I chose not to use the the article's main heading (I think we can understand why) and chose the article's subheading instead but I do agree with your point.
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Military forces closure of red-shirt charter referendum watch centers across nation
Submitted by editor2 on Fri, 17/06/2016
A key leader of the anti-establishment red shirt reported that the military ordered the red shirts referendum watch centers to be closed in many provinces. Meanwhile, the red shirt invited the UN for monitoring the draft charter referendum.... (read more)...
http://prachatai.org/english/node/6270
EC vows 24-hour surveillance of charter 'saboteurs'
Published: 17/06/2016
PM Writer: Mongkol Bangprapa
The Election Commission says it will monitor electronic media around the clock to stop any attempt to "sabotage" the Aug 7 referendum by opponents of the draft constitution....(read more)....
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PM gives alast warningto red shirts
Fraud centres 'will not be allowed'
Published: 19/06/2016
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has given a final warning to the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship not to open provincial fraud investigation centres ahead of the Aug 7 referendum.
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Little foreign interest in referendum
CHANIKARN PHUMHIRAN,
KHANITTHA THEPPHAJORN,
WASAMON AUDJARINT
THE SUNDAY NATION June 19, 2016
THE level of international scrutiny of the August 7 referendum on the charter draft is expected to be lacklustre, as only a few foreign institutions have so far approached the Election Commission (EC) about monitoring the event.
Key government figures have spoken out against... (read more)... http://www.nationmultimedia.com/poli...-30288523.html
Reds to meet UN rights body over ‘threats’
CHANIKARN PHUMHIRAN,
JITRAPORN SENAWONG
THE NATION June 18, 2016
THE United Nations' human rights agency will meet red-shirt leaders on Monday to discuss claims that they are being threatened by the government over their plan to monitor possible fraud in the upcoming referendum on the draft constitution, red-shirt leaders said yesterday.
Red-shirt leaders Jatuporn Prompan and Nattawut Saikua said they yesterday submitted a complaint with Laurent Meillan, representative of the Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bangkok....(read more).... http://www.nationmultimedia.com/poli...-30288484.html
SO-CALLED “SUCCESSION CRISIS” DOES NOT EXPLAIN DICTATORSHIP
JUNE 19, 2016 UGLYTRUTHTHAILAND
Giles Ji Ungpakorn
A couple of years ago it was fashionable for journalists and political commentators to try to explain the collapse of democracy in Thailand as being due to a “Succession Crisis”. The more extreme view was to predict... (read more)...
https://uglytruththailand.wordpress....-dictatorship/
That last post might be getting a little too close to the lese-majeste law, no?
Ok, it's actually blatantly crossing over that line with complete disregard, so I'm assuming the author of that article doesn't live in Thailand, and has no intentions of visiting any time soon.
Oh the law is a minefield even in enlightened countries so I'll leave Surfy to fret over Up2U's posts.
I'm more interested in his profile pic and wondering how any Virgin Queen would fare in Thailand!!
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About the author: "Giles Ji Ungpakorn
Giles Ji Ungpakorn (Thai: ใจ อึ๊งภากรณ์; rtgs: Chai Uengphakon; IPA: [tɕāj ʔɯ́ŋ.pʰāː.kɔ̄ːn]; born 25 October 1953) is a Thai-British academic and political activist. He formerly worked as an associate professor on the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, before he fled to the United Kingdom after facing a lèse majesté charge in Thailand."
The heading of the link pretty well hides the contents of Article. His discussion I have heard before by Thai historians and academics although they wouldn't publish their comments within Thailand for obvious reasons.