<p>On 9 June 2010, the Royal Thai Police released a list of names, alleged crimes, and places of detention of those being held under the Emergency Decree. The original list, which can be found <a href="http://www.saranitet.police.go.th/pdf/news09062553.pdf">here</a> and which Prachatai <a href="http://www.prachatai3.info/journal/2010/06/29942">reported</a> on , is organized by police unit and alleged crime. Appended below, there is an English-language version of this list. The list appended below has organized this information by the name of each detainee and their place of detention.</p>
<p>At an Army meeting, the 1st Division Commander insisted that military troops were not responsible for the 6 deaths in Pathumwanaram Temple. The Army will send ISOC staff to give correct information to villagers.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The Ministry of Interior has started a project entitled ‘Volunteers to Protect the Monarchy’ to recruit volunteers from villages across the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>Clip of paramedic Keng talking about the incident at Pathumwanaram Temple where 6 people were shot dead on 19 May, with English subtitle. Read about the little guy and the female paramedic mentioned in the clip <a href="http://www.prachatai.org/english/node/1863">here</a> and <a href="http://www.prachatai.org/english/node/1861">here</a>. </p>
<p>Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, a veteran labour activist and editor of Voice of Taksin magazine, has written to the National Human Rights Commission, calling on the body to look into his case. He and Chulalongkorn history lecturer Dr Suthachai Yimprasert reported to the CRES on 21 May, and were sent to be held in custody at a military camp in Saraburi. They were denied the right to see lawyers. Suthachai was released on 1 May, but Somyot has still remained in detention. Several labour groups in Thailand and other countries have been campaigning to call for his release.</p>
By Thai Netizen Network |
<p>Prachatai's director, Ms.Chiranuch Premchaiporn as the accused intermediary under Computer Crime Act 2007, is scheduled by Criminal Court for first hearing today afternoon, Monday 31st, May 2010 at Criminal Court, Ratchadapisek Road at 1.30 pm. onwards. </p>
<p>Ms.Chiranuch Premchaiporn, director and web moderator of Thai online news portal Prachatai, was granted bail with a 300,000 baht bond in March 31st, 2010 after prosecutors eventually filed a lawsuit against her under the Computer Crimes Act. </p>
<p>The Criminal Court set May 31 for the first hearing to check defence and prosecution witness lists. She is accused of allowing lese majeste comments on Prachatai’s online discussion board. If convicted she faces up to 50 years’ imprisonment. She was first arrested in March 6, 2009. </p>
<p>After the hearing on May 31st, the Criminal Court will set the dates for the trial on this case. </p>
<p>CRES spokesperson Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd said that Chulalongkorn academic Suthachai Yimprasert had the right to go on a hunger strike, which must make him hungry, but insisted that the CRES was authorized to detain him under the Emergency Decree.</p>
By Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation |
<p>An 18-year-old high school graduate has become the subject of an on-line hate campaign over alleged insult of the Royal institution. Natthakarn Sakundarachat also claims that she has been refused a place at Silpakorn University because her highly controversial postings on her Facebook account. Natthakarn Sakundarachat, also known as “Karn Thoop” in cyber space, told The Nation yesterday she had received death threats both on-and off-line. Internet users have spread her picture and family details and vilified her through repeated forward mail, she said.</p>
<p class="rteleft">On 23 May, hundreds of red shirts from various districts of Kalasin, Sakon Nakhon and Mukdahan attended the funeral of Akkaradej Khankaew, or the ‘small person’, one of six people killed during the carnage in Pathumwanaram Temple on 19 May.</p>
<p>Kamolkade Akkahad was 25 when she was shot dead inside Pathumwanaram Temple on 19 May. She was called Kade by her friends, but was Moo (pig) to her family members, as she ate a lot and was plump, according to her mother.</p>
<p>www.prachatai1.info has been blocked by the CRES since about 11 am today. www.prachatai.com, the original, was among the first batch of 36 websites ordered blocked by the CRES on 8 April. Its domain name was changed to www.prachatai.net until it was blocked on 5 May. Prachatai then changed its domain name to www.prachatai1.com which was immediately blocked on the same day. <a href="http://www.prachatai.info">www.prachatai.info</a> could continue until 20 May, and had to change to www.prachatai1.info until today. As of now (4.31 pm, 26 May), Prachatai can be accessed at www.prachatai2.info. </p>
<p>The latest number of websites closed or blocked by the CRES is 1,150, increasing from 770 as of last week. A source at the CRES, however, said that some websites had been inaccessible due to traffic overload, not ordered closed by the CRES, and blamed ISPs for redirecting to the CRES page. </p>