The ongoing suppression of any political dissent in Thailand continued with this week’s arrest of ten human rights activists who held a public meeting to discuss constitutional changes in 2016. In another case, 60 year old Charoenchai Saetang, was arrested earlier this month by the military for being a long time campaigner against the Lese Majeste law – Article 112. On the industrial front the military junta tried to play the nationalist card by passing a draconian law against illegal workers. This move backfired with many employers expressing their unhappiness because they rely on the undocumented status of many workers to pay them less in insecure employment situations.
The ongoing suppression of any political dissent in Thailand continued with this week’s arrest of ten human rights activists who held a public meeting to discuss constitutional changes in 2016. In another case, 60 year old Charoenchai Saetang, was arrested earlier this month by the military for being a long time campaigner against the Lese Majeste law – Article 112. On the industrial front the military junta tried to play the nationalist card by passing a draconian law against illegal workers. This move backfired with many employers expressing their unhappiness because they rely on the undocumented status of many workers to pay them less in insecure employment situations.
