'Tighter control over media to check divisive groups'
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Media control will be tightened, as there are still undercurrents that threaten to worsen divisions in society, Public Relations Department director-general Apinant Chantharangsi said Wednesday.
He said that some political groups still staged activities that would bring about more rifts in the country. Three orders of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) – numbers 79, 97 and 103 – would be strictly observed.
The orders ban media operators from featuring people connected with political parties. The content must not be critical of the NCPO or the government; broadcast programmes must be recorded in advance to be checked for content; no phoneins to any programmes, even to entertainment ones such as music programmes.
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