep saying it’s too hard to fight.

I admit it’s impossible to block social networks these days. But if some day we don’t have them, we should learn to live with other social networks, too.

We should make Mark Zuckerberg and the YouTube owners realize their inventions are weapons, too. The Cyber Warrier group that I created will monitor them all.

I’m addicted to social networks. I post messages and am online throughout the day. Sometimes I also feel bored that they lack of flesh-and-blood. So I stopped playing for three days, but then I came back.

Kicking Karun Hosakul was an emotional accident. It’s not a big deal, this person is meaningless to me. I kicked him that day because he acted like an asshole. He stood over the head of my ex-boss, Bangkok Governor M.R.Sukhumbhand Paribatra. I told him so, but he shouted back at me and also used his hip to bump my leg. I was really pissed off, so I just kicked him.

I would kick anyone who did that, even if it wasn’t Karun.

I have no problem working in a male-dominated field. I have even been told that I have too strong a character.

I totally love to watch romantic Korean series. I watch every popular series, like Coffee Prince. I love how you have no idea what will happen next, unlike Thai lakorn, where you can always guess.

I already achieved my biggest dream, which was being a reporter. That was my goal. Whatever I get after this is all a bonus.

I always set up goals and check up every three months and ask myself, “Did I achieve it yet?” It’s a good way to live your life. It also makes me proud when I achieve that goal, even if it’s just a tiny thing for someone else.