<p>Soldiers have paid visit to the house of a well-known anti-junta activist, demanding her to cease all political activities.</p>
<p>At about 2 pm on 7 June 2017, soldiers visited a house of <span>Chonticha Jaeng-rew</span>, an activist from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/democracyrestoration/?fref=ts">Democracy Restoration Group (DRG)</a>, in Lat Lum Kaeo District of Pathum Thani Province.</p>
<p>After a stand-off with anti-junta activists over leaflets criticising the junta-sponsored draft charter, the Thai authorities say that the leaflets cannot be distributed as they distort facts about the draft.</p>
<p>Somchai Srisuthiyakorn, of the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT), on Thursday afternoon, 14 July 2016, told the media after a meeting with the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) that leaflets entitled ‘7 Reasons Not to Accept the Draft Constitution’ are not allowed to be distributed.</p>
<p>Thai police have detained 16 activists for standing still to show solidarity with <a href="http://prachatai.org/english/node/6087">10 persons abducted earlier by the military</a>. One of the 16 was later taken away by the military after the arrest.</p>
<p>Police officers at about 6:30 pm on Wednesday, 27 April 2016, arrested 16 people for gathering at the Victory Monument in Bangkok and standing still to show solidarity with 10 people abducted by the military on Wednesday morning.</p>
<p>The 14 embattled anti-junta activists have requested postponement of pre-trial interrogation while one of the group says that she only exercised her rights as a citizen and refused to acknowledge the junta’s authority.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The 14 anti-junta activists detained stay adamant on their civil disobedience move and refuse to submit bail request to the military court, saying that the court has no jurisdiction on the case. </p>
<p>Kritsadang Nujarad, a defence lawyer of 14 anti-junta activists under custody at 1 pm on Friday, 3 July 2015, told the press in front of Bangkok Remand Prison that none of the 14 anti-junta activists will request for bail.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1435837870&typecate=06&section=">Khaosod English</a>: Pro-democracy activists in Thailand have accused soldiers of intimidating the family of Chonticha Chaengrew, one of fourteen anti-coup dissidents in jail for leading a peaceful demonstration against the military government.</p>
<p>According to the activists' lawyer, Kritsadang Nutcharus, three soldiers arrived at Chonticha’s home yesterday and requested to talk to her mother. </p>
<p dir="ltr">The Thai police issued summon orders for at least two students who participated in an activity to commemorate the 2014 coup d’état, saying that the students allegedly breaking the junta’s protest ban.</p>