New entry rule at Government House turns away old time journalist

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Long time Government House journalist Mrs Yuwadee Tunyasiri was today banned from entering Government House to cover government news as usual when a new regulation regarding security measures came into effect.

 

The measures were introduced to restrict entries by media representatives to cover news of the prime minister, and daily news events at Government House.

 

Under the new security regulation, media representatives stationed at Government House to cover news, are allowed to use only Gate 1 to enter the compound of Government House.

 

Journalists entering the Government House this morning were required to bring their identification cards (ID) issued by the Office of the Spokesman of the Secretariat of the Prime Minister’s Office to exchange for temporary entry cards as their ID cards are going to expire end of December this year.

 

The Office of the Spokesman has earlier notified all news offices which have their journalists stationed at Government House to issue documents to certify the journalist status of their employees two months in advance before end of December this year.

 

The notification said journalists who have no certification letter from their offices will be absolutely disallowed to enter Government House.

 

But Government House journalists saw this new regulation was meant only to bar a certain journalist from entry, Mrs Yuwadee, a senior journalist who had retired from Bangkok Post, and now works as a freelance reporter.

 

She is said to be critical of the prime minister

 

Mrs Yuwadee was not allowed to enter as usual this morning when she was told by officials that her journalist card has expired and she does not attach permanently to any news office.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/new-entry-rule-at-government-house-turns-away-old-time-journalist/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-11-01

Another step, a quite one, of the Junta to manupulate the press  and informations to the people of this country. Thats not the way of a step foreard to a more democratic country!

I am not a junta fan, but it seems that she was not refused entry. She could have complied with the request - maybe it was a loss of face thing.

 

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Mrs Yuwadee was not allowed to enter as usual this morning when she was told by officials that her journalist card has expired and she does not attach permanently to any news office.

Officials told her if she insisted on entering as usual, she has to exchange her ID card with a temporary entry card.

Upset by the new measure, the career journalist chose to walk away instead after she was denied entry.

 

 

Usual paranoia from the head honcho, with a nobody loves me syndrome!

 

Edited November 1, 20169 yr by maxcorrigan

2 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

Mrs Yuwadee was not allowed to enter as usual this morning when she was told by officials that her journalist card has expired and she does not attach permanently to any news office.

She was not attached permanently to any news office. Translated we do not want independent thinkers here that do not accept the PM at face value. 

Sour grapes, press censorship? Or maybe it's to stop the press bullying the poor PM and making him hot headed. Hissy fit protection.

51 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

I am not a junta fan, but it seems that she was not refused entry. She could have complied with the request - maybe it was a loss of face thing.

 

 

 

She can't comply because she needs a letter from a news office saying she is their employee and she is working as a freelancer.

1 minute ago, nahkit said:

She can't comply because she needs a letter from a news office saying she is their employee and she is working as a freelancer.

 

This is what I read in the linked article ...

 

"Mrs Yuwadee was not allowed to enter as usual this morning when she was told by officials that her journalist card has expired and she does not attach permanently to any news office.

Officials told her if she insisted on entering as usual, she has to exchange her ID card with a temporary entry card.

Upset by the new measure, the career journalist chose to walk away instead after she was denied entry."

 

So it seems she could have entered but chose not to.

1 hour ago, manhood said:

Another step, a quite one, of the Junta to manupulate the press  and informations to the people of this country. Thats not the way of a step foreard to a more democratic country!

They have for quite sometime only released what they want you to hear, I know that students stopped a soccer match earlier in the year with protest and I seen students take over a bridge which had some significance to them,  not a mention in Thailand press.

So where does this leave the people who want to use the public gallery and watch the government work for the people.............................

Had the same thing happen to me at the building where I work when I forgot my wallet with my entry card and couldn't get through the turnstyle to the elevators.

 

I didn't make it out to be a conspiracy.  All visitors to our building need to swap their ID for a pass.  Applies to everyone visiting without an employee pass, and certainly not a conspiracy.  

 

Officials told her if she insisted on entering as usual, she has to exchange her ID card with a temporary entry card.

Upset by the new measure, the career journalist chose to walk away instead after she was denied entry.

Sounds more like a tantrum on her part.

 

Edited November 1, 20169 yr by impulse

2 hours ago, elgordo38 said:

She was not attached permanently to any news office. Translated we do not want independent thinkers here that do not accept the PM at face value. 

Nonsense. The requirement to be an accredited journalist, i.e. working for a recognised news organisation, is pretty much standard at government offices worldwide. Otherwise anybody could walk in off the street. And trust me, there are plenty of accredited journos even in Thailand who think for themselves, or are even openly hostile to the current government.

 

Anyhow they offered her an entry card and she refused it. 'Tantrum' may be a bit strong -- we didn't see it, we don't know -- but it was her choice.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

But Government House journalists saw this new regulation was meant only to bar a certain journalist from entry, Mrs Yuwadee, a senior journalist who had retired from Bangkok Post, and now works as a freelance reporter.

 

She is said to be critical of the prime minister

 

Seems rather petty, if true.

" But Government House journalists saw this new regulation was meant only to bar a certain journalist from entry, " Isn't that enough to get you to believe she got shafted? The other journalists seem to agree.  Just more control of ideas and voices from the regime. The old journalist probably knows a hell of a lot and wouldn't worry about asking questions that Prayuth should answer. Many of the other journalists in Thailand are... well... here they are dressed as primary school kids for Prayuth. Do journalists dress up for Obama or Putin?

 

 

Link to story of pic. The title says it all but I can't post it here.

http://www.khaosodenglish.com/opinion/2016/01/16/1452933920/

Edited November 1, 20169 yr by Alive

Doubts over new controls on journalists at Govt House
By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

 

VETERAN FREELANCE REPORTER BANNED FROM ENTERING SENSITIVE COMPOUND

 

BANGKOK: -- TIGHTER NEW measures to filter unregistered reporters on the Government House beat has cast doubts about whether it is really being done for security concerns alone.

 

Last Friday, the Office of the Government Spokes-person announced that it would revoke all reporters’ ID cards from Monday onwards. To obtain new IDs, reporters are required to go to the spokesman’s office in person to re-register as well as take a photograph. They are also required to carry an endorsement letter from their employer.

 

Government Spokesman Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd explained that the new measure aims to ensure that the reporters belong to the companies they say they do. This also means that freelance reporters will no longer be allowed into the Government House compound, he added.

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/politics/30298935

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2016-11-02

So the ID cards expire at the end of December, well we are not there yet!!

Classic case of a woman not getting her own way, so she spits out the dummy.

Let's take off the white gloves....

Assuming it wasn't a petty, childish response towards a journalist, the obvious solution would be to extend credentials to current/existing/long-term reporters regardless of affiliation, who obviously were fulfilling a purpose.

 

Restricting the press, in any fashion, is not a sign of a vibrant, free, open 'government'.

 

What's next, a height requirement for reporters? Only allowing Army Ch. 5 reporters?

18 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

 

This is what I read in the linked article ...

 

"Mrs Yuwadee was not allowed to enter as usual this morning when she was told by officials that her journalist card has expired and she does not attach permanently to any news office.

Officials told her if she insisted on entering as usual, she has to exchange her ID card with a temporary entry card.

Upset by the new measure, the career journalist chose to walk away instead after she was denied entry."

 

So it seems she could have entered but chose not to.

 

So did I, and the last line in the linked article says this:-

 

" If any journalist has no ID card issued by the Office of the Spokesman, then he or she must show ID cards of their offices to change for temporary cards for entry. "

 

So even obtaining a temporary card would appear to require that you are attached to an office.

15 minutes ago, nahkit said:

 

So did I, and the last line in the linked article says this:-

 

" If any journalist has no ID card issued by the Office of the Spokesman, then he or she must show ID cards of their offices to change for temporary cards for entry. "

 

So even obtaining a temporary card would appear to require that you are attached to an office.

 

She'd have eliminated any skepticism had she actually tried and been denied with whatever ID she had.

1 minute ago, impulse said:

 

She'd have eliminated any skepticism had she actually tried and been denied with whatever ID she had.

Do we know that she didn't try that?

 

I haven't seen any article that says she refused to provide her own id.

4 hours ago, colinneil said:

Classic case of a woman not getting her own way, so she spits out the dummy.

Classic misogynist/neanderthal response.

 

"Mrs Yuwadee is a freelance reporter after her retirement from the Bangkok Post. She reportedly walked out of the Government House after she was told to produce a letter of certification from an office. "

4 minutes ago, nahkit said:

Do we know that she didn't try that?

 

I haven't seen any article that says she refused to provide her own id.

 

She very may well have, but my comments are based on this tidbit from the OP link:

 

Officials told her if she insisted on entering as usual, she has to exchange her ID card with a temporary entry card.

Upset by the new measure, the career journalist chose to walk away instead after she was denied entry.

Just as a professional courtesy, you'd think journalists writing about other (retired) journalists could wedge some pertinent details into their reporting.  I see the plot is thickening as the revisionist articles are coming out.  I'm sure both sides have their strategies mapped out.  So I'm pretty skeptical about whatever will come out now.

1 minute ago, impulse said:

 

She very may well have, but my comments are based on this tidbit from the OP link:

 

Officials told her if she insisted on entering as usual, she has to exchange her ID card with a temporary entry card.

Upset by the new measure, the career journalist chose to walk away instead after she was denied entry.

Just as a professional courtesy, you'd think journalists writing about other (retired) journalists could wedge some pertinent details into their reporting.  I see the plot is thickening as the revisionist articles are coming out.  I'm sure both sides have their strategies mapped out.  So I'm pretty skeptical about whatever will come out now.

Hi,

I agree that the details in the report leave a lot to be desired, the quote I used in post #20 came from the same report as the above lines that you have used.

6 minutes ago, nahkit said:

Hi,

I agree that the details in the report leave a lot to be desired, the quote I used in post #20 came from the same report as the above lines that you have used.

 

If she wanted to make a point, she should have gone the extra mile, waited in line and been refused entry.   As it is, she left her antagonists with too much wiggle room.

21 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

 

This is what I read in the linked article ...

 

"Mrs Yuwadee was not allowed to enter as usual this morning when she was told by officials that her journalist card has expired and she does not attach permanently to any news office.

Officials told her if she insisted on entering as usual, she has to exchange her ID card with a temporary entry card.

Upset by the new measure, the career journalist chose to walk away instead after she was denied entry."

 

So it seems she could have entered but chose not to.

I do not know her age but if she is close to mine I can understand her feelings. Hurdle jumping is not my cup of tea. Women are also a different in their approach to things not like us gung ho men. Maybe her freedom of speech hormones were at elevated levels and she just said well you know. The Trudeau salute. 

Edited November 2, 20169 yr by elgordo38

22 hours ago, tukkytuktuk said:

Sour grapes, press censorship? Or maybe it's to stop the press bullying the poor PM and making him hot headed. Hissy fit protection.

When you have a job in life where your rather omnipotent for a long period of time its hard to adjust to listening to others viewpoints. They take a rather "Off with you rabble" stance and stick to it grab their scepter and sit back on their golden throne. Next complainer!!

What issue?  If I were to turn up at the entrance  to a restricted  venue with an id. not valid but  declare I am an "independant" of  any organization  what  should I expect?   "oh  yes.  we know  your  face " ?

 

I thought this thread was going to be about Bernard Trink.