Comments on: A sufficiently tight media lid

By: fall

fall — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:30:37 +0000

The damage was done by proposing such law, but for Privy Council to put it down was a double whammy.
The Privy Council should have no right in influencing whether the law can or cannot be pass. It give the image that certain position are influential in making the law. Even the king does not immediately drop the Jufer case, but let it goes through trial and then pardon him.

Either this insane law should have been voted down, or drop quietly without refering to Privy Council call.

By: Thai Chat

Thai Chat — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:58:15 +0000

Thailand is the epitome of Democracy ! Great !

By: nganadeeleg

nganadeeleg — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:54:47 +0000

I cannot speak for those highly educated elite members of the NLA, but I do understand where they are coming from in trying to block malicious material.
I think they went about it the wrong way, but sometimes emotion gets in the way of rationality.

I still think the best amendment to the lese majeste laws would be to limit who can make the charge.

I like the David Streckfuss suggested amendment ”only by order of the King or with his consent” as mentioned in today’s editorial in the Bangkok Post.

By: Srithanonchai

Srithanonchai — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:59:24 +0000

Yes, I am pleased with the outcome. But why should it need a telephone call from a privy councilor to tell all those highly educated elite members of the NLA who backed both amendments what “sanity” in this case is? Should they not have known by themselves? And they were not at all convinced, but merely followed the order of a person higher up in the hierarchy. The same people, by the way, accuse up-country voters of not being mature enough to have the right to vote, and charge that they follow suggestions by their leaders as for how to vote, instead of using their own judgement!

By: nganadeeleg

nganadeeleg — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:42:20 +0000

Why should a member of the NLA and his backers care about what a privy councilor tells him on the phone?

Maybe it took a privy councilor to convince them of the irrationality of their proposals.

You should be pleased that sanity has prevailed.

By: Srithanonchai

Srithanonchai — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:05:52 +0000

Why should a member of the NLA and his backers care about what a privy councilor tells him on the phone?

Amendment bills to increase penatlies on lese majeste cases withdrawn

A National Legislative Assembly member Tuesday withdrew two bills designed to amend the Criminal Code and Criminal Procedural Code to increase penalties on lese majeste cases.

Pornphet Wichitcholchai, the NLA member, who proposed the bills, said he withdrew them after receiving a phone call from a privy counicllor, saying the Privy Council did not agree with the amendments.

The amendments seek to insert a clause in Article 112 of the criminal law that covers offences against the monarchy institution to include offences against representatives of the King and the King’s sons and daughters.

The Nation 9 October 2007

By: Vichai N.

Vichai N. — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:59:52 +0000

Andrew Walker said: Some of the most potentially damaging material appearing on the internet (the extraordinary birthday party video in particular) appears to have impeccable provenance.

Me thinks Andrew Walker’s fascination with this particular royal birthday video is peeping Tomish.