Activist charged for sarcastic Facebook poll mocking Prayut

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha holds a toddler during a Thursday visit of a pediatric clinic in Prachinburi province.

 

BANGKOK — A parody poll on Facebook about junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha prompted police to charge a transparency activist Sunday with violating the Computer Crime Act.

 

Veera Somkwamkid, a former leader of the Yellowshirt movement and vocal critic of the military regime, said he will turn himself in on Wednesday over the poll, which asked users to choose which was true: seven rosy promises from a song written by Prayuth or “none of the above.”

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2017/03/13/activist-charged-sarcastic-facebook-poll-mocking-prayuth/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2017-03-13

mmmm

not an "official" poll

dangerous to the security of the realm

Veera posted a survey on Facebook with multiple choice questions as to the junta's fulfilling of promises, ending with none of the above. It was just 132 responders, all of whom picked the last answer. To wit, 'What have they done? Bugger all'.

What's this...the new way for parents to scare kids into obedience? " You behave kids or I'll ask Uncle Too to come around". Scary.

Tongue in cheek

on Facebook polls

Internet police

are government trolls

 

PS -- I'm no fan of Veera but this is absurd.

Sarcastic. Geez he better not come  and read threads on here. It is full of sarcasm. That's the whole point.

Whatever happened to...

 

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“Criticism based on good-faith intentions is allowed, of course,” Col. Olan Sukkasem said by telephone.

 

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Remarks that are inflammatory or untrue are forbidden, the officer said.

 

 

This is the path towards unity and reconciliation. Law suits for expressing your opinion. 

 

 

41 minutes ago, Prbkk said:

What's this...the new way for parents to scare kids into obedience? " You behave kids or I'll ask Uncle Too to come around". Scary.

In Nazi Germany it was the children turning in their parents

Pretty easy for the junta to use their golf-bag of "laws" (113 - 118; Computer Crimes) to persecute anyone who expresses an opinion which is not acceptable.

 

And people wonder why the polls are always so "positive"? People understand that if they express their true opinion they could be jailed.

 

Reconciliation you will like, or else.

"Olan Sukkasem of the Technology Crime Police, the police unit prosecuting Veera, said it’s clear his intention was to defame the government, which is illegal.

And yet, just last week, the PM denied a report of Human Rights abuses and said people were free to express their opinions.

It is particulalry funny that the majority of answers to the "poll" were that the Governmment are indeed doing a very bad job.

So once again the infamous "Computer Crimes Act" is rolled out, which allows the guilty to prosecute the innocent.

And yet, just last week, the PM denied a report of Human Rights abuses and said people were free to express their opinions.

 

Yes, everyone is free to express their opinion, as long as it supports the junta.

 

 

Edited March 13, 20179 yr by mtls2005

2 hours ago, Prbkk said:

What's this...the new way for parents to scare kids into obedience? " You behave kids or I'll ask Uncle Too to come around". Scary.

Halloween is still a ways off and Prayuth masks are selling like hot cakes. 

Juntas paranoia about questioning and investigative and satire: well that always means there must be some truth behind of it!

And this violating computer act is good to get rid of anybody the junta dont like as it's the open door for not let grow a democracy from the people of the country: only the view of the now acting "government"!

This is truly a sad day in Thailand

So are you saying SNL should not do a skit on the Thai PM and computer crimes?

get Alec Baldwin onto it...

5 Years in solitary......Military court....no defence.......

Certainly 'NO' Freedom of speech in Thailand --- Now Days.................

Don't criticize the powers that be............... Very reminiscent of the Taksin era..................

First, not long ago,  it was "No sex, Please........ We're Thai"

Now it is ........ "If you don't like what we do (or how we spend your money on ourselves) ...... shut up"............

It's not the Thailand I have known for the past 30 odd years where mostly or only 'royalty' were protected.............

TIT................

Criticism is something we can avoid easily

by 

saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing,

 

Aristotle

Only Prayuth and the Junta are permitted to conduct popularity polls on themselves.  Always thought the government sanctioned polls were rubbish.

7 hours ago, sawadeeken said:

Certainly 'NO' Freedom of speech in Thailand --- Now Days.................

Don't criticize the powers that be............... Very reminiscent of the Taksin era..................

First, not long ago,  it was "No sex, Please........ We're Thai"

Now it is ........ "If you don't like what we do (or how we spend your money on ourselves) ...... shut up"............

It's not the Thailand I have known for the past 30 odd years where mostly or only 'royalty' were protected.............

TIT................

 

It's time to pull up stakes and show them the finger, preferably at Old Swampy.

Edited March 14, 20179 yr by bandito
spelling

Just to be clear the dreaded illegal poll was about Prayut's song from May 22, 2014, "Returning Happiness to the People".

 

So clearly there are no bounds for the junta when it comes to persecuting people.

On ‎13‎/‎03‎/‎2017 at 0:45 PM, Laughing Gravy said:

Sarcastic. Geez he better not come  and read threads on here. It is full of sarcasm. That's the whole point.

No problems as his grasp of the English language is severely limited much like his socio-political and economic understandings.