Pratachai 3rd May 2011, Political Prisoners in Thailand 30th April 2011
On 30 April Mr. Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, an editor of Red Power magazine and a long-time labour activist, was arrested for allegedly “attempting to topple the high institution”. He was taken into the custody by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) at the border in Aranyaprathet, in the eastern province of Sa Kaeo, as he was trying to cross into Cambodia.
Media reported that a police officer said the court granted a request from the DSI to hold Mr. Somoyot for ten days so that he could not “tamper with the evidence against him.”
On 3rd May 2011, he was placed in pre-trial custody by a Bangkok criminal court on a charge of lèse-majesté. A request for release on bail was rejected.
According to the Reporters Without Borders Mr. Somyot’s arrest is not an isolated case but one that targets all media that are close to or support the opposition.
Source:
1. http://prachatai.com/english/node/2473
2. https://thaipoliticalprisoners.wordpress.com/2011/04/30/arrest-of-somyot-pruksakasemsuk/
Read more at:
1.http://thaipoliticalprisoners.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/somyos-and-another-chance-for-the-nhrc/
2.http://thaipoliticalprisoners.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/suthachai-and-somyos-again/
3.http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/Police-want-trials-for-two-red-shirt-supporters-30136292.html
4.http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/234687/dsi-arrests-key-red-shirt-member
5.http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/publisher,RSF,,THA,4c57cf14c,0.html
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