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Reuters Updated at 9:15 p.m. ET on 2020-12-17 A 16-year-old boy and a fellow activist were charged Thursday in Bangkok for allegedly violating Thailand’s strict royal defamation law by performing in a satirical street show that poked fun at the monarchy during a pro-democracy protest in October, their attorneys said. Noppasilp – a schoolboy whose last name was withheld by his attorney for privacy reasons – and Jatuporn Sae Ung reported to the Yannawa police station in Bangkok after being summoned there, said Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), a legal aid group that has been assisting anti-government protesters. “This is the first royal defamation case against a youth since last year,” Kumklao Songsomboon, a lawyer for TLHR, told the media. “In just a month’s time, the royal defamation law was not only used against the protester leaders, but a youth, who just exercised his freedom of expression.” ....
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09:46 GMT+7 Former Hanoi chairman expelled from Party The Party Central Committee on December 17 expelled former Hanoi chairman Nguyen Duc Chung from the Party over his serious violations. The decision was announced at the 14th plenum of the Party Central Committee, the local media reported. Early this month, the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission proposed the Politburo and the Party Central Committee expel Chung from the Party, who was being prosecuted, detained and suspended from Party activities at the time. According to the Inspection Commission, Chung seriously violated Party regulations and the State law on protecting State secrets as well as regulations on activities that Party members are banned from, damagin ....
16 12 2020 Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha and his regime are piling on the charges against those they consider the leaders of opposition rallies. It looks like lawfare. Wikipedia has useful definitions: The misuse of legal systems and principles against an enemy, such as by damaging or delegitimizing them, wasting their time and money …, or winning a public relations victory. A tactic used by repressive regimes to label and discourage civil society or individuals from claiming their legal rights via national or international legal systems. This is especially common in situations when individuals and civil society use non-violent methods to highlight or oppose discrimination, corruption, lack of democracy, limiting freedom of speech, violations of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law. ....
Govt mulls pollution crackdown published : 16 Dec 2020 at 04:00 158 Bangkok, as seen from a condominium in Bang Pho area, is covered with heavy smog on Monday. (Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya) Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered government agencies to take decisive action to fight the air pollution that has plagued Bangkok and its surrounding provinces in recent days. The PM said the government had continuously implemented measures against the surging PM2.5 levels but the problem had deteriorated due to the current weather. He urged commuters to use public transport as much as possible and said the government would consider introducing alternate-day private travel only in the capital. ....
National unity panel takes shape 18 Chuan still hopeful opposition will join published : 15 Dec 2020 at 06:00 Parliament president Chuan Leekpai The proposed national unity panel is taking shape with the government, the Senate and political parties expected to submit the lists of their representatives within this week, parliament president Chuan Leekpai said on Monday. The parliament president said he hopes to see the panel hold its first meeting before the end of the year and will today hold talks with the opposition leader to clarify the task of the unity panel and convince his camp to join the process after some opposition parties expressed a reluctance to come on board and criticised the committee s composition as unfair. ....