<p><span><span>Events in the last couple of days remind us of the word</span><span>s given by His Majesty the King on 4 December 2005, remembered as the <a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/specials/60thking/dec5.php">"</a></span><span><em><a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/specials/60thking/dec5.php">The King can do wrong</a></em></span><span><a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/specials/60thking/dec5.php">"</a> speech. </span></span></p>

<p>In partnership with Reporters Without Borders and Chinese Human Rights Defenders, a Chinese Internet expert working in IT industry has produced an exclusive study on the key mechanism of the Chinese official system of online censorship, surveillance and propaganda. The author prefers to remain anonymous.</p>

<p><span>Academics and activists voiced their dissent over the Surayud administration's finaliz</span><span>ation of the Japan-Thai Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA), making the trade agreement effective as of Nov 1. </span></p>

<p><span>The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) is set to read two major bills which aim to expand the opportunity for legal action against those who defame, insult or threaten certain personalities. The Amendment of the Penal Code Bill and the Amendment of the Criminal Procedure Code Bill are proposed by Mr. Pornpetch Wichitchonchai, an NLA member. </span></p>

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt">On Oct 6, 2007 Jon Ungphakorn, Chair of the NGO Coordinating Committee on Development, delivered the keynote speech at the 31^st anniversary of Oct 6, 1976, which commemorated the killings of students at Thammasat University.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</span> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt">Jon said he was not one of the so-called October people, as he did not join the events on Oct 14, 1973 and Oct 6, 1976.</span></p>

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" align="left">On 2 October, at the Women&#39;s Study Center, Chiang Mai University, CMU Lecturers for Democracy and the Environment held a press conference to "condemn the Burmese junta&#39;s inhumane repression of the peoples of Burma who have taken to the streets to demand solutions for their ailing economy". </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">&nbsp;</p>

<p>This is the final part of a four-part series on the murder of Phra Supoj Suwajo of Suan Metta Dharm forest monastery in Chiang Mai&#39;s Fang district. <em><span style="font-style: normal"><strong>Questions and doubts: why silent over violence?</strong></span></em><em><strong>&nbsp;</strong></em></p>

<p>We are university lecturers, researchers, policy practitioners, students and activists from 17 countries. We are gathered in Bangkok, Thailand for the International Development Studies Conference on "Mainstreaming Human Security: The Asian Contribution" held on 4-5 October 2007 at Chulalongkorn University. While human security has been emphasized and used as a reference point in this conference, we realize that our fellows in Burma, which is only next door to Thailand, are crying out for their security.</p>

<p>Relatives of detainees in occupational training camps in the South will file a complaint with the provincial courts of Ranong, Chumphon, and Surat Thani claiming illegal detention and ask the courts to order their immediate release.</p>

<p><span>Thai scientists</span><span> reported some grim scenarios of the impact of climate change on Thailand in the next 50 years in a seminar organized by the National Economic and Social Advisory Council on Sept 28, 2007. </span></p>

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black"><font size="2">Amnesty International today announced that a global day of public action in support of the people of Myanmar will be held on 6 October.</font></span></p>

<p><strong>Solving the murder of Phra Supoj: back to the drawing board? </strong>This is the third of a four-part series on the murder of Phra Supoj Suwajo, of Suan Metta Dharm forest monastery in Chiang Mai&#39;s Fang district in June 2005.</p>