Local media professional groups today defended the editorial independence of the media and urged the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to provide clear implementing guidelines of the five panels up to scrutinise the media contents not to be seen as interfering with the medias work and preempt public rights to know and judgement. In an open letter submitted to the NCPOs committee to oversee the public relation, Thai Journalists Associations and Thai Broadcast Journalists Association argued the media already worked within the bound of its ethical and professional standards provided under by-laws of the associations, the Press Council of Thailand and respective media organisations. They urged NCPO to specify its implementing guidelines of the five panels set up under Order 12 on June 25 to monitor contents deemed as causing hate to the monarchy, false information and those that undermine the NCPO work. This they said was to avoid misunderstanding of the role of these panels. The letter was also in response to the incident on June 25 when a few army personnels went up tho the newsroom of the Nation Multimedia Groups media outlets, Kom Chad Luek and Nation TV, asking them not to report about the newly-set-up Free Thai for Human Rights and Democracy to resist the coup. In response, Chair of the committee Pol Maj Adul Saengsingkaew said the NCPO had no policy to interfere with the medias editorial decision and the five panels was set up to speed up its response to any negative news and information about the NCPO. However he urged the media to observe NCPO Order No. 14 and 18 regarding the content censorship to allow for smooth transition of the post-coup period. tja.or.th/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3548:2757-&catid=24:media-center-surveillance-threats&Itemid=24
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:05:26 +0000
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