Sunday, 21 March 2010

FCCT

Pressure to drop event denied; FCCT chief denies govt behind U-turn on red-shirt symposium

Marwaan Macan-Markar, president of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand, has denied being forced by the government to withdraw permission for the red shirts to hold a symposium at the clubhouse.

Press release by Luksna Kornsilpa

Luksna Kornsilpa has sent a press release plus an article in Thai and English to the press today.  According to the press release, more charges are to be filed against many people including police and state attorney for malfeasance.  Besides Thaksin and his cronies, those who will sign the petition to the King will be charged as well.

FCCT board faces police probe over lese majeste

For the first time in its five-decade history, the whole board of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT) has been accused of committing lese majeste, a crime with a maximum jail sentence of 15 years.