<p>As the referendum on the junta-sponsored draft charter draws near, the Thai junta leader has given power to a national media regulator to close down media critical of the regime without any accountability. </p>
<p>The Royal Gazette website on Thursday, 13 July 2016, published the latest order of the Thai junta, <a href="http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2559/E/158/24.PDF">the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Head’s Order No. 41/2016</a>.</p>
