any critics of the regime who disrupt its efforts to restore peace
in Thai politics. The Nation senior reporter Pravit Rojanaphruk
was the latest government detractor to be summoned and held
on Sunday after reporting to the 1st Army that afternoon.
Dismissing calls for the National Council for
Peace and Order
(NCPO) to stop detaining critics, the premier insisted
yesterday
that a person would "have to face [summonses] if they defame
[the government and the NCPO]".
Pheu Thai secretary-general Phumtham
Wechayachai is among t
hose likely to be summoned next. He has criticised the
coup-makers for detaining those who disparage the military for
what it calls
"attitude adjustment".
"I don't understand why they keep talking
[that way] while
the nation is moving forwards," Gen Prayut said.
He said
he was aware that people, particularly politicians and
media, have the right to
take the government to task, but
stressed that this was not the right time.
Gen Prayut added that some critics seemed to
care more about
expressing their political opinions than healing a deeply
divided society. "The political stuff should be dealt with in the
future," he said.
The media has criticised the NCPO for harming press freedom
The media has criticised the NCPO for harming press freedom
by detaining
Pravit. Manop Thip-osod, Thai Journalists
Association (TJA) deputy president
for media freedom and
reform, said it was normal forjournalists like Pravit to
criticise
the government.
He criticised authorities for wielding their
power against those
with different opinions in "an act that is not
suitable to the
current situation of the country".
The TJA and the Foreign
Correspondents' Club of Thailand
have backed The Nation's call to release
Pravit.
Thepchai Yong, editor-in-chief of the Nation
Multimedia
Group, the publisher of of The Nation, said "authorities gave
no clear reason why he [Pravit] was detained" and were acting
to
intimidate media and restrict press freedom.
He added that if the reporter had
broken the law, authorities,
should act against him using the usual legal
channels.
Pravit is known for his views opposing the military, which he
has
mentioned several times on social media.
His last tweet at 2pm on Sunday read:
"Freedomcan't be maintained if we're not willing to defend it."
Last
year he was summoned and detained at the 1st
Development Division in Ratchaburi
for seven days.
NCPO spokesman Winthai Suvaree said he was
unable to
confirm how long Pravit would be held as it would depend on
his
cooperation and the results of the authority's probe into
his actions.
Authorities found Pravit's recent comments
referred to some people and
organisations in a way that could
"cause confusion in society", Col
Winthai said.
Meanwhile, the 2nd Division commander Maj Gen
Sisak
Phunprasit said Sgt Witsanuphong Khonphian had nothing
to do with the
assault on former Pheu Thai MP Wattana
Muangsuk.
The commander said the sergeant was at Muang
Thong
Thani football pitch last Saturday to watch sports and had no
idea who Mr
Wattana was.
Mr
Wattana had complained of being attacked by a man after
playing football. He
said he noticed a military officer, who
he referred to as a sergeant, near the
spot.
News,Politics,Bangkok Post,15 September
2015.
As Pravit,the nation journalist say :
As Pravit,the nation journalist say :
"Freedom can't be maintained if we're
not willing to defend it."
I say “Freedom can be maintain if we are willing
to use it for
peace and benefit
of the country”
“Freedom to make conflicts and ruin the country
worth
nothing to do”
Read Pravit’s twitter sometimes and found that his freedom
is
to please himself not for the benefit of the
country.
As the country want to reform so we should sacrify
and
think for the country before our own benefit.
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