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Cyber snooping bill creeps closer into law
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/12/2016
» The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) is expected to pass Cyber Security Bill in its third reading tomorrow -- the final step that will enable the military government to police Thailand's digital sphere.
Stakeholders chip Computer Crime Act
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/11/2016
» The new Computer Crime Act (CCA) draft drew flak from stakeholders, including prominent law enforcers, at a parliamentary public hearing yesterday.
Draft seeks to erode checks and balances
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/02/2016
» Less than a week after the unveiling of the revised draft charter, written by the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) under Meechai Ruchupan, it has drawn a chorus of criticism. There are explicit and justified reasons for several groups of people not to agree with the new version.
Thai rights agency downgraded by international body
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/01/2016
» The International Coordinating Committee for National Human Rights Institutions (ICC) has downgraded Thailand's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) from full membership to observer status.
Calls mount to protect the NHRC
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/02/2015
» The proposal to merge the National Human Rights Commission with the parliamentary Ombudsman has raised the ire of many sectors of society, even critics of the NHRC.
Political excitement trumps economic realities
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 03/09/2012
» While economists have cautiously welcomed the Thein Sein government’s high-profile reforms in Myanmar, they remain concerned about such issues as a push-back against foreign investment, poor infrastructure, poor public financing and a vulnerable rural economy. Operators inside the country are also complaining about the difficulties they will face from an expected surge of foreign investors, particularly as the formation of the Asean Economic Community approaches in 2015.