Thailand Sentences 7 to Jail for Protesting Myanmar Coup

[scorecard]

On 8/25/2023 at 8:27 AM, ikke1959 said:

Protests??? Democracy?? even for people in another country to support is punishable in Thailand... Thailand the land of smiles. It once was.. Nowadays it is Thailand the land to shut your mouth

Just wondering whether this involved the military brotherhood across the 2 countries.

 

I guess others noticed the short video a month back of prayut rushing to greet and give a long hug to the nasty violent vicious military leader/dictator runnng myanmar. 

[zzaa09]

35 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Just wondering whether this involved the military brotherhood across the 2 countries.

 

I guess others noticed the short video a month back of prayut rushing to greet and give a long hug to the nasty violent vicious military leader/dictator runnng myanmar. 

The deeper influence and manipulated strings of militarism is still very much part and parcel of the government/establishment make up - regardless of the mock civilian governments and the faux elections. 

 

Been the essence of the ruling elite for ages. 

[impulse]

Someone help me out here.  From the linked Irrawaddy article:

 

The court suspended the sentences of all defendants except Punnaphat, who requested bail.

TLHR later reported that Punnaphat was granted bail after posting 150,000 baht as security.

 

Does that mean the sentence is suspended and they're free unless they do something wrong, or that they're released to get their affairs in order before they have to show up at the prison?

 

Edited August 27, 2023 by impulse