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<p>Military officers detained a 21-year-old activist briefly in relation to his earlier visit to Rajabhakti Park with other activists and forced him to sign an agreement not the engage in any political activity.</p> <p>Three military officers and a policeman at around 9:30 am on Thursday, 10 December 2015, arrested Chatmongkon Wanli, a young activist who was among more than a dozen detained en route to Rajabhakti Park on Monday.</p> <p>According to Supaluck, the activist’s mother, the officers told her that they would detain him only for a brief discussion.</p>
<p>After the Thai junta’s legal office filed lèse majesté and sedition charges against a factory worker for pressing ‘like’ on Facebook, the police have announced that hundreds more will be charged with lèse majesté for similar actions. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>According to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.matichon.co.th/news_detail.php?newsid=1449800168">Matichon Online</a>, police investigators are now gathering information and evidence to press charges against 20 administrators of an anti-establishment red-shirt Facebook group called ‘the National Red Shirts Association’.</p>
<p>A participant in the Bike for Dad cycling rally to honour HM the King has filed a lèse majesté complaint against Nakhon Sawan provincial authorities for giving him a fake Bike for Dad shirt.</p> <p>According to<a href="http://www.thairath.co.th/content/546946">&nbsp;Thairath News</a>, Banjong Lueadthahan, a participant in the Bike for Dad cycling rally from Mueang District of Nakhon Sawan Province, on Wednesday evening filed a complaint under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté law, against the provincial administration of Nakhon Sawan Province.</p>
<p>A 27-year-old factory worker detained for posting infographics about Rajabhakti Park corruption scandal received additional lèse majesté and sedition charges for liking ‘inappropriate’ Facebook pictures.</p>
<p>A 27 year-old man has been arrested and detained at a military base after he allegedly posted comments and infographics about the Rajabhakti Park corruption scandal online.</p>
<p>The Student Affairs Section of Thammasat University has issued a statement saying that people should not to associate Thammasat with activists demanding a probe into Rajabhakti park scandal, while many academics have urged the University to reconsider its statement.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The Thai police have started a lèse majesté probe into a speech criticising the kingdom’s lèse majesté law made by Glyn T. Davies, the US Ambassador to Thailand. &nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p>
<p>The Thai junta’s law officers have filed a criminal defamation complaint against the lawyer of a Bike for Dad plot suspect while the lawyer alleged that the authorities intimidated her and pressured her client to change his attorney.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The Thai junta leader has said that he cannot guarantee safety for activists who are demanding a probe into Rajabhakti Park corruption scandal while the activists announced that state’s anti-corruption agencies have failed to do their jobs.</p>
<p>A Deep South civil society group has called for an independent investigation into the death of a suspect in custody.</p>
<p>After a number of &nbsp;activists were arrested en route to Rajabhakti Park to investigate its corruption scandals, the poster child of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), the anti-election protest group, said that the park scandal is being used as a trap to pit people against the military government.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><em>Update: According to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.matichon.co.th/news_detail.php?newsid=1449458803">Matichon Online</a>, the military on Monday morning closed off Rajabhakti Park for ‘repairs’ until further notice. Many military personnel are deployed at the park gates.</em></p> <p>Military and police officers have detained anti-junta activists on their way to Rakabhakti Park, a royal theme park plagued with corruption scandals, and detached a train carriage to prevent them from travelling further.</p>
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