Army boss General Udomdej Sitabutr has explained “military intelligence and lese majeste. It seems clear that, frustrated by foreign countries disregarding junta pleas to extradite lese majeste “suspects,” the military dictatorship is changing tack.
Most countries in the world do not recognize lese majeste as a serious law, much less one of “national security” as claimed by Thai elites. When the junta seeks extradition on lese majeste charges, the silence is deafening.
So it is that the “great minds” in the junta and military have conjured a new approach: claim the lese majeste suspects are “terrorists.”
Udomdej has explained that “the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice are currently working to extradite the alleged mastermind of the terror plot, a man named Manoon [Anek] Chaichana who is believed to be living in the United States of America. Manoon has regularly uploaded videos under the pseudonym Anek San Francisco that criticize the Thai monarchy, a crime under Thailand’s lese majeste law.”
Do the members of the military junta think that all administrations operate with limited intelligence, like themselves?
Political Prisoners in Thailand 
[…] The police then made another regular claim in such political “crimes.” They say that a network and conspiracy was involved. They claim that “[d]ata extracted from her computers revealed that Mrs Chayapa had contacted a man called Jack who was in Australia.” The police purport that “Jack” was “in the same group as anti-government activist Manoon or Anek Chaichacha, alias Anek Sanfran, a suspect in the bombing of the Criminal Court at Ratchadapisek.” Police and the military make this claim against Anek in order to make lese majeste an act of “terrorism.” […]
[…] The police then made another regular claim in such political “crimes.” They say that a network and conspiracy was involved. They claim that “[d]ata extracted from her computers revealed that Mrs Chayapa had contacted a man called Jack who was in Australia.” The police purport that “Jack” was “in the same group as anti-government activist Manoon or Anek Chaichacha, alias Anek Sanfran, a suspect in the bombing of the Criminal Court at Ratchadapisek.” Police and the military make this claim against Anek in order to make lese majeste an act of “terrorism.” […]
[…] Court at Ratchadapisek.” Police and the military make this claim against Anek in order to make lese majeste an act of “terrorism.” They also claimed that Chayapa was “in contact” with Chatwadee Rose Amornpat, […]
[…] Court at Ratchadapisek.” Police and the military make this claim against Anek in order to make lese majeste an act of “terrorism.” They also claimed that Chayapa was “in contact” with Chatwadee Rose Amornpat, […]