OPINION

PM silences the nation

News, Editorial, Published on 26/12/2016

» It should not be news when a national leader pledges to enforce a law. Yet Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha made front-page headlines on the weekend when he felt compelled to promise he would implement the massively amended Computer Crime Act 2016 (CCA 16) with neither fear nor favour. The premier has turned this law into a controversy. Instead of consulting the country, he has reinforced -- again -- the claim that the military regime considers legitimate criticism as scurrilous attacks.