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<p>Military officers intimidated and threatened to detain two anti-junta student activists while the police visited the dormitory of one of the two. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.prachatai.org/english/category/natchacha-kongudom">Natchacha Kongudom</a>, an anti-junta student activist from Bangkok University, told Prachatai on Friday that military officers threatened to send her to an ‘attitude adjustment camp’ at a seminar she attended on Wednesday. Later in the evening, several police officers came to her dormitory to search for her, but she was absent.</p>
<p>The military summoned a southern land rights activist for three days of detention after he led a group of local farmers to fight for their land rights.</p> <p>The military on Sunday issued a letter summoning Peerat Bunrit, one of the leaders of Southern Peasants' Federation of Thailand (SPFT) from Chai Buri District of Surat Thani Province in southern Thailand, to a so-called ‘attitude adjustment camp’ for three days.</p>
By Khaosod English |
<p><a href="http://www.khaosodenglish.com/index.php">Khaosod English</a>: Two red-shirt leaders have been released following "attitude adjustment" sessions with the military.</p> <p>Nattawut Saikua, former Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperative, and Chertchai Tantisirin, former Pheu Thai MP in Khon Kaen province, were summoned by the military after they publicly criticized the junta and recent political developments in Thailand. Both Nattawut and Chertchai are also core members of the Redshirt umbrella organization, the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD).</p>
<p>The junta leader threatened to step up the use of martial law, warning that people who still engage in anti-junta activities, especially the media and the anti-establishment red shirts, will be detained and barred from making financial transactions.</p> <p>Moreover, the junta Premier revealed that another ex-Pheu Thai politician has been summoned for taking an anti-junta stance.</p>
<p>The military ordered six rubber farmers to be detained in a military camp for ‘attitude adjustment’ after they campaigned for a rubber price subsidy.</p> <p>According to the&nbsp;<a href="http://m.posttoday.com/article/335918/4000">Post Today Online</a>, Maj Gen Kueakun Innachak, Surat Thani Army Chief, summoned Pairot Ruekdi, coordinator of the Rubber Farmers’ Federation of Bang Song Sub-district of Wiang Sa District in the southern province of Surat Thani, and five other leading members to report to a military camp on Tuesday.</p>
<div> <div><em>Update: At around 1:30pm, the police arrested Natchacha Kongudom, a Bangkok University student at Siam Paragon's cinema, after she raised three fingered salute in front of the Hunger Game 3 poster when she received a free ticket from the LLTD. </em></div></div>