Mugshots Allowed Again

[george]

Mugshots allowed

BANGKOK: -- The policy barring photo-journalists from taking pictures of criminal suspects has been relaxed, a police spokesman told a seminar yesterday.

Police Colonel Phinit Maneerat said press conferences would be allowed but without the suspects paraded in front of cameras. Only mugshots of suspects prepared by police, or ID-card photos, can be distributed and published in news reports.

The officer was speaking at a seminar entitled “Direction of News Coverage after the Iron Rules” organised by photographers covering criminal news and university lecturers on journalism.

Press conferences would not be held after every arrest, he said. Mano Thongparn, a lawyer, said crime reporters and photographers needed to utilise investigative skills to dig deeper into details in each case and had to be more careful about including opinions about suspects in their reports. Jittima Phanutecha, who represents a human rights group, said the situation was a dilemma for all parties involved.

--The Nation 2006-01-17

[Maestro]

Good. I was getting bored seeing only the photo of You Know Who on the front page.

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Maestro

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Thai Rath Newspaper will be relieved

[ratcatcher]

Mugshots allowed

BANGKOK: -- The policy barring photo-journalists from taking pictures of criminal suspects has been relaxed, a police spokesman told a seminar yesterday.

Police Colonel Phinit Maneerat said press conferences would be allowed but without the suspects paraded in front of cameras. Only mugshots of suspects prepared by police, or ID-card photos, can be distributed and published in news reports.

The officer was speaking at a seminar entitled “Direction of News Coverage after the Iron Rules” organised by photographers covering criminal news and university lecturers on journalism.

Press conferences would not be held after every arrest, he said. Mano Thongparn, a lawyer, said crime reporters and photographers needed to utilise investigative skills to dig deeper into details in each case and had to be more careful about including opinions about suspects in their reports. Jittima Phanutecha, who represents a human rights group, said the situation was a dilemma for all parties involved.

--The Nation 2006-01-17

Pardon me, but does that mean that the pictures of the alleged killers of Katherine Horton are not allowed to be published ?

After they were published in the Bangkok Post and The Nation. Just wondering.