Camera shortage becomes an excuse to delay implementing key provisions of anti-torture law

[webfact]

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By Thai PBS World’s Political Desk

Rights groups are up in arms over the government’s delay in implementing key provisions of the new torture and forced disappearance prevention act, citing a frivolous reason, such as lack of equipment.

 

The Cabinet on February 14 approved a decree to postpone the implementation of articles 22 to 25 of the “Act on Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance” from February 22 to October 1. Government deputy spokesperson Ratchada Thanadirek said the delay in implementation of the law was because more time was needed to train officials and procure the equipment, including over 100,000 surveillance devices.

 

The concerned articles of the act require the responsible officials to ensure video and audio recordings during the arrest and detention process. The officials must record and report information about the detainees, including their identity, as well as physical and mental condition.

 

In case of death in custody, the responsible officials must report the cause of death and the location where the body was kept. Such information must be given to lawyers and relatives of the detainees upon request.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/camera-shortage-becomes-an-excuse-to-delay-implementing-key-provisions-of-anti-torture-law/

 

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[kotsak]

Yeap, camera shortage.. Blame the hoes on Chaturbate and Onlyfans for buying all those cameras.. ????

 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The concerned articles of the act require the responsible officials to ensure video and audio recordings during the arrest and detention process. The officials must record and report information about the detainees, including their identity, as well as physical and mental condition.

I see the problem...

[ignore it]

"Ratchada Thanadirek said the delay in implementation of the law was because more time was needed to train officials and procure the equipment"

 

Are they going to train the officials on different torture techniques or how to pose?

[Pedrogaz]

Whenever there is torture, the cops will simply say the equipment wasn't turned on or is broken. 

[kotsak]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Government deputy spokesperson Ratchada Thanadirek said the delay in implementation of the law was because more time was needed to train officials and procure the equipment, including over 100,000 surveillance devices.

Yeah, right.. I bet they are all experts posting photos/videos and using social media on their mobile phones but they need training for simpler equipment that most likely have one button..

[Banana7]

As usual, it's a matter of money, or who gets it. There are lots and lots of cameras and recording equipment available for sale, not only in Thailand, but also in other countries, but Thailand doesn't want to pay the price. They want the recording and video storage equipment, that breaks down easily or stops working when required.

 

I just bought a 16 channel/camera network video recorder (digital NVR, capable of 4K display) for 4K baht, and a variety of sophisticated IP cameras, up to 6MP resolution, each cost 1.5-5K baht. NVR can be accessed via internet and upload to the cloud. The cams also have SD cards so that they will record onto the sd card the last few moments prior to losing power. 32 channel NVRs are also readily available. Best to get multiple NVR for every station/facility in case of breakdown and have spare channels on each NVR. Also arrange the cams so that each cam covers other cams and the recorder/internet router/gateway. Cams also have a tamper alarm and lost video alarm. Lots of WDC purple drives, made in Thailand, 4TB and 6TB available too.

 

There is absolutely no excuse to not have all police stations/facilities fully recording with state-of-the-art surveilance equipment, within a month. One can easily buy thousands of Petabytes (1,024 terrabytes) of cloud storage, so that no video "disappears". Lock all video uploaded to the cloud so it is read only and can't be deleted or altered.

 

The Police chief of any station should be fired if the station's cameras stop recording.

[jacko45k]

Never heard of Lazada, Shoppee nor Alibaba?

[Artisi]

7 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Never heard of Lazada, Shoppee nor Alibaba?

Yeah, but no kick-back from them - so not on the preferred list of suppliers.