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The Ministry of Culture has withdrawn draft legislation to amend the Printing Act of 2007 after the Council of State advised it would be in breach of Section 45 of the constitution, Culture Minister Sukumol Khunploem said on Tuesday.
Ms Sukumol said the Council of State's advice was taken for consideration at the cabinet meeting on Nov 1.
Culture Minister Sukumol Khunploem
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Red-shirt supporters have expressed dismay over ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's call for them to set aside their anger and frustration over social and legal injustices for the sake of national reconciliation.
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Discussion 7 : 09/11/2011 at 06:05 PM7
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The Printing Act of 2007 act is the best law so far. If we amend that Act, it gives whoever is in charge the authority to REVOKE licenses for Newspapers, TV Stations, and Radios. The Printing Act of 2007, did a way with that and authorities no longer have the power to revoke licenses, although they still can censor people. Which ever act is in place, whoever is in charge will always have authority to censor, the difference now is with the current law, the authority can't revoke licenses. It is a major improvement, it worries me why the current government wants to use an act installed 1940s by a dictator military government? Do they want to use that power to threatened people and revoke their licenses?
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Discussion 6 : 08/11/2011 at 11:03 PM6
What's the betting that the Thaksin government will be back to try again soon? Controlling the press is high on the agenda for the planned return of the man abroad.
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Discussion 5 : 08/11/2011 at 10:46 PM5
Thailand needs a "bill of rights"similar to the U.S.A bill of rights,and a NO CORUPTION national policy.By eliminating corruption at all levels of government,the money saved could help to pay decent wages,there by eliminating the need for corruption in the first place.Some one has to say NO to corrupt officals .Who will it be?Perhaps a counter corruption plan starting at the grass root level?Could even be constitution ammendent.Any way something has to be done,sooner rather than lately. As the flood drains off and out of the country,many will soon forget about the flood as they have more important business to take care of; repairing homes,cleaning up the massive ammounts of debris,looking for work,trying to explain to their children what went wrong causing the flood in the first place. When it comes time to elect a new government,maybe the voters will remember the handling of the flood catastrophy and act accordingly Thank you Bangkok Post for allowing my commentary remarks........ Sincerely Geezzer
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Discussion 4 : 08/11/2011 at 08:26 PM4
People are sued for defamation for speaking the truth .If people didnt act so shamelessly people would feel the need to comment about it .
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Discussion 3 : 08/11/2011 at 07:55 PM3
So much fear by this government of the only organization the majority of the people trust. It was tried by another government not too long ago to censor the media, and that resulted in political disaster for that government. Now they are trying to censor the media again by a different route. Why is their so much fear of a free press in Thailand by this government? What are they going to do they don't want the people to know about?
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Discussion 2 : 08/11/2011 at 07:49 PM2
A true democratic country doesnt have censorship, even not preventive. When their seems to be an abuse ( ie diffamation) its up to the Court, and the court alone, to decide if it is. Not to a politician and certainly not to an (biased) army or policeofficer who thinks he has divine powers. from iPhone application.
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Discussion 1 : 08/11/2011 at 06:19 PM1
"After the Council of State advised that the bill would be illegal, the government claimed that all it wanted to do was to change the authority to close down printing shops and newspapers during a time of national emergency - giving it police and taking it away from army generals." Shock horror! Is it maybe because TS controls the police and the military oppose him! Another example of Thailands undemocratic democracy. Even democracies need cencorship, however, it shouldn't be controlled by politicians, the police or military.
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