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    Persecution against academics/activists demanding amendment of Article 112The short-circuit of the judicial process
    http://thailandchatter.com/showthrea...ll=1#post45112

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    Targets of ultra-royalistsGuidelines issued by the Supreme Court of Thailand over the jurisdiction of military court over certain criminal hearingshttp://www.isranews.org/isranews-new...utitum_01.html

    The NCPO Notification no. 37/2557

    Offences under jurisdiction of the Military Court


    In pursuance to the imposition of Martial Law countrywide since 22 May 2014 and the issuance of the NCPO Notification no. 11/2557 dated 22 May 2014 to designate the power the Courts of Justice over hearings of cases resulting from the breach of applicable laws and the NCPO Notifications, in order to main peace and order and to resolve problems in society, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) declares that any of the following offences committed within the Kingdom shall fall under jurisdiction of the military court.

    1. Offences regarding the Penal Code

    (1) Offences against the King, the Queen, the Heir-apparent, or the Regent, from Articles 107-112

    (2) Offences against national security from Articles 113-118, except offences committed in areas where the Internal Security Act B.E. 2551 or the Emergency Decree on Government Administration in States of Emergency B.E. 2548 (2005) has been invoked.

    2. Breaches of the Notifications and Commands of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)

    Being effective from now on until changes are announced

    Declared on 25 May 2014

    General Prayuth Chan-ocha

    NCPO Leader

    prachatai.com
    http://thailandchatter.com/showthrea...ll=1#post45112

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    • #4
      Sad to say but these organisations as Amnesty and HRW etc are merely talking shops who,say the right thing but do fcuk all to get it implemented.

      Indeed a position with one of them in somewhere like thailand is a nice career opportunity not to be put on the line.

      Time to pull the chain on them all, won't be missed, no power or teeth.

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      • #5
        Time to pull the chain on them all, won't be missed, no power or teeth.
        and in their place ?
        http://thailandchatter.com/showthrea...ll=1#post45112

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        • #6

          Saksith Saiyasombut & Siam Voices
          Oct 23, 2014



          (Photo: AP)

          Kathawut B.Article 112read our 2013 summary here.)

          Things have gotten considerably worse since the coup in May 2014, as the military junta announced days after the hostile takeover of powers that certain

          7 Apichat P.Sombat Boonngam-anong, aka NulingPatiwat S.Pornthip MYuthasak, a taxi driver, was reported by one of his passenger of defaming the King. The passenger also gave the police the record of their conversation in January 2014. The police from Phayathai police station arrested him from a taxi garage on 2 June 2014. The Court denied his bail request. He was detained in Bangkok Remand Prison.

          17 Akaradej2014 coup marks the highest number of lese majeste prisoners in Thai history


          In addition, the following cases have occurred in the past few weeks:









          • First, they demanded to delete a Facebook post deemed offensive. Secondly, they ordered Same Sky to stop selling t-shirts with motives they think are offensive. The editor, Thanapol Eawsakul, has been arrested and released twice without trial BBC Thai reports.
          the media is under close watch, the internet reportedly heavily monitored and public displays dissent not toleratedseeks extradition of suspects abroad, while junta leader and prime minister General Prayuth Chan-Ocha recently toldreactivation of the cyber-scout programKing Naresuanthe most recent part launched in Thai cinemas shortly after the coup and the junta organized free nationwide movie screenings for it.

          Nevertheless, the implications of this complaint if this actually goes to trial are even more severe: as mentioned above, the law only applies to the current king, queen, heir-apparent and regent. However, the Supreme Court decided last year that it also covers past kings, as a defendant was found guilty to have insulted King Rama IV., who ruled from 1851 to 1868. If Sulak was found guilty, it could affect several centuries of history and it would make for instance critical academic research
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          • #7
            Court sentences man posting lese majeste FB comments to 5 years in jail
            Tue, 04/11/2014

            The Criminal Court on Tuesday morning sentenced Akaradej
            http://thailandchatter.com/showthrea...ll=1#post45112

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            • #8
              http://thailandchatter.com/showthrea...ll=1#post45112

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                16th bail application


                Also on Tuesday, the wife of Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, a lese-majeste defendant, sought bail for her husband for the 16th time.

                She put up 1 million baht in cash on Tuesday as surety for his temporary release pending the Supreme Court's decision, expected to take 2-3 years.

                Somyot, the former editor of the Voice of Thaksin magazine, was detained without bail in April for two years before he was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in jail by the criminal court in January 2013. The Appeal Court upheld the sentence on Sept 20 this year.

                He was found guilty of publishing two articles written by another author under a pseudonym in 2010.

                Somyot pleaded not guilty and argued he was the editor and not the writer of the articles.

                http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/gene...-majeste-front
                http://thailandchatter.com/showthrea...ll=1#post45112

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                • #10

                  Mon, 24/11/2014

                  The military court on Monday sentenced a website editor to nine years in jail for publishing an article deemed to defame the King on a popular anti-establishment news aggregator. The sentence was halved because the defendant pleaded guilty.

                  The man, whose penname is Somsak Pakdeedech, oversees the content on the Thai E-News website
                  http://thailandchatter.com/showthrea...ll=1#post45112

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                  • #11
                    Junta leader threatens media, vowing to step-up anti-coup purge

                    Thai Junta Renews Summons Orders to Quash Criticism


                    In the last 24 hours, four Cabinet ministers from the administration of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra have been ordered to report to the military.
                    The four men are Surapong Tovichakchaikul, former Minister of Foreign Affairs; Nattawut Saikua, former Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives; Chaturon Chaisaeng, former Minister of Education; and Pichai Naripthaphan, former Minister of Energy.




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                    Chaturon Chaisaeng reporting to the 1st Region Army headquarters in Bangkok, 29 Jan 2015.Three of the four former ministers have publicly criticized last week's impeachment of former PM Yingluck by the junta-appointed parliament, either in media interviews or Facebook posts, while Pichai reportedly criticized the military government's energy policy.
                    Chaturon and Surapong surrendered to the 1st Region Army headquarters in Bangkok today, while Nattawut and Pichai have been ordered to report to the military tomorrow.
                    In addition to condemning the impeachment ruling, Chaturon, one of the most vocal Pheu Thai politicians since the coup, recently wrote on Facebook that the party's silence tactic is no longer working.
                    "Staying silent and allowing those with power to do what they please will not guarantee that the country will move forward," he wrote on 19 January. "In fact, grave troubles are waiting for us in the future."




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                    Surapong Tovichakchaikul, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, was released after talks with the military on 29 Jan 2015.


                    invited" for talks with the military after he condemned the impeachment ruling.
                    More than 300 politicians, activists, and academics perceived to be sympathetic to the former government were publicly summoned and briefly detained in military camps in the weeks following the 22 May 2014 coup. The wave of summons orders winded down in July.
                    Chaturon is currently facing trial in martial court for his refusal to report for a summons order issued by the junta shortly after the takeover.
                    Unlike last year's summons, the orders given to the four politicians in recent days were not written into official documents or publicly announced on television. Junta chairman and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha explained today that formal notices are no longer necessary.
                    "No need. The NCPO directly contacts and invites these people," Gen. Prayuth said, using an acronym for the junta's official name, the National Council for Peace and Order. "I don't want it to become big news. When we invite them, we use telephones to call them for talks."
                    He added that the politicians will not be detained overnight. "If they stay overnight, it will be a waste of the food budget," he said. "I won't let them stay."
                    When a reporter asked whether anyone who publicly comments on the political situation in Thailand will be summoned for "attitude readjustment," Gen. Prayuth shot back, "Is it the right thing to say those things? Is it appropriate to say them in this time? That's all. You keep making this a big issue with your questions."
                    When the reporter pressed Gen. Prayuth to answer, the junta chairman launched into an angry tirade.
                    "You will be summoned too, if you keep asking many questions like this," he said. "You ask unconstructive questions. I want to ask you, is it a right thing to do, challenging my full power? Even though I have such full power, these people still challenge it like this. If there's no martial law, what's going to happen? You all know the answer. Do you want it to happen?"
                    He continued, "I know that the media wants it to happen, so that they can sell news ... I am [the head of] the government. I have full power. Is it the right thing to challenge it like this? I have relaxed my power too much already these days."
                    Responding to a reporter who noted that the NCPO seems to be intensifying its crackdown on criticism, Gen. Prayuth shouted, "So what? So what? In the past, you said I was incompetent. Now that I am intensifying, you are angry. What the hell do you want me to do?"
                    Swiftly changing the topic, the junta chairman also scolded the media for publishing a photo of him inadvertently pointing his middle finger, which appeared in Post Today.
                    "I am not mad on power. You don't understand it. You keep picking on me," Gen. Prayuth said. "Yesterday, for instance. How can you photograph me like that? I was pointing my finger. You bastard. You chose to photograph me pointing my finger. This is what they call a lowly mind."
                    Who are you to judge the life I live?
                    I know I'm not perfect
                    -and I don't live to be-
                    but before you start pointing fingers...
                    make sure you hands are clean!�
                    Bob Marley

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                    • #12
                      "You ask unconstructive questions. I want to ask you, is it a right thing to do, challenging my full power? Even though I have such full power, these people still challenge it like this."
                      ... "
                      How can you photograph me like that? I was pointing my finger. You bastard. You chose to photograph me pointing my finger. "
                      Yikes. A lot of attitude readjustment needed.

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                      • #13
                        On the positive side, re-education facilities could become an economic boom.

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                        • #14
                          Martial law to be strictly enforced

                          in Politics | January 29, 2015 9:42 pm (668 views)







                          Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha stated today that martial law which has been eased for the past several months will now be strictly enforced in view of the overall political climate in the country.
                          In addition, he stated that individuals who have made public dissenting comments will be asked to report themselves.
                          Gen Prayut stated the reasons for calling in Surapong Tovichak-chaikun, the former Foreign Minister along with other leading figures from the Phue Thai Party for attitude adjustment during an interview held today.
                          The prime minister said he was forced to do so because of recent public dissenting comments which are inappropriate in light of the volatile political climate.
                          At the same time, he said the former minister for the Ministry of Energy, Pichai Niropthaphan, will also be asked to report himself for similar reasons.
                          Gen Prayut was furious, however, when asked to comment on report of an attempt to hold campaign to encourage the public to wear red shirts every Sunday.
                          He rebuked the question by angrily asking if such a proposal was considered appropriate.
                          Meanwhile Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan who is also the minister for the Ministry of Defense, also clarified the reason for calling in the aforementioned individuals for attitude adjustment.

                          He asked that the people allow the government and the National Council for Peace and Order time to do its job in accordance with the roadmap that has been laid out.
                          Who are you to judge the life I live?
                          I know I'm not perfect
                          -and I don't live to be-
                          but before you start pointing fingers...
                          make sure you hands are clean!�
                          Bob Marley

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