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Home » News from the Netherlands and Belgium » Belgian journalist pressured by Thai police after meeting with political activist
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According to Nieuwsblad.be, a journalist with Belgian nationality has been arrested in Thailand after he had made an appointment with a political activist.
The Belgian, Kris Janssens (43), has been living and working in Cambodia for several years and was planning to make a report for the Dutch channel VPRO. Via Messenger he had agreed with the Thai who criticizes the current government and that is probably how he came into the picture with the police.
The Belgian journalist was met the morning after his arrival in Thailand by five officers who took him to the police station. During the conversation, he was told that he had better leave the country as soon as possible. The journalist refused and was allowed to go again after a few hours.
Source: Nieuwsblad.be
The Thai pro-democracy activist who wanted to interview the Belgian journalist is Anurak Jeantawanich. More about him on the next link.
https://www.thailandblog.nl/nieuws-uit-thailand/prodemocratische-actievoerders-mishandeld/
Posts like this make me sad. It is sad that practices that go against universal basic human rights continue to protect the private interests of a small group of very wealthy families. While the police, law enforcement and army should protect the rights of citizens, they are complicit in their violation.
Police said he was a "possible threat to national security." Yes, yes interviewing a democracy activist undermines the security of the country... So we want everyone to shut up in the interest of the country. *cough cough*
Source: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2019/10/07/police-say-belgian-reporter-held-over-national-security-concerns/
That journalist had better do what is asked. And run away, otherwise he might suffer the same as that activist.
Maybe it's just me, but I can't escape the impression that the atmosphere is getting scarier in Thailand….
Yes, Thailand is under threat from people with democratic ideas, those kinds of 'nak pen din' (scum of the earth) are communists. They allow themselves to be misled by fake news and side with the foolish pro-democracy fighters in Hong Kong instead of supporting the Chinese authorities. General Apirat made a clear and emotional speech about this this Friday. Don't let the country fall under the hands of communists like Thanathorn and those other weird birds with sickly un-Thai ideas they acquired abroad...
All a bit like the misery of the cold war when the red peril had to be fought root and branch. And if you do not share the opinion of the generals, you will soon be a red danger for the country…
Sources/more:
– Presentation General Apirat (here the picture of the threatening person is blurred out but everyone can see it is Thanathorn http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2019/10/11/apirat-revives-red-scare-in-epic-rant-against-opposition/
– The general thinks that the Hong Kong demonstrators and the FF leader are working together:
http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2019/10/11/chinese-embassy-army-chief-criticize-thai-politicians-meeting-with-joshua-wong/
– On NationTV there was a commentator on the air on October 7 who said that the youth who has tagged about the judge who shot himself in the stomach (because he claims that he was told from above to find certain people guilty and that was against his principles of (when the clock reads 18:55 PM):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWOs799AHso
Update: The fact that the film cannot be seen in Thailand is no longer correct, I based myself on the reports at the time, it was eventually released for screening in the cinema, how this is possible is a mystery to me. But see the movie and judge for yourself.
Despite online rumors today that “No Escape” had been banned by the The National Film and Video Censors Board, said the official, who asked not to be identified by name, citing ministerial regulations.
Well, Harry, have you read what the army command said in a speech about the parliamentary, i.e. elected, opposition? The bottom line is that the opposition wants to break down the monarchy, in the opinion of Apirat, the army chief. Something like 'amend what you want but stay away from the House…'.
Now the number of real republicans is very few, at least those who dare to speak up, and the opposition really does not want a republic with (obviously) a uniform as president. It doesn't get any better then.
But this kind of talk is disturbing and can easily lead to revenge attacks by gangs who feel called upon, or are paid, to smash opponents. Then we may soon read that members of parliament, the belly filled with concrete, have been found in the Mekong….
Yes Harry, you feel exactly how the atmosphere is in Thailand. But don't erase the neighboring countries; the entire region is looking to China in this regard and what China is 'allowed' will soon become the norm…
As a “long stayer” I find the repeated public reference to “depraved foreign influence” by senior officials disturbing. After all, in Thailand, expats and long-stayers are the most directly identifiable foreign influence.
This kind of claptrap from high places with impact can easily incite hotheads and unstable people to turn against “farrang”. A horror scenario.
Clap talk indeed: during the election campaign, the rumor did the rounds that T of FFP would be an un-Thai Chinese. Ethnic external characteristics were cited as an argument. Today the reverse is “spinned”.
Harry also believes that the atmosphere is changing drastically
What about the tightened immigration rules
And what about the measure that from 1 Nov. Coffee shops, internet cafés and other public places where Wi-Fi can be used must keep the log files of internet users for 3 months.
And the reason is that in this way one can check internet users for so-called “fake news” and that of course also includes contacting a political activist.
History books are full of examples where certain population groups are demonized and then prosecuted in courts with Kaffa and then silently (or somewhat openly) disappear. Tino Kuis calls this so beautiful: involuntary disappearances.
With many models of "fight against the enemy" one can even play entire population groups against each other. It is not to be hoped that this will ever happen in Thailand, but we live in turbulent times, and very little has changed in the many criminal elements in various governments all over the world, there must be something psychologically wrong with these people. In fact, there should be a mandatory brain scan for psychopathic sociopathic behavior, etc. in those people who feel called to know about other people judgments with life and death or political behavior – changes thus imprisonment.
A "nice" example where the population is violently chasing the farang tourist is the film No Escape from 2015, starring Pierce Brosnan, among others.
This film was shot in Thailand just before the military coup. When the Thai Film Censorship Board saw this film for approval, they were told that a coup like the one seen in the film was impossible in Thailand, so they had to turn the Thai state name sign over. that can be seen in the film, or give the impression that the film was set in Cambodia, The film producer did not want to respond to this, so you will not be able to see this film in Thailand, this is of course for your own safety, because you might come to strange thoughts that it is not completely democratic in Thailand.
I have it on bluray, but it can probably be found somewhere on the internet (youtube). Don't forget to close the curtains 🙂 you never know.
Update/Correct
It is not Thailand but Cambodia where the film is finally banned.
It is all a bit confusing, but in the end the film was allowed to be shown in Thailand after the original name "The Coup" was changed to "No escape"
With some effort and film editing, an attempt was ultimately made to give the impression that this was not Thailand but another fantasy SUCH Asian country. Well, then Cambodia was angry.
According to Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of Cambodia, this would have a bad influence on Cambodians. In other words, the Cambodians might come up with strange ideas. (And of course we shouldn't have that.)