<p dir="ltr">15 of the southern environmental activists protesting against the controversial coal-fired power plant in Songkhla have spent the night behind bars as they failed to obtain 1.35 million baht bond for bail request.</p> <p>On 28 November 2017, the court granted to the police the custody permission to detain 15 key leaders of of the network from Songkhla and Pattani provinces protesting against the planned coal-fired power plant and deep sea port in Songkhla, according to Khaosod.</p>

<p>Only a few days after <u>the mysterious death of a freshman cadet</u> triggered public outcry, reports have emerged that another military private had his hip broken from a beating. &nbsp;</p> <p>On 27 November 2017, Prayun Khongnonkok from Chaiyaphum Province informed&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amarintv.com/news-update/news-4687/114747/">Amarin TV</a>&nbsp;that his son, Private Sanphet Khongnonkok, 23, was beaten by his trainer at Suranari Army Base in Nakhon Ratchasima Province and had his left hip broken.</p> <p>Sanphet was drafted for the military service on 1 November.</p>

<p>The authorities have arrested 16 southern environmental activists after brief clash with the protesters.</p> <p>At 4:30 pm on 27 November 2017, military and police officers arrested 16 key leaders of the network from Songkhla and Pattani provinces protesting against the planned coal-fired power plant and deep sea port in Songkhla.</p> <p>Those detained include Direk Hemnakhon, Somboon Kamhaeng, and Ekachai Isarata.</p>

<p>The junta’s lawmakers have given the green light to a controversial bill which gives more power and protection to the Constitutional Court. &nbsp;</p> <p>The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) on 23 November 2017 voted 188 in favour, none against and 5 abstentions, to pass the third reading of the draft Organic Law on the Procedures of the Constitutional Court, which was drafted by the Constitution Drafting Committee and submitted to the NLA in September.</p>

<p>People in Songkhla and Pattani have rallied against plans for a coal-fired power plant and deep sea port ahead of a cabinet meeting.</p> <p>On 26 November 2017, a network from Songkhla and Pattani provinces protesting against a planned coal-fired power plant held a rally in Songkhla ahead of the coming cabinet meeting in the province on 28 November.</p> <p>The group plans to submit a petition to Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, the junta leader and Prime Minister, asking the government to cancel plans for a 2,200-megawatt power plant and deep sea port in Thepha District, Songkhla.</p>

<p>The Supreme Court has confirmed a lower court ruling to jail a former subdistrict head from the Deep South for alleging that he was tortured by the police.</p> <p>On 22 November 2017, the Supreme Court confirmed the verdict of the lower courts in sentencing Anuphong Phanthachayangkun, former subdistrict head from Su-ngai Padi District, to one year in prison without suspending the jail term, according to<a href="https://mgronline.com/crime/detail/9600000118533">&nbsp;the Manager Online</a>.</p>

<div> <div>Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan has claimed that the freshman cadet who recently died in a military academy was not beaten to death, but just too weak to withstand tough training.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On 22 November, Prawit publicly disputed the claims of the parents of deceased cadet Phakhaphong Tanyakan that their son was beaten to death.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>“I affirm that the boy died from his own health [problems]. There was no beating or anything like that. </div></div>

<p>Five teenagers and one adult facing royal defamation charges for burning royal arches in northeastern Thailand have pleaded guilty.</p> <p>On 20 November 2017, the Provincial Court of Phon District in Khon Kaen Province held a preliminary hearing for six suspects indicted for violating Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté law, criminal association, and destruction of public property, according to<a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=5713"> Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR)</a>.</p>

<div> <div>After holding a fake cremation to allow a secret autopsy, the parents of a cadet who died during military training found that their son’s internal organs were missing.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On 20 November 2017, the parents of Phakhaphong Tanyakan, a freshman cadet who died on 17 October, told the media that their son may have been beaten to death. </div></div>

<p>Various civil society workers have vowed not to legitimise the military government by cooperating with it, saying the junta’s national strategic plan favours only investors.</p> <p>On 20 November 2017, 72 civil society development workers issued a <a href="https://prachatai.com/journal/2017/11/74204">joint statement</a> vowing not to legitimise the military government by taking part in any mechanisms of the regime.</p>

<p>The military has summoned two key leaders of a rubber farmers association in southern Thailand to a military base.</p> <p>On 19 November 2017, Sunthorn Rakrong, President of the Association of Rubber Growers in 16 Southern Provinces, told&nbsp;<a href="https://www.matichon.co.th/news/736957">Matichon Online</a>&nbsp;that the military took two key leaders of the Association to a military base in Chumphon Province.</p>

<div> <div>A student activist convicted of lèse majesté has revealed that prison staff ordered him to take off his clothes and rubbed his genitals five times in a search for drugs.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On 16 November 2017, Jatupat Boonpattaraksa, also known as Pai Dao Din, was summoned to Phu Khiao Provincial Court to be tried for violating the 2016 Referendum Act.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Jatupat and another student activist, Wasin Prommanee, were accused of inciting chaos during the junta-sponsored constitutional referendum in August 2016. </div></div>