Junta files charges against 50 people for Democracy Monument protest

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Junta files charges against 50 people for Democracy Monument protest

By The Nation

 

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The junta has filed police complaints against 50 people for taking part in an allegedly illegal demonstration near Democracy Monument last Saturday.

 

The accused include seven leaders of the demonstration, who had accused the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) of attempting to stay in power by postponing the next election.

 

Colonel Burin Thongprapai, an NCPO official, filed a complaint at Bangkok’s Nang Loeng Police Station against six leaders on Tuesday, and another against the seventh leader and 43 other protesters on Wednesday, a source said on Thursday.

 

The seven accused leaders were identified as Rangsiman Rome, Sirawit Serithiwat, Kant Pongprapan, Anon Nampa, Nutta Mahattana, Sakrit Piansuwan and Chonthicha Jangrew. 

 

They were accused of leading a demonstration that violated a junta ban on political gatherings and instigating disturbances.

 

The 43 other protesters were accused of violating the junta ban against political gatherings of five people or more. 

 

Most of them were accused of having links to the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), according to the source, who added that they had been monitored by authorities.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30338950

 

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[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

[tracker1]

People are starting to get restless better get on with democracy or things might get out of control 

[wakeupplease]

Freedom not on your life here, exit time

[Thailand]

Latest protests in Chiang Mai, still small but gaining ground.

 

And with the Shins becoming mammoths in the room the ptb must be having sleepless nights. 

[greenchair]

Every now and then since 2014, there has been a window of opportunity to fix this abomination of chains. 

There's a window here now. 

Don't drop the ball this time. 

[debate101]

Every bully is a coward at heart.

[jonclark]

It' not the police filing charges,

It's not the public filing charges,

It's not the courts filing charges,

It's not businesses filing charges,

 

It's the government!

 

No one else has an issue, except the NCPO.

 

Interpret that as you wish.

[LazySlipper]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The accused include seven leaders of the demonstration, who had accused the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) of attempting to stay in power by postponing the next election

 

Really can't see what's wrong with this. 

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Most of them were accused of having links to the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), according to the source, who added that they had been monitored by authorities.

Is this all they got? Seems like made up charges.

 

[sammieuk1]

Start the day the junta way tried and tested in every unelected government around the world bring your opponents' down on trumped up links .

[colinneil]

Sounds like children in the school playground.

You cannot speak to them i dont like them.

Pathetic thats what it is, they are running scared that their time at the trough is running out.

 

[yellowboat]

They promise elections in November or February 2018, but have not allowed any campaigning.   And they cannot fathom why people do not trust them.  The junta is an embarrassment to Thailand.

[nobodysfriend]

Big brother does not want to be criticized . They want to be above the law , untouchable ...

[manhood]

This shows the way of "going forward to democracy" of this junta leaded government!

And for me it's always like that: for more they use the "new laws to protect their power" for more there is a shithole that has to be protected as it's just to stay in power and ruin more and more this country and their people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OHHHH forget, thats the road map of Prayut!

[holy cow cm]

It will get real interesting when the conscribed and voluntarily signed up service men of all ranks have had enough of their fat heads. Truth of the matter is there are a lot of red shirts in the military and the straws maybe getting heavy on the camels back. 

[Sonhia]

Pathetic!!!!

 

Was anyone attacked? Was property destroyed? Were firearms used? 

 

Oh! I forget that individuals are not permitted to have an opinion.

 

Hang them all!! 

 

 

 

 

[Lupatria]

Is it possible the junta chief was lying a little bit in his recent speech about Human Rights? I feel I need to consult our expert Steven 100 for clarity. 

[YetAnother]

1 hour ago, yellowboat said:

They promise elections in November or February 2018, but have not allowed any campaigning.   And they cannot fathom why people do not trust them.  The junta is an embarrassment to Thailand.

agreed; hard to come to any other conclusion than they simply do not know what they are doing;

they Can think in only one way, that of military generals

[Srikcir]

Democracy Monument commemorates the 1932 Siamese coup d'etat. 

What was the relevancy to "democracy?" Here we are today with the nineteenth coup d'etat now in power for more than three years and counting. Maybe the monument celebrated military freedom but Thai civilians seem to have been largely neglected - except as easy targets for the military.

Should have been called the Coup d'etat Monument.

 

[DM07]

Yes!

Time to get out your whistles and demand reform before elections...oh...wait....

[eliotness]

Oh the irony,  being arrested for demonstrating for a return to democracy at the Democracy Monument. 

[Media1]

The Nation files complaint against temporary.overstaying government. We don't want you

[Media1]

Oh and the source is a liar just like the current leader lol.

[Media1]

58 minutes ago, Sonhia said:

Pathetic!!!!

 

Was anyone attacked? Was property destroyed? Were firearms used? 

 

Oh! I forget that individuals are not permitted to have an opinion.

 

Hang them all!! 

 

 

 

 

They are liars and still using red in there vocabulary. Regime is over bad people 

[metisdead]

A troll baiting post containing a disallowed reference to the PM has been removed. 

[yellowboat]

2 hours ago, YetAnother said:

agreed; hard to come to any other conclusion than they simply do not know what they are doing;

they Can think in only one way, that of military generals

Think it is more profoundly ignorant than that.  They ignore common sense or they talk far too much to the point where they contradict themselves.  It is an ignorance that does not learn from intellectual teachings from China or the west.  It is an ignorance bordering on a mild insanity. 

[Tilacme]

It was only the start of the week that p was calling for greater respect for human rights, now a few days later he is harassing peaceful protesters.  Is his word worth a flick of a finger?

[mrmicbkktxl]

4 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

Big brother does not want to be criticized . They want to be above the law , untouchable ...

They are untouchable!!!Do you think any of those generals will end up in prison for treason or other criminal activities?

Besides that they gave them self immunity,I think that was the first new law after they toppled the legit government.

[Srikcir]

2 hours ago, mrmicbkktxl said:

I think that was the first new law after they toppled the legit government.

Amnesty was granted in Article 48 of the 2014 Interim Charter (aka Provisional Constitution) published by the NCPO after its coup. Article 44 gave the NCPO absolute power. No law or NCPO Order per se was necessary.

 

[mrmicbkktxl]

3 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

Amnesty was granted in Article 48 of the 2014 Interim Charter (aka Provisional Constitution) published by the NCPO after its coup. Article 44 gave the NCPO absolute power. No law or NCPO Order per se was necessary.

 

Oh well,law or order or.... they are untouchable now and will be in the future