Netizens urged to stop posts on poll eve

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Netizens urged to stop posts on poll eve

Published: 25 Feb 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

An election official has warned social network users to stop campaigning for candidates from the evening of March 2, the eve of the Bangkok governor election.

Pol Lt Gen Thaweesak Tuchinda, chief of the election committee in Bangkok, said content about the election could be posted online until 6pm on the day before polling. After that, such posts must stop until March 3 at midnight. Violators are liable to a jail term of 1-10 years and a fine of 20,000-200,000 baht.

The restriction does not apply to online interpersonal communications as long as they are not publicised later.

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Discussion 2 : 27 Feb 2013 at 07.262
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"She said she would meet her elder brother and former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Hong Kong."
Even PM is meeting her brother in Hong Kong. Guess it's ok for any thai to meet thaksin in Hong Kong, including the metropolitan police chief.....
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Discussion 1 : 25 Feb 2013 at 20.291
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"An election official has warned social network users to stop campaigning for candidates from the evening of March 2, the eve of the Bangkok governor election... Violators are liable to a jail term of 1-10 years and a fine of 20,000-200,000 baht." In their zeal for a corruption-free election, the election commission has forgotten "free speech." Or perhaps they feel they are above the Constitution.
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