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<div>The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) has blocked 219 websites which are deemed threats to “national security” according to an order of the military junta and it will ask Facebook, YouTube and Line, a chat application, to ban some user accounts which disseminate “illegal” content, Surachai Srisakam, Permanent Secretary of the MICT, told media on Tuesday. </div>
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<div>The MICT is also drafting a plan to build a national internet gateway so that censorship measures can be applied by the state more efficiently.
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<div>Since May 23, the military junta has arrested 13 anti-coup protesters during protests in Bangkok.
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<p>The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) on Tuesday around 9 p.m announced the imposition of curfew from midnight to 4am, starting Wednesday.</p>
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<div>The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has warned the Thai people not to join anti-coup protests, which they say have been paid by the "outlawed gambling financiers" in order to incite unrest against security officers. </div>
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<div>Army Deputy Spokesperson Colonel Nattawat Chancharoen said following the incitement of protests via social media that offer to pay 400-1,000 baht each, the NCPO is doing all it can to solve the country’s problems and to maintain peace and order.
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<div><em>The following is the statement by Gen. Prayuth Chan-cha on Monday morning after the King appointed him as the head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO). This is an unofficial translation by Prachatai. </em></div>
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<div>I appreciate HM the King’s mercy. I’ll do my best after this. Getting the royal endorsement is the way in which I follow the custom which has been the practice, both in normal times and during crisis. This is an administration under the royal command and which follows the law.
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In North, 16 anti-coup protesters arrested, 9 local red leaders arrested, military raided red radios
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<div>Nine anti-coup protesters were reportedly arrested on Sunday in northern Chiang Rai and in Chiang Mai province on Sunday (1 from Chiang Mai and 8 from Chiang Rai) while seven anti-coup protesters were arrested in Chiang Mai on Saturday alone. </div>
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<div>About 30-50 protesters gathered at various spots in Chiang Mai on Sunday to show their opposition to the coup amid tight security by the military, while in Chiang Rai, protesters defied the military junta twice at McDonald’s. </div>
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<div>In Chiang Mai, the military has used b
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