<p><a href="http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1428499308&typecate=06&section=">Khaosod English</a>: A top Redshirt leader says he will comply with the junta's orders to scale back an event planned for Friday to commemorate the Redshirt protesters who were killed in the 2010 military crackdown. </p>
<p>An anti-corruption group has filed a lèse majesté complaint against a former senator from Thailand’s Northeast. </p>
<p>According to <a href="http://www.matichon.co.th/news_detail.php?newsid=1428478791">Matichon Online</a>, on 8 April 2015, Sorachat Thongpen, the secretary-general of the Dhammaphiban Group (Good Governance Group) of the People’s Network Against Corruption, submitted a lèse majesté complaint to the Justice Ministry against Prasert Prakoonsuksapan, former senator of the northeastern province of Khon Kaen.</p>
<div><a href="http://www.khaosodenglish.com/index.php">Khaosod English</a>: An southern army commander has formally apologized the deadly raid that a fact-finding panel says killed four young men who had no connection to the local Islamic insurgency.</div>
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<div>The four men, in their early twenties and thirties, were shot dead by security officers during a raid in To Chud village in Pattani province on 25 March.
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<p>Conflict between local leaders in Northeastern Nakhon Ratchasima Province, commonly known as Khorat, has led to a lèse majesté accusation. The conflict is centred on the campaign to separate Bua Yai and seven other districts from the large province in the Northeast. </p>
<p>Human rights groups denounced the Thai junta’s new law which broadens its authority in all branches of governance, saying that it is against democracy and human rights. </p>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-30650f4f-84d6-11b2-11a7-0ff1c9c46913">The military in the restive Deep South on Friday searched and collected DNA samples of civil society workers without warrants after about 20 peace activists were earlier detained.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr">The fishery authority in southern province of Songkhla concealed the existence of illegal fishing industry from the European Union officials out of fear of that the fishery export will be cut. </p>
<p>The fishery authority in the southern province of Songkhla concealed the existence of illegal fishing from European Union officials out of fear of that fishery exports would be cut. </p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0a6df398-7f1b-573b-5f76-3db3788f2dfd">The military have detained 17 people in the restive southern province of Narathiwat with no explanation given. The arrests are believed to be related to last week’s extrajudicial killing of 4 youths. </span></p>
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<div>The European Union Spokesman on Thursday criticized the junta's replacement of martial law with Section 44 of the interim charter. </div>
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<div>"The EU has repeatedly called for martial law to be lifted and the democratic process to be restored in Thailand. The replacement of martial law by Order Number 3/2015 does not bring Thailand closer to democratic and accountable government. </div>
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<div>Military courts should not be used to try civilians.
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<div><a href="http://www.khaosodenglish.com/index.php">Khaosod English</a>: Police say seven soldiers wanted for killing four men during a raid in Pattani province failed to report to hear murder charges Wednesday.</div>
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<div>The seven soldiers postponed the meeting “indefinitely,” said Pol.Maj.Gen. Kritsakorn Pleethanyawong, commander of Pattani police force.
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<div>Martial Law as anounced on 20 May 2014 was lifted on Wednesday night and was immediately replaced by Order number 3/2558 (3/2015) issued by General Prayuth Chan-ocha in his capacity as Head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).
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