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21 October 2015
First Chapter of тАШCyber WarтАЩ to Begin Thursday
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen
BANGKOK тАФ Online activists have announced they will launch attacks against the government beginning Thursday after the prime minister said the project to route all internet traffic through a single point of control is still alive.
The coalition of anonymous internet users known as Citizens Against Single Gateway last night warned private sector operations with IT systems linked to government servers to transfer them to safe places before the assault on government systems begins at 10am on Thursday.
Those behind a crippling attack earlier this month, the Thailand F5 Cyber Army, issued the announcement yesterday after Prime Minister and junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha said agencies are still studying the project, and a widely circulated army intelligence report detailed efforts to monitor news sites, social media and тАЬinfluential thinkersтАЭ threatening the nation..... (read more).... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 1445406735
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Fortune-teller involved in organising тАШBike for DadтАЩ detained for lese majeste
Submitted by editor2 on Wed, 21/10/2015
The military court detained three lese majeste suspects accused of claiming falsely about the monarchy for personal benefits, one of whom is a well known fortune-teller involved in organising тАШBike for DadтАЩ.
At around 3 pm Wednesday, 21 October 2015, the police officers brought Suriyan Sutjritpolwongse, aka Mo Yong, a well-known fortune-teller, Jirawong W., his close associate, and Pol Maj Prakrom W., an inspector of the Technology Crime Suppression Division, to the Military Court of Bangkok pending the custody permission for the three.
The three are accused by the Thai Military under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lese majeste law, for falsely claiming about Thai monarchy for personal benefits.... (read more).. http://prachatai.org/english/node/5560
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21 October 2015
тАШFinland PlotтАЩ Columnist Convicted of Libeling Thaksin
By Teeranai Charuvastra
BANGKOK тАФ The Supreme Court today found a Yellowshirt columnist guilty of libel for alleging in 2006 that then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra supported an anti-monarchy movement.
Pramote Nakhonthap was handed a suspended two-year jail term for a 2006 article he wrote for Manager Daily in which he said ThaksinтАЩs government collaborated with unnamed anti-monarchy activists in a bid to turn the Royal Family into тАЬa mere symbolic institution.тАЭ... (read more)... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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тАЭSingle gatewayтАЭ internet plan still on Thai military govtтАЩs mind despite denials
By Saksith Saiyasombut & Siam Voices Oct 22, 2015
Despite best efforts, the controversy over the Thai military governmentтАЩs plans for an online тАЭsingle gatewayтАЭ refuses to die down. But that is just one of many measures the junta is considering to step up widespread online surveillance.... (read more)... http://asiancorrespondent.com/136246/si ... e-denials/
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International hackers strike
The international hacking collective called Anonymous declared cyberwar on the Thai government Thursday over its policy to consolidate a single internet gateway.
Published: 22/10/2015
The main target of the attack was CAT Telecom Pcl, the state-owned company which has been designated by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-4 the cabinet to control the future gateway.
Early Friday, Twitter accounts apparently operated by Anonymous members showed parts of what it said were thousands of CAT customer accounts, including logins, passwords and personal IDs including Thai government ID names and numbers... (read more)... http://m.bangkokpost.com/tech/739884
22 October 2015
No Shock, Awe from 'Cyber War' as тАШNational' Gateway Moves Forward
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen
BANGKOK тАФ Damage from an attack on government services online appeared limited today, while state-owned CAT Telecom said it will begin preparations to build a single gateway project that has been rebranded as a business-positive part of the kingdomтАЩs тАЬdigital economyтАЭ strategy.
Online activists declared victory in the opening of their тАЬcyber warтАЭ to punish the junta for not abandoning its ambition to route all traffic through a single channel, but their damage seemed limited to affecting certain systems of the armyтАЩs finance department..... (read more)... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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22 October 2015
No Shock, Awe from 'Cyber War' as тАШNational' Gateway Moves Forward
BANGKOK тАФ Damage from an attack on government services online appeared limited today, while state-owned CAT Telecom said it will begin preparations to build a single gateway project that has been rebranded as a business-positive part of the kingdomтАЩs тАЬdigital economyтАЭ strategy.
Online activists declared victory in the opening of their тАЬcyber warтАЭ to punish the junta for not abandoning its ambition to route all traffic through a single channel, but their damage seemed limited to affecting certain systems of the armyтАЩs finance department.
тАЬAt 1:15pm, the Citizens Against Single Gateway claimed our victory in the first stage after our cyber war declaration,тАЭ the group wrote its latest statement posted online. тАЬWe made the financial accounting system of the Finance Department of the Royal Thai Armed Force Headquarters unable to work for more than three hours.тАЭ... (read more)... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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23 October 2015,
тАШAnonymousтАЩ Declares War on Thai Junta
BANGKOK тАФ A worldwide collective of hackers whose shifting membership has successfully attacked corporations and governments declared its own war on the military government for its plan to build a single internet gateway.
While attacks by Thai netizens Thursday seemed to have little effect, Anonymous posted a statement addressed to the junta saying "you will pay the price of your oppression" and also claimed to have stolen sensitive information from the state-run telecom bidding to build the gateway.
тАЬAny corporations or individuals helping to deploy this single gateway will be targeted by any electronic means,тАЭ read the statement announced through Twitter. тАЬWe will not only fight against the single gateway project but will expose your incompetence to the world, where depravity and personal interests prevail.тАЭ... (read more).... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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The international hacker group Anonymous has posted this statement that has been reported in various news feeds..... http://pastebin.com/SL0ZaMxT
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Police officer charged for lese majeste dies in custody
Submitted by editor2 on Sat, 24/10/2015
A police officer accused of lese majeste for falsely claiming about the monarchy for personal benefits together with a famous fortune-teller committed suicide in prison.
The Department of Corrections on Saturday, 24 October 2015, announced that Pol Maj Prakrom W., an inspector in the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD), hanged himself and died while he was detained at the remand facility in the 11th Army Division in Nakhon Pathom Province, west of Bangkok.
The announcement stated that the Department of Corrections received a report from the remand facility that the suspect at about 10 pm on Friday, 23 October 2015, hanged himself with clothes that were given to him by prison officers.... (read more)... http://prachatai.org/english/node/5566
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Thailand Must End Its Own Rohingya Atrocity
Bangkok needs to address its brutal mistreatment of the persecuted minority.
By Paul Chambers
October 23, 2015
In May 2015, gruesome mass graves were unearthed in southern Thailand, revealing scores of bodies belonging to mostly Rohingya refugees who had been victimized by human traffickers. The discovery placed Thailand under a global spotlight exactly at the time when the country was seeking to be upgraded by the United States in terms of its handling of human trafficking.
Seeking to distance itself from any guilt, the ruling regime charged at least 85 persons with complicity in the scandal, including Army General Manas Kongpaen. Thailand also agreed to offer humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees and convened a regional conference on Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants, which indirectly blamed Myanmar. Though Myanmar bears primary responsibility for the Rohingya crisis, ThailandтАЩs own deplorable treatment of the Rohingya must immediately come to an end. The fact remains: the line between security officials and human traffickers in Thailand has become increasingly blurred. And Thailand has yet to be held accountable.... (read more).... http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/thailand ... -atrocity/
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Anonymous brings down 2 government websites
Anonymous, the international internet activist and hacker collective, has continued its attacks on government websites, bringing down the Government House and Labour Ministry sites on Friday night.
Published: 24/10/2015
The attacks are part of a continuing protest against plans by the military government to create a single gateway for international internet traffic, which critics say will curb freedom of expression.
F5CyberArmy, one of the members of Anonymous, claimed to have moved the two websites offline, and provided host-checking data as proof.... (read more)... http://m.bangkokpost.com/topstories/741820
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26 October 2015
Junta Warns Redshirts Not to Don Red Shirts
By Teeranai Charuvastra
BANGKOK тАФ The ruling military junta warned that Redshirt leaders will be held responsible if their supporters go ahead with a plan to wear red shirts simultaneously all across the country Sunday.
Deputy junta chairman Pravit Wongsuwan issued the warning this morning, referring to calls made by Redshirt activists on social media to wear red on Nov. 1 as a gesture to support former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra тАУ despite Redshirt leaders have already denied any involvement in the campaign.... (read more).... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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26 October 2015
Koh Tao Murders: Defense Asks Court to Drop Charges
Sasiwan Mokkhasen
SURAT THANI тАФ Lawyers representing two Myanmar migrant workers accused of killing two British tourists on Koh Tao murder called on the court today to drop all charges against the accused.
In a written closing statement submitted to the Koh Samui Court today, the volunteer legal team stressed the court should dismiss the charges against Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo due to the weakness of the evidence against them and procedural abuses at the time of their arrest.... (read more)... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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26 October 2015
Further Autopsy of Lese Majeste Inmate Unnecessary, Minister Says
Teeranai Charuvastra
BANGKOK тАФ Officials have already completed an autopsy of the lese majeste suspect who died in custody and have already returned his body to his family, the Minister of Justice said today.
Justice Minister Paiboon Khumchaya told reporters that police completed an autopsy of the inmate, Police Maj. Prakrom Warunprapha, at the prison hospital where he was taken Friday after after hanging himself. PrakromтАЩs body, Paiboon said, has been handed over the body to his family.
тАЬThis case is now over, because the family already picked up the body,тАЭ Gen. Paiboon said.... (read more).... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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Retired teacher charged with sedition for giving flower to anti-junta activist
Submitted by editor2 on Tue, 27/10/2015
The authorities arrested and pressed sedition charge against a 77-year-old teacher for giving flowers to support an anti-junta activist.
According to Free Thai Legal Aid (FTLA), the FTLA lawyers on Monday 10 am, 26 October 2015, submitted a bail request for Preecha Kaewbanpaew, a 77-year-old retired teacher, to the Military Court of Bangkok.
At around 2 pm, the Military Court granted bail to the retired teacher with 150,000 baht bond, confiscating his Government Saving BankтАЩs Lottery and 1,000 baht cash as surety.
According to Winyat Chatmontri, the General Secretary of the FTLA, Preecha is charged with Article 116 of the Criminal Code, the sedition law, and the violation of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)тАЩs Order No. 7/2014 for participating in a political gathering of more than five people.
Winyat told Prachatai that the retired teacher was charged for giving flowers to support Pansak Srithep, a pro-democracy activist and the father of a boy killed by the military during the 2010 political violence, while the activist was leading a three-day march called тАЬI Walk Therefore I AmтАЭ on 15 March 2015 to campaign against the use of military courts to try civilians. The march was organised by Resistant Citizen, an anti-junta activist group which started.... (read more)..... http://prachatai.org/english/node/5570
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Editorial Opinion
Guess who's coming to town?
Guess who's coming to town this Sunday? A voice from somewhere answers: "People in red!"
Published: 27/10/2015
Writer: Veera Prateepchaiku
Someone, nobody will admit who, posted this message on social media last week. It urged followers of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to wear red -- be it a red T-shirt, red pants, red scarf or just red hair -- on Nov 1, as a collective show of moral support for her.
This move was in response to the government's plan to invoke a rarely-enforced law empowering the prime minister to issue an administrative order demanding financial compensation from Ms Yingluck for the staggering losses accrued by her administation's rice pledging scheme.... (read more).... http://m.bangkokpost.com/opinion/745016
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Consolidating control in cyberspace
By Aim Sinpeng and Gennie Gebhart, Guest Contributors
тАУ 27 October 2015
The тАШgreat firewall of ThailandтАЩ has met with a growing online backlash. But the battle over information control is far from over.... (read more).... http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandal ... yberspace/
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Military warns northern red shirt not to wear red
Submitted by editor2 on Wed, 28/10/2015
Thai military officers have asked the coordinator of a northern anti-establishment red shirt group not wear a red shirt to show support for the former Prime Minister.
According to Thailand Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), military officers from the 34th Army Division on Monday, 26 October 2015, summoned Siriwat Jupamadta, coordinator of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), the main red shirt faction, of the northern province of Phayao for a discussion.
Siriwat reported that three military officers were waiting for him at 8 am on Monday at a condominium in Phayao Province where he works. After their meeting, at about 9 am, he travelled to the 34th Army Division in his own vehicle together with the officers.... (read more).... http://prachatai.org/english/node/5573
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28 October 2015
Thai Net More тАШNot FreeтАЩ Due to Military Suppression: Freedom House
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen
WASHINGTON тАФ ThailandтАЩs internet was rated тАЬnot freeтАЭ due to increased suppression under military rule in the latest report from Freedom House, a U.S.-based NGO that monitors democracy and free expression around the world.
Record sentences of decades in prison for Facebook comments deemed insulting to the monarchy were among factors given for ThailandтАЩs lower score in the annual тАЬFreedom on the NetтАЭ index released Tuesday.
тАЬMore Thai internet users were harassed and arrested during the coverage period than ever before in the wake of the 2014 coup,тАЭ the report said..... (read more).... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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PM says he may need to stay at helm
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says he may need to remain in power as long as the country is not at peace.
29/10/2015
Writer: Aekarach Sattaburuth
Gen Prayut was speaking in parliament at Wednesday's meeting of the so-called "five rivers of power" -- the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), the cabinet, the National Legislative Assembly, the Constitution Drafting Committee and the National Reform Steering Assembly.
He said the country has moved on to the stage where the NCPO is laying down regulations in the lead-up to elections.
The NCPO has unveiled a time frame of 20 months to write a charter, hold a referendum on it, enact organic laws and organise a general election.
As the NCPO proceeds with the roadmap, there must be no attempts to stir up sedition or hatred, Gen Prayut said.
"Politicians do not have to be suspicious of me. [The media] writes every day that I intend to cling on to power. I must make it clear. If there is no peace and order, I must stay on," he told the meeting.
"If there are attempts to bring people out [onto the streets], the movement leaders will be dealt with first," he added.... (read more)... http://m.bangkokpost.com/topstories/746856
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29 October 2015
Gen. Prayuth Meets US Ambassador Davies
By Teeranai Charuvastra
BANGKOK тАФ Recently installed U.S. Ambassador Glyn Davies met with junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha this afternoon at Government House.
The two men made an introduction and discussed several issues such as democracy, the economy and public health in the first meeting between a top American envoy and Gen. Prayuth since the latter seized power in May 2014, straining relations between the two traditional allies.... (read more).... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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Prawit defends PM's 'close the country' gaffe
Published: 30/10/2015
Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon yesterday came out in defence of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha after he remarked he would stay on in power and "close the country" if peace in Thailand proves elusive.
"The prime minister did not mean it literally," Gen Prawit insisted yesterday..... (read more).... http://m.bangkokpost.com/news/748444
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Exclusive Interview
'Friendship intact, but not business as usual'
October 30, 2015
A veteran diplomat of 35 years with expertise in North Korea and nuclear issues, new US Ambassador Glyn T Davies talks to Veenarat Laohapakakul in an exclusive interview with the Nation Group
Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam met with you and explained Thailand's road map to
democracy. Was it acceptable to you?.... (read more).... http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion ... 71891.html
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Internet freedom in Thailand is now as bad as in Burma тАУ report
by Asian Correspondent Staff | 30th October 2015
FREEDOM HOUSEтАЩS latest тАШFreedom on the NetтАЩ report makes for worrying reading, especially for web users in Asia, with China rated as having the least free internet in the world and web freedom in Thailand falling sharply under military rule.
Against a backdrop of worldwide erosion of internet freedom, Asian countries fared among the worst. The Internet in only two Asian countries тАУ Japan and the Philippines тАУ was rated as тАШFreeтАЩ.
Not surprisingly, serial offender China was rated as the nation with the most restricted internet.... (read more)... http://asiancorrespondent.com/2015/10/i ... -as-burma/
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ThailandтАЩs indefinite roadmap: Prayuth threatens to тАШstay onтАЩ in power
by Saksith Saiyasombut | 30th October 2015 |
ThailandтАЩs military government is becoming increasingly blatant about its intentions to stay in power
THAILANDтАЩS Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has never been shy about letting everybody know his opinions. The junta leader also expects everybody to listen. Nobody knows that better than the local journalists who have endured the daily press briefings by the PM that have more often than not turned into prolonged tirades (as we have reported previously). The rest of the country might have caught some nuggets of his wisdom during his weekly TV adresses while waiting for their nightly fix of local televisionтАЩs ubiquitous and hugely popular soap operas.
ItтАЩs one and a half years into the rule of ThailandтАЩs military after it took power in the coup of May 22, 2014. Its reign has been authoritarian, dominating nearly the entire political discourse, censoring the flow of information and intolerant of criticism and dissent тАУ even if itтАЩs something as innocuous as an old man giving flowers to anti-junta protesters.... (read more).... http://asiancorrespondent.com/2015/10/t ... -in-power/
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Thai junta coins new history book to legitimise its rule
Submitted by editor2 on Fri, 30/10/2015
Kongpob Areerat
Following the controversial 12 nationalistic Thai values introduced in the aftermath of the 2014 coup dтАЩ├йtat and the construction of a theme park with grandiose monuments of ancient kings, the Thai junta has now published its latest version of Thai history, which many historians view as an attempt to legitimize military rule via a narrow nationalistic history.... (read more).... http://prachatai.org/english/node/5576
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Freedom and firewalls
By Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang
тАУ 29 October 2015
The Thai JuntaтАЩs attempts to control cyberspace are setting the country down a dangerous path, writes Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang.
Three weeks ago, thousands of angry Thai Internet users bombarded government websites through a series of denial of service, or DDoS, attacks. By hitting the refresh button on their Internet browsers nonstop, they flooded each websitesтАЩ traffic to the point of collapse..... (read more).... http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandal ... firewalls/
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Majority back PM's "close country" remark
Published: 01/11/2015
A majority of people say they agree with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's remark that he might have to stay on and that the country could be closed if there is no peace and order, according to Suan Dusit Poll.
The poll was conducted on 1,119 people througout the country between Oct 29 and 31 to gauge their opinions on the meeting of the "five main rivers -- the government, Constitution Drafting Committee, National Reform Steering Assembly and National Council for Peace and Order -- last week.
Gen Prayut made the remark that "if there is no peace and order, I must stay on and if we have to close the country, so be it".... (read more).... http://m.bangkokpost.com/news/750264
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Activists call for military reform at commemoration of democracy icon
Submitted by editor2 on Mon, 02/11/2015
Pro-democracy activists gathered in front of Army Headquarters to call for military reform at an event commemorating the suicide of a taxi driver, who hanged himself from a bridge to protest the 2006 military coup dтАЩ├йtat.
In the late afternoon of Saturday, 31 October 2015, anti-junta activists from the Resistant Citizens Group and a large crowd gathered at the 14 October Memorial on Rachadamnoen Avenue on the 9th anniversary of the suicide of Numthong Praiwan, a taxi driver.
The event occurred with a heavy presence of police and military, who came to maintain security and monitor activities.
After gathering at the 14 October Memorial, the activists and their supporters marched to the Headquarters of the Royal Thai Army where they called for reform of the Thai Armed Forces.
The group urged the military to return to the barracks and return the country to civilian rule, saying that the military must serve the people and not look upon them as enemies.... (read more).... http://prachatai.org/english/node/5579
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Military summons red shirt for wearing red
Submitted by editor2 on Mon, 02/11/2015
Military officers in northern Thailand summoned a group of anti-establishment red shirts for a discussion after they put on red shirts.
According to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), the military officers of the northern province of Chiang Rai summoned Somchai Saengthong and three other red shirts for a meeting at the 37th Army Division on Monday morning, 2 November 2015.
At the military base, Maj Gen Pisan Nakphachon, the Army Division Commander, and three other military officials asked the four about why they were wearing red shirts on Sunday, 1 November 2015, and what do they think about the court case against the ex-Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who currently faces corruption charges over the rice subsidy program.... (read more).... http://prachatai.org/english/node/5581
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Anti-junta activists refuse to be tried by military court
Submitted by editor2 on Thu, 05/11/2015
Thai Anti-junta activists indicted with juntaтАЩs political gathering ban have refused the military court jurisdiction on their cases, reasoning that they should be tried by the court of justice.
The Military Court of Bangkok on Thursday morning held deposition hearings of Pansak Srithep, the core leader of Resistant Citizen, an anti-junta activist group, Natchacha Kongudom, and Tatchapong Kaedum, the three anti-junta activists charged with violating the juntaтАЩs National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)тАЩs political assembly ban.... (read more)... http://prachatai.org/english/node/5591
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CDC insists on new voting plan
Meechai says system fairer to electorate
06/11/2015
The Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) has insisted it will stick to the proposed mixed-member apportionment electoral system (MMA) despite criticism from political parties and academics.
CDC chairman Meechai Ruchupan said Thursday the committee had decided the MMA system will be adopted in the new constitution.
Under the proposal, the House of Representatives will comprise 500 members, with 350 constituency MPs and 150 party-list MPs, compared to the previous election system under the 2007 charter with 375 constituency MPs and 125 from party lists.
A single ballot will be used for both constituency and party-list MPs, Mr Meechai said. All votes cast for the losing constituency candidates will be used to calculate the number of party-list seats, rather than being thrown away under the old first-past-the-post system..... (read more).... http://m.bangkokpost.com/news/755848
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Reuters
05 November 2015
Junta Launches Crackdown on 'Influential Figures' Stoking Crime
Amy Sawitta Lefevre
BANGKOK тАФ Thailand's junta launched a crackdown today on organized crime, its latest effort to clean up the country and improve the image of the military government as it struggles to get a sluggish economy on track.
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, ushered in a "clean up Thailand" campaign shortly after he, as army chief, took power from an elected government in a 2014 coup, promising to root out vice and corruption in government and society in general.
This time, he said, the junta was targeting mafia-style crime bosses styled as "influential figures.".... (read more).... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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The unknown life of Thai exiles
Submitted by editor1 on Wed, 04/11/2015
Since 2006, Thailand has been plagued with an unending storm of political conflict. Political thought is divided on nearly every single issue; from former Prime Minister ThaksinтАЩs reign, the monarchical institution, nation development, democracy, elections, reform, politicians, political parties and so forth.
The 22 May 2014 coup has exacerbated ThailandтАЩs political situation. Activists, politicians, and even ordinary citizens branded as тАЬideologically hardcoreтАЭ were left with no choice but to flee the country in self-imposed exile. A year later, any perceived improvement in the situation is essentially superficial; these political exiles still cannot return home. What were their reasons for fleeing? Was it because their ideologies conflicted with the current government? What are their living conditions as exiles? We take this opportunity to provide an in-depth look at how our fellow countrymen are surviving and their fate as the тАЬOther.тАЭ... (read more).... http://prachatai.org/english/node/5584
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There is a news article of interest in the asiasentinel.com, I will not publish the link do to it's sensitive nature. Proxy or vpn required if you are in Thailand.
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06 November 2015
Redshirt Militants Convicted of 2014 Grenade Attack
Teeranai Charuvastra
BANGKOK тАФ Two Redshirt supporters were found guilty of attempted murder by the Criminal Court today for allegedly firing a grenade launcher at anti-government protesters in 2014.
Narongsak Plai-aram and Peerapong Sinthusonthichart were sentenced to 43 years and five months in prison for the attack, which police said was intended to kill demonstrators rallying against the government..... (read more)... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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Court acquits anti-election protester accused of preventing 2014 election
Submitted by editor2 on Fri, 06/11/2015
The court dismissed charges against an anti-election protester alleged for preventing the 2014 advanced election, saying that it was the election officials who cancelled the election.
I The Court of Prakanong District, Bangkok, on Thursday, 5 November 2015, dismissed charges against Thawatchai Promchan, 45, an ex-key leader of People Force and Thai Energy Reform Network, a political group, which joined the PeopleтАЩs Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), an anti-election protest, to prevent the 2014 advanced voting..... (read more).... http://prachatai.org/english/node/5594
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41937 views, 1035 posts over 70 pages [and growing]. Gotta be a record for Sawatdee.
Up2u ... are you going to continue this saga until the military have been swept aside by free and fair elections and all military officers under the rank of colonel are tried, convicted, and living in the hoosegow.
But do carry on . . .
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I had hoped this saga would have been over by now and elections restored but...... no one has the answer now. The perpetrators will never be prosecuted.
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07 November 2015
Down the Memory Hole Lies тАШJuntalandтАЩ
By Pravit Rojanaphruk
Has it been 15, 16 or perhaps 17 months weтАЩve lived under military rule? Some, myself included, have begun to lose track of how long weтАЩve lived under the junta since the May 2014 coup. And we have no idea how many more years weтАЩll have to endure.
As rule under Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha stretches on far past the year originally promised, many now feel resigned and helpless, accepting a new тАЬnormalтАЭ for the nation. Threatening to execute journalists once provoked surprise, in the early months. Recently a threat to shut the nation off from the rest of the world was met with only a few shrugs...... (read more).... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 1446833596
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No Light in the NortheastтАЩs Grey Economy as ThailandтАЩs Economic Outlook Darkens
2015 November 7
by The Isaan Record
ThailandтАЩs economic downturn is often discussed in terms of GDP, national markets, and investment statistics, but behind the numbers, individuals employed in the countryтАЩs enormous informal economy are feeling deep financial strain. At the Aorjira market in Khon Kaen, vendors struggle to turn enough profit to support themselves and keep their small businesses afloat.
By Mariko Powers and Zoe Swartz.... (read more).... http://isaanrecord.com/category/feature/